Bowling Most Wickets Career

Players

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
Wasim Akram (PAK)	2002-2002	13	13	641	106.5	8	487	22	3/18	22.13	4.55	29.13	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2002-2002	15	15	687	114.3	6	589	21	5/38	28.04	5.14	32.71	0	1
CRD Fernando (SL)	2002-2002	11	11	540	90.0	3	427	19	2/21	22.47	4.74	28.42	0	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2002-2002	6	6	342	57.0	7	242	16	5/22	15.12	4.24	21.37	0	2
CH Gayle (WI)	2002-2002	8	7	360	60.0	4	252	16	4/54	15.75	4.20	22.50	1	0
Z Khan (IND)	2002-2002	10	10	471	78.3	5	407	16	3/48	25.43	5.18	29.43	0	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2002-2002	12	12	606	101.0	8	445	16	3/30	27.81	4.40	37.87	0	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2002-2002	9	9	352	58.4	6	249	15	6/16	16.60	4.24	23.46	0	2
M Dillon (WI)	2002-2002	7	7	366	61.0	5	266	15	5/52	17.73	4.36	24.40	0	1
UDU Chandana (SL)	2002-2002	13	13	612	102.0	3	456	15	3/2	30.40	4.47	40.80	0	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2002-2002	12	11	503	83.5	6	391	14	4/35	27.92	4.66	35.92	1	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2002-2002	15	12	609	101.3	5	399	13	3/28	30.69	3.93	46.84	0	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	2002-2002	8	8	308	51.2	5	245	12	3/33	20.41	4.77	25.66	0	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	2002-2002	7	7	386	64.2	8	199	11	3/24	18.09	3.09	35.09	0	0
AA Donald (SA)	2002-2002	4	4	213	35.3	0	152	10	4/43	15.20	4.28	21.30	1	0
B Lee (AUS)	2002-2002	5	5	252	42.0	6	152	10	4/32	15.20	3.61	25.20	1	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	2002-2002	7	7	344	57.2	19	165	10	3/8	16.50	2.87	34.40	0	0
PW Gunaratne (SL)	2002-2002	5	5	265	44.1	2	225	10	4/44	22.50	5.09	26.50	1	0
L Klusener (SA)	2002-2002	5	5	248	41.2	2	170	9	3/45	18.88	4.11	27.55	0	0
SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2002	7	6	252	42.0	1	238	9	6/25	26.44	5.66	28.00	0	1
PT Collins (WI)	2002-2002	6	6	318	53.0	5	239	9	3/33	26.55	4.50	35.33	0	0
SK Warne (AUS)	2002-2002	8	8	414	69.0	5	268	9	2/42	29.77	3.88	46.00	0	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	2002-2002	7	7	313	52.1	0	276	9	3/49	30.66	5.29	34.77	0	0
RC Irani (ENG)	2002-2002	7	7	360	60.0	2	252	8	5/26	31.50	4.20	45.00	0	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2002-2002	13	11	360	60.0	0	305	8	3/24	38.12	5.08	45.00	0	0
AJ Bichel (AUS)	2002-2002	5	5	252	42.0	3	160	7	3/30	22.85	3.80	36.00	0	0
A Nehra (IND)	2002-2002	7	7	320	53.2	2	225	7	2/25	32.14	4.21	45.71	0	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2002-2002	6	6	306	51.0	1	248	7	4/46	35.42	4.86	43.71	1	0
PA Hitchcock (NZ)	2002-2002	5	4	222	37.0	5	158	6	3/43	26.33	4.27	37.00	0	0
CD Collymore (WI)	2002-2002	6	6	246	41.0	4	184	6	3/14	30.66	4.48	41.00	0	0
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2002-2002	5	4	226	37.4	0	202	6	2/42	33.66	5.36	37.66	0	0
D Gough (ENG)	2002-2002	5	5	246	41.0	1	230	6	3/45	38.33	5.60	41.00	0	0
KHRK Fernando (SL)	2002-2002	4	4	144	24.0	4	80	5	3/12	16.00	3.33	28.80	0	0
Khaled Mahmud (BAN)	2002-2002	3	2	120	20.0	0	92	5	3/51	18.40	4.60	24.00	0	0
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2002-2002	10	4	108	18.0	0	106	5	3/39	21.20	5.88	21.60	0	0
T Yohannan (IND)	2002-2002	3	3	120	20.0	1	122	5	3/33	24.40	6.10	24.00	0	0
N Boje (SA)	2002-2002	4	4	162	27.0	0	143	5	2/40	28.60	5.29	32.40	0	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2002-2002	5	4	204	34.0	1	148	5	2/18	29.60	4.35	40.80	0	0
AF Giles (ENG)	2002-2002	4	4	180	30.0	1	157	5	3/39	31.40	5.23	36.00	0	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2002-2002	8	7	297	49.3	5	190	5	2/13	38.00	3.83	59.40	0	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2002-2002	7	6	150	25.0	0	196	5	2/31	39.20	7.84	30.00	0	0
A Kumble (IND)	2002-2002	6	5	282	47.0	0	218	5	2/36	43.60	4.63	56.40	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	2002-2002	8	8	330	55.0	0	230	5	2/19	46.00	4.18	66.00	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	2002-2002	5	5	236	39.2	0	254	5	2/42	50.80	6.45	47.20	0	0
DR Tuffey (NZ)	2002-2002	8	7	271	45.1	4	259	5	2/24	51.80	5.73	54.20	0	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2002-2002	4	1	36	6.0	1	22	4	4/22	5.50	3.66	9.00	1	0
NM Hauritz (AUS)	2002-2002	1	1	60	10.0	0	39	4	4/39	9.75	3.90	15.00	1	0
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2002-2002	3	3	81	13.3	0	47	4	2/23	11.75	3.48	20.25	0	0
MA Suji (KENYA)	2002-2002	4	4	216	36.0	7	92	4	2/22	23.00	2.55	54.00	0	0
TM Odoyo (KENYA)	2002-2002	4	3	151	25.1	1	117	4	2/38	29.25	4.64	37.75	0	0
AJ Tudor (ENG)	2002-2002	3	3	127	21.1	1	136	4	2/30	34.00	6.42	31.75	0	0
AR Adams (NZ)	2002-2002	3	3	168	28.0	1	156	4	2/57	39.00	5.57	42.00	0	0
RO Hinds (WI)	2002-2002	6	6	233	38.5	0	215	4	2/19	53.75	5.53	58.25	0	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	2002-2002	8	8	304	50.4	3	235	4	2/33	58.75	4.63	76.00	0	0
CE Cuffy (WI)	2002-2002	7	7	324	54.0	2	275	4	2/28	68.75	5.09	81.00	0	0
JO Angara (KENYA)	2002-2002	3	3	120	20.0	2	92	3	1/21	30.66	4.60	40.00	0	0
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2002-2002	7	4	114	19.0	0	99	3	3/37	33.00	5.21	38.00	0	0
MKGCP Lakshitha (SL)	2002-2002	3	3	126	21.0	1	100	3	2/34	33.33	4.76	42.00	0	0
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2002-2002	3	3	168	28.0	2	101	3	2/39	33.66	3.60	56.00	0	0
BGK Walker (NZ)	2002-2002	3	3	132	22.0	0	114	3	2/49	38.00	5.18	44.00	0	0
Tapash Baisya (BAN)	2002-2002	3	3	108	18.0	0	120	3	1/36	40.00	6.66	36.00	0	0
RP Arnold (SL)	2002-2002	14	6	134	22.2	0	142	3	1/30	47.33	6.35	44.66	0	0
R Telemachus (SA)	2002-2002	3	3	120	20.0	0	146	3	2/51	48.66	7.30	40.00	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2002-2002	10	7	234	39.0	1	187	3	1/28	62.33	4.79	78.00	0	0
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2002-2002	4	4	167	27.5	0	189	3	1/25	63.00	6.79	55.66	0	0
RJ Kirtley (ENG)	2002-2002	4	4	216	36.0	1	211	3	2/40	70.33	5.86	72.00	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	2002-2002	7	6	258	43.0	1	212	3	2/43	70.66	4.93	86.00	0	0
TCB Fernando (SL)	2002-2002	2	2	72	12.0	2	54	2	2/43	27.00	4.50	36.00	0	0
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2002-2002	3	3	138	23.0	1	85	2	1/16	42.50	3.69	69.00	0	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2002-2002	2	2	101	16.5	4	90	2	2/51	45.00	5.34	50.50	0	0
V Sehwag (IND)	2002-2002	10	7	121	20.1	1	115	2	2/23	57.50	5.70	60.50	0	0
CO Obuya (KENYA)	2002-2002	4	4	129	21.3	1	128	2	1/35	64.00	5.95	64.50	0	0
IG Butler (NZ)	2002-2002	3	3	132	22.0	0	139	2	2/49	69.50	6.31	66.00	0	0
SE Bond (NZ)	2002-2002	4	3	150	25.0	3	143	2	2/41	71.50	5.72	75.00	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2002-2002	5	5	264	44.0	4	180	2	1/25	90.00	4.09	132.00	0	0
JN Snape (ENG)	2002-2002	1	1	60	10.0	2	34	1	1/34	34.00	3.40	60.00	0	0
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2002-2002	3	2	36	6.0	0	35	1	1/34	35.00	5.83	36.00	0	0
JL Ontong (SA)	2002-2002	3	2	48	8.0	0	38	1	1/7	38.00	4.75	48.00	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2002-2002	9	3	54	9.0	0	47	1	1/20	47.00	5.22	54.00	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	2002-2002	2	2	60	10.0	0	57	1	1/47	57.00	5.70	60.00	0	0
Manjural Islam (BAN)	2002-2002	3	3	120	20.0	1	92	1	1/42	92.00	4.60	120.00	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2002-2002	4	3	120	20.0	0	127	1	1/46	127.00	6.35	120.00	0	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2002-2002	3	3	132	22.0	0	149	1	1/22	149.00	6.77	132.00	0	0

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]