Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets in 1978 in Tests

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
IT Botham (ENG)	1978-1979	12	23	2877	-	95	1201	66	8/34	18.19	2.50	43.59	1	6
RGD Willis (ENG)	1978-1979	14	26	2977	-	94	1067	57	5/32	18.71	2.15	52.22	3	4
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1978-1978	12	21	2630	-	120	704	37	7/66	19.02	1.60	71.08	5	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1978-1978	6	10	1698	-	57	641	28	6/26	22.89	2.26	60.64	3	2
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1979	3	6	978	122.2	33	297	27	6/74	11.00	1.82	36.22	0	5
KD Ghavri (IND)	1978-1979	6	11	1302	-	38	626	27	5/51	23.18	2.88	48.22	2	1
CM Old (ENG)	1978-1978	7	13	1531	-	79	481	26	7/50	18.50	1.88	58.88	1	2
JR Thomson (AUS)	1978-1978	7	11	1151	-	34	671	26	6/77	25.80	3.49	44.26	2	1
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1978-1978	7	11	1764	-	32	937	26	5/116	36.03	3.18	67.84	2	2
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1978	8	14	1919	-	66	751	24	4/35	31.29	2.34	79.95	3	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1978-1978	6	10	1390	-	47	560	23	5/39	24.34	2.41	60.43	2	2
WM Clark (AUS)	1978-1978	6	10	1471	-	41	668	23	4/62	29.04	2.72	63.95	3	0
BS Bedi (IND)	1978-1979	8	15	2368	-	79	1064	23	4/53	46.26	2.69	102.95	1	0
G Miller (ENG)	1978-1979	13	17	1774	-	87	553	21	3/21	26.33	1.87	84.47	0	0
JD Higgs (AUS)	1978-1979	6	11	1260	-	47	497	18	4/91	27.61	2.36	70.00	1	0
ST Clarke (WI)	1978-1979	4	7	1178	196.2	34	592	18	5/126	32.88	3.01	65.44	1	1
DR Parry (WI)	1978-1979	8	13	1351	225.1	47	660	18	5/15	36.66	2.93	75.05	0	1
RO Collinge (NZ)	1978-1978	4	7	1053	-	37	377	17	4/98	22.17	2.14	61.94	1	0
N Phillip (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	1206	201.0	26	708	17	4/64	41.64	3.52	70.94	2	0
VA Holder (WI)	1978-1979	6	11	1254	209.0	37	519	16	6/28	32.43	2.48	78.37	1	1
Imran Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	3	6	973	162.1	42	441	14	4/54	31.50	2.71	69.50	1	0
J Garner (WI)	1978-1978	2	4	373	62.1	16	195	13	4/56	15.00	3.13	28.69	2	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1978-1979	5	9	1066	-	45	274	13	3/50	21.07	1.54	82.00	0	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1978-1978	6	8	1153	-	73	318	13	5/67	24.46	1.65	88.69	0	1
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1978-1978	8	12	1872	-	89	598	13	3/56	46.00	1.91	144.00	0	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1978-1978	7	10	1322	-	44	613	13	4/132	47.15	2.78	101.69	1	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	6	11	1204	200.4	29	714	13	3/132	54.92	3.55	92.61	0	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1978-1978	2	4	386	64.2	14	211	12	5/56	17.58	3.27	32.16	1	1
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1978-1978	2	4	793	99.1	24	223	11	6/44	20.27	1.68	72.09	1	1
JK Lever (ENG)	1978-1978	4	7	919	114.7	24	338	11	4/28	30.72	2.20	83.54	1	0
RR Jumadeen (WI)	1978-1978	3	6	832	138.4	24	350	11	4/72	31.81	2.52	75.63	1	0
AG Hurst (AUS)	1978-1979	3	6	828	103.4	25	286	10	4/93	28.60	2.07	82.80	1	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1978-1978	2	4	331	55.1	13	170	9	4/15	18.88	3.08	36.77	2	0
BP Bracewell (NZ)	1978-1978	3	5	536	89.2	14	282	9	3/110	31.33	3.15	59.55	0	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1978-1979	3	5	924	154.0	60	292	9	4/55	32.44	1.89	102.66	1	0
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1978-1978	4	7	1130	-	38	432	8	4/51	54.00	2.29	141.25	1	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1978-1978	7	11	892	-	24	503	8	3/45	62.87	3.38	111.50	0	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1978-1979	2	4	673	84.1	14	200	7	3/38	28.57	1.78	96.14	0	0
IW Callen (AUS)	1978-1978	1	2	440	55.0	5	191	6	3/83	31.83	2.60	73.33	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1978-1978	3	5	450	75.0	16	235	6	4/55	39.16	3.13	75.00	1	0
TJ Laughlin (AUS)	1978-1978	3	6	516	-	16	262	6	5/101	43.66	3.04	86.00	0	1
JE Emburey (ENG)	1978-1979	2	4	457	-	27	114	5	3/30	22.80	1.49	91.40	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1978-1978	7	8	304	-	14	115	5	2/4	23.00	2.26	60.80	0	0
GA Cope (ENG)	1978-1978	2	3	528	66.0	23	168	5	2/42	33.60	1.90	105.60	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	6	11	625	-	11	360	5	1/6	72.00	3.45	125.00	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1978-1978	5	5	346	-	12	128	4	1/2	32.00	2.21	86.50	0	0
Liaqat Ali (PAK)	1978-1978	3	4	440	-	11	226	4	3/80	56.50	3.08	110.00	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1978-1978	3	4	774	-	32	234	4	2/65	58.50	1.81	193.50	0	0
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1978-1978	7	10	484	-	21	170	3	2/26	56.66	2.10	161.33	0	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1978-1978	8	7	166	-	2	76	2	1/7	38.00	2.74	83.00	0	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1978-1979	2	3	264	44.0	8	142	2	1/44	71.00	3.22	132.00	0	0
BE Congdon (NZ)	1978-1978	6	8	910	-	52	240	2	2/14	120.00	1.58	455.00	0	0
S Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	3	1	11	1.5	0	5	1	1/5	5.00	2.72	11.00	0	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1978-1979	8	2	54	-	1	44	1	1/34	44.00	4.88	54.00	0	0
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1978-1978	1	2	174	29.0	7	70	1	1/34	70.00	2.41	174.00	0	0
MV Narasimha Rao (IND)	1978-1979	1	2	169	28.1	6	76	1	1/43	76.00	2.69	169.00	0	0
MLC Foster (WI)	1978-1978	1	2	234	39.0	11	90	1	1/68	90.00	2.30	234.00	0	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1978-1978	1	2	336	42.0	8	116	1	1/94	116.00	2.07	336.00	0	0
S Shivnarine (WI)	1978-1979	5	8	294	49.0	9	143	1	1/13	143.00	2.91	294.00	0	0

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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:

India vs West Indies at Eden Gardens, West Indies tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 839]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, England tour of Australia 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 838]

West Indies vs India at Bengaluru, West Indies tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 15-20, 1978 [Test # 837]