Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets in 1997 in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1997-1997	42	44	4029	671.3	99	2207	101	5/38	21.85	3.28	39.89	6	5	-
SK Warne (AUS)	1997-1997	33	46	5108	851.2	202	2410	91	6/48	26.48	2.83	56.13	5	2	-
M Muralidaran (SL)	1997-1997	35	38	4433	738.5	150	2307	76	6/98	30.35	3.12	58.32	1	3	-
AA Donald (SA)	1997-1997	30	37	3233	538.5	97	1788	73	6/59	24.49	3.31	44.28	2	2	-
GD McGrath (AUS)	1997-1997	22	34	3629	604.5	160	1704	71	8/38	24.00	2.81	51.11	3	4	-
A Kumble (IND)	1997-1997	37	41	4723	787.1	145	2516	61	5/104	41.24	3.19	77.42	-	2	-
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-1997	31	36	2744	457.2	70	1502	58	5/37	25.89	3.28	47.31	2	1	-
D Gough (ENG)	1997-1997	17	22	2185	364.1	66	1297	53	5/40	24.47	3.56	41.22	3	3	-
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1997-1997	30	33	2797	466.1	77	1582	52	4/26	30.42	3.39	53.78	3	-	-
CA Walsh (WI)	1997-1997	29	34	3072	512.0	81	1610	51	5/74	31.56	3.14	60.23	2	3	-
A Kuruvilla (IND)	1997-1997	35	40	2896	482.4	77	1782	50	5/68	35.64	3.69	57.92	2	1	-
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1997-1997	24	28	1852	308.4	52	1001	49	4/25	20.42	3.24	37.79	6	-	-
KSC de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	30	34	2225	370.5	41	1509	48	5/85	31.43	4.06	46.35	-	1	-
L Klusener (SA)	1997-1997	26	31	1994	332.2	38	1303	46	6/49	28.32	3.92	43.34	-	3	-
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1997-1997	18	24	2721	453.3	79	1468	46	5/35	31.91	3.23	59.15	3	2	1
BKV Prasad (IND)	1997-1997	35	42	3255	542.3	77	2069	45	5/82	45.97	3.81	72.33	1	1	-
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1997-1997	22	27	2273	378.5	74	1127	43	5/37	26.20	2.97	52.86	1	3	-
AR Caddick (ENG)	1997-1997	11	17	1810	301.4	56	948	41	5/42	23.12	3.14	44.14	2	2	-
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997-1997	37	35	1905	317.3	30	1301	40	5/58	32.52	4.09	47.62	1	1	-
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-1997	16	22	1659	276.3	63	1002	39	7/37	25.69	3.62	42.53	-	2	-
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1997-1997	32	35	2813	468.5	71	1582	39	5/57	40.56	3.37	72.12	-	1	-
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1997-1997	20	23	1374	229.0	26	908	37	4/43	24.54	3.96	37.13	1	-	-
J Srinath (IND)	1997-1997	19	22	1907	317.5	50	1163	37	5/104	31.43	3.65	51.54	1	1	-
IR Bishop (WI)	1997-1997	20	24	2136	356.0	56	1211	36	4/22	33.63	3.40	59.33	2	-	-
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-1997	17	23	2604	434.0	101	1248	36	5/84	34.66	2.87	72.33	3	1	-
SB Doull (NZ)	1997-1997	14	19	1958	326.2	77	998	35	5/58	28.51	3.05	55.94	1	2	-
FA Rose (WI)	1997-1997	20	24	1873	312.1	44	1121	35	6/100	32.02	3.59	53.51	1	1	-
CL Cairns (NZ)	1997-1997	27	21	1843	307.1	71	1007	34	5/50	29.61	3.27	54.20	3	1	-
PL Symcox (SA)	1997-1997	21	25	1931	321.5	48	1136	33	4/28	34.42	3.52	58.51	2	-	-
NJ Astle (NZ)	1997-1997	27	32	1714	285.4	57	877	31	4/43	28.29	3.07	55.29	1	-	-
PA Strang (ZIM)	1997-1997	24	26	1891	315.1	51	966	30	3/24	32.20	3.06	63.03	-	-	-
RDB Croft (ENG)	1997-1997	21	24	2304	384.0	78	1125	30	5/95	37.50	2.92	76.80	-	1	-
MG Bevan (AUS)	1997-1997	27	25	1399	233.1	22	902	29	6/82	31.10	3.86	48.24	2	1	1
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1997-1997	16	25	1972	328.4	83	903	28	5/49	32.25	2.74	70.42	-	2	-
HT Davis (NZ)	1997-1997	13	17	1280	213.2	27	791	27	5/63	29.29	3.70	47.40	1	1	-
RR Singh (IND)	1997-1997	37	35	1192	198.4	10	956	27	5/22	35.40	4.81	44.14	-	1	-
CL Hooper (WI)	1997-1997	30	33	2473	412.1	79	1259	27	5/26	46.62	3.05	91.59	1	1	-
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1997-1997	10	17	1378	229.4	46	741	26	7/36	28.50	3.22	53.00	1	1	-
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1997-1997	23	26	1495	249.1	29	924	26	4/53	35.53	3.70	57.50	1	-	-
SC Ganguly (IND)	1997-1997	49	37	1147	191.1	24	791	25	5/16	31.64	4.13	45.88	-	1	-
EA Brandes (ZIM)	1997-1997	15	15	725	120.5	12	539	24	5/28	22.45	4.46	30.20	-	2	-
HH Streak (ZIM)	1997-1997	15	16	1062	177.0	18	638	24	5/32	26.58	3.60	44.25	1	1	-
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1997-1997	18	16	836	139.2	15	697	24	5/35	29.04	5.00	34.83	1	2	-
SB O'Connor (NZ)	1997-1997	12	15	1288	214.4	33	811	24	3/44	33.79	3.77	53.66	-	-	-
WJ Cronje (SA)	1997-1997	32	33	1400	233.2	40	888	24	2/6	37.00	3.80	58.33	-	-	-
GR Larsen (NZ)	1997-1997	17	16	814	135.4	9	528	23	3/20	22.95	3.89	35.39	-	-	-
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	1997-1997	8	12	1111	185.1	19	787	23	5/41	34.21	4.25	48.30	-	2	-
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1997-1997	5	8	1138	189.4	70	357	22	7/66	16.22	1.88	51.72	2	1	1
DW Headley (ENG)	1997-1997	8	10	1022	170.2	21	614	21	4/72	29.23	3.60	48.66	3	-	-
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1997-1997	23	22	864	144.0	5	642	19	3/43	33.78	4.45	45.47	-	-	-
BC Strang (ZIM)	1997-1997	8	10	792	132.0	41	379	18	6/20	21.05	2.87	44.00	-	1	-
AG Huckle (ZIM)	1997-1997	7	9	880	146.4	26	517	18	6/109	28.72	3.52	48.88	-	2	1
AJ Bichel (AUS)	1997-1997	14	16	869	144.5	13	639	18	3/17	35.50	4.41	48.27	-	-	-
DS Mohanty (IND)	1997-1997	13	15	868	144.4	14	639	18	4/78	35.50	4.41	48.22	1	-	-
MA Ealham (ENG)	1997-1997	11	11	754	125.4	19	435	17	3/60	25.58	3.46	44.35	-	-	-
SB Joshi (IND)	1997-1997	12	13	1020	170.0	29	596	17	3/40	35.05	3.50	60.00	-	-	-
RK Chauhan (IND)	1997-1997	18	19	1658	276.2	46	942	17	4/48	55.41	3.40	97.52	1	-	-
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1997-1997	35	31	1400	233.2	3	1130	17	3/33	66.47	4.84	82.35	-	-	-
PR Adams (SA)	1997-1997	9	13	1244	207.2	37	673	16	3/45	42.06	3.24	77.75	-	-	-
PA de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	39	20	708	118.0	6	551	15	3/55	36.73	4.66	47.20	-	-	-
CZ Harris (NZ)	1997-1997	20	23	1277	212.5	33	627	15	3/20	41.80	2.94	85.13	-	-	-
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1997-1997	6	7	706	117.4	18	389	12	3/47	32.41	3.30	58.83	-	-	-
JA Rennie (ZIM)	1997-1997	12	13	564	94.0	10	419	12	2/28	34.91	4.45	47.00	-	-	-
NM Kulkarni (IND)	1997-1997	11	8	762	127.0	15	492	12	3/27	41.00	3.87	63.50	-	-	-
M Dillon (WI)	1997-1997	9	9	784	130.4	16	513	12	5/111	42.75	3.92	65.33	-	1	-
GI Allott (NZ)	1997-1997	7	9	939	156.3	24	568	12	4/74	47.33	3.62	78.25	1	-	-
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1997-1997	27	15	628	104.4	14	339	11	3/18	30.81	3.23	57.09	-	-	-
JH Kallis (SA)	1997-1997	20	19	812	135.2	24	472	11	3/29	42.90	3.48	73.81	-	-	-
AJ Hollioake (ENG)	1997-1997	9	9	428	71.2	3	301	10	2/22	30.10	4.21	42.80	-	-	-
AC Dale (AUS)	1997-1997	9	9	486	81.0	10	338	10	3/18	33.80	4.17	48.60	-	-	-
AR Whittall (ZIM)	1997-1997	12	12	612	102.0	5	409	10	3/23	40.90	4.00	61.20	-	-	-
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1997-1997	21	13	498	83.0	3	430	10	2/42	43.00	5.18	49.80	-	-	-
MV Fleming (ENG)	1997-1997	4	4	189	31.3	1	150	9	4/45	16.66	4.76	21.00	1	-	-
Harvinder Singh (IND)	1997-1997	6	6	224	37.2	2	184	9	3/44	20.44	4.92	24.88	-	-	-
AD Mullally (ENG)	1997-1997	5	6	504	84.0	28	227	9	3/29	25.22	2.70	56.00	-	-	-
C White (ENG)	1997-1997	6	7	376	62.4	6	257	9	4/37	28.55	4.10	41.77	1	-	-
GW Flower (ZIM)	1997-1997	24	14	402	67.0	3	285	9	2/6	31.66	4.25	44.66	-	-	-
CN Evans (ZIM)	1997-1997	16	13	414	69.0	3	328	9	2/27	36.44	4.75	46.00	-	-	-
Shahid Nazir (PAK)	1997-1997	8	10	581	96.5	12	393	9	3/14	43.66	4.05	64.55	-	-	-
DN Patel (NZ)	1997-1997	10	11	966	161.0	30	501	9	2/67	55.66	3.11	107.33	-	-	-
AM Stuart (AUS)	1997-1997	3	3	180	30.0	2	109	8	5/26	13.62	3.63	22.50	-	1	-
AY Karim (KENYA)	1997-1997	6	6	270	45.0	3	185	8	5/33	23.12	4.11	33.75	-	1	-
UDU Chandana (SL)	1997-1997	10	8	324	54.0	-	271	8	3/32	33.87	5.01	40.50	-	-	-
ME Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	30	15	588	98.0	18	322	8	2/28	40.25	3.28	73.50	-	-	-
BM McMillan (SA)	1997-1997	12	14	919	153.1	27	405	8	2/29	50.62	2.64	114.87	-	-	-
DG Cork (ENG)	1997-1997	6	9	761	126.5	22	445	8	3/96	55.62	3.50	95.12	-	-	-
SH Cook (AUS)	1997-1997	2	4	224	37.2	10	142	7	5/39	20.28	3.80	32.00	-	1	-
BN Schultz (SA)	1997-1997	2	3	312	52.0	12	149	7	4/52	21.28	2.86	44.57	1	-	-
EZ Matambanadzo (ZIM)	1997-1997	7	8	351	58.3	5	251	7	2/25	35.85	4.29	50.14	-	-	-
RE Bryson (SA)	1997-1997	7	7	378	63.0	1	323	7	2/34	46.14	5.12	54.00	-	-	-
Hasibul Hossain (BAN)	1997-1997	7	7	300	50.0	3	367	7	2/54	52.42	7.34	42.85	-	-	-
SO Tikolo (KENYA)	1997-1997	6	5	212	35.2	-	173	6	3/41	28.83	4.89	35.33	-	-	-
SR Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	34	14	447	74.3	13	267	6	3/20	44.50	3.58	74.50	-	-	-
D Ganesh (IND)	1997-1997	5	8	491	81.5	15	307	6	2/28	51.16	3.75	81.83	-	-	-
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1997-1997	4	7	558	93.0	20	307	6	3/100	51.16	3.30	93.00	-	-	-
GS Blewett (AUS)	1997-1997	30	20	558	93.0	16	366	6	1/11	61.00	3.93	93.00	-	-	-
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1997-1997	51	28	544	90.4	4	463	6	2/61	77.16	5.10	90.66	-	-	-
Manzoor Akhtar (PAK)	1997-1997	2	2	120	20.0	-	100	5	4/50	20.00	5.00	24.00	1	-	-
OD Gibson (WI)	1997-1997	2	2	108	18.0	-	109	5	4/61	21.80	6.05	21.60	1	-	-
MA Suji (KENYA)	1997-1997	5	5	216	36.0	3	145	5	4/24	29.00	4.02	43.20	1	-	-

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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:

Ireland Women vs Zimbabwe Women at Belfast, Zimbabwe Women in Ireland 1st ODI, Jul 26, 2025 [Women ODI # 1475]

South Africa Under-19s vs Bangladesh Under-19s at Harare, Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in Zimbabwe 2nd Match, Jul 26, 2025 [Youth ODI # 1571]

South Africa Under-19s vs Zimbabwe Under-19s at Harare, Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in Zimbabwe 1st Match, Jul 25, 2025 [Youth ODI # 1570]