Bowling Most Wickets Career

Most wickets in 2000 in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
M Muralidaran (SL)	2000-2000	31	38	4941	823.3	166	2143	109	7/30	19.66	2.60	45.33	6	9	3
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2000	49	56	4298	716.2	173	2138	103	5/20	20.75	2.98	41.72	5	1	0
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2000	49	57	3784	630.4	94	2168	82	5/48	26.43	3.43	46.14	4	1	0
D Gough (ENG)	2000-2000	33	40	3351	558.3	86	1883	76	5/109	24.77	3.37	44.09	4	1	0
GD McGrath (AUS)	2000-2000	29	36	2830	471.4	134	1290	75	6/17	17.20	2.73	37.73	4	4	2
B Lee (AUS)	2000-2000	26	31	2196	366.0	68	1354	69	5/27	19.62	3.69	31.82	1	3	0
CA Walsh (WI)	2000-2000	17	27	3657	609.3	184	1384	68	6/74	20.35	2.27	53.77	4	4	1
Waqar Younis (PAK)	2000-2000	34	42	2799	466.3	59	1721	63	5/31	27.31	3.68	44.42	4	1	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2000	50	56	3064	510.4	87	1931	63	3/30	30.65	3.78	48.63	0	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	2000-2000	39	45	3152	525.2	106	1684	62	6/61	27.16	3.20	50.83	0	3	1
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2000	39	44	3374	562.2	101	1936	62	6/87	31.22	3.44	54.41	1	2	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	2000-2000	32	39	3238	539.4	118	1556	59	5/14	26.37	2.88	54.88	3	2	0
RD King (WI)	2000-2000	25	32	2241	373.3	71	1199	57	5/51	21.03	3.21	39.31	3	1	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	2000-2000	25	31	3352	558.4	105	1556	54	8/164	28.81	2.78	62.07	0	3	0
C White (ENG)	2000-2000	26	29	2032	338.4	43	1181	53	5/21	22.28	3.48	38.33	1	3	0
L Klusener (SA)	2000-2000	52	52	2644	440.4	58	1634	52	5/47	31.42	3.70	50.84	0	1	0
N Boje (SA)	2000-2000	41	43	2862	477.0	89	1421	46	5/62	30.89	2.97	62.21	1	2	0
SB O'Connor (NZ)	2000-2000	21	28	2245	374.1	85	1191	45	5/46	26.46	3.18	49.88	1	2	0
Arshad Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	29	32	2661	443.3	87	1352	44	4/62	30.72	3.04	60.47	1	0	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	2000-2000	26	31	2044	340.4	50	1385	44	5/31	31.47	4.06	46.45	0	1	0
A Kumble (IND)	2000-2000	27	28	2200	366.4	46	1353	42	6/143	32.21	3.69	52.38	2	1	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2000-2000	30	37	3029	504.5	85	1528	42	5/14	36.38	3.02	72.11	1	1	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	2000-2000	33	37	2467	411.1	63	1665	42	4/25	39.64	4.04	58.73	1	0	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	2000-2000	16	24	2572	428.4	149	758	40	4/30	18.95	1.76	64.30	5	0	0
J Srinath (IND)	2000-2000	17	21	1874	312.2	55	1105	36	5/60	30.69	3.53	52.05	3	1	0
FA Rose (WI)	2000-2000	20	25	1758	293.0	49	1069	35	5/23	30.54	3.64	50.22	1	1	0
AA Donald (SA)	2000-2000	13	17	1399	233.1	62	653	34	5/47	19.20	2.80	41.14	1	1	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2000-2000	17	19	1054	175.4	22	727	34	5/75	21.38	4.13	31.00	0	1	0
M Ntini (SA)	2000-2000	20	22	1527	254.3	56	821	34	6/66	24.14	3.22	44.91	1	1	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2000-2000	16	18	1494	249.0	48	786	33	7/87	23.81	3.15	45.27	1	2	1
SK Warne (AUS)	2000-2000	20	23	1784	297.2	51	1059	33	4/68	32.09	3.56	54.06	1	0	0
SB Joshi (IND)	2000-2000	20	23	2070	345.0	51	1257	33	5/142	38.09	3.64	62.72	1	1	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	2000-2000	24	28	1584	264.0	38	963	32	4/34	30.09	3.64	49.50	1	0	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2000	32	34	1323	220.3	22	874	31	5/40	28.19	3.96	42.67	0	1	0
BKV Prasad (IND)	2000-2000	26	26	1489	248.1	16	1157	31	3/27	37.32	4.66	48.03	0	0	0
M Hayward (SA)	2000-2000	20	23	1402	233.4	23	959	29	4/31	33.06	4.10	48.34	1	0	0
HK Olonga (ZIM)	2000-2000	20	24	1704	284.0	38	1202	29	6/19	41.44	4.23	58.75	0	1	0
NAM McLean (WI)	2000-2000	19	23	2034	339.0	51	1299	29	3/60	44.79	3.83	70.13	0	0	0
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	2000-2000	12	17	1655	275.5	63	810	27	5/90	30.00	2.93	61.29	1	1	0
CR Miller (AUS)	2000-2000	5	10	1154	192.2	55	501	26	5/32	19.26	2.60	44.38	0	3	1
S Lee (AUS)	2000-2000	19	18	809	134.5	5	563	26	4/37	21.65	4.17	31.11	1	0	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2000	40	36	1428	238.0	16	1037	26	4/56	39.88	4.35	54.92	1	0	0
M Dillon (WI)	2000-2000	18	20	1527	254.3	30	1054	26	4/76	40.53	4.14	58.73	1	0	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	2000-2000	24	25	1130	188.2	14	863	25	4/65	34.52	4.58	45.20	1	0	0
DP Viljoen (ZIM)	2000-2000	24	24	1173	195.3	7	873	25	3/20	34.92	4.46	46.92	0	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	2000-2000	18	22	1956	326.0	35	1089	24	4/22	45.37	3.34	81.50	1	0	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2000-2000	6	9	792	132.0	32	385	23	6/40	16.73	2.91	34.43	0	2	0
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2000	15	17	1073	178.5	18	721	23	4/42	31.34	4.03	46.65	1	0	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	13	15	1190	198.2	28	666	22	8/109	30.27	3.35	54.09	0	1	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2000	31	32	1259	209.5	17	841	22	2/27	38.22	4.00	57.22	0	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	2000-2000	24	22	1080	180.0	9	798	21	3/28	38.00	4.43	51.42	0	0	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2000	34	35	1975	329.1	95	1026	21	3/24	48.85	3.11	94.04	0	0	0
DG Cork (ENG)	2000-2000	4	8	659	109.5	31	245	20	4/23	12.25	2.23	32.95	2	0	0
AF Giles (ENG)	2000-2000	6	8	1260	210.0	56	528	20	5/75	26.40	2.51	63.00	2	1	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	2000-2000	21	20	1039	173.1	12	647	20	5/15	32.35	3.73	51.95	0	1	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	2000-2000	15	18	1017	169.3	13	667	20	4/44	33.35	3.93	50.85	1	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	32	33	1462	243.4	42	770	20	3/19	38.50	3.16	73.10	0	0	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	2000-2000	39	35	1605	267.3	31	945	20	3/9	47.25	3.53	80.25	0	0	0
BA Murphy (ZIM)	2000-2000	11	15	1799	299.5	52	990	20	3/32	49.50	3.30	89.95	0	0	0
NC Johnson (ZIM)	2000-2000	22	22	1176	196.0	35	696	19	4/77	36.63	3.55	61.89	1	0	0
AD Mullally (ENG)	2000-2000	13	12	776	129.2	23	367	17	3/27	21.58	2.83	45.64	0	0	0
R Telemachus (SA)	2000-2000	14	14	762	127.0	17	584	17	3/30	34.35	4.59	44.82	0	0	0
SB Styris (NZ)	2000-2000	22	22	965	160.5	4	817	17	4/57	48.05	5.07	56.76	1	0	0
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2000	4	7	726	121.0	35	363	16	5/71	22.68	3.00	45.37	1	1	0
A Symonds (AUS)	2000-2000	18	16	485	80.5	2	369	16	4/11	23.06	4.56	30.31	1	0	0
SCG MacGill (AUS)	2000-2000	6	9	714	119.0	25	414	15	4/19	27.60	3.47	47.60	1	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	2000-2000	10	13	949	158.1	27	594	15	4/37	39.60	3.75	63.26	1	0	0
GB Brent (ZIM)	2000-2000	11	11	530	88.2	1	423	14	3/29	30.21	4.78	37.85	0	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	2000-2000	20	17	639	106.3	18	443	14	3/23	31.64	4.15	45.64	0	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2000	38	20	545	90.5	6	443	14	5/34	31.64	4.87	38.92	0	1	0
DW Fleming (AUS)	2000-2000	11	12	666	111.0	12	491	14	4/41	35.07	4.42	47.57	1	0	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	21	25	2004	334.0	72	1075	14	3/116	76.78	3.21	143.14	0	0	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2000	17	17	716	119.2	12	401	13	3/25	30.84	3.36	55.07	0	0	0
ML Nkala (ZIM)	2000-2000	17	20	1127	187.5	25	748	12	3/82	62.33	3.98	93.91	0	0	0
TJ Friend (ZIM)	2000-2000	9	9	444	74.0	2	372	11	4/55	33.81	5.02	40.36	1	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	2000-2000	34	19	732	122.0	21	456	11	3/14	41.45	3.73	66.54	0	0	0
PR Adams (SA)	2000-2000	7	8	814	135.4	28	459	11	3/42	41.72	3.38	74.00	0	0	0
GA Hick (ENG)	2000-2000	30	10	306	51.0	2	258	10	5/33	25.80	5.05	30.60	0	1	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	2000-2000	8	9	672	112.0	12	379	10	3/58	37.90	3.38	67.20	0	0	0
CD McMillan (NZ)	2000-2000	32	16	858	143.0	37	418	10	3/57	41.80	2.92	85.80	0	0	0
HS Williams (SA)	2000-2000	6	6	281	46.5	2	173	9	3/38	19.22	3.69	31.22	0	0	0
S Elworthy (SA)	2000-2000	9	9	390	65.0	7	291	9	3/17	32.33	4.47	43.33	0	0	0
M Kartik (IND)	2000-2000	4	7	885	147.3	40	309	9	3/123	34.33	2.09	98.33	0	0	0
GI Allott (NZ)	2000-2000	9	9	420	70.0	2	397	9	3/33	44.11	5.67	46.66	0	0	0
ESH Giddins (ENG)	2000-2000	3	4	288	48.0	14	161	8	5/15	20.12	3.35	36.00	0	1	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2000	2	4	377	62.5	5	213	8	5/98	26.62	3.38	47.12	0	1	0
Mohammad Akram (PAK)	2000-2000	9	10	534	89.0	5	405	8	2/31	50.62	4.55	66.75	0	0	0
AJ Bichel (AUS)	2000-2000	2	4	261	43.3	9	124	7	5/60	17.71	2.85	37.28	0	1	0
MW Alleyne (ENG)	2000-2000	6	6	276	46.0	0	222	7	3/55	31.71	4.82	39.42	0	0	0
Naimur Rahman (BAN)	2000-2000	5	6	471	78.3	9	303	7	6/132	43.28	3.85	67.28	0	1	0
IJ Harvey (AUS)	2000-2000	8	8	431	71.5	3	340	7	3/41	48.57	4.73	61.57	0	0	0
CEW Silverwood (ENG)	2000-2000	2	2	234	39.0	7	136	6	5/91	22.66	3.48	39.00	0	1	0
Sarandeep Singh (IND)	2000-2000	1	2	426	71.0	17	206	6	4/136	34.33	2.90	71.00	1	0	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	2000-2000	5	6	362	60.2	9	213	6	2/20	35.50	3.53	60.33	0	0	0
MI Black (WI)	2000-2000	3	4	402	67.0	8	257	6	4/83	42.83	3.83	67.00	1	0	0
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	2000-2000	3	5	521	86.5	16	286	6	4/66	47.66	3.29	86.83	1	0	0
RR Singh (IND)	2000-2000	29	24	574	95.4	6	455	6	2/37	75.83	4.75	95.66	0	0	0
Kabir Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	3	3	132	22.0	0	106	5	2/27	21.20	4.81	26.40	0	0	0
M Ngam (SA)	2000-2000	2	3	264	44.0	11	127	5	2/34	25.40	2.88	52.80	0	0	0
AJ Hall (SA)	2000-2000	17	11	188	31.2	1	135	5	2/8	27.00	4.30	37.60	0	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:

New Zealand vs Zimbabwe at Wellington, Zimbabwe tour of New Zealand Only Test, Dec 26-30, 2000 [Test # 1524]

South Africa vs Sri Lanka at Durban, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2000 [Test # 1526]

Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 4th Test, Dec 26-29, 2000 [Test # 1525]