Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records in 1980s in ODI matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1989	143	141	7172	1195.2	156	4410	168	5/43	26.25	3.68	42.69	1	1
Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1989	124	104	5103	850.3	94	3305	144	6/14	22.95	3.88	35.43	3	1
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1980-1989	113	111	5999	999.5	155	3573	139	5/34	25.70	3.57	43.15	3	1
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1989	109	109	5849	974.5	103	3311	135	4/23	24.52	3.39	43.32	5	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1989	92	89	4832	805.2	145	2632	133	5/25	19.78	3.26	36.33	1	5
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1983-1989	99	95	4882	813.4	54	3285	131	5/44	25.07	4.03	37.26	4	2
J Garner (WI)	1980-1987	87	87	4646	774.2	131	2354	126	5/31	18.68	3.04	36.87	2	2
MA Holding (WI)	1980-1987	90	90	4788	798.0	86	2649	126	5/26	21.02	3.31	38.00	4	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1984-1989	86	83	4219	703.1	59	2701	117	5/21	23.08	3.84	36.05	3	2
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1989	119	111	5504	917.2	50	3867	109	4/38	35.47	4.21	50.49	2	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1989	156	116	5124	854.0	26	3834	108	6/41	35.50	4.48	47.44	1	2
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1980-1989	112	96	4469	744.5	37	3183	106	5/28	30.02	4.27	42.16	1	1
MC Snedden (NZ)	1980-1989	85	83	4171	695.1	63	3020	105	4/34	28.76	4.34	39.72	1	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1985-1989	83	83	4509	751.3	60	2858	97	5/1	29.46	3.80	46.48	4	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1989	75	75	4112	685.2	71	2800	91	4/56	30.76	4.08	45.18	1	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1989	64	64	3501	583.3	35	2585	90	5/44	28.72	4.43	38.90	2	1
GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	79	79	4259	709.5	94	2592	88	4/26	29.45	3.65	48.39	1	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-1989	80	72	3427	571.1	21	2574	84	4/33	30.64	4.50	40.79	2	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1980-1987	72	67	2957	492.5	37	2260	77	4/29	29.35	4.58	38.40	3	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1982-1989	74	72	3345	557.3	24	2676	77	4/23	34.75	4.80	43.44	1	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1980-1983	48	48	2684	447.2	65	1523	76	4/12	20.03	3.40	35.31	3	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1980-1985	63	59	3263	543.5	49	2129	76	4/29	28.01	3.91	42.93	4	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1989	58	58	3281	546.5	38	2226	75	4/37	29.68	4.07	43.74	2	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1980-1985	66	63	3300	550.0	66	2221	71	4/16	31.28	4.03	46.47	2	0
SP O'Donnell (AUS)	1985-1989	58	58	2903	483.5	29	2109	70	4/19	30.12	4.35	41.47	4	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1981-1987	60	57	2758	459.4	38	1871	66	4/20	28.34	4.07	41.78	2	0
Maninder Singh (IND)	1983-1989	57	55	3025	504.1	33	1958	65	4/22	30.12	3.88	46.53	1	0
C Sharma (IND)	1983-1989	60	58	2655	442.3	18	2191	65	3/22	33.70	4.95	40.84	0	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1989	35	35	1913	318.5	36	1170	61	5/17	19.18	3.66	31.36	3	2
NA Foster (ENG)	1984-1989	48	48	2627	437.5	25	1836	59	3/20	31.11	4.19	44.52	0	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1987	57	57	2735	455.5	47	2237	59	5/32	37.91	4.90	46.35	1	2
AME Roberts (WI)	1980-1983	36	36	1998	333.0	48	1143	56	5/22	20.41	3.43	35.67	0	1
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	42	42	2220	370.0	51	1344	56	5/17	24.00	3.63	39.64	1	1
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1989	45	45	2534	422.2	57	1583	56	4/35	28.26	3.74	45.25	1	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1983	52	48	2399	399.5	32	1600	56	5/15	28.57	4.00	42.83	0	1
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1989	66	62	3300	550.0	30	2185	55	3/34	39.72	3.97	60.00	0	0
BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1989	31	31	1617	269.3	19	1230	54	6/29	22.77	4.56	29.94	1	1
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1989	80	70	2718	453.0	13	2211	54	4/14	40.94	4.88	50.33	1	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1986-1989	47	47	2491	415.1	32	1763	53	3/21	33.26	4.24	47.00	0	0
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1983-1989	31	31	1681	280.1	34	1142	52	5/16	21.96	4.07	32.32	2	1
JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1987	84	67	2745	457.3	24	1919	51	4/46	37.62	4.19	53.82	1	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1982-1989	66	63	3017	502.5	32	2064	51	4/38	40.47	4.10	59.15	1	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1980-1984	42	42	2330	388.2	59	1354	50	4/23	27.08	3.48	46.60	2	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1982-1989	48	48	2451	408.3	19	1922	49	4/37	39.22	4.70	50.02	1	0
BA Reid (AUS)	1986-1987	41	41	2190	365.0	32	1559	48	5/53	32.47	4.27	45.62	0	1
PL Taylor (AUS)	1987-1989	38	38	1843	307.1	15	1356	46	4/38	29.47	4.41	40.06	1	0
SP Davis (AUS)	1986-1988	39	39	2016	336.0	46	1133	44	3/10	25.75	3.37	45.81	0	0
VJ Marks (ENG)	1980-1988	34	32	1838	306.2	28	1135	44	5/20	25.79	3.70	41.77	0	2
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1989	183	54	1648	274.4	8	1246	44	3/20	28.31	4.53	37.45	0	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1988	31	31	1785	297.3	28	1154	43	4/23	26.83	3.87	41.51	3	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1984-1989	46	42	2185	364.1	19	1555	43	3/27	36.16	4.27	50.81	0	0
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1982	24	23	1263	210.3	16	883	42	5/30	21.02	4.19	30.07	3	1
JR Thomson (AUS)	1980-1985	37	37	1992	332.0	23	1451	42	3/27	34.54	4.37	47.42	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1980-1987	82	35	1321	220.1	10	1027	41	4/31	25.04	4.66	32.21	2	0
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1988	35	35	1923	320.3	31	1302	39	7/51	33.38	4.06	49.30	0	1
IR Bishop (WI)	1988-1989	21	21	1147	191.1	9	761	38	5/27	20.02	3.98	30.18	3	1
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1986-1989	36	36	1774	295.4	18	1327	38	3/25	34.92	4.48	46.68	0	0
AH Gray (WI)	1985-1988	21	20	1048	174.4	16	629	36	4/36	17.47	3.60	29.11	2	0
EAE Baptiste (WI)	1983-1989	41	41	2106	351.0	26	1459	36	2/10	40.52	4.15	58.50	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1980-1984	30	30	1573	262.1	32	951	35	4/27	27.17	3.62	44.94	2	0
GC Small (ENG)	1987-1989	31	31	1719	286.3	17	1164	34	4/31	34.23	4.06	50.55	1	0
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1980-1985	40	37	1596	266.0	15	1240	34	3/23	36.47	4.66	46.94	0	0
VB John (SL)	1982-1987	45	45	2311	385.1	44	1655	34	3/28	48.67	4.29	67.97	0	0
GF Labrooy (SL)	1986-1989	30	30	1593	265.3	14	1236	33	5/57	37.45	4.65	48.27	1	1
M Amarnath (IND)	1982-1989	74	53	2141	356.5	10	1545	33	3/12	46.81	4.32	64.87	0	0
W Watson (NZ)	1986-1989	28	28	1450	241.4	25	1008	32	3/15	31.50	4.17	45.31	0	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1984-1989	35	34	1536	256.0	24	983	31	4/19	31.70	3.83	49.54	1	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1983-1988	48	46	2249	374.5	20	1743	31	2/3	56.22	4.65	72.54	0	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-1989	39	31	1092	182.0	4	874	30	3/22	29.13	4.80	36.40	0	0
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1989	29	29	1620	270.0	15	1101	28	5/21	39.32	4.07	57.85	0	1
GB Troup (NZ)	1980-1985	18	18	932	155.2	18	658	27	4/19	24.37	4.23	34.51	3	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1989	82	36	1140	190.0	20	813	27	2/9	30.11	4.27	42.22	0	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1989	124	25	591	98.3	3	516	25	5/27	20.64	5.23	23.64	0	2
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1985	36	35	1764	294.0	16	1332	25	2/11	53.28	4.53	70.56	0	0
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1988-1989	23	22	1147	191.1	13	794	24	3/28	33.08	4.15	47.79	0	0
TG Hogan (AUS)	1983-1984	16	15	917	152.5	12	574	23	4/33	24.95	3.75	39.86	1	0
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1982-1989	18	18	912	152.0	10	697	23	4/52	30.30	4.58	39.65	1	0
SR Gillespie (NZ)	1986-1988	19	19	963	160.3	12	736	23	4/30	32.00	4.58	41.86	1	0
NG Cowans (ENG)	1983-1985	23	23	1282	213.4	17	913	23	3/44	39.69	4.27	55.73	0	0
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1989	25	25	1397	232.5	26	1034	23	3/21	44.95	4.44	60.73	0	0
DR Doshi (IND)	1980-1982	15	15	792	132.0	8	524	22	4/30	23.81	3.96	36.00	2	0
WW Daniel (WI)	1983-1984	17	17	858	143.0	16	560	22	3/27	25.45	3.91	39.00	0	0
DK Morrison (NZ)	1987-1989	14	14	716	119.2	8	624	22	4/33	28.36	5.22	32.54	1	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1989	57	37	1219	203.1	20	909	22	3/19	41.31	4.47	55.40	0	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1988-1989	15	15	716	119.2	5	507	21	4/44	24.14	4.24	34.09	1	0
Mohsin Kamal (PAK)	1984-1989	19	19	881	146.5	4	760	21	4/47	36.19	5.17	41.95	1	0
AIC Dodemaide (AUS)	1988-1988	12	12	655	109.1	11	360	20	5/21	18.00	3.29	32.75	0	1
Rashid Khan (PAK)	1980-1985	29	28	1414	235.4	33	923	20	3/47	46.15	3.91	70.70	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-1989	68	32	1190	198.2	5	970	20	3/58	48.50	4.89	59.50	0	0
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1984-1988	46	41	1317	219.3	14	979	20	3/22	48.95	4.46	65.85	0	0
TM Chappell (AUS)	1980-1983	20	14	736	122.4	4	538	19	3/31	28.31	4.38	38.73	0	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1980-1989	19	19	803	133.5	4	607	19	4/34	31.94	4.53	42.26	1	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1984-1989	53	31	870	145.0	2	671	19	3/20	35.31	4.62	45.78	0	0
JN Maguire (AUS)	1983-1984	23	20	1009	168.1	12	769	19	3/61	40.47	4.57	53.10	0	0
DR Gilbert (AUS)	1986-1986	14	14	684	114.0	4	552	18	5/46	30.66	4.84	38.00	0	1
G Miller (ENG)	1982-1984	16	16	924	154.0	11	609	18	3/27	33.83	3.95	51.33	0	0
KC Wessels (AUS)	1983-1985	54	22	737	122.5	2	655	18	2/16	36.38	5.33	40.94	0	0
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1986-1988	14	14	588	98.0	9	423	17	3/25	24.88	4.31	34.58	0	0
ND Hirwani (IND)	1988-1989	12	12	636	106.0	2	487	16	4/43	30.43	4.59	39.75	3	0
SK Sharma (IND)	1988-1989	19	18	733	122.1	4	591	16	5/26	36.93	4.83	45.81	0	1

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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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Perth, Benson & Hedges World Series 3rd match, Dec 31, 1989 [ODI # 598]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Benson & Hedges World Series 2nd match, Dec 30, 1989 [ODI # 597]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Benson & Hedges World Series 1st match, Dec 26, 1989 [ODI # 596]