Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1983-1989	19	31	3705	617.3	141	1655	72	9/83	22.98	2.68	51.45	4	4
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1986	19	25	3447	574.3	118	2079	58	8/103	35.84	3.61	59.43	2	3
Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1988	10	17	1957	326.1	52	851	51	7/80	16.68	2.60	38.37	4	5
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1987	10	19	2506	417.4	103	1124	51	6/50	22.03	2.69	49.13	3	4
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1980-1988	8	14	2209	368.1	49	1123	40	6/16	28.07	3.05	55.22	5	1
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1988	12	20	2536	422.4	73	1388	39	8/112	35.58	3.28	65.02	0	2
RJ Shastri (IND)	1983-1989	19	28	3597	599.3	126	1606	37	4/43	43.40	2.67	97.21	3	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1988	11	14	2039	339.5	70	1036	36	5/55	28.77	3.04	56.63	5	1
JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1988	14	18	2637	439.3	123	1178	30	5/78	39.26	2.68	87.90	0	2
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	10	17	2157	359.3	89	1072	25	6/128	42.88	2.98	86.28	1	1
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1985-1987	7	13	1599	266.3	75	723	23	6/73	31.43	2.71	69.52	3	1
ND Hirwani (IND)	1988-1989	4	7	812	135.2	14	480	22	8/61	21.81	3.54	36.90	0	2
DK Lillee (AUS)	1980-1982	4	8	1029	171.3	35	470	21	7/83	22.38	2.74	49.00	1	2
B Yardley (AUS)	1981-1982	3	6	857	142.5	28	446	20	7/98	22.30	3.12	42.85	1	2
GB Troup (NZ)	1980-1985	4	8	1093	182.1	51	471	20	6/95	23.55	2.58	54.65	1	1
RGD Willis (ENG)	1980-1984	7	10	1171	195.1	42	774	20	5/65	38.70	3.96	58.55	1	1
RM Hogg (AUS)	1984-1984	8	13	1543	257.1	31	843	20	6/77	42.15	3.27	77.15	1	1
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1989	8	13	1967	327.5	67	851	20	5/104	42.55	2.59	98.35	1	2
C Sharma (IND)	1987-1989	7	13	884	147.2	10	634	18	5/55	35.22	4.30	49.11	0	1
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1980-1981	4	6	825	137.3	34	305	17	6/89	17.94	2.21	48.52	1	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1986-1988	5	9	924	154.0	27	431	17	6/91	25.35	2.79	54.35	1	1
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1984-1988	4	8	876	146.0	17	524	17	3/62	30.82	3.58	51.52	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1980-1985	5	10	1499	249.5	60	734	17	6/85	43.17	2.93	88.17	0	1
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1980-1981	4	6	732	122.0	36	283	16	5/44	17.68	2.31	45.75	0	1
DR Pringle (ENG)	1984-1988	7	11	1143	190.3	43	583	16	5/95	36.43	3.06	71.43	0	2
NA Foster (ENG)	1984-1988	6	11	1051	175.1	22	617	16	5/64	38.56	3.52	65.68	0	1
PJW Allott (ENG)	1984-1984	3	5	629	104.5	26	282	14	6/61	20.14	2.68	44.92	0	1
RG Holland (AUS)	1984-1985	3	5	783	130.3	26	404	14	6/54	28.85	3.09	55.92	1	1
MG Hughes (AUS)	1988-1989	4	8	979	163.1	41	503	14	8/87	35.92	3.08	69.92	0	2
Maninder Singh (IND)	1983-1987	10	15	2009	334.5	74	836	14	4/85	59.71	2.49	143.50	1	0
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1989	19	12	502	83.4	23	207	12	7/46	17.25	2.47	41.83	1	1
RM Ellison (ENG)	1984-1986	4	7	759	126.3	29	388	12	5/78	32.33	3.06	63.25	0	1
SL Boock (NZ)	1980-1987	8	14	1362	227.0	60	669	11	3/76	60.81	2.94	123.81	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1988-1989	5	10	834	139.0	17	472	10	5/92	47.20	3.39	83.40	0	1
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1983-1983	5	6	1140	190.0	27	586	10	3/146	58.60	3.08	114.00	0	0
MR Whitney (AUS)	1989-1989	1	2	300	50.0	10	149	9	7/89	16.55	2.98	33.33	0	1
JR Thomson (AUS)	1982-1982	2	4	499	83.1	10	317	9	4/112	35.22	3.81	55.44	1	0
NS Yadav (IND)	1983-1983	3	4	667	111.1	18	329	9	5/131	36.55	2.95	74.11	0	1
JG Thomas (ENG)	1986-1986	4	6	516	86.0	13	364	8	4/70	45.50	4.23	64.50	1	0
TG Hogan (AUS)	1984-1984	5	6	996	166.0	40	483	8	4/56	60.37	2.90	124.50	1	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1980-1980	1	2	353	58.5	14	178	7	5/104	25.42	3.02	50.42	0	1
JN Maguire (AUS)	1984-1984	2	3	370	61.4	11	186	7	4/57	26.57	3.01	52.85	1	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1983-1983	6	8	432	72.0	9	278	7	3/18	39.71	3.86	61.71	0	0
TBA May (AUS)	1988-1989	3	5	552	92.0	18	300	7	3/90	42.85	3.26	78.85	0	0
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1982	2	4	555	92.3	10	361	7	3/84	51.57	3.90	79.28	0	0
RD Jackman (ENG)	1981-1981	2	3	440	73.2	15	198	6	3/65	33.00	2.70	73.33	0	0
PW Jarvis (ENG)	1988-1988	2	3	343	57.1	6	217	6	4/107	36.16	3.79	57.16	1	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1987	10	8	582	97.0	17	271	6	2/38	45.16	2.79	97.00	0	0
TV Hohns (AUS)	1989-1989	2	4	724	120.4	31	280	6	3/69	46.66	2.32	120.66	0	0
BS Sandhu (IND)	1983-1983	5	7	526	87.4	19	307	6	3/87	51.16	3.50	87.66	0	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1987-1987	1	2	147	24.3	3	82	5	5/68	16.40	3.34	29.40	0	1
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1986-1986	3	4	420	70.0	22	140	5	2/27	28.00	2.00	84.00	0	0
MJ Bennett (AUS)	1984-1985	2	4	473	78.5	16	214	5	3/79	42.80	2.71	94.60	0	0
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1984-1984	2	2	424	70.4	10	267	5	5/161	53.40	3.77	84.80	0	1
NGB Cook (ENG)	1984-1984	3	4	570	95.0	15	297	5	2/27	59.40	3.12	114.00	0	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1983-1983	5	7	702	117.0	23	362	5	3/105	72.40	3.09	140.40	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1985-1987	7	5	204	34.0	6	90	4	2/25	22.50	2.64	51.00	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1988	19	11	276	46.0	15	122	4	2/18	30.50	2.65	69.00	0	0
GC Small (ENG)	1988-1988	1	2	227	37.5	6	140	4	4/64	35.00	3.70	56.75	1	0
PI Pocock (ENG)	1984-1984	2	2	321	53.3	17	145	4	4/121	36.25	2.71	80.25	1	0
AA Mallett (AUS)	1980-1980	1	2	390	65.0	12	211	4	2/77	52.75	3.24	97.50	0	0
P Willey (ENG)	1980-1986	13	9	564	94.0	28	237	4	2/73	59.25	2.52	141.00	0	0
AIC Dodemaide (AUS)	1988-1988	2	4	378	63.0	6	255	4	2/60	63.75	4.04	94.50	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1986-1988	5	4	120	20.0	6	51	3	2/24	17.00	2.55	40.00	0	0
GB Stevenson (ENG)	1981-1981	1	1	198	33.0	5	111	3	3/111	37.00	3.36	66.00	0	0
CM Old (ENG)	1980-1981	2	2	269	44.5	13	113	3	2/64	37.66	2.52	89.66	0	0
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1986-1988	2	4	246	41.0	10	117	3	1/23	39.00	2.85	82.00	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1983-1988	11	7	175	29.1	2	125	3	2/34	41.66	4.28	58.33	0	0
JH Childs (ENG)	1988-1988	2	3	516	86.0	29	183	3	1/13	61.00	2.12	172.00	0	0
PL Taylor (AUS)	1988-1989	2	4	422	70.2	16	213	3	2/65	71.00	3.02	140.66	0	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1988-1988	3	4	552	92.0	16	253	3	2/93	84.33	2.75	184.00	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1986-1986	3	4	555	92.3	16	260	3	2/98	86.66	2.81	185.00	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1988-1988	3	3	48	8.0	1	22	2	2/8	11.00	2.75	24.00	0	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1984-1984	2	2	99	16.3	2	77	2	2/67	38.50	4.66	49.50	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1980-1981	2	3	200	33.2	10	79	2	1/24	39.50	2.37	100.00	0	0
DA Stirling (NZ)	1985-1985	1	1	85	14.1	0	82	2	2/82	41.00	5.78	42.50	0	0
AR Bhat (IND)	1983-1983	1	1	204	34.0	6	86	2	2/86	43.00	2.52	102.00	0	0
JP Agnew (ENG)	1984-1984	1	2	156	26.0	4	97	2	2/51	48.50	3.73	78.00	0	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1980-1980	2	3	264	44.0	11	141	2	1/40	70.50	3.20	132.00	0	0
Ijaz Faqih (PAK)	1980-1988	3	5	240	40.0	5	142	2	1/38	71.00	3.55	120.00	0	0
KBJ Azad (IND)	1983-1983	2	4	306	51.0	11	147	2	2/84	73.50	2.88	153.00	0	0
G Miller (ENG)	1981-1984	3	4	276	46.0	5	184	2	1/42	92.00	4.00	138.00	0	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1985-1987	4	6	420	70.0	14	215	2	1/47	107.50	3.07	210.00	0	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1983-1983	6	1	6	1.0	0	6	1	1/6	6.00	6.00	6.00	0	0
WV Raman (IND)	1988-1989	2	2	30	5.0	1	12	1	1/7	12.00	2.40	30.00	0	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1985-1987	6	2	58	9.4	1	48	1	1/38	48.00	4.96	58.00	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1980-1981	4	4	102	17.0	3	48	1	1/21	48.00	2.82	102.00	0	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1980-1985	7	3	84	14.0	5	49	1	1/32	49.00	3.50	84.00	0	0
M Venkataramana (IND)	1989-1989	1	2	70	11.4	1	58	1	1/10	58.00	4.97	70.00	0	0
DJ Capel (ENG)	1988-1988	2	3	132	22.0	2	79	1	1/38	79.00	3.59	132.00	0	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1980-1980	1	2	168	28.0	4	101	1	1/76	101.00	3.60	168.00	0	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1980-1980	1	1	176	29.2	7	108	1	1/108	108.00	3.68	176.00	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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]