Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1990-1998	24	44	5978	996.2	264	2320	125	8/45	18.56	2.32	47.82	8	8
CA Walsh (WI)	1990-1998	25	47	6354	1059.0	221	2732	94	5/45	29.06	2.57	67.59	4	3
SK Warne (AUS)	1993-1999	18	36	5833	972.1	338	2113	87	8/71	24.28	2.17	67.04	5	4
AA Donald (SA)	1994-1999	16	28	3692	615.2	155	1900	80	6/53	23.75	3.08	46.15	1	8
GD McGrath (AUS)	1994-1999	13	26	3081	513.3	135	1422	66	8/38	21.54	2.76	46.68	3	3
IR Bishop (WI)	1990-1998	13	24	2728	454.4	93	1231	51	5/32	24.13	2.70	53.49	2	2
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1991-1995	9	16	2271	378.3	79	1161	50	8/97	23.22	3.06	45.42	0	6
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-1999	12	21	2958	493.0	162	1106	48	5/32	23.04	2.24	61.62	2	2
KCG Benjamin (WI)	1994-1998	12	21	2419	403.1	85	1238	48	6/66	25.79	3.07	50.39	3	3
MG Hughes (AUS)	1990-1993	10	20	2631	438.3	116	1210	46	5/92	26.30	2.75	57.19	4	1
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1992-1996	8	13	1746	291.0	54	988	38	5/52	26.00	3.39	45.94	3	3
DJ Nash (NZ)	1994-1999	7	12	1585	264.1	80	726	34	6/76	21.35	2.74	46.61	2	2
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1992-1996	7	12	1781	296.5	65	812	32	6/67	25.37	2.73	55.65	1	2
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1992-1996	8	13	2242	373.4	89	922	32	6/78	28.81	2.46	70.06	0	2
CL Cairns (NZ)	1992-1999	10	17	1848	308.0	66	979	32	6/52	30.59	3.17	57.75	0	3
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1993-1997	7	14	1517	252.5	59	689	30	6/71	22.96	2.72	50.56	0	3
A Kumble (IND)	1990-1996	7	13	2328	388.0	99	920	29	6/64	31.72	2.37	80.27	1	1
BA Reid (AUS)	1990-1991	4	7	1081	180.1	49	432	27	7/51	16.00	2.39	40.03	2	2
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-1999	4	8	1112	185.2	32	478	27	7/50	17.70	2.57	41.18	2	2
DW Fleming (AUS)	1994-1998	7	14	1423	237.1	59	666	26	5/46	25.61	2.80	54.73	1	1
PR Adams (SA)	1995-1999	8	14	2054	342.2	112	729	24	4/63	30.37	2.12	85.58	1	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-1998	5	9	684	114.0	22	443	23	7/37	19.26	3.88	29.73	0	2
MD Marshall (WI)	1990-1991	7	12	1387	231.1	53	574	23	4/33	24.95	2.48	60.30	1	0
TBA May (AUS)	1993-1995	8	16	2274	379.0	120	811	22	5/89	36.86	2.13	103.36	2	1
M Muralidaran (SL)	1993-1998	2	4	1049	174.5	56	393	21	9/65	18.71	2.24	49.95	1	2
CL Hooper (WI)	1990-1998	19	22	2081	346.5	101	695	20	5/80	34.75	2.00	104.05	0	1
DK Morrison (NZ)	1990-1997	7	11	1363	227.1	43	816	18	4/64	45.33	3.59	75.72	1	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-1999	6	9	1443	240.3	82	457	17	4/97	26.88	1.90	84.88	1	0
SLV Raju (IND)	1993-1996	4	7	1518	253.0	74	544	17	4/103	32.00	2.15	89.29	1	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1994-1998	9	15	1277	212.5	46	560	17	3/16	32.94	2.63	75.11	0	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1990-1990	3	5	803	133.5	24	384	16	5/53	24.00	2.86	50.18	1	1
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1997-1998	4	8	783	130.3	29	420	16	7/36	26.25	3.21	48.93	1	1
TM Alderman (AUS)	1990-1991	4	8	893	148.5	33	428	16	6/47	26.75	2.87	55.81	0	1
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-1996	3	5	855	142.3	39	375	15	5/76	25.00	2.63	57.00	1	1
BP Patterson (WI)	1990-1991	4	8	831	138.3	23	474	14	5/81	33.85	3.42	59.35	0	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1990-1993	6	12	1076	179.2	38	578	14	3/35	41.28	3.22	76.85	0	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-1999	10	12	1153	192.1	77	368	13	4/24	28.30	1.91	88.69	1	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-1999	24	25	888	148.0	34	450	13	5/40	34.61	3.04	68.30	0	1
DN Patel (NZ)	1992-1997	5	6	1269	211.3	50	525	13	4/87	40.38	2.48	97.61	1	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1990-1993	6	12	1218	203.0	45	681	13	4/74	52.38	3.35	93.69	1	0
GI Allott (NZ)	1997-1999	4	7	704	117.2	21	379	12	4/74	31.58	3.23	58.66	1	0
PS de Villiers (SA)	1994-1994	3	6	741	123.3	27	388	12	4/62	32.33	3.14	61.75	1	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1990-1990	3	5	888	148.0	41	400	12	4/38	33.33	2.70	74.00	1	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1994-1994	5	8	1142	190.2	48	498	12	3/56	41.50	2.61	95.16	0	0
CR Matthews (SA)	1994-1995	6	10	1239	206.3	70	505	12	3/25	42.08	2.44	103.25	0	0
J Srinath (IND)	1996-1996	3	5	913	152.1	37	433	11	4/103	39.36	2.84	83.00	1	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	4	700	116.4	27	259	10	5/123	25.90	2.22	70.00	0	1
SB Doull (NZ)	1997-1999	4	6	748	124.4	37	364	10	5/75	36.40	2.91	74.80	0	1
D Ramnarine (WI)	1998-1998	2	4	546	91.0	37	148	9	4/29	16.44	1.62	60.66	1	0
CR Miller (AUS)	1998-1999	3	6	594	99.0	18	238	9	3/57	26.44	2.40	66.00	0	0
RK Chauhan (IND)	1993-1993	3	6	1018	169.4	64	323	9	3/30	35.88	1.90	113.11	0	0
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1992-1992	5	7	628	104.4	21	366	9	4/100	40.66	3.49	69.77	1	0
ND Hirwani (IND)	1990-1990	3	6	1272	212.0	41	586	9	4/174	65.11	2.76	141.33	1	0
KPJ Warnaweera (SL)	1993-1993	1	2	391	65.1	15	188	8	4/90	23.50	2.88	48.87	2	0
ML Su'a (NZ)	1992-1992	2	4	600	100.0	31	236	8	3/87	29.50	2.36	75.00	0	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	4	535	89.1	20	240	8	4/43	30.00	2.69	66.87	1	0
Ata-ur-Rehman (PAK)	1992-1996	3	4	400	66.4	11	242	8	4/50	30.25	3.63	50.00	1	0
M Hayward (SA)	1999-1999	2	3	409	68.1	18	204	7	4/75	29.14	2.99	58.42	1	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1990-1991	5	8	1014	169.0	51	422	7	3/40	60.28	2.49	144.85	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1996	2	3	227	37.5	4	125	6	3/71	20.83	3.30	37.83	0	0
M Ntini (SA)	1998-1998	2	4	486	81.0	27	210	6	4/72	35.00	2.59	81.00	1	0
EA Moseley (WI)	1990-1990	2	4	522	87.0	13	261	6	2/70	43.50	3.00	87.00	0	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1990-1990	3	4	606	101.0	30	264	6	3/106	44.00	2.61	101.00	0	0
C Pringle (NZ)	1992-1994	3	4	684	114.0	26	328	6	3/127	54.66	2.87	114.00	0	0
L Klusener (SA)	1998-1999	6	11	1026	171.0	53	405	6	3/27	67.50	2.36	171.00	0	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	4	252	42.0	13	69	5	4/18	13.80	1.64	50.40	1	0
HK Olonga (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	4	246	41.0	3	160	5	3/90	32.00	3.90	49.20	0	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1991-1991	1	2	318	53.0	8	160	5	5/69	32.00	3.01	63.60	0	1
MB Owens (NZ)	1994-1994	2	3	306	51.0	15	168	5	4/99	33.60	3.29	61.20	1	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1997-1999	7	10	564	94.0	33	170	5	2/26	34.00	1.80	112.80	0	0
IBA Allen (WI)	1991-1991	2	3	282	47.0	4	180	5	2/69	36.00	3.82	56.40	0	0
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1991-1991	1	2	319	53.1	12	180	5	3/135	36.00	3.38	63.80	0	0
NAM McLean (WI)	1998-1998	4	6	468	78.0	15	203	5	2/46	40.60	2.60	93.60	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	1994-1998	13	15	461	76.5	16	224	5	2/74	44.80	2.91	92.20	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1990-1999	25	17	606	101.0	30	276	5	2/8	55.20	2.73	121.20	0	0
BP Julian (AUS)	1993-1993	2	4	492	82.0	16	291	5	2/30	58.20	3.54	98.40	0	0
MJ Nicholson (AUS)	1998-1998	1	2	150	25.0	4	115	4	3/56	28.75	4.60	37.50	0	0
MN Hart (NZ)	1994-1994	3	4	885	147.3	60	278	4	1/50	69.50	1.88	221.25	0	0
SB O'Connor (NZ)	1999-1999	1	2	144	24.0	5	62	3	2/32	20.66	2.58	48.00	0	0
J Angel (AUS)	1995-1995	1	2	153	25.3	7	85	3	3/65	28.33	3.33	51.00	0	0
CE Eksteen (SA)	1995-1995	1	2	378	63.0	25	88	3	3/12	29.33	1.39	126.00	0	0
W Watson (NZ)	1992-1992	1	2	300	50.0	23	100	3	2/41	33.33	2.00	100.00	0	0
AS Wassan (IND)	1990-1990	1	2	222	37.0	5	173	3	2/79	57.66	4.67	74.00	0	0
SK Sharma (IND)	1990-1990	1	2	288	48.0	5	197	3	2/75	65.66	4.10	96.00	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-1999	16	18	732	122.0	49	239	3	2/5	79.66	1.95	244.00	0	0
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1991-1993	2	4	384	64.0	9	243	3	2/75	81.00	3.79	128.00	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1991-1993	2	2	66	11.0	4	19	2	2/7	9.50	1.72	33.00	0	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1999-1999	1	2	156	26.0	10	46	2	2/16	23.00	1.76	78.00	0	0
PE McIntyre (AUS)	1995-1995	1	2	165	27.3	3	87	2	2/51	43.50	3.16	82.50	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1998-1998	1	2	204	34.0	4	97	2	2/81	48.50	2.85	102.00	0	0
MW Pringle (SA)	1995-1995	1	2	240	40.0	9	98	2	1/46	49.00	2.45	120.00	0	0
GR Larsen (NZ)	1994-1994	1	1	268	44.4	11	116	2	2/116	58.00	2.59	134.00	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1990-1993	11	7	330	55.0	17	117	2	1/16	58.50	2.12	165.00	0	0
OD Gibson (WI)	1995-1995	1	2	204	34.0	3	132	2	2/81	66.00	3.88	102.00	0	0
MG Bevan (AUS)	1994-1997	6	6	250	41.4	7	140	2	1/14	70.00	3.36	125.00	0	0
PL Mhambrey (IND)	1996-1996	2	3	258	43.0	6	148	2	1/43	74.00	3.44	129.00	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-1998	3	5	408	68.0	18	168	2	2/46	84.00	2.47	204.00	0	0
HT Davis (NZ)	1994-1997	2	3	342	57.0	8	186	2	1/50	93.00	3.26	171.00	0	0
SA Thomson (NZ)	1992-1994	4	5	564	94.0	22	210	2	1/40	105.00	2.23	282.00	0	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1990-1990	3	6	575	95.5	6	341	2	1/29	170.50	3.55	287.50	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:

South Africa v England at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]