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)	1991-1999	22	41	5469	911.3	241	2160	102	7/25	21.17	2.36	53.61	3	7
CA Walsh (WI)	1991-1999	23	43	5423	903.5	179	2459	94	6/54	26.15	2.72	57.69	7	4
D Gough (ENG)	1994-1999	12	22	2978	496.2	100	1623	57	6/49	28.47	3.26	52.24	2	3
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1990-1999	13	21	2990	498.2	102	1288	50	6/62	25.76	2.58	59.80	1	4
AA Donald (SA)	1993-1998	11	19	2784	464.0	102	1337	48	6/59	27.85	2.88	58.00	1	2
IR Bishop (WI)	1992-1997	10	19	2235	372.3	69	990	43	6/40	23.02	2.65	51.97	0	1
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1990-1997	14	27	3264	544.0	102	1730	41	4/39	42.19	3.18	79.60	2	0
A Kumble (IND)	1996-1999	6	12	2214	369.0	86	870	37	6/98	23.51	2.35	59.83	3	3
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1990-1998	9	18	2326	387.4	73	1060	37	6/82	28.64	2.73	62.86	0	3
DW Headley (ENG)	1997-1999	6	11	1517	252.5	40	867	35	6/60	24.77	3.42	43.34	6	1
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1990-1997	11	19	2996	499.2	124	1199	35	7/66	34.25	2.40	85.60	2	2
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1990-1999	9	16	2739	456.3	62	1481	35	5/95	42.31	3.24	78.25	3	2
AR Caddick (ENG)	1993-1997	9	15	1997	332.5	55	1122	29	5/42	38.68	3.37	68.86	1	2
PM Such (ENG)	1993-1999	7	13	2140	356.4	88	864	27	6/67	32.00	2.42	79.25	0	2
J Srinath (IND)	1991-1999	9	18	2152	358.4	68	1088	26	4/130	41.84	3.03	82.76	1	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1991-1999	20	32	3367	561.1	113	1492	26	4/75	57.38	2.65	129.50	1	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1991-1992	5	10	1704	284.0	76	645	25	5/97	25.80	2.27	68.16	1	2
DK Morrison (NZ)	1990-1993	7	10	1646	274.2	57	790	25	7/89	31.60	2.87	65.84	0	2
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1990-1995	8	16	2067	344.3	70	1002	25	4/56	40.08	2.90	82.68	1	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1990-1999	9	16	1586	264.2	55	825	24	4/69	34.37	3.12	66.08	1	0
PS de Villiers (SA)	1993-1994	6	10	1686	281.0	70	716	22	6/43	32.54	2.54	76.63	2	1
M Muralidaran (SL)	1992-1999	7	10	1838	306.2	46	922	22	5/71	41.90	3.00	83.54	1	1
MD Marshall (WI)	1991-1991	5	9	938	156.2	24	437	21	3/31	20.80	2.79	44.66	0	0
KCG Benjamin (WI)	1993-1996	8	15	1377	229.3	33	775	21	3/32	36.90	3.37	65.57	0	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-1998	5	7	1152	192.0	48	462	20	7/87	23.10	2.40	57.60	0	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1995-1999	6	9	1208	201.2	50	514	19	4/54	27.05	2.55	63.57	1	0
BP Patterson (WI)	1991-1992	6	11	972	162.0	19	536	19	5/83	28.21	3.30	51.15	2	1
M Prabhakar (IND)	1991-1992	5	10	1523	253.5	61	680	19	5/101	35.78	2.67	80.15	1	1
CL Cairns (NZ)	1993-1997	7	9	1342	223.4	54	742	19	4/90	39.05	3.31	70.63	3	0
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1992-1992	3	6	874	145.4	28	434	17	5/82	25.52	2.97	51.41	0	1
CR Matthews (SA)	1993-1994	5	9	1152	192.0	65	418	16	5/80	26.12	2.17	72.00	1	1
CC Lewis (ENG)	1990-1995	5	9	911	151.5	21	545	16	4/24	34.06	3.58	56.93	1	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1995-1999	5	7	1294	215.4	52	590	16	6/46	36.87	2.73	80.87	0	1
SLV Raju (IND)	1991-1998	7	14	1822	303.4	74	740	16	3/11	46.25	2.43	113.87	0	0
PL Symcox (SA)	1993-1998	6	10	1488	248.0	53	608	15	4/69	40.53	2.45	99.20	1	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1994-1998	9	15	1500	250.0	49	694	15	3/61	46.26	2.77	100.00	0	0
AD Mullally (ENG)	1998-1998	4	8	945	157.3	44	364	12	5/105	30.33	2.31	78.75	0	1
DN Patel (NZ)	1993-1993	6	8	1038	173.0	24	647	12	5/93	53.91	3.73	86.50	0	1
AB Agarkar (IND)	1999-1999	2	4	534	89.0	21	256	11	3/43	23.27	2.87	48.54	0	0
SB Doull (NZ)	1993-1997	5	7	990	165.0	31	511	11	4/70	46.45	3.09	90.00	1	0
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	1998-1999	5	9	1028	171.2	24	657	11	4/153	59.72	3.83	93.45	1	0
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-1999	3	6	624	104.0	26	322	10	3/18	32.20	3.09	62.40	0	0
NO Perry (WI)	1999-1999	3	6	612	102.0	19	326	10	5/70	32.60	3.19	61.20	0	1
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1992-1992	3	6	900	150.0	23	338	10	4/127	33.80	2.25	90.00	1	0
L Klusener (SA)	1997-1998	4	7	909	151.3	36	432	10	4/67	43.20	2.85	90.90	1	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	1997-1998	6	9	1229	204.5	49	565	10	3/125	56.50	2.75	122.90	0	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1995-1995	4	6	584	97.2	16	291	9	3/71	32.33	2.98	64.88	0	0
GC Small (ENG)	1990-1991	4	8	894	149.0	33	424	9	3/34	47.11	2.84	99.33	0	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1992-1996	4	6	905	150.5	24	507	9	3/120	56.33	3.36	100.55	0	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	1997-1997	4	4	352	58.4	11	191	8	3/60	23.87	3.25	44.00	0	0
W Watson (NZ)	1993-1993	3	4	546	91.0	37	202	8	3/43	25.25	2.21	68.25	0	0
DK Liyanage (SL)	1992-1992	2	4	456	76.0	14	223	8	4/56	27.87	2.93	57.00	1	0
UC Hathurusingha (SL)	1992-1996	6	9	702	117.0	30	305	8	4/66	38.12	2.60	87.75	1	0
PT Collins (WI)	1999-1999	3	6	678	113.0	19	362	8	3/79	45.25	3.20	84.75	0	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1994-1998	9	11	851	141.5	20	385	8	2/43	48.12	2.71	106.37	0	0
MC Ilott (ENG)	1993-1993	3	5	774	129.0	28	412	8	3/108	51.50	3.19	96.75	0	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1990-1990	1	2	248	41.2	8	109	7	5/39	15.57	2.63	35.42	0	1
AJ Tudor (ENG)	1998-1999	2	4	254	42.2	8	180	7	4/89	25.71	4.25	36.28	1	0
Mohsin Kamal (PAK)	1994-1994	2	2	324	54.0	6	225	7	4/116	32.14	4.16	46.28	1	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1997-1998	6	9	628	104.4	34	234	7	3/29	33.42	2.23	89.71	0	0
SB O'Connor (NZ)	1997-1997	2	3	448	74.4	17	242	7	3/101	34.57	3.24	64.00	0	0
Mohammad Akram (PAK)	1995-1999	3	4	486	81.0	7	334	7	5/138	47.71	4.12	69.42	0	1
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1990-1990	1	2	218	36.2	12	87	6	6/85	14.50	2.39	36.33	0	1
BN Schultz (SA)	1997-1997	1	2	222	37.0	8	91	6	4/52	15.16	2.45	37.00	1	0
SL Watkin (ENG)	1993-1993	1	2	318	53.0	13	152	6	4/65	25.33	2.86	53.00	1	0
HMRKB Herath (SL)	1999-1999	2	2	417	69.3	16	195	6	4/97	32.50	2.80	69.50	1	0
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1991-1991	1	2	438	73.0	16	199	6	3/94	33.16	2.72	73.00	0	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-1997	3	5	672	112.0	27	310	6	2/87	51.66	2.76	112.00	0	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1999	5	8	650	108.2	11	365	6	2/43	60.83	3.36	108.33	0	0
MJ McCague (ENG)	1993-1994	3	4	593	98.5	17	390	6	4/121	65.00	3.94	98.83	1	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1999-1999	1	1	204	34.0	8	93	5	5/93	18.60	2.73	40.80	0	1
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	249	41.3	9	101	5	5/52	20.20	2.43	49.80	0	1
RJ Shastri (IND)	1991-1992	3	4	288	48.0	11	114	5	4/45	22.80	2.37	57.60	1	0
Arshad Khan (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	582	97.0	28	213	5	3/72	42.60	2.19	116.40	0	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1993-1998	12	16	706	117.4	36	247	5	2/21	49.40	2.09	141.20	0	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1990-1990	3	5	534	89.0	14	258	5	3/80	51.60	2.89	106.80	0	0
PR Adams (SA)	1997-1998	3	4	690	115.0	20	300	5	2/66	60.00	2.60	138.00	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	1992-1999	16	14	589	98.1	10	323	5	2/29	64.60	3.29	117.80	0	0
ML Su'a (NZ)	1993-1993	4	6	773	128.5	17	434	5	2/72	86.80	3.36	154.60	0	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1999	6	5	172	28.4	6	91	4	3/28	22.75	3.17	43.00	0	0
MB Owens (NZ)	1993-1993	2	2	282	47.0	12	112	4	3/58	28.00	2.38	70.50	0	0
Shakeel Ahmed (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	325	54.1	12	139	4	4/91	34.75	2.56	81.25	1	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1991-1999	11	10	308	51.2	11	153	4	2/10	38.25	2.98	77.00	0	0
DG Cork (ENG)	1998-1998	2	3	342	57.0	11	165	4	2/98	41.25	2.89	85.50	0	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1990-1990	3	4	420	70.0	16	167	4	2/53	41.75	2.38	105.00	0	0
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	1996-1996	1	2	306	51.0	6	189	4	2/63	47.25	3.70	76.50	0	0
RK Chauhan (IND)	1998-1998	2	4	460	76.4	16	228	4	2/66	57.00	2.97	115.00	0	0
MP Bicknell (ENG)	1993-1993	2	3	522	87.0	17	263	4	3/99	65.75	3.02	130.50	0	0
ST Banerjee (IND)	1992-1992	1	1	108	18.0	4	47	3	3/47	15.66	2.61	36.00	0	0
AR Kapoor (IND)	1996-1996	1	2	192	32.0	8	72	3	2/30	24.00	2.25	64.00	0	0
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1999-1999	3	4	234	39.0	10	98	3	3/38	32.66	2.51	78.00	0	0
M Dillon (WI)	1999-1999	1	2	243	40.3	5	126	3	2/69	42.00	3.11	81.00	0	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1993-1993	1	2	342	57.0	13	150	3	2/119	50.00	2.63	114.00	0	0
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1990-1994	2	3	445	74.1	17	177	3	2/47	59.00	2.38	148.33	0	0
PV Simmons (WI)	1992-1997	6	8	432	72.0	19	179	3	2/34	59.66	2.48	144.00	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990-1995	15	9	438	73.0	17	209	3	1/20	69.66	2.86	146.00	0	0
RP de Groen (NZ)	1993-1993	2	2	492	82.0	23	233	3	2/113	77.66	2.84	164.00	0	0
AJ Hollioake (ENG)	1997-1997	2	2	114	19.0	2	55	2	2/31	27.50	2.89	57.00	0	0
Mohammad Hussain (PAK)	1998-1998	1	1	120	20.0	3	66	2	2/66	33.00	3.30	60.00	0	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1992-1996	6	6	120	20.0	3	69	2	2/18	34.50	3.45	60.00	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:

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]