HowSTAT! ODI Cricket - 40 Wickets in a Year

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Players Taking 40 Wickets in a Calendar Year

	Player	Country	Year	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	4w	E/R	S/R
1	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	1997	36	314.2	17	1293	69	18.74	5/38	5	4.11	27.22
2	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	1996	33	289.0	12	1269	65	19.52	5/29	4	4.39	26.57
3	Saeed Ajmal	Pakistan	2013	33	306.3	15	1268	62	20.45	5/24	3	4.14	29.56
4	S K Warne	Australia	1999	37	329.1	27	1443	62	23.27	4/29	2	4.38	31.81
5	S M Pollock	South Africa	2000	38	331.3	28	1319	61	21.62	5/20	3	3.98	32.43
6	A Kumble	India	1996	32	304.1	16	1235	61	20.25	4/12	3	4.06	29.83
7	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	2000	38	314.5	22	1370	61	22.46	5/48	4	4.35	30.90
8	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1996	35	286.5	17	1348	60	22.47	6/44	4	4.70	28.65
9	A B Agarkar	India	1998	30	268.5	13	1378	58	23.76	4/35	3	5.13	27.73
10	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2001	33	308.3	29	1019	56	18.20	5/30	3	3.30	32.95
11	S M Pollock	South Africa	2002	38	332.5	33	1274	54	23.59	4/18	3	3.83	36.86
12	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	2002	36	283.1	24	1424	52	27.38	5/38	2	5.03	32.57
13	R A Jadeja*	India	2013	34	303.3	22	1321	52	25.40	5/36	2	4.35	34.95
14	G D McGrath	Australia	1999	27	241.4	20	983	52	18.90	5/14	4	4.07	27.76
15	Junaid Khan	Pakistan	2013	28	228.3	17	1116	52	21.46	4/15	1	4.88	26.30
16	A A Donald	South Africa	1996	20	183.4	5	787	51	15.43	6/23	3	4.28	21.53
17	B Lee	Australia	2005	26	225.5	23	1017	51	19.94	5/41	3	4.50	26.53
18	M Ntini	South Africa	2002	31	279.2	32	1196	50	23.92	5/31	2	4.28	33.46
19	S K Warne	Australia	1994	29	273.2	13	1045	50	20.90	4/34	3	3.82	32.78
20	Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh	2006	27	237.4	26	1003	49	20.47	6/26	2	4.22	29.02
21	S L Malinga	Sri Lanka	2011	24	192.1	12	924	48	19.25	6/38	3	4.81	23.91
22	Rashid Khan*	Afghanistan	2018	20	178.0	12	694	48	14.46	5/24	3	3.90	22.10
23	B A W Mendis	Sri Lanka	2008	18	135.3	13	486	48	10.13	6/13	6	3.59	16.86
24	Kuldeep Yadav*	India	2023	28	207.1	13	953	48	19.85	5/25	3	4.60	25.84
25	I K Pathan	India	2004	28	248.3	10	1240	47	26.38	4/24	1	4.99	31.65
26	S L Malinga	Sri Lanka	2012	32	266.0	11	1508	47	32.09	5/54	2	5.67	33.86
27	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1990	19	158.0	12	594	47	12.64	6/26	7	3.76	20.12
28	N W Bracken	Australia	2006	23	194.4	19	866	46	18.83	5/67	2	4.45	25.30
29	Shakib Al Hasan*	Bangladesh	2010	27	249.0	8	1196	46	26.00	4/33	3	4.80	32.48
30	J H Kallis	South Africa	2000	39	283.5	18	1356	46	29.48	3/40	0	4.78	36.98
31	B Lee	Australia	2003	24	205.2	23	926	46	20.13	5/30	3	4.51	26.71
32	M G Johnson	Australia	2009	30	261.4	14	1383	46	30.07	4/34	1	5.29	34.04
33	M Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	2003	24	218.2	24	731	46	15.89	5/23	3	3.35	28.36
34	B K V Prasad	India	1999	35	291.3	27	1229	46	26.72	5/27	1	4.22	37.94
35	C Pringle	New Zealand	1994	26	226.1	12	1041	46	22.63	5/45	2	4.60	29.39
36	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan	1999	27	230.0	20	866	46	18.83	6/18	4	3.77	30.00
37	Abdur Razzak	Bangladesh	2006	26	231.0	19	808	45	17.96	5/33	3	3.50	30.64
38	A A Donald	South Africa	2002	25	214.3	14	958	45	21.29	4/43	1	4.47	28.57
39	B K V Prasad	India	1996	30	273.4	11	1298	45	28.84	4/27	1	4.74	36.45
40	Hasan Ali*	Pakistan	2017	18	152.2	7	767	45	17.04	5/34	3	5.04	20.19
41	Kuldeep Yadav*	India	2018	19	172.2	4	800	45	17.78	6/25	3	4.64	22.96
42	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	2011	27	224.0	9	937	45	20.82	5/16	6	4.18	29.71
43	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	1993	26	228.4	13	850	45	18.89	5/15	6	3.72	30.45
44	Naved-ul-Hasan	Pakistan	2005	22	188.1	6	969	45	21.53	6/27	2	5.15	25.03
45	M Ntini	South Africa	2003	23	194.5	16	816	45	18.13	4/24	3	4.19	25.93
46	R McLaren	South Africa	2013	27	208.3	6	1070	45	23.78	4/19	4	5.13	27.67
47	R W Price	Zimbabwe	2009	27	238.1	26	907	44	20.61	4/22	1	3.81	32.41
48	Mohammed Siraj*	India	2023	25	172.1	17	910	44	20.68	6/21	3	5.29	23.36
49	B Lee	Australia	2006	26	231.4	15	1095	44	24.89	5/22	5	4.73	31.45
50	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	2002	27	226.2	16	968	44	22.00	4/22	1	4.28	30.79
51	Bilal Khan*	Oman	2022	16	147.4	10	725	43	16.86	5/31	4	4.91	20.40
52	D L Vettori	New Zealand	2007	31	270.0	11	1123	43	26.12	5/7	3	4.16	37.62
53	G D McGrath	Australia	2002	26	223.4	42	784	43	18.23	5/37	2	3.51	31.06
54	J E Emburey	England	1987	31	290.1	15	1215	43	28.26	4/37	1	4.19	40.37
55	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	1992	27	243.3	18	930	43	21.63	5/19	3	3.82	33.89
56	Rashid Khan*	Afghanistan	2017	16	118.0	6	449	43	10.44	7/18	4	3.81	16.30
57	S Lamichhane*	Nepal	2023	21	195.2	9	948	43	22.05	5/25	3	4.85	27.24
58	Mohammed Shami*	India	2023	19	132.5	12	708	43	16.47	7/57	5	5.33	18.49
59	Mohammed Shami*	India	2019	21	177.2	10	951	42	22.64	5/69	3	5.36	25.20
60	W P U J C Vaas	Sri Lanka	2001	29	232.2	30	930	42	22.14	8/19	1	4.00	33.06
61	Shaheen Shah Afridi*	Pakistan	2023	21	180.4	9	1010	42	24.05	5/54	2	5.59	25.77
62	J H Kallis	South Africa	2002	33	251.2	8	1190	42	28.33	5/41	2	4.73	35.71
63	H H Streak	Zimbabwe	2001	31	252.3	22	1148	42	27.33	4/8	2	4.55	35.93
64	D W Fleming	Australia	1999	26	226.1	20	952	42	22.67	3/14	0	4.21	32.24
65	A U Rashid*	England	2018	24	213.0	1	1154	42	27.48	4/36	2	5.42	30.43
66	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	1994	24	217.1	13	974	42	23.19	6/30	4	4.49	30.90
67	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	2001	21	166.4	8	821	41	20.02	7/36	3	4.93	24.35
68	B Lee	Australia	2002	20	165.4	13	775	41	18.90	4/32	4	4.68	24.20
69	J M Anderson*	England	2003	24	202.2	24	924	41	22.54	4/25	4	4.57	29.59
70	L Klusener	South Africa	1999	27	193.5	9	855	41	20.85	5/21	1	4.41	28.26
71	M A Starc*	Australia	2015	18	144.4	6	667	41	16.27	6/28	4	4.61	21.01
72	M J McClenaghan	New Zealand	2013	15	133.3	3	761	40	19.03	5/58	5	5.70	19.88
73	Haris Rauf*	Pakistan	2023	22	178.5	5	1086	40	27.15	5/18	3	6.07	26.78
74	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan	2003	22	177.3	11	769	40	19.23	5/10	2	4.33	26.48
75	R Ashwin*	India	2013	29	259.5	6	1353	40	33.83	3/39	0	5.21	38.93
76	R J Harris	Australia	2010	16	130.5	13	607	40	15.18	5/19	3	4.64	19.52
77	Z Khan	India	2007	33	283.2	22	1396	40	34.90	5/42	1	4.93	42.42

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