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South Africa
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Batsmen Dismissed %
Mode of Dismissal %
Player
Country
Mat
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
5w
10w
Avg
S/R
E/R
1-3
4-7
8-11
B
C
CB
LBW
1
M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka/ICC World XI
133
44039
18180
800
9/51
16/220
67
22
22.73
55.05
2.48
25.3
42.3
32.5
20.9
48.5
5.9
18.8
2
S K Warne
Australia
145
40705
17995
708
8/71
12/128
37
10
25.42
57.49
2.65
23.0
39.8
37.1
16.4
48.7
10.3
19.5
3
J M Anderson*
England
187
39877
18569
700
7/42
11/71
32
3
26.53
56.97
2.79
38.9
35.3
25.9
19.4
38.6
28.1
13.9
4
A Kumble
India
132
40850
18355
619
10/74
14/149
35
8
29.65
65.99
2.70
27.9
39.6
32.5
15.2
50.6
5.2
25.2
5
S C J Broad*
England
167
33698
16719
604
8/15
11/121
20
3
27.68
55.79
2.98
34.1
38.4
27.5
16.7
42.1
24.5
16.7
6
G D McGrath
Australia
124
29248
12186
563
8/24
10/27
29
3
21.64
51.95
2.50
40.0
34.8
25.2
13.5
39.3
27.0
20.1
7
N M Lyon*
Australia
129
32761
16052
530
8/50
13/154
24
5
30.29
61.81
2.94
25.8
40.6
33.6
12.3
58.9
8.5
15.5
8
C A Walsh
West Indies
132
30019
12684
519
7/37
13/55
22
3
24.44
57.84
2.54
34.1
34.5
31.4
17.7
45.9
21.4
14.6
9
R Ashwin*
India
100
26136
12203
516
7/59
13/140
36
8
23.65
50.65
2.80
32.2
35.1
32.8
20.3
46.3
9.1
21.7
10
D W Steyn
South Africa
93
18608
10077
439
7/51
11/60
26
5
22.95
42.39
3.25
33.5
34.9
31.7
20.5
40.1
24.8
14.6
11
Kapil Dev
India
131
27740
12867
434
9/83
11/146
23
2
29.65
63.92
2.78
40.3
31.3
28.3
20.0
31.3
22.1
25.8
12
H M R K B Herath
Sri Lanka
93
25993
12157
433
9/127
14/184
34
9
28.08
60.03
2.81
24.7
43.9
31.4
18.9
38.8
9.2
24.9
13
R J Hadlee
New Zealand
86
21918
9611
431
9/52
15/123
36
9
22.30
50.85
2.63
36.7
33.4
29.9
21.3
40.8
18.6
19.3
14
S M Pollock
South Africa
108
24353
9733
421
7/87
10/147
16
1
23.12
57.85
2.40
35.6
34.9
29.5
14.0
41.6
23.0
21.4
15
Harbhajan Singh
India
103
28580
13537
417
8/84
15/217
25
5
32.46
68.54
2.84
25.4
38.4
36.2
11.3
61.4
7.4
16.3
16
Wasim Akram
Pakistan
104
22627
9779
414
7/119
11/110
25
5
23.62
54.65
2.59
31.9
33.1
35.0
24.6
29.7
16.9
28.7
17
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
98
22103
8502
405
8/45
11/84
22
3
20.99
54.58
2.31
36.3
36.0
27.7
20.5
42.7
23.7
12.8
18
M Ntini
South Africa
101
20834
11242
390
7/37
13/132
18
4
28.83
53.42
3.24
38.2
38.2
23.6
18.5
52.6
22.8
6.2
19
I T Botham
England
102
21815
10878
383
8/34
13/106
27
4
28.40
56.96
2.99
30.8
38.4
30.8
15.1
38.6
24.8
21.1
20
T G Southee*
New Zealand
100
22614
11255
380
7/64
10/108
15
1
29.62
59.51
2.99
38.4
35.3
26.3
13.2
43.2
29.5
14.2
21
M D Marshall
West Indies
81
17584
7876
376
7/22
11/89
22
4
20.95
46.77
2.69
33.2
40.4
26.3
19.4
38.3
22.1
20.2
22
Waqar Younis
Pakistan
87
16224
8788
373
7/76
13/135
22
5
23.56
43.50
3.25
35.4
35.4
29.2
27.3
25.7
17.4
29.5
23
Imran Khan
Pakistan
88
19458
8258
362
8/58
14/116
23
6
22.81
53.75
2.55
35.4
35.9
28.7
26.5
32.3
18.8
22.1
24
D L Vettori
New Zealand/ICC World XI
113
28814
12441
362
7/87
12/149
20
3
34.37
79.60
2.59
25.4
40.6
34.0
11.6
53.9
9.9
21.0
25
M A Starc*
Australia
89
17417
9932
358
6/50
11/94
14
2
27.74
48.65
3.42
33.5
38.3
28.2
24.3
35.8
26.5
13.1
26
D K Lillee
Australia
70
18467
8493
355
7/83
11/123
23
7
23.92
52.02
2.76
36.1
36.6
27.3
15.2
40.0
27.3
17.5
27
W P U J C Vaas
Sri Lanka
111
23438
10501
355
7/71
14/191
12
2
29.58
66.02
2.69
42.0
35.2
22.8
10.4
36.6
24.8
28.2
28
A A Donald
South Africa
72
15519
7344
330
8/71
12/139
20
3
22.25
47.03
2.84
39.1
34.8
26.1
18.8
38.2
30.3
12.4
29
R G D Willis
England
90
17357
8190
325
8/43
9/92
16
0
25.20
53.41
2.83
41.2
33.5
25.2
20.9
47.7
20.6
10.2
30
T A Boult*
New Zealand
78
17417
8717
317
6/30
10/80
10
1
27.50
54.94
3.00
38.5
31.9
29.7
22.7
38.2
23.0
15.8
31
M G Johnson
Australia
73
16001
8891
313
8/61
12/127
12
3
28.41
51.12
3.33
31.9
39.6
28.4
16.0
42.8
29.7
11.5
32
Z Khan
India
92
18785
10247
311
7/87
10/149
11
1
32.95
60.40
3.27
45.0
34.7
20.3
17.7
36.3
25.1
20.6
33
I Sharma*
India
105
19160
10078
311
7/74
10/108
11
1
32.41
61.61
3.16
36.3
40.2
23.5
19.0
39.2
26.4
15.4
34
B Lee
Australia
76
16531
9555
310
5/30
9/171
10
0
30.82
53.33
3.47
36.5
36.8
26.8
21.3
35.2
29.4
14.2
35
L R Gibbs
West Indies
79
27115
8989
309
8/38
11/157
18
2
29.09
87.75
1.99
20.1
44.0
35.9
28.2
52.8
9.4
6.8
36
M Morkel
South Africa
86
16498
8550
309
6/23
9/110
8
0
27.67
53.39
3.11
37.2
35.0
27.8
14.2
49.2
26.2
10.4
37
F S Trueman
England
67
15178
6625
307
8/31
12/119
17
3
21.58
49.44
2.62
33.9
34.5
31.6
33.6
35.5
16.9
13.0
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