|
Players Taking Most Wickets in Year
(calculated for matches beginning in named year)
| |
Player
|
Country
|
Mat
|
Overs
|
Mdns
|
Runs
|
Wkts
|
Avg
|
Best
|
5w
|
E/R
|
S/R
|
| 1 |
Embuldeniya, L*
|
Sri Lanka
|
2
|
130.3
|
28
|
451
|
13
|
34.69
|
5/114
|
1
|
3.46
|
60.14
|
| 2 |
Nortje, A*
|
South Africa
|
3
|
96.0
|
10
|
385
|
13
|
29.62
|
5/110
|
1
|
4.01
|
44.31
|
| 3 |
Sikandar Raza*
|
Zimbabwe
|
3
|
121.0
|
20
|
349
|
12
|
29.08
|
7/113
|
1
|
2.88
|
60.50
|
| 4 |
Wood, M A*
|
England
|
2
|
58.3
|
15
|
163
|
12
|
13.58
|
5/46
|
1
|
2.79
|
28.95
|
| 5 |
Lakmal, R A S*
|
Sri Lanka
|
2
|
87.0
|
32
|
151
|
10
|
15.10
|
4/27
|
0
|
1.74
|
52.20
|
| 6 |
Lyon, N M*
|
Australia
|
1
|
47.3
|
14
|
118
|
10
|
11.80
|
5/50
|
2
|
2.48
|
28.14
|
| 7 |
Nayeem Hasan*
|
Bangladesh
|
1
|
62.0
|
15
|
152
|
9
|
16.89
|
5/82
|
1
|
2.45
|
41.33
|
| 8 |
Broad, S C J*
|
England
|
3
|
88.4
|
29
|
172
|
9
|
19.11
|
3/30
|
0
|
1.94
|
58.93
|
| 9 |
Southee, T G*
|
New Zealand
|
1
|
41.1
|
11
|
110
|
9
|
12.22
|
5/61
|
1
|
2.67
|
27.40
|
| 10 |
Stokes, B A*
|
England
|
3
|
69.4
|
16
|
198
|
8
|
24.75
|
3/35
|
0
|
2.84
|
52.05
|
| 11 |
Taijul Islam*
|
Bangladesh
|
2
|
93.0
|
14
|
307
|
8
|
38.38
|
4/78
|
0
|
3.30
|
69.45
|
| 12 |
Bess, D M*
|
England
|
2
|
113.0
|
40
|
206
|
8
|
25.75
|
5/51
|
1
|
1.82
|
84.75
|
| 13 |
Maharaj, K A*
|
South Africa
|
2
|
128.0
|
30
|
408
|
8
|
51.00
|
5/180
|
1
|
3.19
|
96.00
|
| 14 |
Kumara, C B R L S*
|
Sri Lanka
|
2
|
80.0
|
23
|
212
|
7
|
30.29
|
3/32
|
0
|
2.65
|
68.57
|
| 15 |
Abu Jayed*
|
Bangladesh
|
2
|
57.0
|
13
|
161
|
7
|
23.00
|
4/71
|
0
|
2.82
|
48.86
|
| 16 |
Anderson, J M*
|
England
|
1
|
37.0
|
15
|
63
|
7
|
9.00
|
5/40
|
1
|
1.70
|
31.71
|
| 17 |
Rabada, K*
|
South Africa
|
2
|
67.5
|
12
|
234
|
7
|
33.43
|
3/68
|
0
|
3.45
|
57.86
|
| 18 |
Hendricks, B E*
|
South Africa
|
1
|
38.3
|
5
|
175
|
6
|
29.17
|
5/64
|
1
|
4.55
|
38.30
|
| 19 |
Nyauchi, V M*
|
Zimbabwe
|
3
|
94.5
|
20
|
245
|
6
|
40.83
|
3/69
|
0
|
2.58
|
94.50
|
| 20 |
Pretorius, D*
|
South Africa
|
2
|
56.0
|
14
|
203
|
5
|
40.60
|
2/26
|
0
|
3.63
|
67.20
|
| 21 |
Naseem Shah*
|
Pakistan
|
1
|
24.2
|
2
|
87
|
5
|
17.40
|
4/26
|
0
|
3.58
|
29.04
|
| 22 |
Curran, S M*
|
England
|
3
|
69.0
|
15
|
217
|
5
|
43.40
|
2/39
|
0
|
3.14
|
82.80
|
| 23 |
Boult, T A*
|
New Zealand
|
1
|
40.0
|
10
|
96
|
5
|
19.20
|
4/39
|
0
|
2.40
|
48.00
|
| 24 |
Shaheen Shah Afridi*
|
Pakistan
|
1
|
37.5
|
9
|
92
|
5
|
18.40
|
4/53
|
0
|
2.43
|
45.00
|
| 25 |
Sharma, I*
|
India
|
1
|
23.2
|
6
|
76
|
5
|
15.20
|
5/68
|
1
|
3.26
|
27.84
|
|
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