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(calculated for matches beginning in named year)
Player
Country
Mat
Overs
Mdns
Runs
Wkts
Avg
Best
5w
E/R
S/R
1
L Ngidi*
South Africa
5
122.5
28
370
22
16.82
6/71
2
3.01
33.41
2
A R Patel*
India
5
201.5
50
427
36
11.86
6/38
5
2.12
33.58
3
K Rabada*
South Africa
5
172.0
43
437
23
19.00
5/34
1
2.54
44.87
4
K A Jamieson*
New Zealand
5
188.2
67
473
27
17.52
6/48
3
2.51
41.82
5
J O Holder*
West Indies
8
227.0
56
501
22
22.77
5/27
1
2.21
61.69
6
T G Southee*
New Zealand
5
210.5
50
516
22
23.45
6/43
2
2.45
57.41
7
Mohammed Shami*
India
5
166.4
38
517
23
22.48
5/44
1
3.10
43.30
8
A Nortje*
South Africa
5
157.0
34
519
25
20.76
6/56
2
3.31
37.58
9
Ramesh Mendis*
Sri Lanka
4
192.2
30
560
26
21.54
6/70
2
2.91
44.35
10
K A J Roach*
West Indies
8
232.4
52
636
27
23.56
4/52
0
2.73
51.64
11
Hasan Ali*
Pakistan
8
212.3
49
659
41
16.07
5/27
5
3.10
30.95
12
O E Robinson*
England
8
295.4
85
783
37
21.16
5/65
2
2.65
47.84
13
J J Bumrah*
India
9
308.4
78
796
30
26.53
5/64
1
2.58
61.52
14
Shaheen Shah Afridi*
Pakistan
9
292.5
78
802
47
17.06
6/51
3
2.74
37.24
15
J M Anderson*
England
12
399.5
141
848
39
21.74
6/40
2
2.12
61.40
16
L Embuldeniya*
Sri Lanka
6
316.1
78
871
32
27.22
7/137
3
2.75
59.27
17
R Ashwin*
India
9
387.1
82
899
54
16.65
6/61
3
2.32
42.83
18
Taijul Islam*
Bangladesh
6
345.3
78
915
30
30.50
7/116
2
2.65
68.98
19
Mehidy Hasan Miraz*
Bangladesh
7
332.1
66
918
25
36.72
5/82
1
2.76
79.61
20
Mohammed Siraj*
India
10
292.5
63
929
31
29.97
5/73
1
3.17
56.54
21
M J Leach*
England
8
299.5
40
1020
30
34.00
5/122
1
3.40
59.90
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