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Matches 1-21
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Player
|
Country
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Career
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Mat
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Wkts
|
5w
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Avg
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S/R
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Wkts
|
5w
|
Avg
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S/R
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1 |
S F Barnes
|
England
|
1901-1914
|
|
27
|
189
|
24
|
16.43
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41.66
|
|
122
|
14
|
20.20
|
50.04
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2 |
C V Grimmett
|
Australia
|
1925-1936
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|
37
|
216
|
21
|
24.22
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67.19
|
|
120
|
11
|
26.70
|
66.19
|
3 |
Yasir Shah*
|
Pakistan
|
2014-
|
|
48
|
244
|
16
|
31.38
|
58.42
|
|
119
|
8
|
28.66
|
56.02
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4 |
Saeed Ajmal
|
Pakistan
|
2009-2014
|
|
35
|
178
|
10
|
28.11
|
65.15
|
|
114
|
6
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26.75
|
60.82
|
5 |
D W Steyn
|
South Africa
|
2004-2019
|
|
93
|
439
|
26
|
22.95
|
42.39
|
|
109
|
7
|
21.94
|
36.54
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6 |
A Kumble
|
India
|
1990-2008
|
|
132
|
619
|
35
|
29.65
|
65.99
|
|
108
|
6
|
24.35
|
63.32
|
7 |
Waqar Younis
|
Pakistan
|
1989-2003
|
|
87
|
373
|
22
|
23.56
|
43.50
|
|
108
|
11
|
19.57
|
38.87
|
8 |
A M E Roberts
|
West Indies
|
1974-1983
|
|
47
|
202
|
11
|
25.61
|
55.12
|
|
107
|
8
|
23.50
|
50.31
|
9 |
I T Botham
|
England
|
1977-1992
|
|
102
|
383
|
27
|
28.40
|
56.96
|
|
107
|
10
|
19.61
|
45.76
|
10 |
R Ashwin*
|
India
|
2011-
|
|
100
|
516
|
36
|
23.65
|
50.65
|
|
107
|
9
|
28.65
|
59.16
|
11 |
V D Philander
|
South Africa
|
2011-2020
|
|
64
|
224
|
13
|
22.32
|
50.85
|
|
106
|
9
|
18.75
|
41.24
|
12 |
W W Hall
|
West Indies
|
1958-1969
|
|
48
|
192
|
9
|
26.39
|
54.28
|
|
106
|
7
|
22.36
|
48.72
|
13 |
W J O'Reilly
|
Australia
|
1932-1946
|
|
27
|
144
|
11
|
22.60
|
69.61
|
|
106
|
7
|
23.60
|
75.43
|
14 |
A L Valentine
|
West Indies
|
1950-1962
|
|
36
|
139
|
8
|
30.32
|
93.19
|
|
105
|
7
|
28.29
|
88.54
|
15 |
M W Tate
|
England
|
1924-1935
|
|
39
|
155
|
7
|
26.16
|
80.79
|
|
104
|
6
|
22.12
|
67.28
|
16 |
E A S Prasanna
|
India
|
1962-1978
|
|
49
|
189
|
10
|
30.38
|
75.94
|
|
103
|
7
|
27.99
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69.22
|
17 |
S C G MacGill
|
Australia
|
1998-2008
|
|
44
|
208
|
12
|
29.02
|
54.02
|
|
103
|
5
|
27.93
|
55.27
|
18 |
J Garner
|
West Indies
|
1977-1987
|
|
58
|
259
|
7
|
20.98
|
50.85
|
|
102
|
1
|
19.43
|
49.10
|
19 |
Mohammad Asif
|
Pakistan
|
2005-2010
|
|
23
|
106
|
7
|
24.45
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48.83
|
|
102
|
7
|
23.35
|
46.92
|
20 |
P J Cummins*
|
Australia
|
2011-
|
|
62
|
269
|
12
|
22.54
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46.89
|
|
101
|
4
|
21.64
|
46.22
|
21 |
I R Bishop
|
West Indies
|
1989-1998
|
|
43
|
161
|
6
|
24.29
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52.59
|
|
101
|
6
|
19.28
|
44.28
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22 |
C E H Croft
|
West Indies
|
1977-1982
|
|
27
|
125
|
3
|
23.30
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49.32
|
|
100
|
2
|
21.63
|
46.17
|
23 |
A A Mailey
|
Australia
|
1920-1926
|
|
21
|
99
|
6
|
33.92
|
61.81
|
|
99
|
6
|
33.92
|
61.81
|
24 |
P P Ojha
|
India
|
2009-2013
|
|
24
|
113
|
7
|
30.27
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67.55
|
|
99
|
5
|
31.80
|
70.83
|
25 |
J R Thomson
|
Australia
|
1972-1985
|
|
51
|
200
|
8
|
28.01
|
52.67
|
|
98
|
5
|
25.49
|
50.13
|
26 |
D K Lillee
|
Australia
|
1971-1984
|
|
70
|
355
|
23
|
23.92
|
52.02
|
|
97
|
5
|
23.59
|
58.38
|
27 |
A A Donald
|
South Africa
|
1992-2002
|
|
72
|
330
|
20
|
22.25
|
47.03
|
|
97
|
5
|
25.06
|
50.89
|
28 |
W A Johnston
|
Australia
|
1947-1955
|
|
40
|
160
|
7
|
23.91
|
69.05
|
|
96
|
3
|
19.34
|
59.42
|
29 |
H J Tayfield
|
South Africa
|
1949-1960
|
|
37
|
170
|
14
|
25.91
|
79.81
|
|
96
|
8
|
26.84
|
78.29
|
30 |
Abdur Rehman
|
Pakistan
|
2007-2014
|
|
22
|
99
|
2
|
29.39
|
69.62
|
|
96
|
2
|
28.75
|
68.39
|
31 |
S P Gupte
|
India
|
1951-1961
|
|
36
|
149
|
12
|
29.55
|
75.73
|
|
95
|
10
|
25.13
|
71.04
|
32 |
L R Gibbs
|
West Indies
|
1958-1976
|
|
79
|
309
|
18
|
29.09
|
87.75
|
|
94
|
6
|
22.04
|
67.77
|
33 |
M G Johnson
|
Australia
|
2007-2015
|
|
73
|
313
|
12
|
28.41
|
51.12
|
|
94
|
2
|
28.01
|
56.51
|
34 |
R J Harris
|
Australia
|
2010-2015
|
|
27
|
113
|
5
|
23.52
|
50.76
|
|
93
|
5
|
21.57
|
46.05
|
35 |
B S Chandrasekhar
|
India
|
1964-1979
|
|
58
|
242
|
16
|
29.75
|
65.96
|
|
93
|
5
|
27.71
|
68.33
|
36 |
P M Pollock
|
South Africa
|
1961-1970
|
|
28
|
116
|
9
|
24.19
|
56.22
|
|
93
|
8
|
24.85
|
56.89
|
37 |
Fazal Mahmood
|
Pakistan
|
1952-1962
|
|
34
|
139
|
13
|
24.71
|
70.75
|
|
93
|
8
|
23.86
|
68.56
|
38 |
Saqlain Mushtaq
|
Pakistan
|
1995-2004
|
|
49
|
208
|
13
|
29.84
|
67.64
|
|
93
|
8
|
29.53
|
64.97
|
39 |
J J Bumrah*
|
India
|
2018-
|
|
36
|
159
|
10
|
20.70
|
45.17
|
|
92
|
6
|
22.14
|
49.27
|
40 |
K Rabada*
|
South Africa
|
2015-
|
|
62
|
291
|
14
|
22.06
|
39.23
|
|
92
|
5
|
24.50
|
42.54
|
41 |
G P Swann
|
England
|
2008-2013
|
|
60
|
255
|
17
|
29.97
|
60.19
|
|
91
|
7
|
30.15
|
60.30
|
42 |
M H N Walker
|
Australia
|
1972-1977
|
|
34
|
138
|
6
|
27.48
|
73.14
|
|
91
|
6
|
25.03
|
69.02
|
43 |
F S Trueman
|
England
|
1952-1965
|
|
67
|
307
|
17
|
21.58
|
49.44
|
|
90
|
5
|
21.14
|
46.32
|
44 |
Imran Khan
|
Pakistan
|
1971-1992
|
|
88
|
362
|
23
|
22.81
|
53.75
|
|
90
|
5
|
31.53
|
68.06
|
45 |
G F Lawson
|
Australia
|
1980-1989
|
|
46
|
180
|
11
|
30.56
|
61.77
|
|
90
|
7
|
26.46
|
52.76
|
46 |
A A Mallett
|
Australia
|
1968-1980
|
|
38
|
132
|
6
|
29.85
|
75.68
|
|
90
|
6
|
25.89
|
69.56
|
47 |
Mehidy Hasan Miraz*
|
Bangladesh
|
2016-
|
|
42
|
163
|
9
|
32.90
|
63.39
|
|
90
|
7
|
33.12
|
58.96
|
48 |
S R Clark
|
Australia
|
2006-2009
|
|
24
|
94
|
2
|
23.86
|
54.74
|
|
89
|
2
|
22.35
|
52.63
|
49 |
A Cotter
|
Australia
|
1904-1912
|
|
21
|
89
|
7
|
28.64
|
52.06
|
|
89
|
7
|
28.64
|
52.06
|
50 |
G D McKenzie
|
Australia
|
1961-1971
|
|
60
|
246
|
16
|
29.79
|
71.87
|
|
89
|
5
|
28.08
|
67.78
|
51 |
S Ramadhin
|
West Indies
|
1950-1960
|
|
43
|
158
|
10
|
28.98
|
88.22
|
|
89
|
7
|
29.29
|
92.42
|
52 |
D Kaneria
|
Pakistan
|
2000-2010
|
|
61
|
261
|
15
|
34.80
|
67.80
|
|
89
|
6
|
29.49
|
62.66
|
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