Test Cricket - Bowling Records and Statistics - Outstanding Performances
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 B Muzarabani* Zimbabwe 9 276.4 47 1031 36 28.64 7/58 3 3.73 46.00
2 M A Starc* Australia 7 148.1 26 500 29 17.24 6/9 1 3.37 30.56
3 Mohammed Siraj* India 6 213.3 29 866 27 32.07 6/70 2 4.06 47.31
4 N M Lyon* Australia 6 173.5 28 577 24 24.04 4/78 0 3.32 43.38
5 S Joseph* West Indies 3 103.2 19 329 22 14.95 5/87 1 3.18 28.04
6 J C Tongue* England 4 152.0 15 673 21 32.05 5/125 1 4.43 43.43
7 B A Stokes* England 5 151.2 20 481 20 24.05 5/72 1 3.18 45.36
8 P J Cummins* Australia 5 125.3 26 313 20 15.65 6/28 1 2.49 37.59
9 M Prasidh Krishna* India 4 132.0 10 626 20 31.30 4/62 0 4.74 39.60
10 Taijul Islam* Bangladesh 4 169.2 22 535 20 26.75 6/60 2 3.16 50.64
11 Shoaib Bashir* England 4 175.2 16 684 19 36.00 6/81 1 3.90 55.07
12 J A Warrican* West Indies 4 91.5 20 222 19 11.68 7/32 2 2.42 28.89
13 M J Henry* New Zealand 2 58.3 14 146 16 9.13 6/39 2 2.50 21.86
14 M P Kuhnemann* Australia 2 92.3 19 275 16 17.19 5/63 1 2.97 34.46
15 J J Bumrah* India 4 129.4 22 397 16 24.81 5/74 2 3.06 48.53
16 J N T Seales* West Indies 4 111.5 21 359 16 22.44 5/60 1 3.21 41.81
17 J R Hazlewood* Australia 4 101.0 23 287 16 17.94 5/43 1 2.84 37.88
18 Noman Ali* Pakistan 2 57.1 6 202 16 12.63 6/41 2 3.53 21.41
19 S M Boland* Australia 2 52.0 18 112 16 7.00 6/45 1 2.15 19.35
20 Sajid Khan* Pakistan 2 65.1 8 255 15 17.00 5/50 1 3.91 26.04
21 Mehidy Hasan Miraz* Bangladesh 3 104.3 29 253 15 16.87 5/32 3 2.42 41.72
22 N G R P Jayasuriya* Sri Lanka 4 210.0 22 702 15 46.80 5/56 2 3.34 84.00
23 K Rabada* South Africa 2 73.5 11 280 15 18.67 5/51 1 3.79 29.40

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