Test Cricket - Most Wickets as Captain

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Most Wickets Playing as Captain

	Player	Country	Mat	Wkts	Runs	W5	Best	Avg
1	W J Cronje	South Africa	53	38	978	0	3/14	25.74
2	Imran Khan	Pakistan	48	187	3790	12	8/58	20.27
3	G S A Sobers	West Indies	39	117	3978	3	6/73	34.00
4	R B Simpson	Australia	39	41	2037	0	4/23	49.68
5	S T Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	38	44	1113	1	5/34	25.30
6	P J Cummins	Australia	37	145	3287	9	6/23	22.67
7	J O Holder	West Indies	37	100	2676	7	6/42	26.76
8	B A Stokes	England	37	62	1777	1	5/72	28.66
9	J R Reid	New Zealand	34	54	1627	1	6/60	30.13
10	Kapil Dev	India	34	111	2925	4	9/83	26.35
11	D L Vettori	New Zealand	32	116	3873	6	6/28	33.39
12	R Illingworth	England	31	51	1834	1	5/70	35.96
13	D J G Sammy	West Indies	30	57	2258	1	5/29	39.61
14	R Benaud	Australia	28	138	3559	9	6/52	25.79
15	S M Pollock	South Africa	26	103	2201	4	6/30	21.37
16	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	25	107	2499	3	6/43	23.36
17	B S Bedi	India	22	106	2631	8	6/42	24.82
18	C A Walsh	West Indies	22	85	2186	7	7/37	25.72
19	H H Streak	Zimbabwe	21	56	1949	0	4/38	34.80
20	Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	19	70	2041	4	6/33	29.16
21	Mushtaq Mohammad	Pakistan	19	38	1125	2	5/28	29.61
22	J W H Douglas	England	18	37	1144	1	5/46	30.92
23	R G D Willis	England	18	77	1663	3	6/53	21.60
24	Waqar Younis	Pakistan	17	67	1573	3	7/76	23.48
25	Intikhab Alam	Pakistan	17	54	1714	5	7/52	31.74
26	I W Johnson	Australia	17	39	1096	1	7/44	28.10
27	A Kumble	India	14	53	2093	2	5/30	39.49
28	G O B Allen	England	11	42	1061	4	7/80	25.26
29	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan	10	41	785	5	6/34	19.15
30	H M R K B Herath	Sri Lanka	5	36	768	3	8/63	21.33

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