Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records in 1980s in ODI matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
IVA Richards (WI)	1983-1989	30	22	1024	170.4	5	791	36	6/41	21.97	4.63	28.44	1	1
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1989	22	20	961	160.1	26	592	34	6/14	17.41	3.69	28.26	1	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-1989	19	18	942	157.0	16	562	28	3/26	20.07	3.57	33.64	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1985-1989	19	19	1029	171.3	13	586	26	4/16	22.53	3.41	39.57	2	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1980-1988	16	16	734	122.2	10	537	25	3/23	21.48	4.38	29.36	0	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1980-1988	21	21	1147	191.1	30	743	22	4/28	33.77	3.88	52.13	1	0
BP Patterson (WI)	1987-1988	9	9	472	78.4	7	299	21	6/29	14.23	3.80	22.47	1	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1988	15	15	819	136.3	29	466	20	5/32	23.30	3.41	40.95	0	1
BA Reid (AUS)	1986-1987	15	15	816	136.0	9	559	19	5/53	29.42	4.11	42.94	0	1
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1982-1988	19	19	894	149.0	13	611	19	3/17	32.15	4.10	47.05	0	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1984-1989	18	15	735	122.3	10	571	16	3/27	35.68	4.66	45.93	0	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1987	14	14	751	125.1	6	574	16	4/56	35.87	4.58	46.93	1	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1983-1983	10	10	552	92.0	10	366	15	3/32	24.40	3.97	36.80	0	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1983-1989	17	17	896	149.2	19	457	15	2/13	30.46	3.06	59.73	0	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1985-1989	15	13	648	108.0	3	524	15	3/27	34.93	4.85	43.20	0	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1982-1989	17	17	706	117.4	3	616	15	3/12	41.06	5.23	47.06	0	0
EAE Baptiste (WI)	1983-1989	16	16	870	145.0	11	652	15	2/21	43.46	4.49	58.00	0	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1989	11	11	582	97.0	10	321	14	2/13	22.92	3.30	41.57	0	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1983-1985	12	10	432	72.0	2	388	14	4/38	27.71	5.38	30.85	1	0
SP Davis (AUS)	1986-1987	14	14	696	116.0	15	403	14	3/10	28.78	3.47	49.71	0	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1986-1989	13	13	678	113.0	8	458	14	2/30	32.71	4.05	48.42	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-1989	17	15	671	111.5	2	548	14	2/40	39.14	4.90	47.92	0	0
MA Holding (WI)	1983-1985	11	11	525	87.3	15	292	13	3/40	22.46	3.33	40.38	0	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1980-1981	5	5	290	48.2	9	159	12	4/19	13.25	3.28	24.16	1	0
TG Hogan (AUS)	1983-1984	5	5	305	50.5	5	196	12	4/33	16.33	3.85	25.41	1	0
IR Bishop (WI)	1988-1989	7	7	347	57.5	4	204	12	4/33	17.00	3.52	28.91	2	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1984-1989	15	14	474	79.0	1	409	12	4/14	34.08	5.17	39.50	1	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1981	5	4	227	37.5	10	108	11	5/15	9.81	2.85	20.63	0	1
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1984-1984	5	5	217	36.1	6	138	11	4/41	12.54	3.81	19.72	1	0
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1986-1988	9	9	432	72.0	2	309	11	3/25	28.09	4.29	39.27	0	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1980-1981	5	5	252	42.0	6	115	10	4/32	11.50	2.73	25.20	1	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-1988	10	10	258	43.0	2	214	10	3/32	21.40	4.97	25.80	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1981-1983	6	6	336	56.0	10	219	10	4/56	21.90	3.91	33.60	1	0
GF Labrooy (SL)	1986-1989	7	7	372	62.0	2	311	10	5/57	31.10	5.01	37.20	0	1
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1984-1988	10	10	510	85.0	5	326	10	3/30	32.60	3.83	51.00	0	0
SR Gillespie (NZ)	1986-1986	4	4	228	38.0	6	143	9	4/30	15.88	3.76	25.33	1	0
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1989-1989	6	5	222	37.0	2	173	9	3/28	19.22	4.67	24.66	0	0
NA Foster (ENG)	1984-1987	7	7	318	53.0	1	246	9	3/44	27.33	4.64	35.33	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1980-1985	8	7	348	58.0	11	196	8	3/40	24.50	3.37	43.50	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1980-1985	7	7	378	63.0	8	262	8	2/18	32.75	4.15	47.25	0	0
W Watson (NZ)	1987-1988	7	7	351	58.3	5	282	8	2/33	35.25	4.82	43.87	0	0
DR Gilbert (AUS)	1986-1986	8	8	402	67.0	2	324	8	2/36	40.50	4.83	50.25	0	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1980-1989	10	10	462	77.0	8	324	8	3/25	40.50	4.20	57.75	0	0
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1988	11	10	540	90.0	1	397	8	3/34	49.62	4.41	67.50	0	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1982-1987	11	11	514	85.4	4	414	8	2/16	51.75	4.83	64.25	0	0
KH MacLeay (AUS)	1983-1983	2	2	143	23.5	5	87	7	6/39	12.42	3.65	20.42	0	1
PWE Rawson (ZIM)	1983-1987	3	3	151	25.1	5	104	7	3/47	14.85	4.13	21.57	0	0
Jalal-ud-Din (PAK)	1982-1983	4	4	180	30.0	4	132	7	2/21	18.85	4.40	25.71	0	0
KIW Wijegunawardene (SL)	1988-1989	3	3	168	28.0	0	142	7	4/49	20.28	5.07	24.00	1	0
NG Cowans (ENG)	1984-1985	5	5	288	48.0	1	205	7	3/44	29.28	4.27	41.14	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1989	29	10	272	45.2	0	227	7	3/23	32.42	5.00	38.85	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1984-1987	8	8	444	74.0	2	333	7	2/20	47.57	4.50	63.42	0	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1987	12	12	483	80.3	3	470	7	3/40	67.14	5.83	69.00	0	0
DL Underwood (ENG)	1981-1982	3	3	162	27.0	4	92	6	3/48	15.33	3.40	27.00	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1989-1989	3	3	156	26.0	0	131	6	3/51	21.83	5.03	26.00	0	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1986-1987	4	4	251	41.5	4	134	6	3/38	22.33	3.20	41.83	0	0
VJ Marks (ENG)	1983-1985	7	6	336	56.0	2	260	6	3/35	43.33	4.64	56.00	0	0
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1987-1989	2	2	117	19.3	1	103	5	4/52	20.60	5.28	23.40	1	0
J Garner (WI)	1983-1985	5	5	312	52.0	11	153	5	2/11	30.60	2.94	62.40	0	0
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1986-1988	5	4	210	35.0	0	159	5	3/40	31.80	4.54	42.00	0	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1981-1983	6	6	307	51.1	10	171	5	2/32	34.20	3.34	61.40	0	0
JN Maguire (AUS)	1984-1984	5	4	198	33.0	1	196	5	3/61	39.20	5.93	39.60	0	0
SP O'Donnell (AUS)	1985-1989	6	6	253	42.1	3	211	5	1/11	42.20	5.00	50.60	0	0
CM Kuggeleijn (NZ)	1988-1988	6	6	307	51.1	3	221	5	2/31	44.20	4.31	61.40	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1986	13	10	420	70.0	5	312	5	3/28	62.40	4.45	84.00	0	0
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1985	10	10	420	70.0	4	317	5	2/35	63.40	4.52	84.00	0	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1986-1988	8	8	396	66.0	2	325	5	2/53	65.00	4.92	79.20	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-1989	4	3	102	17.0	0	66	4	3/21	16.50	3.88	25.50	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1983-1984	2	2	108	18.0	2	68	4	3/31	17.00	3.77	27.00	0	0
EJ Gray (NZ)	1986-1988	3	3	112	18.4	1	78	4	2/26	19.50	4.17	28.00	0	0
PJW Allott (ENG)	1982-1983	3	3	174	29.0	10	85	4	2/21	21.25	2.93	43.50	0	0
TM Chappell (AUS)	1980-1983	7	3	144	24.0	0	95	4	2/41	23.75	3.95	36.00	0	0
DN Patel (NZ)	1987-1988	3	3	138	23.0	0	104	4	3/36	26.00	4.52	34.50	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1981-1989	8	5	181	30.1	0	145	4	2/25	36.25	4.80	45.25	0	0
AJ Traicos (ZIM)	1983-1987	4	4	246	41.0	1	152	4	2/27	38.00	3.70	61.50	0	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1982-1986	5	5	270	45.0	4	181	4	2/46	45.25	4.02	67.50	0	0
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1981	5	5	252	42.0	3	189	4	2/34	47.25	4.50	63.00	0	0
DK Morrison (NZ)	1987-1988	4	4	204	34.0	0	197	4	3/50	49.25	5.79	51.00	0	0
VB John (SL)	1982-1985	7	7	330	55.0	4	231	4	2/26	57.75	4.20	82.50	0	0
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1984-1988	13	11	256	42.4	3	239	4	2/18	59.75	5.60	64.00	0	0
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1988	5	5	294	49.0	4	254	4	1/35	63.50	5.18	73.50	0	0
AH Gray (WI)	1986-1986	1	1	54	9.0	0	32	3	3/32	10.66	3.55	18.00	0	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	65	10.5	0	51	3	3/51	17.00	4.70	21.66	0	0
G Miller (ENG)	1982-1982	2	2	126	21.0	3	56	3	3/27	18.66	2.66	42.00	0	0
JP Agnew (ENG)	1985-1985	2	2	78	13.0	0	61	3	3/38	20.33	4.69	26.00	0	0
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1983-1983	2	2	120	20.0	2	64	3	2/37	21.33	3.20	40.00	0	0
Naved Anjum (PAK)	1984-1988	3	3	88	14.4	0	67	3	2/27	22.33	4.56	29.33	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1986-1989	6	4	90	15.0	0	82	3	2/42	27.33	5.46	30.00	0	0
B Warnapura (SL)	1982-1982	3	3	132	22.0	2	94	3	2/41	31.33	4.27	44.00	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-1989	13	4	132	22.0	2	103	3	2/28	34.33	4.68	44.00	0	0
RGCE Wijesuriya (SL)	1985-1985	3	3	102	17.0	0	110	3	2/56	36.66	6.47	34.00	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1985-1987	9	6	174	29.0	3	114	3	1/16	38.00	3.93	58.00	0	0
SF Graf (AUS)	1980-1981	4	4	216	36.0	3	120	3	2/23	40.00	3.33	72.00	0	0
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1984	3	3	156	26.0	1	121	3	2/49	40.33	4.65	52.00	0	0
KM Curran (ZIM)	1983-1987	3	3	149	24.5	2	130	3	3/65	43.33	5.23	49.66	0	0
Ijaz Faqih (PAK)	1982-1987	6	5	222	37.0	0	209	3	1/31	69.66	5.64	74.00	0	0
RM Ellison (ENG)	1984-1986	7	7	318	53.0	2	258	3	1/45	86.00	4.86	106.00	0	0
Mohsin Kamal (PAK)	1985-1985	1	1	42	7.0	0	27	2	2/27	13.50	3.85	21.00	0	0
WW Daniel (WI)	1983-1983	2	2	72	12.0	2	32	2	1/9	16.00	2.66	36.00	0	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1982-1985	10	2	30	5.0	0	39	2	2/33	19.50	7.80	15.00	0	0

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Perth, Benson & Hedges World Series 3rd match, Dec 31, 1989 [ODI # 598]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Benson & Hedges World Series 2nd match, Dec 30, 1989 [ODI # 597]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Benson & Hedges World Series 1st match, Dec 26, 1989 [ODI # 596]