Cricket World Cup Records - Bowling Records

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World Cups - Most Wickets in a Series

                          Year M Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Av
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 2003 10 528 14 331 23 14.39
B Lee (Aus) 2003 10 499 9 394 22 17.90
GD McGrath (Aus) 2003 11 522 18 310 21 14.76
GI Allott (NZ) 1999 9 526 7 325 20 16.25
SK Warne (Aus) 1999 10 566 13 361 20 18.05
RMH Binny (Ind) 1983 8 528 9 336 18 18.66
Z Khan (Ind) 2003 11 530 5 374 18 20.77
CJ McDermott (Aus) 1987 8 438 3 341 18 18.94
GD McGrath (Aus) 1999 10 574 9 367 18 20.38
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1992 10 538 3 338 18 18.77
SE Bond (NZ) 2003 8 468 12 305 17 17.94
ALF de Mel (SL) 1983 6 396 13 265 17 15.58
Imran Khan (Pak) 1987 7 299 6 222 17 13.05
L Klusener (SA) 1999 9 455 5 350 17 20.58
S Madan Lal (Ind) 1983 8 498 8 285 17 16.76
M Muralitharan (SL) 2003 10 526 7 319 17 18.76
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 1999 10 502 4 379 17 22.29
AJ Bichel (Aus) 2003 8 342 7 197 16 12.31
IT Botham (Eng) 1992 10 534 7 306 16 19.12
AA Donald (SA) 1999 9 492 7 325 16 20.31
VC Drakes (WI) 2003 6 311 7 208 16 13.00
CZ Harris (NZ) 1992 9 433 4 342 16 21.37
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak) 1992 9 468 3 311 16 19.43
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 1999 10 485 6 391 16 24.43
J Srinath (Ind) 2003 11 547 4 369 16 23.06
A Kumble (Ind) 1996 7 418 3 281 15 18.73
A Nehra (Ind) 2003 9 415 9 289 15 19.26
Wasim Akram (Pak) 1999 10 544 6 342 15 22.80