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World Cup Bowling - Most Wickets

Name             Mat O M R W Ave Best 4w 5w SR Econ Team

Wasim Akram 38 324.3 17 1311 55 23.83 5-28 2 1 35.4 4.04 PAK
GD McGrath 28 245 37 935 45 20.77 7-15 - 2 32.6 3.81 AUS
J Srinath 34 283.2 21 1224 44 27.81 4-30 2 - 38.6 4.32 IND
AA Donald 25 218.5 14 913 38 24.02 4-17 2 - 34.5 4.17 RSA
WPUJC Vaas 21 184 24 754 36 20.94 6-25 1 1 30.6 4.09 SL
Imran Khan 28 169.3 18 655 34 19.26 4-37 2 - 29.9 3.86 PAK
SK Warne 17 162.5 16 624 32 19.50 4-29 4 - 30.5 3.83 AUS
CZ Harris 28 194.2 10 861 32 26.90 4-7 1 - 36.4 4.43 NZ
M Muralitharan 21 187.5 13 693 30 23.10 4-28 1 - 37.5 3.68 SL
IT Botham 22 222 33 762 30 25.40 4-31 1 - 44.4 3.43 ENG
PAJ DeFreitas 22 187.5 30 742 29 25.58 3-28 - - 38.8 3.95 ENG
A Kumble 17 164 5 670 28 23.92 4-32 1 - 35.1 4.08 IND
N Kapil Dev 26 237 27 892 28 31.85 5-43 - 1 50.7 3.76 IND
Shoaib Akhtar 16 124.5 8 643 27 23.81 4-46 1 - 27.7 5.15 PAK
CJ McDermott 17 149 8 599 27 22.18 5-44 1 1 33.1 4.02 AUS
CA Walsh 17 158 23 547 27 20.25 4-25 2 - 35.1 3.46 WI
SR Waugh 33 173.1 7 814 27 30.14 3-36 - - 38.4 4.70 AUS
DW Fleming 16 133.2 12 583 26 22.42 5-36 - 1 30.7 4.37 AUS
Mushtaq Ahmed 15 135 5 549 26 21.11 3-16 - - 31.1 4.06 PAK
AME Roberts 16 170.1 29 552 26 21.23 3-32 - - 39.2 3.24 WI
Abdul Qadir 13 135.4 8 506 24 21.08 5-44 2 1 33.9 3.72 PAK
M Prabhakar 19 145.1 10 640 24 26.66 4-19 1 - 36.2 4.40 IND
CEL Ambrose 17 164.3 20 499 24 20.79 3-28 - - 41.1 3.03 WI
Saqlain Mushtaq 14 112.2 7 494 23 21.47 5-35 - 1 29.3 4.39 PAK
SM Pollock 21 185 27 674 23 29.30 5-36 - 1 48.2 3.64 RSA
B Lee 10 83.1 9 394 22 17.90 5-42 - 1 22.6 4.73 AUS
Waqar Younis 13 93.1 8 466 22 21.18 4-26 1 - 25.4 5.00 PAK
L Klusener 14 100.5 7 487 22 22.13 5-21 1 1 27.5 4.82 RSA
S Madan Lal 11 116.2 12 426 22 19.36 4-20 1 - 31.7 3.66 IND
RJ Hadlee 13 146.1 38 421 22 19.13 5-25 - 1 39.8 2.88 NZ
HH Streak 22 175 13 804 22 36.54 3-35 - - 47.7 4.59 ZIM
GI Allott 9 87.4 7 325 20 16.25 4-37 2 - 26.3 3.70 NZ
MA Holding 11 115.5 16 341 20 17.05 4-33 1 - 34.7 2.94 WI
ST Jayasuriya 27 151.5 4 758 20 37.90 3-12 - - 45.5 4.99 SL
RMH Binny 9 95 9 382 19 20.10 4-29 1 - 30.0 4.02 IND
W Watson 14 132 14 571 19 30.05 3-37 - - 41.6 4.32 NZ
Z Khan 11 88.2 5 374 18 20.77 4-42 1 - 29.4 4.23 IND
ALF de Mel 9 90.2 13 449 18 24.94 5-32 - 2 30.1 4.97 SL
MO Odumbe 19 116.5 9 567 18 31.50 4-38 1 - 38.9 4.85 KENYA
RGD Willis 11 118.1 27 315 18 17.50 4-11 2 - 39.3 2.66 ENG
Aaqib Javed 15 124.2 13 517 18 28.72 3-21 - - 41.4 4.15 PAK
RA Harper 14 132 10 488 18 27.11 4-47 1 - 44.0 3.69 WI
CL Cairns 28 146.4 9 755 18 41.94 3-19 - - 48.8 5.14 NZ
CL Hooper 20 154 3 659 18 36.61 3-42 - - 51.3 4.27 WI
GR Larsen 19 170 12 599 18 33.27 3-16 - - 56.6 3.52 NZ
SE Bond 8 78 12 305 17 17.94 6-23 - 1 27.5 3.91 NZ
BM McMillan 15 116 12 433 17 25.47 3-11 - - 40.9 3.73 RSA
BKV Prasad 14 129.5 5 578 17 34.00 5-27 - 1 45.8 4.45 IND
VC Drakes 6 51.5 7 208 16 13.00 5-33 - 2 19.4 4.01 WI
AJ Bichel 8 57 7 197 16 12.31 7-20 - 1 21.3 3.45 AUS