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
Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1989	39	35	1719	286.3	27	1247	47	4/37	26.53	4.35	36.57	1	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-1989	25	25	1258	209.4	14	857	34	5/38	25.20	4.08	37.00	0	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1983-1989	31	31	1465	244.1	31	858	31	3/44	27.67	3.51	47.25	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1980-1988	26	23	937	156.1	3	675	28	5/28	24.10	4.32	33.46	0	1
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1983-1989	31	31	1622	270.2	21	1067	28	4/17	38.10	3.94	57.92	1	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1988	19	19	1061	176.5	19	670	25	4/37	26.80	3.78	42.44	1	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1989	13	13	691	115.1	5	560	24	4/38	23.33	4.86	28.79	1	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1989	26	26	1421	236.5	27	859	24	3/29	35.79	3.62	59.20	0	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1983-1989	28	26	1177	196.1	13	923	24	3/26	38.45	4.70	49.04	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1987	18	18	1002	167.0	18	697	21	3/33	33.19	4.17	47.71	0	0
SP O'Donnell (AUS)	1985-1989	18	18	837	139.3	4	633	18	4/19	35.16	4.53	46.50	2	0
PL Taylor (AUS)	1987-1989	11	11	600	100.0	5	422	17	3/22	24.82	4.22	35.29	0	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1988	9	9	489	81.3	5	335	16	4/23	20.93	4.11	30.56	2	0
GC Small (ENG)	1987-1989	11	11	660	110.0	9	384	16	4/31	24.00	3.49	41.25	1	0
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1986-1988	13	13	643	107.1	8	455	16	3/30	28.43	4.24	40.18	0	0
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1982	6	6	335	55.5	4	217	15	4/39	14.46	3.88	22.33	1	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1989	10	10	576	96.0	20	262	15	3/15	17.46	2.72	38.40	0	0
AR Border (AUS)	1981-1989	44	19	618	103.0	4	424	15	3/20	28.26	4.11	41.20	0	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1983-1985	20	20	1092	182.0	9	848	15	3/29	56.53	4.65	72.80	0	0
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	13	13	636	106.0	12	409	14	3/30	29.21	3.85	45.42	0	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1980-1983	11	11	654	109.0	17	409	14	3/17	29.21	3.75	46.71	0	0
NA Foster (ENG)	1984-1987	11	11	636	106.0	5	458	14	3/39	32.71	4.32	45.42	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1980-1984	10	10	483	80.3	9	281	13	4/37	21.61	3.49	37.15	1	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1981-1983	9	9	492	82.0	5	392	13	3/55	30.15	4.78	37.84	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1987-1989	13	12	548	91.2	2	410	12	3/57	34.16	4.48	45.66	0	0
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1984-1984	10	10	576	96.0	12	429	12	3/46	35.75	4.46	48.00	0	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1983-1989	22	14	659	109.5	2	482	12	3/12	40.16	4.38	54.91	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1980-1985	11	8	355	59.1	2	217	11	4/25	19.72	3.66	32.27	1	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1988-1989	7	7	306	51.0	2	239	11	4/44	21.72	4.68	27.81	1	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1983-1986	11	11	592	98.4	6	432	11	3/31	39.27	4.37	53.81	0	0
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1989	13	13	726	121.0	9	504	11	2/27	45.81	4.16	66.00	0	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1987	11	9	468	78.0	11	266	10	3/23	26.60	3.41	46.80	0	0
SK Sharma (IND)	1988-1989	9	8	307	51.1	1	279	10	5/26	27.90	5.45	30.70	0	1
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1985-1989	8	7	342	57.0	2	312	10	3/41	31.20	5.47	34.20	0	0
C Sharma (IND)	1983-1989	12	11	493	82.1	1	414	10	3/46	41.40	5.03	49.30	0	0
DR Pringle (ENG)	1984-1988	7	7	432	72.0	12	289	9	3/21	32.11	4.01	48.00	0	0
Maninder Singh (IND)	1983-1988	9	9	487	81.1	3	349	9	3/40	38.77	4.29	54.11	0	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1985-1989	18	17	760	126.4	13	525	9	2/29	58.33	4.14	84.44	0	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1985-1989	16	11	342	57.0	0	266	8	2/43	33.25	4.66	42.75	0	0
KC Wessels (AUS)	1983-1985	19	10	312	52.0	2	307	8	2/29	38.37	5.90	39.00	0	0
Rashid Khan (PAK)	1980-1984	7	7	370	61.4	17	171	7	2/10	24.42	2.77	52.85	0	0
MF Malone (AUS)	1982-1982	7	7	420	70.0	11	215	7	2/9	30.71	3.07	60.00	0	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1983-1989	29	13	322	53.4	3	276	7	3/25	39.42	5.14	46.00	0	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1984-1989	7	7	391	65.1	5	309	7	3/32	44.14	4.74	55.85	0	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1983-1986	10	10	401	66.5	2	339	7	3/48	48.42	5.07	57.28	0	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1982	10	10	511	85.1	4	401	7	2/37	57.28	4.70	73.00	0	0
G Miller (ENG)	1984-1984	3	3	180	30.0	4	111	6	3/32	18.50	3.70	30.00	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1989	17	10	216	36.0	7	167	6	2/12	27.83	4.63	36.00	0	0
RJ McCurdy (AUS)	1985-1985	4	4	235	39.1	5	178	6	3/40	29.66	4.54	39.16	0	0
Azeem Hafeez (PAK)	1984-1984	4	4	212	35.2	1	184	6	4/22	30.66	5.20	35.33	1	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1980-1984	6	6	368	61.2	6	227	6	2/25	37.83	3.70	61.33	0	0
AK Sharma (IND)	1988-1989	10	10	354	59.0	3	259	6	2/44	43.16	4.38	59.00	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1987	11	9	308	51.2	2	260	6	3/63	43.33	5.06	51.33	0	0
BS Sandhu (IND)	1983-1983	8	8	438	73.0	6	267	6	2/32	44.50	3.65	73.00	0	0
JN Maguire (AUS)	1984-1984	7	7	360	60.0	5	281	6	2/57	46.83	4.68	60.00	0	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1985-1987	8	8	408	68.0	2	325	6	1/29	54.16	4.77	68.00	0	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1985-1987	6	6	306	51.0	2	343	6	2/67	57.16	6.72	51.00	0	0
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1980-1985	5	5	234	39.0	5	151	5	3/23	30.20	3.87	46.80	0	0
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1988-1989	5	5	282	47.0	3	204	5	2/33	40.80	4.34	56.40	0	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1980-1985	6	6	300	50.0	3	219	5	2/22	43.80	4.38	60.00	0	0
ND Hirwani (IND)	1988-1989	6	6	354	59.0	1	260	5	4/50	52.00	4.40	70.80	1	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1985-1987	10	9	432	72.0	5	269	5	2/61	53.80	3.73	86.40	0	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1980-1985	8	6	312	52.0	2	300	5	2/37	60.00	5.76	62.40	0	0
CM Old (ENG)	1980-1981	3	3	162	27.0	9	63	4	2/12	15.75	2.33	40.50	0	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1985-1989	8	4	168	28.0	0	130	4	2/37	32.50	4.64	42.00	0	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1987-1989	5	5	204	34.0	4	132	4	2/45	33.00	3.88	51.00	0	0
DS de Silva (SL)	1985-1985	5	4	210	35.0	4	170	4	1/29	42.50	4.85	52.50	0	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1980-1982	7	7	227	37.5	1	178	4	3/29	44.50	4.70	56.75	0	0
P Willey (ENG)	1980-1986	11	10	443	73.5	4	267	4	1/25	66.75	3.61	110.75	0	0
VB John (SL)	1985-1987	7	7	352	58.4	6	291	4	2/44	72.75	4.96	88.00	0	0
SP Davis (AUS)	1987-1987	3	3	156	26.0	4	81	3	2/31	27.00	3.11	52.00	0	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1989-1989	3	3	138	23.0	2	90	3	3/28	30.00	3.91	46.00	0	0
GB Stevenson (ENG)	1980-1981	3	3	134	22.2	3	92	3	2/18	30.66	4.11	44.66	0	0
Haafiz Shahid (PAK)	1988-1988	2	2	109	18.1	1	95	3	2/56	31.66	5.22	36.33	0	0
Majid Khan (PAK)	1980-1982	6	4	126	21.0	1	111	3	2/35	37.00	5.28	42.00	0	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1989	28	5	132	22.0	0	128	3	1/22	42.66	5.81	44.00	0	0
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1986-1988	7	7	230	38.2	3	162	3	1/20	54.00	4.22	76.66	0	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1989-1989	4	4	234	39.0	2	173	3	1/38	57.66	4.43	78.00	0	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1985-1987	6	6	206	34.2	3	187	3	2/40	62.33	5.44	68.66	0	0
EAR de Silva (SL)	1989-1989	1	1	60	10.0	0	30	2	2/30	15.00	3.00	30.00	0	0
KIW Wijegunawardene (SL)	1989-1989	1	1	60	10.0	0	30	2	2/30	15.00	3.00	30.00	0	0
VJ Marks (ENG)	1980-1980	1	1	66	11.0	1	44	2	2/44	22.00	4.00	33.00	0	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1989	25	3	67	11.1	0	46	2	2/34	23.00	4.11	33.50	0	0
PWE Rawson (ZIM)	1983-1983	2	2	144	24.0	4	77	2	2/39	38.50	3.20	72.00	0	0
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1987-1989	2	2	102	17.0	0	90	2	2/46	45.00	5.29	51.00	0	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1989	19	4	96	16.0	1	91	2	2/41	45.50	5.68	48.00	0	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1985-1987	4	3	126	21.0	1	102	2	2/38	51.00	4.85	63.00	0	0
KH MacLeay (AUS)	1983-1987	4	4	228	38.0	2	127	2	1/29	63.50	3.34	114.00	0	0
Zakir Khan (PAK)	1985-1988	3	3	144	24.0	0	134	2	2/31	67.00	5.58	72.00	0	0
SHU Karnain (SL)	1985-1985	6	4	186	31.0	1	165	2	2/55	82.50	5.32	93.00	0	0
Ijaz Faqih (PAK)	1980-1988	8	7	276	46.0	1	191	2	1/20	95.50	4.15	138.00	0	0
TG Hogan (AUS)	1983-1984	5	5	312	52.0	4	192	2	1/31	96.00	3.69	156.00	0	0
Mohsin Kamal (PAK)	1985-1989	6	6	263	43.5	2	252	2	1/34	126.00	5.74	131.50	0	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1985-1987	3	2	20	3.2	0	14	1	1/12	14.00	4.20	20.00	0	0
G Dymock (AUS)	1980-1980	1	1	60	10.0	2	18	1	1/18	18.00	1.80	60.00	0	0
Aamer Malik (PAK)	1988-1989	5	1	24	4.0	0	20	1	1/20	20.00	5.00	24.00	0	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1982-1982	1	1	36	6.0	0	25	1	1/25	25.00	4.16	36.00	0	0
Akram Raza (PAK)	1989-1989	1	1	30	5.0	0	26	1	1/26	26.00	5.20	30.00	0	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1980-1984	4	1	30	5.0	0	26	1	1/26	26.00	5.20	30.00	0	0
Randhir Singh (IND)	1983-1983	1	1	36	6.0	0	30	1	1/30	30.00	5.00	36.00	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]