TEST, ODI & T20 STATISTICS
Bowling Records
Leading wicket takers across recorded matches. Choose a format to compare bowling totals.
ODM figures reflect the available historical deliveries. Mixed men’s and women’s competitions are included. A player with missing earlier matches can appear below a player with more complete coverage. Super overs are excluded.
| # | Player | Matches | Runs | Wickets | 100s | 50s | Ducks | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 |  Matheesha Pathirana | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1902 | Umar Bhatti | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1903 | Henry Osinde | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1904 | D Mee | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1905 | S Nakano | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1906 | Waheed Aamir | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1907 | Dewi Penrhyn Jones | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1908 | S Dokosobau | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1909 | Ryan Stevenson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1910 | A Mpeka | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1911 | J Brown | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1912 | NA Waisome | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1913 |  Shakera Selman | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1914 | PO Millington | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1915 |  Mark Stoneman | 78 | 2,710 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 5 | 144 |
| 1916 |  Sophie Luff | 69 | 2,667 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 157 |
| 1917 |  James Bracey | 55 | 2,296 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 224 |
| 1918 |  James Vince | 37 | 1,843 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 190 |
| 1919 | Josh Bohannon | 59 | 1,732 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 147 |
| 1920 |  Dominic Sibley | 49 | 1,482 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 149 |
| 1921 | Ben Geddes | 46 | 1,443 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 141 |
| 1922 | Laurie Evans | 46 | 1,401 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 134 |
| 1923 | Emilio Gay | 43 | 1,341 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 131 |
| 1924 |  Jacques Rudolph | 32 | 1,203 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 169 |
| 1925 | Tom Haines | 32 | 1,203 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 129 |
| 1926 | Arjun Mutreja | 31 | 1,022 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 108 |
| 1927 | Jonty Jenner | 42 | 995 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 104 |
| 1928 |  Ben Charlesworth | 27 | 981 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 104 |
| 1929 | Anshuman Rath | 25 | 962 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 134 |
| 1930 |  Dean Elgar | 14 | 922 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 131 |
| 1931 | James McCollum | 38 | 819 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 73 |
| 1932 | Paul Horton | 29 | 714 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 103 |
| 1933 | George Bell | 24 | 665 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 104 |
| 1934 | Tim Tector | 28 | 631 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 122 |
| 1935 |  Johann Myburgh | 21 | 605 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 81 |
| 1936 | AJ Mosca | 17 | 542 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 105 |
| 1937 | Hugh Weibgen | 11 | 484 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| 1938 | George Scott | 20 | 460 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 66 |
| 1939 | Abhik Patwa | 20 | 404 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 76 |
| 1940 | Joe Burns | 14 | 397 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 82 |
| 1941 | Pieter Malan | 8 | 394 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 110 |
| 1942 | Lahiru Udara | 9 | 351 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 88 |
| 1943 | Ben Ferbrache | 12 | 342 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
| 1944 |  Ashen Bandara | 17 | 339 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 107 |
| 1945 | Ronald Tari | 29 | 336 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 35 |
| 1946 | Gordon Muchall | 20 | 324 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| 1947 | Mohammad Amin | 17 | 289 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 61 |
| 1948 | John Anderson | 11 | 279 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 78 |
| 1949 |  Angelo Mathews | 10 | 277 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 |
| 1950 | Javeria Khan | 4 | 254 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
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