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Most Wickets in 1953: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1953, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ALL FORMATS
1953
69 entries
1
39
Sir Alec Bedser
ENG
5 clear of Ray Lindwall
2
34
Ray Lindwall
AUS
5 off the lead
3
33
Hugh Tayfield
SA
6 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Alec Bedser
ENG
39 · 5 ahead of Lindwall
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Bedser is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
13
The mark at number ten — 59 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
12 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
69 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Alec Bedser
ENG
39
2
Ray Lindwall
AUS
34
3
Hugh Tayfield
SA
33
4
Alf Valentine
WI
28
5
Subhash Gupte
IND
27
6
Bill Johnston
AUS
23
7
Frank King
WI
17
8
Keith Miller
AUS
15
8
Vinoo Mankad
IND
15
9
Anton Murray
SA
14
9
Eddie Fuller
SA
14
10
John Watkins
SA
13
10
Sonny Ramadhin
WI
13
10
Johnny Wardle
ENG
13
11
Gerry Gomez
WI
11
11
Neil Adcock
SA
11
11
Tony MacGibbon
NZ
11
12
Bob Blair
NZ
10
12
Richie Benaud
AUS
10
13
John Reid
NZ
9
13
Jim Laker
ENG
9
13
Dattu Phadkar
IND
9
14
Tony Lock
ENG
8
14
Gulabrai Ramchand
IND
8
14
Trevor Bailey
ENG
8
14
David Ironside
SA
8
14
Alan Davidson
AUS
8
15
Jack Hill
AUS
7
15
Percy Mansell
SA
7
15
Frank Worrell
WI
7
16
Guy Overton
NZ
6
16
Doug Ring
AUS
6
17
Ron Archer
AUS
5
17
Geoff Rabone
NZ
5
18
Matt Poore
NZ
4
18
Clive van Ryneveld
SA
4
18
Freddie Brown
ENG
4
18
Fred Trueman
ENG
4
19
Vijay Hazare
IND
3
19
Roy Tattersall
ENG
3
19
Jeffrey Stollmeyer
WI
3
19
Michael Melle
SA
3
20
Geff Noblet
AUS
2
20
Tom Burtt
NZ
2
20
Sir Clyde Walcott
WI
2
20
Brian Statham
ENG
2
20
Arthur Morris
AUS
2
21
Denis Compton
ENG
1
21
Graeme Hole
AUS
1
21
Neil Harvey
AUS
1
21
Eric Fisher
NZ
1
21
Eric Dempster
NZ
1
22
Alex Moir
NZ
0
22
Colin McDonald
AUS
0
22
Bert Sutcliffe
NZ
0
22
Jackie McGlew
SA
0
22
Jack Cheetham
SA
0
22
Headley Keith
SA
0
22
Sir Everton Weekes
WI
0
22
Roy Miller
WI
0
22
Alfred Scott
WI
0
22
Datta Gaekwad
IND
0
22
Madhav Apte
IND
0
22
Deepak Shodhan
IND
0
22
Chandrasekhar Gadkari
IND
0
22
Jayasinghrao Ghorpade
IND
0
22
Lindsay Hassett
AUS
0
22
Polly Umrigar
IND
0
22
Pankaj Roy
IND
0
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