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Most Wickets in 1959: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1959, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST
1959
73 entries
1
54
Richie Benaud
AUS
16 clear of Fred Trueman
2
38
Fred Trueman
ENG
16 off the lead
3
37
Alan Davidson
AUS
17 off the lead
● LEADS
Richie Benaud
AUS
54 · 16 ahead of Trueman
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Benaud is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
15
The mark at number ten — 63 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
13 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
73 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Richie Benaud
AUS
54
2
Fred Trueman
ENG
38
3
Alan Davidson
AUS
37
4
Fazal Mahmood
PAK
32
5
Sir Wes Hall
WI
25
6
Subhash Gupte
IND
22
7
Brian Statham
ENG
20
8
Surendranath
IND
18
9
Ramakant Desai
IND
17
9
Tony Lock
ENG
17
10
Nasim-ul-Ghani
PAK
15
11
Tommy Greenhough
ENG
14
11
Lindsay Kline
AUS
14
11
Jasubhai Patel
IND
14
12
Collie Smith
WI
12
13
Roy Gilchrist
WI
11
13
Ken Mackay
AUS
11
13
Jim Laker
ENG
11
14
Gordon Rorke
AUS
10
14
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
10
14
Ray Lindwall
AUS
10
14
Eric Atkinson
WI
10
15
Sonny Ramadhin
WI
9
15
Harold Rhodes
ENG
9
15
Frank Tyson
ENG
9
16
Ian Meckiff
AUS
8
16
Chandu Borde
IND
8
16
Polly Umrigar
IND
8
16
Mahmood Hussain
PAK
8
16
Lance Gibbs
WI
8
17
John Mortimore
ENG
7
17
Alan Moss
ENG
7
18
Ted Dexter
ENG
6
18
Shujauddin
PAK
6
18
Israr Ali
PAK
6
18
Ken Hough
NZ
6
18
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
6
19
Alex Moir
NZ
5
19
Ken Barrington
ENG
5
19
Mohammad Munaf
PAK
5
19
Brian Close
ENG
5
20
Vinoo Mankad
IND
4
20
Ray Illingworth
ENG
4
21
John Reid
NZ
3
21
Haseeb Ahsan
PAK
3
21
Intikhab Alam
PAK
3
21
Munir Malik
PAK
3
21
Hemu Adhikari
IND
3
22
Keith Slater
AUS
2
22
Gulabrai Ramchand
IND
2
22
Jim Burke
AUS
2
22
Antao D'Souza
PAK
2
22
Bob Blair
NZ
2
22
Martin Horton
ENG
2
23
Saeed Ahmed
PAK
1
23
Norm O'Neill
AUS
1
23
Trevor Bailey
ENG
1
23
Neil Harvey
AUS
1
24
Motganhalli Jaisimha
IND
0
24
Venatappa Muddiah
IND
0
24
Pankaj Roy
IND
0
24
AG Kripal Singh
IND
0
24
Nari Contractor
IND
0
24
Datta Gaekwad
IND
0
24
Colin Cowdrey
ENG
0
24
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
0
24
John Holt
WI
0
24
Jaswick Taylor
WI
0
24
Basil Butcher
WI
0
24
Joe Solomon
WI
0
24
Sir Conrad Hunte
WI
0
24
Bert Sutcliffe
NZ
0
24
John Sparling
NZ
0
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