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Most Wickets in 1966: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 1966 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1966
64 entries
1
41
Ken Higgs
ENG
9 clear of Sir Garry Sobers
2
32
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
9 off the lead
2
32
Lance Gibbs
WI
9 off the lead
● LEADS
Ken Higgs
ENG
41 · 9 ahead of Sobers
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Higgs is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
13
The mark at number ten — 54 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
13 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
64 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ken Higgs
ENG
41
2
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
32
2
Lance Gibbs
WI
32
3
Jeff Jones
ENG
26
4
Graham McKenzie
AUS
25
5
Sir Wes Hall
WI
22
6
David Allen
ENG
21
7
Charlie Griffith
WI
18
8
Neil Hawke
AUS
16
9
David Brown
ENG
14
9
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
14
10
Fred Titmus
ENG
13
11
John Snow
ENG
12
12
Trevor Goddard
SA
11
13
David Holford
WI
10
14
Barry Knight
ENG
9
14
Eddie Barlow
SA
9
15
Bob Simpson
AUS
8
15
Bob Barber
ENG
8
15
Basil D'Oliveira
ENG
8
16
Dick Motz
NZ
7
16
Bob Cunis
NZ
7
17
Gary Bartlett
NZ
6
17
Doug Walters
AUS
6
18
David Renneberg
AUS
5
18
Ian Chappell
AUS
5
18
Bruce Taylor
NZ
5
18
Atholl McKinnon
SA
5
19
Vic Pollard
NZ
4
19
Tom Puna
NZ
4
19
Peter Pollock
SA
4
19
Ray Illingworth
ENG
4
20
Peter Parfitt
ENG
3
20
Tom Veivers
AUS
3
20
Keith Stackpole
AUS
3
21
Bob Cowper
AUS
2
21
Peter Philpott
AUS
2
21
Tiger Lance
SA
2
21
Clive Lloyd
WI
2
21
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
2
21
Rusi Surti
IND
2
21
Bishan Bedi
IND
2
22
Motganhalli Jaisimha
IND
1
22
Salim Durani
IND
1
22
Derek Underwood
ENG
1
22
Brian Close
ENG
1
22
Peter Lashley
WI
1
22
Joey Carew
WI
1
22
Richard Dumbrill
SA
1
22
Murray Chapple
NZ
1
23
Mike Shrimpton
NZ
0
23
Graeme Watson
AUS
0
23
David Sincock
AUS
0
23
David Pithey
SA
0
23
Graeme Pollock
SA
0
23
Terry Jarvis
NZ
0
23
John Edrich
ENG
0
23
Jim Parks
ENG
0
23
Seymour Nurse
WI
0
23
Sir Conrad Hunte
WI
0
23
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
0
23
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0
23
Venkataraman Subramanya
IND
0
23
Ajit Wadekar
IND
0
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