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Most Wickets in 1971: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 1971 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
TEST
1971
78 entries
1
35
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
2 clear of Derek Underwood
2
33
Derek Underwood
ENG
2 off the lead
3
26
Bishan Bedi
IND
9 off the lead
● LEADS
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
35 · 2 ahead of Underwood
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
13
The mark at number ten — 68 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
12 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
78 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
35
2
Derek Underwood
ENG
33
3
Bishan Bedi
IND
26
4
Peter Lever
ENG
24
5
John Snow
ENG
23
6
Ray Illingworth
ENG
21
7
Jack Noreiga
WI
17
8
Basil D'Oliveira
ENG
16
8
Syed Abid Ali
IND
16
9
Bob Willis
ENG
14
9
Norman Gifford
ENG
14
10
Asif Masood
PAK
13
10
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
13
11
Eknath Solkar
IND
12
11
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
12
12
John Price
ENG
11
12
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
11
13
Bob Cunis
NZ
10
13
Richard Collinge
NZ
10
14
Richard Hutton
ENG
9
15
Intikhab Alam
PAK
8
15
Dennis Lillee
AUS
8
15
John Gleeson
AUS
8
15
Alan Thomson
AUS
8
16
Uton Dowe
WI
7
16
John Shepherd
WI
7
17
Vanburn Holder
WI
6
17
Ashley Mallett
AUS
6
17
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
6
17
Saleem Altaf
PAK
6
18
Ken Shuttleworth
ENG
5
18
Pervez Sajjad
PAK
5
18
Tony Dell
AUS
5
18
Hedley Howarth
NZ
5
19
Terry Jenner
AUS
4
19
Greg Chappell
AUS
4
19
Grayson Shillingford
WI
4
19
Arthur Barrett
WI
4
19
Asif Iqbal
PAK
4
20
David Holford
WI
3
20
Salim Durani
IND
3
20
Mike Shrimpton
NZ
3
21
Murray Webb
NZ
2
21
Doug Walters
AUS
2
21
Keith Boyce
WI
2
21
Don Wilson
ENG
2
22
Inshan Ali
WI
1
22
Maurice Foster
WI
1
22
Brian Luckhurst
ENG
1
22
Saeed Ahmed
PAK
1
22
Keith Stackpole
AUS
1
22
Graham McKenzie
AUS
1
22
Alan Connolly
AUS
1
22
Ian Chappell
AUS
1
22
Ken Eastwood
AUS
1
22
Bev Congdon
NZ
1
22
Ross Morgan
NZ
1
23
Vic Pollard
NZ
0
23
Ross Duncan
AUS
0
23
Ajit Wadekar
IND
0
23
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
23
Ashok Mankad
IND
0
23
Aftab Gul
PAK
0
23
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
0
23
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
0
23
Imran Niazi
PAK
0
23
Motganhalli Jaisimha
IND
0
23
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
0
23
Majid Khan
PAK
0
23
Robin Hobbs
ENG
0
23
Keith Fletcher
ENG
0
23
Alan Ward
ENG
0
23
Clive Lloyd
WI
0
23
Charlie Davis
WI
0
23
Roy Fredericks
WI
0
23
Rohan Kanhai
WI
0
23
Lance Gibbs
WI
0
23
Joey Carew
WI
0
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