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Most Wickets in 1972: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 1972 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1972
78 entries
1
44
Dennis Lillee
AUS
14 clear of Bob Massie
2
30
Bob Massie
AUS
14 off the lead
3
28
John Snow
ENG
16 off the lead
● LEADS
Dennis Lillee
AUS
44 · 14 ahead of Massie
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Lillee is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
13
The mark at number ten — 68 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
13 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
78 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Dennis Lillee
AUS
44
2
Bob Massie
AUS
30
3
John Snow
ENG
28
3
Geoff Arnold
ENG
28
4
Bruce Taylor
NZ
27
5
Ashley Mallett
AUS
25
6
Derek Underwood
ENG
23
7
Tony Greig
ENG
19
8
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
18
9
Hedley Howarth
NZ
14
10
Bev Congdon
NZ
13
11
Bishan Bedi
IND
12
11
Vanburn Holder
WI
12
12
Inshan Ali
WI
11
13
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
10
14
David Holford
WI
8
15
Basil D'Oliveira
ENG
7
15
Ray Illingworth
ENG
7
16
Chris Old
ENG
6
16
David Colley
AUS
6
16
Bob Cunis
NZ
6
17
Max Walker
AUS
5
17
Graeme Watson
AUS
5
17
Asif Masood
PAK
5
17
Bob Woolmer
ENG
5
17
Bob Cottam
ENG
5
17
Grayson Shillingford
WI
5
18
Uton Dowe
WI
4
18
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
4
18
Saleem Altaf
PAK
4
18
Greg Chappell
AUS
4
18
John Inverarity
AUS
4
19
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
3
19
John Gleeson
AUS
3
19
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
3
19
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
3
19
Intikhab Alam
PAK
3
19
Majid Khan
PAK
3
19
Lance Gibbs
WI
3
19
Pat Pocock
ENG
3
19
John Price
ENG
3
20
Barry Wood
ENG
2
20
Tony Howard
WI
2
20
Doug Walters
AUS
2
21
Ian Chappell
AUS
1
21
Jeff Hammond
AUS
1
21
Jack Alabaster
NZ
1
21
Ross Morgan
NZ
1
21
Peter Lever
ENG
1
21
Syed Abid Ali
IND
1
21
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
1
21
Clive Lloyd
WI
1
21
Norman Gifford
ENG
1
21
Maurice Foster
WI
1
22
Peter Parfitt
ENG
0
22
Saeed Ahmed
PAK
0
22
Brian Luckhurst
ENG
0
22
Charlie Davis
WI
0
22
Roy Fredericks
WI
0
22
Joey Carew
WI
0
22
Brian Close
ENG
0
22
Alvin Kallicharran
WI
0
22
Lawrence Rowe
WI
0
22
Geoff Greenidge
WI
0
22
Eknath Solkar
IND
0
22
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
22
Ian Redpath
AUS
0
22
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
0
22
Asif Iqbal
PAK
0
22
Salim Durani
IND
0
22
Dilip Sardesai
IND
0
22
Terry Jarvis
NZ
0
22
Jeff Thomson
AUS
0
22
Keith Stackpole
AUS
0
22
Murray Webb
NZ
0
22
Graham Vivian
NZ
0
22
Mark Burgess
NZ
0
22
Glenn Turner
NZ
0
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