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Most Wickets in 1973: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1973, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST
1973
77 entries
1
42
Geoff Arnold
ENG
7 clear of Lance Gibbs
2
35
Lance Gibbs
WI
7 off the lead
3
34
Intikhab Alam
PAK
8 off the lead
● LEADS
Geoff Arnold
ENG
42 · 7 ahead of Gibbs
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Arnold is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
18
The mark at number ten — 67 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
77 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Geoff Arnold
ENG
42
2
Lance Gibbs
WI
35
3
Intikhab Alam
PAK
34
4
Max Walker
AUS
33
5
Keith Boyce
WI
28
6
Tony Greig
ENG
24
6
Chris Old
ENG
24
7
Bruce Taylor
NZ
22
8
Mushtaq Mohammad
PAK
21
9
Derek Underwood
ENG
19
9
Pat Pocock
ENG
19
9
Richard Collinge
NZ
19
10
Saleem Altaf
PAK
18
11
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
17
11
Dayle Hadlee
NZ
17
11
Hedley Howarth
NZ
17
12
John Snow
ENG
16
13
Jeff Hammond
AUS
15
14
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
14
15
Bishan Bedi
IND
13
15
Terry Jenner
AUS
13
15
Norman Gifford
ENG
13
16
Inshan Ali
WI
11
16
Vanburn Holder
WI
11
16
Jack Birkenshaw
ENG
11
17
Doug Walters
AUS
10
17
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
10
17
Bev Congdon
NZ
10
18
Greg Chappell
AUS
9
19
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
7
19
Elquemedo Willett
WI
7
19
Bernard Julien
WI
7
20
Ray Illingworth
ENG
6
20
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
6
20
Pervez Sajjad
PAK
6
20
Ashley Mallett
AUS
6
21
Wasim Raja
PAK
5
22
Dennis Lillee
AUS
4
22
Bob Massie
AUS
4
22
Vic Pollard
NZ
4
22
Gary Gilmour
AUS
4
22
Majid Khan
PAK
4
22
Bob Willis
ENG
4
23
Maurice Foster
WI
3
23
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3
24
Clive Lloyd
WI
2
24
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
2
24
Asif Iqbal
PAK
2
24
Mike Shrimpton
NZ
2
24
John Benaud
AUS
2
24
Asif Masood
PAK
2
24
Syed Abid Ali
IND
2
25
Ian Chappell
AUS
1
25
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
1
25
Salim Durani
IND
1
25
Tony Dell
AUS
1
25
Keith Stackpole
AUS
1
25
Uton Dowe
WI
1
26
Geoff Greenidge
WI
0
26
Charlie Davis
WI
0
26
Roy Fredericks
WI
0
26
Rohan Kanhai
WI
0
26
Graham Roope
ENG
0
26
Keith Fletcher
ENG
0
26
Brian Luckhurst
ENG
0
26
John Watkins
AUS
0
26
Brian Hastings
NZ
0
26
Nawab of Pataudi
IND
0
26
Mohammad Nazir
PAK
0
26
Sadiq Mohammad
PAK
0
26
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
0
26
Talat Ali
PAK
0
26
Eknath Solkar
IND
0
26
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
0
26
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
26
David O'Sullivan
NZ
0
26
Bryan Andrews
NZ
0
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