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Most Wickets in 1978: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1978, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1978
56 entries
1
8
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
level with Hasan Jamil
1
8
Hasan Jamil
PAK
2
6
Sikander Bakht
PAK
2 off the lead
● LEADS
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
8 · level with Jamil
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most wickets
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
★ RANGE
8
top of the list, down to 0 at the other end
Most Wickets — full list
56 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
8
1
Hasan Jamil
PAK
8
2
Sikander Bakht
PAK
6
2
Bob Willis
ENG
6
3
Chris Old
ENG
5
3
Phil Edmonds
ENG
5
3
Wasim Raja
PAK
5
3
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
5
3
Lance Cairns
NZ
5
4
Ian Callen
AUS
4
4
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
4
4
Kapil Dev
IND
4
4
Jeff Thomson
AUS
4
4
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
4
4
Geoff Miller
ENG
4
4
Barry Wood
ENG
4
5
Colin Croft
WI
3
5
Joel Garner
WI
3
5
John Lever
ENG
3
5
Wayne Clark
AUS
3
5
Trevor Laughlin
AUS
3
5
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
3
6
Bruce Yardley
AUS
2
6
Karsan Ghavri
IND
2
6
Bob Simpson
AUS
2
6
Mike Hendrick
ENG
2
6
Vanburn Holder
WI
2
6
Derick Parry
WI
2
6
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
2
6
Bishan Bedi
IND
2
6
Graham Gooch
ENG
2
6
Saleem Altaf
PAK
2
7
Geoff Cope
ENG
1
7
Asif Iqbal
PAK
1
7
Liaqat Ali
PAK
1
7
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
1
7
Sylvester Clarke
WI
1
7
Norbert Phillip
WI
1
7
Wayne Daniel
WI
1
7
David Lloyd
ENG
1
7
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
1
7
Stephen Boock
NZ
1
7
Brendon Bracewell
NZ
1
8
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0
8
Richard Collinge
NZ
0
8
Bev Congdon
NZ
0
8
Gary Cosier
AUS
0
8
Richard Austin
WI
0
8
Larry Gomes
WI
0
8
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
0
8
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0
8
Sew Shivnarine
WI
0
8
Aamer Hameed
PAK
0
8
Naeem Ahmed
PAK
0
8
Javed Miandad
PAK
0
8
Imran Niazi
BHR
0
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