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Most Wickets in 1981: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 1981 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
TEST
1981
71 entries
1
85
Dennis Lillee
AUS
23 clear of Sir Ian Botham
2
62
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
23 off the lead
3
54
Terry Alderman
AUS
31 off the lead
● LEADS
Dennis Lillee
AUS
85 · 23 ahead of Botham
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Lillee is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21
The mark at number ten — 61 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
71 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Dennis Lillee
AUS
85
2
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
62
3
Terry Alderman
AUS
54
4
Bob Willis
ENG
33
4
Kapil Dev
IND
33
5
Bruce Yardley
AUS
30
6
Graham Dilley
ENG
29
7
Michael Holding
WI
28
8
Colin Croft
WI
27
9
Dilip Doshi
IND
26
10
John Emburey
ENG
21
10
Ravi Shastri
IND
21
11
Len Pascoe
AUS
16
11
Imran Niazi
BHR
16
12
Joel Garner
WI
15
13
Lance Cairns
NZ
13
13
Geoff Lawson
AUS
13
14
Ray Bright
AUS
12
14
Madan Lal
IND
12
15
Karsan Ghavri
IND
11
16
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
10
16
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
10
17
Shivlal Yadav
IND
9
17
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
9
17
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
9
17
John Bracewell
NZ
9
18
Rodney Hogg
AUS
8
18
Sandeep Patil
IND
8
19
Martin Snedden
NZ
7
19
John Lever
ENG
7
20
Derek Underwood
ENG
6
20
Chris Old
ENG
6
20
Mike Hendrick
ENG
6
20
Robin Jackman
ENG
6
21
Sir Viv Richards
WI
5
21
Gary Troup
NZ
5
21
Mike Whitney
AUS
5
21
Jeff Thomson
AUS
5
21
Sikander Bakht
PAK
5
22
Jim Higgs
AUS
4
22
Paul Allott
ENG
4
22
Wasim Raja
PAK
4
23
Graham Stevenson
ENG
3
23
Roger Binny
IND
3
23
Malcolm Marshall
WI
3
23
Greg Chappell
AUS
3
24
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2
24
Graham Gooch
ENG
2
24
Peter Willey
ENG
2
25
Geoff Miller
ENG
1
25
Larry Gomes
WI
1
25
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1
25
Chetan Chauhan
IND
1
25
Allan Border
AUS
1
25
Kirti Azad
IND
1
25
Yograj Singh
IND
1
26
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0
26
Doug Walters
AUS
0
26
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0
26
Graham Yallop
AUS
0
26
Kim Hughes
AUS
0
26
Bruce Laird
AUS
0
26
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0
26
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
26
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
0
26
Majid Khan
PAK
0
26
Javed Miandad
PAK
0
26
Everton Mattis
WI
0
26
Geoff Boycott
ENG
0
26
Desmond Haynes
WI
0
26
Mike Gatting
ENG
0
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