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Most Wickets in 1982: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 1982 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1982
107 entries
1
76
Imran Niazi
BHR
15 clear of Sir Ian Botham
2
61
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
15 off the lead
3
58
Bob Willis
ENG
18 off the lead
● LEADS
Imran Niazi
BHR
76 · 15 ahead of Botham
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Niazi is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
32
The mark at number ten — 97 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
11 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
107 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Imran Niazi
BHR
76
2
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
61
3
Bob Willis
ENG
58
4
Jeff Thomson
AUS
50
5
Bruce Yardley
AUS
49
6
Dilip Doshi
IND
46
7
Kapil Dev
IND
44
7
Geoff Lawson
AUS
44
8
Abdul Qadir
PAK
38
9
Dennis Lillee
AUS
35
10
Ashantha de Mel
SL
32
11
Somachandra De Silva
SL
29
12
Madan Lal
IND
28
13
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
27
13
Michael Holding
WI
27
14
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
26
15
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
25
15
Joel Garner
WI
25
15
Terry Alderman
AUS
25
16
Len Pascoe
AUS
19
17
Derek Underwood
ENG
18
17
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
18
17
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
18
18
Geoff Miller
ENG
17
18
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
17
19
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
16
20
Derek Pringle
ENG
15
20
Ajit de Silva
SL
15
21
Sikander Bakht
PAK
14
22
Ravi Shastri
IND
12
22
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
12
22
Larry Gomes
WI
12
23
Sylvester Clarke
WI
11
24
John Emburey
ENG
10
24
Greg Chappell
AUS
10
24
Rodney Hogg
AUS
10
25
Mick Malone
AUS
9
25
Gary Troup
NZ
9
25
Norman Cowans
ENG
9
26
Robin Jackman
ENG
8
26
Lance Cairns
NZ
8
26
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
8
27
Allan Border
AUS
7
27
Paul Allott
ENG
7
27
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
7
28
Phil Edmonds
ENG
6
28
Sir Viv Richards
WI
6
29
Sandeep Patil
IND
5
29
Wasim Raja
PAK
5
29
Martin Snedden
NZ
5
30
Bandula Warnapura
SL
4
30
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
4
30
Roger Binny
IND
4
30
Colin Croft
WI
4
30
Ian Greig
ENG
4
31
Graham Dilley
ENG
3
31
Malcolm Marshall
WI
3
31
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
3
31
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
3
31
Rashid Khan
AFG
3
31
Anura Ranasinghe
SL
3
31
Ray Bright
AUS
3
32
Carl Rackemann
AUS
2
32
John Morrison
NZ
2
32
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2
32
Vinothen John
SL
2
32
Martin Crowe
NZ
2
32
Suru Nayak
IND
2
32
Rakesh Shukla
IND
2
32
John Lever
ENG
2
32
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
2
33
Vic Marks
ENG
1
33
David Gower
ENG
1
33
Barry Wood
ENG
1
33
Graham Gooch
ENG
1
33
Keith Fletcher
ENG
1
33
Yashpal Sharma
IND
1
33
Shahid Mahboob
PAK
1
33
Mohsin Khan
HK
1
33
Ehteshamuddin
PAK
1
33
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
1
33
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
1
33
Lalith Kaluperuma
SL
1
33
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
1
33
Ian Callen
AUS
1
33
Peter Sleep
AUS
1
34
Kim Hughes
AUS
0
34
Roy Dias
SL
0
34
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
0
34
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
0
34
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0
34
John Wright
NZ
0
34
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
0
34
Javed Miandad
PAK
0
34
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
34
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
0
34
Shivlal Yadav
IND
0
34
Ashok Malhotra
IND
0
34
Maninder Singh
IND
0
34
Balwinder Sandhu
IND
0
34
David Hookes
AUS
0
34
Bob Taylor
ENG
0
34
Mike Gatting
ENG
0
34
Chris Tavaré
ENG
0
34
Geoff Cook
ENG
0
34
Allan Lamb
ENG
0
34
Majid Khan
PAK
0
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