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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.
TEST
1982
91 entries
1
62
Imran Niazi
BHR
10 clear of Bob Willis
2
52
Bob Willis
ENG
10 off the lead
3
47
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
15 off the lead
● LEADS
Imran Niazi
BHR
62 · 10 ahead of Willis
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Niazi is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21
The mark at number ten — 81 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
12 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
91 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Imran Niazi
BHR
62
2
Bob Willis
ENG
52
3
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
47
3
Bruce Yardley
AUS
47
4
Dilip Doshi
IND
40
5
Geoff Lawson
AUS
39
6
Abdul Qadir
PAK
38
7
Kapil Dev
IND
36
8
Jeff Thomson
AUS
33
9
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
23
9
Ashantha de Mel
SL
23
9
Somachandra De Silva
SL
23
10
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
21
11
Dennis Lillee
AUS
17
12
Madan Lal
IND
16
13
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
14
14
Michael Holding
WI
13
15
Derek Underwood
ENG
12
15
Geoff Miller
ENG
12
15
Terry Alderman
AUS
12
16
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
11
16
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
11
16
Derek Pringle
ENG
11
17
John Emburey
ENG
10
17
Rodney Hogg
AUS
10
17
Ravi Shastri
IND
10
18
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
9
18
Norman Cowans
ENG
9
19
Robin Jackman
ENG
8
20
Joel Garner
WI
7
20
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
7
20
Ajit de Silva
SL
7
21
Allan Border
AUS
6
21
Phil Edmonds
ENG
6
21
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
6
22
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
5
22
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
5
22
Lance Cairns
NZ
5
22
Gary Troup
NZ
5
23
Martin Snedden
NZ
4
23
Colin Croft
WI
4
23
Wasim Raja
PAK
4
23
Ian Greig
ENG
4
23
Len Pascoe
AUS
4
24
Ray Bright
AUS
3
24
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
3
24
Rashid Khan
AFG
3
24
Sikander Bakht
PAK
3
24
Larry Gomes
WI
3
25
Graham Dilley
ENG
2
25
Paul Allott
ENG
2
25
Carl Rackemann
AUS
2
25
Rakesh Shukla
IND
2
25
Greg Chappell
AUS
2
25
John Morrison
NZ
2
26
Jeremy Coney
NZ
1
26
Anura Ranasinghe
SL
1
26
Sandeep Patil
IND
1
26
Suru Nayak
IND
1
26
Peter Sleep
AUS
1
26
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
1
26
Ehteshamuddin
PAK
1
26
Vic Marks
ENG
1
26
Sylvester Clarke
WI
1
26
Keith Fletcher
ENG
1
26
David Gower
ENG
1
27
Mike Gatting
ENG
0
27
Bob Taylor
ENG
0
27
Graham Gooch
ENG
0
27
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0
27
Majid Khan
PAK
0
27
Javed Miandad
PAK
0
27
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
0
27
Geoff Cook
ENG
0
27
Allan Lamb
ENG
0
27
Chris Tavaré
ENG
0
27
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
27
Yashpal Sharma
IND
0
27
Shivlal Yadav
IND
0
27
Kim Hughes
AUS
0
27
Maninder Singh
IND
0
27
David Hookes
AUS
0
27
Roger Wijesuriya
SL
0
27
Lalith Kaluperuma
SL
0
27
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0
27
Bandula Warnapura
SL
0
27
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
0
27
Martin Crowe
NZ
0
27
John Wright
NZ
0
27
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
0
27
Geoff Howarth
NZ
0
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