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Most Wickets in 1983: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1983, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1983
103 entries
1
36
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
5 clear of Lance Cairns
2
31
Lance Cairns
NZ
5 off the lead
3
30
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
6 off the lead
● LEADS
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
36 · 5 ahead of Cairns
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Chatfield is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21
The mark at number ten — 93 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
New Zealand
9 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
103 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
36
2
Lance Cairns
NZ
31
3
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
30
4
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
29
5
Bob Willis
ENG
28
6
Rodney Hogg
AUS
27
7
Martin Snedden
NZ
26
8
Madan Lal
IND
25
8
Kapil Dev
IND
25
8
Vic Marks
ENG
25
9
Ashantha de Mel
SL
24
10
Geoff Lawson
AUS
21
10
Roger Binny
IND
21
10
Sir Andy Roberts
NZ
21
10
Jeremy Coney
NZ
21
11
Larry Gomes
WI
18
12
Malcolm Marshall
WI
17
12
Michael Holding
WI
17
12
Jeff Thomson
AUS
17
12
Carl Rackemann
AUS
17
13
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
15
13
Dennis Lillee
AUS
15
13
Balwinder Sandhu
IND
15
14
Greg Chappell
AUS
14
15
Ravi Shastri
IND
13
16
Abdul Qadir
PAK
12
16
Tom Hogan
AUS
12
17
Ken MacLeay
AUS
11
17
Vinothen John
SL
11
18
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
10
18
Norman Cowans
ENG
10
18
Robin Jackman
ENG
10
18
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
10
18
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
10
19
Winston Davis
WI
9
20
Paul Allott
ENG
8
20
Rashid Khan
AFG
8
20
Somachandra De Silva
SL
8
20
John Morrison
NZ
8
20
Peter Rawson
ZIM
8
21
Duncan Fletcher
ZIM
7
21
Geoff Miller
ENG
7
21
Roger Harper
WI
7
21
Graham Dilley
ENG
7
22
Eldine Baptiste
WI
6
22
Sir Viv Richards
WI
6
22
Joel Garner
WI
6
22
Martin Crowe
NZ
6
22
Gary Troup
NZ
6
23
Kevin Curran
ZIM
5
23
John Maguire
AUS
5
23
Wayne Daniel
WI
5
23
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
5
24
Trevor Chappell
AUS
4
24
Shahid Mahboob
PAK
4
24
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
4
24
Richard Webb
NZ
4
24
John Traicos
SA
4
25
Iain Butchart
ZIM
3
25
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
3
25
Mohammad Nazir
PAK
3
25
Jalal-ud-Din
PAK
3
25
Chetan Sharma
IND
3
25
Bruce Yardley
AUS
3
25
Graham Yallop
AUS
3
26
Mike Whitney
AUS
2
26
Allan Border
AUS
2
26
Kirti Azad
IND
2
26
Zaheer Abbas
PAK
2
26
Imran Niazi
BHR
2
26
Tahir Naqqash
PAK
2
27
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
1
27
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1
27
Trevor Jesty
ENG
1
27
Mike Gatting
ENG
1
27
Maninder Singh
IND
1
27
Azeem Hafeez
PAK
1
27
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
1
27
Sidath Wettimuny
SL
1
27
David Hookes
AUS
1
27
Randhir Singh
IND
1
27
Yohan Goonasekera
SL
1
27
Geoff Howarth
NZ
1
27
John Bracewell
NZ
1
27
Ali Shah
ZIM
1
28
John Wright
NZ
0
28
Bruce Edgar
NZ
0
28
Jeff Crowe
NZ
0
28
Vince Hogg
ZIM
0
28
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
0
28
Athula Samarasekera
SL
0
28
Granville De Silva
SL
0
28
Glenn Turner
NZ
0
28
Raju Kulkarni
IND
0
28
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
28
Yashpal Sharma
IND
0
28
Thirumalai Sekhar
IND
0
28
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0
28
Sandeep Patil
IND
0
28
Gus Logie
WI
0
28
Derek Pringle
ENG
0
28
Wasim Raja
PAK
0
28
Mohsin Khan
HK
0
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India in New Zealand ODI Series
NZ
134 (41.0)
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113/7 (26.0)
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