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Most Wickets in 1987: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The most wickets in 1987 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1987
125 entries
1
77
Abdul Qadir
PAK
11 clear of Imran Niazi
2
66
Imran Niazi
BHR
11 off the lead
3
62
Courtney Walsh
WI
15 off the lead
● LEADS
Abdul Qadir
PAK
77 · 11 ahead of Niazi
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Qadir is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
41
The mark at number ten — 115 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
125 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Abdul Qadir
PAK
77
2
Imran Niazi
BHR
66
3
Courtney Walsh
WI
62
3
Wasim Akram
PAK
62
4
Maninder Singh
IND
58
5
John Emburey
ENG
57
6
Neil Foster
ENG
52
7
Ravi Shastri
IND
49
8
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
46
9
Kapil Dev
IND
45
10
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
41
11
Graham Dilley
ENG
40
12
Patrick Patterson
WI
39
12
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
39
13
Steve Waugh
AUS
37
14
Craig McDermott
AUS
36
15
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
30
16
Joel Garner
WI
29
17
Bruce Reid
AUS
27
18
Malcolm Marshall
WI
24
19
Gladstone Small
ENG
23
20
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
22
20
Peter Taylor
AUS
22
21
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
20
21
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
20
22
Tony Gray
WI
19
22
Sir Viv Richards
WI
19
22
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
19
22
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
19
23
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
18
23
Chetan Sharma
IND
18
24
Shivlal Yadav
IND
17
24
Roger Harper
WI
17
25
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
16
26
Greg Matthews
AUS
15
27
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
14
28
Phil Edmonds
ENG
13
28
Carl Hooper
WI
13
28
John Bracewell
NZ
13
28
Martin Snedden
NZ
13
29
Peter Sleep
AUS
12
29
Stephen Boock
NZ
12
29
Gopal Sharma
IND
12
30
Don Anurasiri
SL
11
31
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
10
32
Raju Kulkarni
IND
9
32
Roger Binny
IND
9
32
Winston Benjamin
WI
9
32
Nick Cook
ENG
9
33
David Capel
ENG
8
33
Winston Davis
WI
8
33
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
8
33
Tim May
AUS
8
33
Danny Morrison
NZ
8
34
Willie Watson
ENG
7
34
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
7
34
Mike Whitney
AUS
7
34
Allan Border
AUS
7
34
Merv Hughes
AUS
7
34
Simon Davis
AUS
7
34
Graeme Labrooy
SL
7
34
Michael Holding
WI
7
35
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
6
35
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
6
35
John Traicos
SA
6
36
Dipak Patel
NZ
5
36
Ali Shah
ZIM
5
36
Arshad Ayub
IND
5
37
Ken MacLeay
AUS
4
37
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
4
37
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
4
37
Kevin Curran
ZIM
4
37
Peter Rawson
ZIM
4
37
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
4
37
Clyde Butts
WI
4
37
Mike Gatting
ENG
4
38
Zahid Ahmed
PAK
3
38
Iain Butchart
ZIM
3
38
Aravinda de Silva
SL
3
39
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2
39
Dean Jones
AUS
2
39
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
2
39
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
2
39
Martin Crowe
NZ
2
39
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
2
39
Saleem Malik
PAK
2
39
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
2
39
Madan Lal
IND
2
39
Kris Srikkanth
IND
2
39
Larry Gomes
WI
2
39
Greg Thomas
ENG
2
40
Derek Pringle
ENG
1
40
Javed Miandad
PAK
1
40
Graham Gooch
ENG
1
40
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
1
40
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
1
40
Bharat Arun
IND
1
40
Rizwan-uz-Zaman
PAK
1
40
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
1
40
Shakeel Khan
PAK
1
40
Evan Gray
NZ
1
40
Andrew Zesers
AUS
1
40
Ashantha de Mel
SL
1
40
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1
40
Kosala Kuruppuarachchi
SL
1
40
Vinothen John
SL
1
41
Asoka de Silva
SL
0
41
Roy Dias
SL
0
41
Ranjan Madugalle
SL
0
41
Tom Moody
AUS
0
41
David Boon
AUS
0
41
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0
41
Babu Meman
ZIM
0
41
Aamer Malik
PAK
0
41
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0
41
Lalchand Rajput
IND
0
41
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
0
41
Arun Lal
IND
0
41
Eldine Baptiste
WI
0
41
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0
41
Younis Ahmed
PAK
0
41
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0
41
Chris Broad
ENG
0
41
Bill Athey
ENG
0
41
Allan Lamb
ENG
0
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