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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.
ODI
1987
109 entries
1
43
John Emburey
ENG
4 clear of Phil DeFreitas
2
39
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
4 off the lead
3
37
Imran Niazi
BHR
6 off the lead
● LEADS
John Emburey
ENG
43 · 4 ahead of DeFreitas
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
22
The mark at number ten — 99 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
10 of the top 50 · 9 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
109 entries, ranked
Table view
1
John Emburey
ENG
43
2
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
39
3
Imran Niazi
BHR
37
4
Steve Waugh
AUS
34
5
Abdul Qadir
PAK
32
6
Wasim Akram
PAK
31
6
Neil Foster
ENG
31
7
Courtney Walsh
WI
30
7
Maninder Singh
IND
30
7
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
30
8
Ravi Shastri
IND
29
9
Patrick Patterson
WI
24
10
Graham Dilley
ENG
22
10
Kapil Dev
IND
22
11
Craig McDermott
AUS
19
12
Gladstone Small
ENG
18
13
Joel Garner
WI
17
13
Roger Harper
WI
17
13
Bruce Reid
AUS
17
14
Sir Viv Richards
WI
16
15
Malcolm Marshall
WI
15
15
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
15
15
Greg Matthews
AUS
15
16
Peter Taylor
AUS
14
17
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
13
17
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
13
17
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
13
17
Carl Hooper
WI
13
17
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
13
18
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
12
19
Tony Gray
WI
11
20
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
10
21
Chetan Sharma
IND
8
22
Raju Kulkarni
IND
7
22
Winston Benjamin
WI
7
22
Michael Holding
WI
7
22
David Capel
ENG
7
22
Simon Davis
AUS
7
22
Graeme Labrooy
SL
7
22
Martin Snedden
NZ
7
22
Willie Watson
ENG
7
23
John Traicos
SA
6
23
Don Anurasiri
SL
6
23
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
6
23
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
6
23
Gopal Sharma
IND
6
23
Allan Border
AUS
6
24
Shivlal Yadav
IND
5
24
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
5
24
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
5
24
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
5
24
Stephen Boock
NZ
5
24
Ali Shah
ZIM
5
24
Dipak Patel
NZ
5
25
Kevin Curran
ZIM
4
25
Peter Rawson
ZIM
4
25
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
4
25
Tim May
AUS
4
25
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
4
25
Ken MacLeay
AUS
4
25
Mike Gatting
ENG
4
25
Phil Edmonds
ENG
4
26
Zahid Ahmed
PAK
3
26
Mike Whitney
AUS
3
26
Aravinda de Silva
SL
3
26
Iain Butchart
ZIM
3
27
Eddo Brandes
ZIM
2
27
Malcolm Jarvis
ZIM
2
27
John Bracewell
NZ
2
27
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
2
27
Jeremy Coney
NZ
2
27
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
2
27
Madan Lal
IND
2
27
Kris Srikkanth
IND
2
27
Greg Thomas
ENG
2
27
Nick Cook
ENG
2
28
Derek Pringle
ENG
1
28
Javed Miandad
PAK
1
28
Graham Gooch
ENG
1
28
Roger Binny
IND
1
28
Anshuman Gaekwad
IND
1
28
Shakeel Khan
PAK
1
28
Mansoor Akhtar
PAK
1
28
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
1
28
Saleem Malik
PAK
1
28
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1
28
Dean Jones
AUS
1
28
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
IND
1
28
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1
28
Andrew Zesers
AUS
1
28
Ashantha de Mel
SL
1
28
Vinothen John
SL
1
28
Martin Crowe
NZ
1
29
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0
29
Danny Morrison
NZ
0
29
Babu Meman
ZIM
0
29
Tom Moody
AUS
0
29
Asoka de Silva
SL
0
29
Bharat Arun
IND
0
29
Arshad Ayub
IND
0
29
Lalchand Rajput
IND
0
29
David Boon
AUS
0
29
Asif Mujtaba
PAK
0
29
Larry Gomes
WI
0
29
Eldine Baptiste
WI
0
29
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0
29
Chris Broad
ENG
0
29
Bill Athey
ENG
0
29
Allan Lamb
ENG
0
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ODI
India in New Zealand ODI Series
NZ
134 (41.0)
IND
113/7 (26.0)
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