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Most Wickets in 1988: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1988, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1988
106 entries
1
28
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
2 clear of Ewen Chatfield
2
26
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
2 off the lead
2
26
Martin Snedden
NZ
2 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
28 · 2 ahead of Chatfield
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
16
The mark at number ten — 96 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
West Indies
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
106 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
28
2
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
26
2
Martin Snedden
NZ
26
3
Craig McDermott
AUS
24
3
Patrick Patterson
WI
24
4
Steve Waugh
AUS
23
5
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
22
6
Kapil Dev
IND
21
7
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
20
8
Peter Taylor
AUS
19
8
Willie Watson
ENG
19
8
Kris Srikkanth
IND
19
8
Winston Benjamin
WI
19
9
Arshad Ayub
IND
17
10
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
16
10
Wasim Akram
PAK
16
10
Courtney Walsh
WI
16
11
John Emburey
ENG
15
11
Narendra Hirwani
IND
15
11
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
15
12
Graeme Labrooy
SL
14
12
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
14
12
Maninder Singh
IND
14
13
Abdul Qadir
PAK
13
13
Sir Viv Richards
WI
13
14
Carl Hooper
WI
12
14
Imran Niazi
BHR
12
14
Aravinda de Silva
SL
12
14
Danny Morrison
NZ
12
15
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
11
16
Malcolm Marshall
WI
10
16
Mike Whitney
AUS
10
17
Gladstone Small
ENG
9
17
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
9
18
Simon Davis
AUS
8
18
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
8
18
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
8
19
Ravi Shastri
IND
7
19
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
7
19
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
7
19
Stu Gillespie
NZ
7
19
Ken Rutherford
NZ
7
20
Dipak Patel
NZ
6
20
John Bracewell
NZ
6
20
Merv Hughes
AUS
6
20
Paul Jarvis
ENG
6
20
Derek Pringle
ENG
6
20
Ian Bishop
WI
6
21
Eldine Baptiste
WI
5
21
Tony Gray
WI
5
21
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
5
22
Chetan Sharma
IND
4
22
David Capel
ENG
4
22
Asoka de Silva
SL
4
23
Evan Gray
NZ
3
23
Azhar Hossain
BAN
3
23
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
3
23
Winston Davis
WI
3
23
Graham Gooch
ENG
3
23
Graham Dilley
ENG
3
23
Allan Border
AUS
3
23
Haafiz Shahid
PAK
3
23
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
3
24
Saleem Malik
PAK
2
24
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
2
24
Naved Anjum
PAK
2
24
Margashayam Venkataramana
IND
2
24
Woorkeri Raman
IND
2
24
Roger Harper
WI
2
24
Phil Simmons
WI
2
24
Neal Radford
ENG
2
24
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
2
24
Tim May
AUS
2
25
Sridharan Jeganathan
SL
1
25
Don Anurasiri
SL
1
25
Vaughan Brown
NZ
1
25
Gholam Nousher
BAN
1
25
Athar Ali Khan
BAN
1
25
Ajay Sharma
IND
1
25
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
1
25
Terry Alderman
AUS
1
25
Aaqib Javed
PAK
1
25
Manzoor Elahi
PAK
1
26
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
0
26
Ramiz Raja
PAK
0
26
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
0
26
Aamer Malik
PAK
0
26
Zakir Khan
PAK
0
26
Dean Jones
AUS
0
26
Rashid Patel
IND
0
26
Javed Miandad
PAK
0
26
Wahidul Gani
BAN
0
26
Akram Khan
BAN
0
26
Aminul Islam
BAN
0
26
Golam Faruq
BAN
0
26
Jahangir Shah
BAN
0
26
Minhajul Abedin
BAN
0
26
Vic Marks
ENG
0
26
Neil Foster
ENG
0
26
Mike Gatting
ENG
0
26
Andrew Jones
NZ
0
26
Roshan Mahanama
SL
0
26
Kaushik Amalean
SL
0
26
Sanath Kaluperuma
SL
0
26
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
0
26
Athula Samarasekera
SL
0
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