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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.
TEST
1988
78 entries
1
60
Malcolm Marshall
WI
11 clear of Sir Curtly Ambrose
2
49
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
11 off the lead
3
36
Narendra Hirwani
IND
24 off the lead
● LEADS
Malcolm Marshall
WI
60 · 11 ahead of Ambrose
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Marshall is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
21
The mark at number ten — 68 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
10 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
78 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Malcolm Marshall
WI
60
2
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
49
3
Narendra Hirwani
IND
36
4
Courtney Walsh
WI
35
5
Graham Dilley
ENG
33
6
Abdul Qadir
PAK
25
7
Winston Benjamin
WI
24
8
Imran Niazi
BHR
23
9
Arshad Ayub
IND
22
10
Tony Dodemaide
AUS
21
10
Patrick Patterson
WI
21
11
Tim May
AUS
19
11
Steve Waugh
AUS
19
11
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
19
12
Merv Hughes
AUS
18
12
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
18
13
Neil Foster
ENG
16
14
Derek Pringle
ENG
14
14
Bruce Reid
AUS
14
15
Iqbal Qasim
PAK
12
15
Paul Jarvis
ENG
12
16
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
11
16
Wasim Akram
PAK
11
16
Kapil Dev
IND
11
16
John Bracewell
NZ
11
17
Martin Snedden
NZ
10
17
Craig McDermott
AUS
10
18
David Capel
ENG
9
19
John Emburey
ENG
8
19
Peter Taylor
AUS
8
19
Danny Morrison
NZ
8
20
Terry Alderman
AUS
7
20
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
7
20
Phil Newport
ENG
7
20
Carl Hooper
WI
7
21
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
6
21
Ravi Shastri
IND
6
21
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
6
21
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
6
21
Graeme Labrooy
SL
6
22
Sir Viv Richards
WI
5
22
Winston Davis
WI
5
22
Roger Harper
WI
5
23
Gladstone Small
ENG
4
23
Kaushik Amalean
SL
4
23
Peter Sleep
AUS
4
24
Geoff Lawson
AUS
3
24
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
3
24
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
3
24
Athula Samarasekera
SL
3
24
John Childs
ENG
3
24
David Lawrence
ENG
3
24
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
3
24
Evan Gray
NZ
3
25
Mike Gatting
ENG
2
25
Ijaz Faqih
PAK
2
25
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
2
25
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
2
25
Woorkeri Raman
IND
2
26
Stephen Boock
NZ
1
26
Saleem Malik
PAK
1
26
Aamer Malik
PAK
1
26
Neal Radford
ENG
1
26
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
1
27
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0
27
Martyn Moxon
ENG
0
27
Chris Cowdrey
ENG
0
27
Clyde Butts
WI
0
27
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
0
27
Neil Fairbrother
ENG
0
27
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
0
27
Sanath Kaluperuma
SL
0
27
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0
27
Chris Matthews
AUS
0
27
Ajay Sharma
IND
0
27
Rashid Patel
IND
0
27
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0
27
Allan Border
AUS
0
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