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Most Wickets in 1989: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the most wickets in 1989, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
ODI
1989
94 entries
1
33
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
1 clear of Ian Bishop
2
32
Ian Bishop
WI
1 off the lead
3
30
Wasim Akram
PAK
3 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
33 · 1 ahead of Bishop
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
18
The mark at number ten — 84 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Pakistan
9 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
94 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
33
2
Ian Bishop
WI
32
3
Wasim Akram
PAK
30
4
Imran Niazi
BHR
29
5
Terry Alderman
AUS
26
6
Sir Viv Richards
WI
25
7
Courtney Walsh
WI
24
8
Aaqib Javed
PAK
23
9
Abdul Qadir
PAK
21
10
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
18
11
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
17
12
Kapil Dev
IND
16
12
Allan Border
AUS
16
12
Winston Benjamin
WI
16
13
Merv Hughes
AUS
15
14
Malcolm Marshall
WI
14
15
Peter Taylor
AUS
13
16
Ajay Sharma
IND
12
16
Waqar Younis
PAK
12
16
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
12
17
Arshad Ayub
IND
11
17
Ravi Ratnayeke
SL
11
18
Danny Morrison
NZ
10
19
Graeme Labrooy
SL
9
19
Steve Waugh
AUS
9
19
Geoff Lawson
AUS
9
19
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
9
20
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
8
20
Ravi Shastri
IND
8
21
Chetan Sharma
IND
7
21
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
7
21
Gladstone Small
ENG
7
21
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
7
21
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
7
22
Neil Foster
ENG
6
22
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
6
22
John Emburey
ENG
6
23
Carl Hooper
WI
5
23
Graham Gooch
ENG
5
23
Akram Raza
PAK
5
23
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
5
23
Craig McDermott
AUS
5
23
Aravinda de Silva
SL
5
23
Asoka de Silva
SL
5
23
Martin Snedden
NZ
5
24
Gary Robertson
NZ
4
24
Angus Fraser
ENG
4
24
Kris Srikkanth
IND
4
24
Eldine Baptiste
WI
4
25
Derek Pringle
ENG
3
25
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
3
25
Robert Haynes
WI
3
25
David Capel
ENG
3
25
Aamer Malik
PAK
3
25
Maninder Singh
IND
3
25
Mohinder Amarnath
IND
3
25
Salil Ankola
IND
3
25
Tim May
AUS
3
25
Carl Rackemann
AUS
3
25
Greg Matthews
AUS
3
25
Willie Watson
ENG
3
26
Dean Jones
AUS
2
26
Saleem Malik
PAK
2
26
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
2
26
Nick Cook
ENG
2
26
Phil Simmons
WI
2
27
Javed Miandad
PAK
1
27
Sikander Bakht
PAK
1
27
Mudassar Nazar
PAK
1
27
Greg Campbell
AUS
1
27
Tom Moody
AUS
1
27
Vivek Razdan
IND
1
27
Narendra Hirwani
IND
1
27
Shahid Saeed
PAK
1
27
Raman Lamba
IND
1
27
Chris Kuggeleijn
NZ
1
27
Nilantha Ratnayake
SL
1
27
Lalithamana Fernando
SL
1
27
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
1
28
Athula Samarasekera
SL
0
28
Ewen Chatfield
NZ
0
28
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
0
28
Don Anurasiri
SL
0
28
Dipak Patel
NZ
0
28
Mohammad Azharuddin
IND
0
28
Sohail Fazal
PAK
0
28
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
0
28
Robin Singh
IND
0
28
Mohsin Kamal
PAK
0
28
Carlisle Best
WI
0
28
Patrick Patterson
WI
0
28
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0
28
Roger Harper
WI
0
28
Keith Arthurton
WI
0
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