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Most Wickets in 1990: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The most wickets in 1990 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
TEST
1990
78 entries
1
49
Waqar Younis
PAK
1 clear of Wasim Akram
2
48
Wasim Akram
PAK
1 off the lead
3
45
Devon Malcolm
ENG
4 off the lead
● LEADS
Waqar Younis
PAK
49 · 1 ahead of Akram
↑ IN THE CHASE
2
players sit within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
23
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
Waqar Younis
PAK
49
2
Wasim Akram
PAK
48
3
Devon Malcolm
ENG
45
4
Ian Bishop
WI
37
4
Angus Fraser
ENG
37
5
Danny Morrison
NZ
36
6
Sir Richard Hadlee
NZ
35
7
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
34
8
Terry Alderman
AUS
27
9
Gladstone Small
ENG
25
10
Merv Hughes
AUS
23
11
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
21
12
Courtney Walsh
WI
20
12
John Bracewell
NZ
20
13
Bruce Reid
AUS
18
14
Kapil Dev
IND
17
14
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
17
15
Narendra Hirwani
IND
16
16
Martin Snedden
NZ
14
16
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
14
17
Chris Pringle
NZ
13
18
Chris Lewis
ENG
12
19
Willie Watson
NZ
11
19
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
11
20
Atul Wassan
IND
10
20
Carl Rackemann
AUS
10
20
Aaqib Javed
PAK
10
21
David Capel
ENG
9
21
Malcolm Marshall
WI
9
22
Saleem Jaffar
PAK
8
22
Imran Niazi
BHR
8
23
Greg Campbell
AUS
7
24
Abdul Qadir
PAK
6
24
Tauseef Ahmed
PAK
6
24
Ezra Moseley
WI
6
25
Peter Taylor
AUS
5
26
Greg Matthews
AUS
4
26
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
4
27
Anil Kumble
IND
3
27
Masood Anwar
PAK
3
27
Sanjeev Sharma
IND
3
27
Ranjith Madurasinghe
SL
3
27
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
3
27
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
3
28
Steve Waugh
AUS
2
28
Ravi Shastri
IND
2
28
Allan Border
AUS
2
28
Peter Sleep
AUS
2
28
Akram Raza
PAK
2
28
Neil Williams
ENG
2
28
Shane Thomson
NZ
2
28
Grant Bradburn
NZ
2
29
Andrew Jones
NZ
1
29
Mark Priest
NZ
1
29
Graham Gooch
ENG
1
29
Eldine Baptiste
WI
1
29
Patrick Patterson
WI
1
29
Carl Hooper
WI
1
29
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
1
29
Shoaib Mohammad
PAK
1
29
Mike Atherton
ENG
1
29
Gopal Sharma
IND
1
29
Martin Crowe
NZ
1
30
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0
30
Dipak Patel
NZ
0
30
Mark Greatbatch
NZ
0
30
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
0
30
Graeme Labrooy
SL
0
30
Woorkeri Raman
IND
0
30
Dean Jones
AUS
0
30
Saleem Malik
PAK
0
30
Naved Anjum
PAK
0
30
Nadeem Ghauri
PAK
0
30
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0
30
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0
30
Carlisle Best
WI
0
30
Phil Tufnell
ENG
0
30
David White
NZ
0
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