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Most Wickets in 1991: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the most wickets during the 1991 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1991
108 entries
1
79
Craig McDermott
AUS
3 clear of Sir Curtly Ambrose
2
76
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
3 off the lead
3
56
Malcolm Marshall
WI
23 off the lead
● LEADS
Craig McDermott
AUS
79 · 3 ahead of Ambrose
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on most wickets
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
28
The mark at number ten — 98 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 8 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
108 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Craig McDermott
AUS
79
2
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
76
3
Malcolm Marshall
WI
56
4
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
46
5
Patrick Patterson
WI
45
6
Merv Hughes
AUS
39
7
Courtney Walsh
WI
36
8
Bruce Reid
AUS
35
9
Kapil Dev
IND
32
10
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
28
11
Phil Tufnell
ENG
27
12
Carl Hooper
WI
26
13
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
24
14
Mark Waugh
AUS
23
15
Aaqib Javed
PAK
22
16
Peter Taylor
AUS
21
17
Willie Watson
ENG
19
18
Chris Pringle
NZ
18
18
Waqar Younis
PAK
18
18
David Lawrence
ENG
18
19
Javagal Srinath
IND
17
19
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
17
20
Graeme Labrooy
SL
15
20
Danny Morrison
NZ
15
20
Chris Cairns
NZ
15
20
Steve Waugh
AUS
15
20
Devon Malcolm
ENG
15
21
Derek Pringle
ENG
14
22
Mike Whitney
AUS
13
23
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
12
23
Chris Lewis
ENG
12
24
Wasim Akram
PAK
11
24
Allan Border
AUS
11
25
Terry Alderman
AUS
10
25
Ravi Shastri
IND
10
26
Angus Fraser
ENG
9
26
Chris Harris
NZ
9
26
Allan Donald
SA
9
27
Don Anurasiri
SL
8
27
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
8
27
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
8
27
Tony Gray
WI
8
28
Ian Bishop
WI
7
28
Graham Gooch
ENG
7
28
Gladstone Small
ENG
7
28
Richard Illingworth
ENG
7
28
Martin Bicknell
ENG
7
28
Asoka de Silva
SL
7
29
Anderson Cummins
WI
6
29
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
6
29
Greg Matthews
AUS
6
29
Simon O'Donnell
AUS
6
29
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
6
30
Steve Watkin
ENG
5
30
Akram Raza
PAK
5
30
Ian Allen
WI
5
30
Gavin Larsen
NZ
5
31
Shane Thomson
NZ
4
31
Dipak Patel
NZ
4
31
Phil Simmons
WI
4
31
Anil Kumble
IND
4
31
Subroto Banerjee
IND
4
32
Tom Moody
AUS
3
32
Keith Arthurton
WI
3
32
Imran Niazi
BHR
3
32
Richard Petrie
NZ
3
33
Clive Rice
SA
2
33
Andrew Jones
NZ
2
33
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
2
33
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
2
33
Graeme Hick
ENG
2
33
Mushtaq Ahmed
PAK
2
34
Inzamam-ul-Haq
PAK
1
34
Atul Wassan
IND
1
34
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
1
34
Narendra Hirwani
IND
1
34
Saradindu Mukherjee
IND
1
34
Carl Rackemann
AUS
1
34
Saleem Malik
PAK
1
34
Phil Newport
ENG
1
34
Ezra Moseley
WI
1
34
Clayton Lambert
WI
1
34
Robert Haynes
WI
1
34
Winston Benjamin
WI
1
34
Chandika Hathurusingha
SL
1
34
Martin Crowe
NZ
1
34
Ken Rutherford
NZ
1
34
Tim Shaw
SA
1
34
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
1
34
Craig Matthews
SA
1
34
Richard Reid
NZ
1
34
Peter Kirsten
SA
1
34
Adrian Kuiper
SA
1
34
Richard Snell
SA
1
35
Brian McMillan
SA
0
35
Clive Eksteen
SA
0
35
Grant Bradburn
NZ
0
35
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
0
35
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
0
35
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0
35
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0
35
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0
35
Mike Atherton
ENG
0
35
Dermot Reeve
ENG
0
35
Dean Jones
AUS
0
35
Kris Srikkanth
IND
0
35
Ijaz Ahmed
PAK
0
35
Aamer Sohail
PAK
0
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