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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.
TEST
1991
73 entries
1
56
Craig McDermott
AUS
10 clear of Sir Curtly Ambrose
2
46
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
10 off the lead
3
41
Malcolm Marshall
WI
15 off the lead
● LEADS
Craig McDermott
AUS
56 · 10 ahead of Ambrose
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — McDermott is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
20
The mark at number ten — 63 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Most Wickets — full list
73 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Craig McDermott
AUS
56
2
Sir Curtly Ambrose
WI
46
3
Malcolm Marshall
WI
41
4
Phil DeFreitas
ENG
38
5
Merv Hughes
AUS
36
6
Courtney Walsh
WI
32
7
Patrick Patterson
WI
31
8
Bruce Reid
AUS
26
9
Phil Tufnell
ENG
21
10
Rumesh Ratnayake
SL
20
11
Devon Malcolm
ENG
15
12
David Lawrence
ENG
14
13
Graeme Labrooy
SL
13
13
Champaka Ramanayake
SL
13
13
Danny Morrison
NZ
13
14
Willie Watson
ENG
12
14
Derek Pringle
ENG
12
15
Kapil Dev
IND
9
15
Chris Cairns
NZ
9
16
Mark Waugh
AUS
8
16
Allan Border
AUS
8
16
Chris Lewis
ENG
8
16
Don Anurasiri
SL
8
17
Manoj Prabhakar
IND
7
17
Waqar Younis
PAK
7
17
Carl Hooper
WI
7
17
Terry Alderman
AUS
7
18
Greg Matthews
AUS
6
18
Eddie Hemmings
ENG
6
18
Gladstone Small
ENG
6
19
Ian Allen
WI
5
19
Steve Watkin
ENG
5
20
Richard Illingworth
ENG
4
20
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
4
20
Aaqib Javed
PAK
4
20
Mike Whitney
AUS
4
20
Shane Thomson
NZ
4
20
Dipak Patel
NZ
4
20
Asoka de Silva
SL
4
21
Arjuna Ranatunga
SL
3
21
Javagal Srinath
IND
3
21
Peter Taylor
AUS
3
21
Akram Raza
PAK
3
22
Graeme Hick
ENG
2
22
Graham Gooch
ENG
2
22
Venkatapathy Raju
IND
2
22
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
SL
2
22
Chris Pringle
NZ
2
23
Asanka Gurusinha
SL
1
23
Chandika Hathurusingha
SL
1
23
Phil Newport
ENG
1
23
Angus Fraser
ENG
1
23
Clayton Lambert
WI
1
23
Wasim Akram
PAK
1
23
Ravi Shastri
IND
1
24
Sanjay Manjrekar
IND
0
24
Sachin Tendulkar
IND
0
24
Imran Niazi
BHR
0
24
Saleem Malik
PAK
0
24
Sir Richie Richardson
WI
0
24
Phil Simmons
WI
0
24
Mike Atherton
ENG
0
24
Sir Viv Richards
WI
0
24
Sanath Jayasuriya
SL
0
24
Kapila Wijegunawardene
SL
0
24
Jayananda Warnaweera
SL
0
24
Aravinda de Silva
SL
0
24
Ken Rutherford
NZ
0
24
Andrew Jones
NZ
0
24
Grant Bradburn
NZ
0
24
Dean Jones
AUS
0
24
Carl Rackemann
AUS
0
24
Steve Waugh
AUS
0
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