Most Wickets in 1997 for all time

Position	Most Wickets	Player Name	Team Name
1	101	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan
2	91	Shane Warne	Australia
3	76	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
4	73	Allan Donald	South Africa
5	71	Glenn McGrath	Australia
6	61	Anil Kumble	India
7	58	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
8	53	Darren Gough	England
9	52	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
10	51	Courtney Walsh	West Indies
11	50	Abey Kuruvilla	India
12	49	Wasim Akram	Pakistan
13	48	Sajeewa de Silva	Sri Lanka
14	46	Lance Klusener	South Africa
14	46	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan
15	45	Venkatesh Prasad	India
16	43	Sir Curtly Ambrose	West Indies
17	41	Andy Caddick	England
18	40	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
19	39	Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka
19	39	Jason Gillespie	Australia
20	37	Javagal Srinath	India
20	37	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
21	36	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
21	36	Ian Bishop	West Indies
22	35	Simon Doull	New Zealand
22	35	Franklyn Rose	West Indies
23	34	Chris Cairns	New Zealand
24	33	Pat Symcox	South Africa
25	31	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
26	30	Robert Croft	England
26	30	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
27	29	Michael Bevan	Australia
28	28	Paul Reiffel	Australia
29	27	Robin Singh	India
29	27	Heath Davis	New Zealand
29	27	Carl Hooper	West Indies
30	26	Azhar Mahmood	Pakistan
30	26	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
31	25	Sourav Ganguly	India
32	24	Hansie Cronje	South Africa
32	24	Shayne O'Connor	New Zealand
32	24	Aaqib Javed	Pakistan
32	24	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
32	24	Eddo Brandes	Zimbabwe
33	23	Gavin Larsen	New Zealand
33	23	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Sri Lanka
34	22	Phil Tufnell	England
35	21	Dean Headley	England
36	19	Guy Whittall	Zimbabwe
37	18	Bryan Strang	Zimbabwe
37	18	Adam Huckle	Zimbabwe
37	18	Debasis Mohanty	India
37	18	Andy Bichel	Australia
38	17	Rajesh Chauhan	India
38	17	Sunil Joshi	India
38	17	Mark Ealham	England
38	17	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan
39	16	Paul Adams	South Africa
40	15	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
40	15	Chris Harris	New Zealand
41	12	Nilesh Kulkarni	India
41	12	Nuwan Zoysa	Sri Lanka
41	12	Geoff Allott	New Zealand
41	12	John Rennie	Zimbabwe
41	12	Mervyn Dillon	West Indies
42	11	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
42	11	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
43	10	Saleem Malik	Pakistan
43	10	Adam Hollioake	England
43	10	Adam Dale	Australia
43	10	Andy Whittall	Zimbabwe
44	9	Matthew Fleming	England
44	9	Craig Evans	Zimbabwe
44	9	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe
44	9	Craig White	England
44	9	Alan Mullally	England
44	9	Dipak Patel	New Zealand
44	9	Harvinder Singh	India
44	9	Shahid Nazir	Pakistan
45	8	Brian McMillan	South Africa
45	8	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
45	8	Mark Waugh	Australia
45	8	Dominic Cork	England
45	8	Anthony Stuart	Australia
45	8	Aasif Karim	Kenya
46	7	Everton Matambanadzo	Zimbabwe
46	7	Rudi Bryson	South Africa
46	7	Simon Cook	Australia
46	7	Hasibul Hossain	Bangladesh
46	7	Brett Schultz	South Africa
47	6	Devon Malcolm	England
47	6	Greg Blewett	Australia
47	6	Dodda Ganesh	India
47	6	Steve Waugh	Australia
47	6	Sachin Tendulkar	India
47	6	Steve Tikolo	Kenya
48	5	Manzoor Akhtar	Pakistan
48	5	Mohammad Sheikh	Bangladesh
48	5	Thomas Odoyo	Kenya
48	5	Maurice Odumbe	Kenya
48	5	Martin Suji	Kenya
48	5	Jimmy Adams	West Indies
48	5	Ottis Gibson	West Indies
48	5	Fanie de Villiers	South Africa
48	5	Mohammad Zahid	Pakistan
49	4	Mohammad Hussain	Pakistan
49	4	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan
49	4	Kabir Khan	Pakistan
49	4	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
49	4	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Sri Lanka
49	4	Noel David	India
49	4	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
49	4	Cameron Cuffy	West Indies
49	4	Rawl Lewis	West Indies
49	4	Sheikh Salahuddin	Bangladesh
50	3	Minhajul Abedin	Bangladesh
50	3	Shafiuddin Ahmed	Bangladesh
50	3	Dougie Brown	England
50	3	Patterson Thompson	West Indies
50	3	Aminul Islam	Bangladesh
50	3	Laurie Williams	West Indies
50	3	Danny Morrison	New Zealand
50	3	Paul Wilson	Australia
50	3	Ronnie Irani	England
50	3	Tom Moody	Australia
50	3	Stuart Law	Australia
50	3	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa
50	3	Phil Simmons	West Indies
50	3	Ruwan Kalpage	Sri Lanka
50	3	Jayantha Silva	Sri Lanka
50	3	Mohammad Akram	Pakistan
50	3	Arshad Khan	Pakistan
51	2	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
51	2	Ali Hussain Rizvi	Pakistan
51	2	Asif Mujtaba	Pakistan
51	2	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan
51	2	Dulip Liyanage	Sri Lanka
51	2	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka
51	2	Brendon Julian	Australia
51	2	Salil Ankola	India
51	2	Ian Harvey	Australia
51	2	Enamul Haque	Bangladesh
51	2	Ben Hollioake	England
51	2	Tony Suji	Kenya
51	2	Dinanath Ramnarine	West Indies
51	2	Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe
52	1	Saiful Islam	Bangladesh
52	1	Rajab Ali	Kenya
52	1	Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe
52	1	Nixon McLean	West Indies
52	1	Andrew Penn	New Zealand
52	1	Mujahid Jamshed	Pakistan
52	1	Derek Crookes	South Africa
52	1	Chris Silverwood	England
52	1	Justin Vaughan	New Zealand
52	1	Sairaj Bahutule	India
52	1	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
52	1	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
53	0	Andrew Hudson	South Africa
53	0	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan
53	0	David Sewell	New Zealand
53	0	Matt Horne	New Zealand
53	0	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka
53	0	Adam Bacher	South Africa
53	0	Craig Matthews	South Africa
53	0	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka
53	0	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
53	0	Stuart Williams	Zimbabwe
53	0	Brian Lara	West Indies
53	0	Matthew Elliott	Australia
53	0	Shaun Young	Australia
53	0	Mohammad Azharuddin	India
53	0	Woorkeri Raman	India
53	0	Ajay Jadeja	India
53	0	VVS Laxman	India
53	0	Rahul Dravid	India
53	0	Blair Pocock	New Zealand
53	0	Mark Butcher	England
53	0	Naimur Rahman	Bangladesh
53	0	Ashley Giles	England
53	0	Akram Khan	Bangladesh
53	0	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh
53	0	Phil DeFreitas	England
53	0	Darren Lehmann	Australia
53	0	Graham Thorpe	England
53	0	Peter Martin	England
53	0	Joseph Angara	Kenya
53	0	Zakir Hasan	Bangladesh
53	0	Mike Smith	Scotland
53	0	Hitesh Modi	Kenya
53	0	Mafizur Rahman	Bangladesh
53	0	Athar Ali Khan	Bangladesh