jeetu Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 To keep list shorter and only Top 5 bowlers per year were selected. Criteria used - Min 3 tests , 10 wickets , bowling average 25 or less. Year : 1950- 2017 Note - Where wickets are same bowler with lower average is given priority. 1950's Link to comment
jeetu Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Player Country Mat Wkts Ave SR 5W Year Waqar Younis PAK 9 49 17.04 38.7 5 1990 Wasim Akram PAK 8 48 16.2 40 4 1990 IR Bishop WI 7 37 19.48 43.3 2 1990 ARC Fraser ENG 7 37 22.1 52.5 4 1990 Sir RJ Hadlee NZ 7 35 23.2 48.1 2 1990 CJ McDermott AUS 9 56 21.21 43.1 4 1991 CEL Ambrose WI 10 46 22.89 59.3 2 1991 MD Marshall WI 10 41 21.43 48 0 1991 PAJ DeFreitas ENG 8 38 20.39 48.3 1 1991 BA Reid AUS 5 26 21 49.7 2 1991 CJ McDermott AUS 8 41 24.58 52.8 2 1992 Waqar Younis PAK 6 31 22.87 39.4 4 1992 Wasim Akram PAK 5 26 22.88 48.1 2 1992 AA Donald SA 4 24 19.7 45 2 1992 CEL Ambrose WI 3 20 16.35 56 2 1992 SK Warne AUS 16 72 23.56 70.1 2 1993 Waqar Younis PAK 7 55 15.23 29.5 6 1993 A Kumble INDIA 8 46 23.3 61.7 3 1993 TBA May AUS 9 37 24.37 68.1 3 1993 CEL Ambrose WI 7 33 16.09 45 2 1993 SK Warne AUS 10 70 18.2 53.9 6 1994 Wasim Akram PAK 7 47 17.14 39 4 1994 Waqar Younis PAK 7 42 21.28 35.3 3 1994 SLV Raju INDIA 7 39 19.43 48.6 4 1994 CEL Ambrose WI 5 26 19.96 51.7 2 1994 CA Walsh WI 12 62 21.75 49.2 4 1995 GD McGrath AUS 10 52 21.88 44.5 4 1995 SK Warne AUS 12 52 24.11 58.6 1 1995 Wasim Akram PAK 10 45 21.02 52.3 3 1995 CEL Ambrose WI 11 39 22.48 52.8 2 1995 BKV Prasad INDIA 8 37 22.67 49.1 4 1996 Mushtaq Ahmed PAK 5 35 20.82 51.6 4 1996 GD McGrath AUS 5 30 17.53 44.6 1 1996 AA Donald SA 4 26 11.15 28.7 2 1996 HH Streak ZIM 5 23 24.43 54.3 0 1996 SK Warne AUS 15 68 24.42 60.1 2 1997 GD McGrath AUS 13 63 21.38 49.4 4 1997 AA Donald SA 8 38 24.97 53.3 2 1997 D Gough ENG 7 35 24.91 46.2 2 1997 JN Gillespie AUS 7 30 20.63 39 2 1997 AA Donald SA 14 80 19.63 40.4 7 1998 SM Pollock SA 14 69 20.44 52 6 1998 M Muralitharan SL 8 68 18.47 48.5 7 1998 ARC Fraser ENG 14 58 22.87 50.1 5 1998 CEL Ambrose WI 9 42 16.38 43.7 3 1998 GD McGrath AUS 14 67 21.26 50.2 4 1999 SM Pollock SA 10 48 16.66 49.6 2 1999 CL Cairns NZ 10 47 20.51 43 4 1999 S Mushtaq PAK 7 42 24.07 55.2 5 1999 DW Fleming AUS 8 36 21.25 46.1 2 1999 Link to comment
jeetu Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 2000 onwards +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Player | Country | Mat | Wkts | Ave | SR | 5W | Year | +===================+=========+======+=======+=======+======+====+======+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Muralitharan | SL | 10 | 75 | 19.5 | 49.8 | 7 | 2000 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | CA Walsh | WI | 14 | 66 | 18.69 | 53 | 4 | 2000 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | D Gough | ENG | 12 | 48 | 24 | 46.4 | 1 | 2000 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SM Pollock | SA | 11 | 42 | 19.5 | 54.9 | 0 | 2000 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | GD McGrath | AUS | 8 | 39 | 15.58 | 44.9 | 3 | 2000 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Muralitharan | SL | 12 | 80 | 21.23 | 58.6 | 7 | 2001 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | GD McGrath | AUS | 14 | 68 | 21.66 | 51.5 | 4 | 2001 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | WPUJC Vaas | SL | 12 | 58 | 22.81 | 50.6 | 3 | 2001 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SM Pollock | SA | 13 | 55 | 21.38 | 56.8 | 4 | 2001 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | CA Walsh | WI | 6 | 27 | 22.25 | 67.4 | 1 | 2001 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SK Warne | AUS | 10 | 67 | 19.55 | 42.8 | 3 | 2002 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Harbhajan Singh | INDIA | 13 | 63 | 23.22 | 56.6 | 5 | 2002 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Muralitharan | SL | 8 | 55 | 17.8 | 51.5 | 5 | 2002 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Saqlain Mushtaq | PAK | 11 | 51 | 24.47 | 51.9 | 2 | 2002 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | GD McGrath | AUS | 11 | 49 | 18.14 | 48.1 | 1 | 2002 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Muralitharan | SL | 7 | 48 | 17.68 | 58.7 | 3 | 2003 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SM Pollock | SA | 11 | 45 | 20.97 | 56.5 | 2 | 2003 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | JN Gillespie | AUS | 10 | 41 | 22.51 | 57.2 | 1 | 2003 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Shabbir Ahmed | PAK | 6 | 33 | 21.78 | 52.1 | 2 | 2003 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Mohammad Rafique | BDESH | 6 | 33 | 24 | 57.2 | 3 | 2003 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | A Kumble | INDIA | 12 | 74 | 24.83 | 49.7 | 6 | 2004 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SK Warne | AUS | 12 | 70 | 24.07 | 49.6 | 5 | 2004 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SJ Harmison | ENG | 13 | 67 | 23.92 | 47.1 | 3 | 2004 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | JN Gillespie | AUS | 14 | 55 | 24.89 | 56.1 | 1 | 2004 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | GD McGrath | AUS | 10 | 47 | 18.46 | 46.4 | 2 | 2004 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SK Warne | AUS | 15 | 96 | 22.02 | 45.1 | 6 | 2005 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | A Flintoff | ENG | 14 | 68 | 24.41 | 46.9 | 1 | 2005 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | GD McGrath | AUS | 13 | 62 | 21.8 | 50.7 | 3 | 2005 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Muralitharan | SL | 8 | 52 | 18.51 | 39.4 | 4 | 2005 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Ntini | SA | 10 | 47 | 24.85 | 48.2 | 3 | 2005 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Muralitharan | SL | 11 | 90 | 16.9 | 39.2 | 9 | 2006 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Ntini | SA | 10 | 58 | 21.6 | 37.1 | 5 | 2006 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SR Clark | AUS | 8 | 42 | 17.76 | 43.6 | 1 | 2006 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | S Sreesanth | INDIA | 7 | 35 | 24.37 | 42.4 | 1 | 2006 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Mohammad Asif | PAK | 5 | 30 | 18.23 | 35 | 2 | 2006 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Muralitharan | SL | 8 | 49 | 22.3 | 50.9 | 5 | 2007 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | DW Steyn | SA | 7 | 44 | 17.47 | 29.6 | 4 | 2007 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | PL Harris | SA | 9 | 29 | 23.86 | 61.6 | 1 | 2007 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | B Lee | AUS | 4 | 28 | 17.28 | 35.2 | 0 | 2007 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SR Clark | AUS | 4 | 17 | 23.23 | 50.9 | 0 | 2007 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | DW Steyn | SA | 13 | 74 | 20.01 | 35.8 | 5 | 2008 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | RJ Sidebottom | ENG | 8 | 47 | 20.25 | 45.3 | 4 | 2008 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Muralitharan | SL | 6 | 43 | 24.46 | 51.5 | 4 | 2008 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | IE O'Brien | NZ | 10 | 38 | 21.57 | 47.2 | 1 | 2008 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | BAW Mendis | SL | 3 | 26 | 18.38 | 37.6 | 2 | 2008 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Mohammad Asif | PAK | 4 | 22 | 22.72 | 46.2 | 1 | 2009 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | DE Bollinger | AUS | 4 | 20 | 24.05 | 48.7 | 1 | 2009 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | KMDN Kulasekara | SL | 5 | 20 | 21.1 | 40.1 | 0 | 2009 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Shakib Al Hasan | BDESH | 3 | 18 | 24 | 53 | 1 | 2009 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | DJG Sammy | WI | 3 | 14 | 22 | 44.2 | 2 | 2009 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | DW Steyn | SA | 11 | 60 | 21.41 | 39 | 4 | 2010 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | JM Anderson | ENG | 12 | 57 | 22.96 | 48.7 | 3 | 2010 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | M Morkel | SA | 11 | 49 | 24.06 | 47.4 | 3 | 2010 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Z Khan | INDIA | 9 | 47 | 21.97 | 39.8 | 2 | 2010 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Mohammad Amir | PAK | 7 | 33 | 22.33 | 45.7 | 2 | 2010 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Saeed Ajmal | PAK | 8 | 50 | 23.86 | 58.4 | 3 | 2011 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | JM Anderson | ENG | 7 | 35 | 24.85 | 50.8 | 1 | 2011 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SCJ Broad | ENG | 7 | 33 | 22.3 | 49.1 | 1 | 2011 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | DW Steyn | SA | 5 | 28 | 19.57 | 38.2 | 2 | 2011 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | R Ashwin | INDIA | 4 | 26 | 24.8 | 51 | 2 | 2011 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | HMRKB Herath | SL | 10 | 60 | 23.61 | 53.7 | 7 | 2012 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | VD Philander | SA | 9 | 43 | 21.11 | 45.8 | 3 | 2012 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | PM Siddle | AUS | 8 | 41 | 23.09 | 47.3 | 2 | 2012 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Saeed Ajmal | PAK | 6 | 39 | 20.56 | 46.4 | 2 | 2012 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | KAJ Roach | WI | 7 | 39 | 22.25 | 41 | 3 | 2012 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | DW Steyn | SA | 9 | 51 | 17.66 | 42 | 4 | 2013 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | R Ashwin | INDIA | 7 | 41 | 22.51 | 52 | 4 | 2013 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | RJ Harris | AUS | 8 | 38 | 21.94 | 48.1 | 2 | 2013 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | VD Philander | SA | 8 | 38 | 18.05 | 43.8 | 2 | 2013 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | S Shillingford | WI | 6 | 36 | 22.27 | 43.6 | 5 | 2013 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | MG Johnson | AUS | 9 | 47 | 23.25 | 44.2 | 2 | 2014 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | JM Anderson | ENG | 8 | 40 | 22.15 | 49.5 | 1 | 2014 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | DW Steyn | SA | 8 | 39 | 19.56 | 37.6 | 3 | 2014 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | KAJ Roach | WI | 6 | 28 | 20.71 | 44.9 | 1 | 2014 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | RJ Harris | AUS | 6 | 26 | 22.42 | 51.1 | 1 | 2014 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | R Ashwin | INDIA | 9 | 62 | 17.2 | 36.4 | 7 | 2015 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | SCJ Broad | ENG | 14 | 56 | 23.82 | 48.2 | 2 | 2015 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | JR Hazlewood | AUS | 12 | 51 | 23.35 | 47.4 | 2 | 2015 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | Yasir Shah | PAK | 7 | 49 | 23 | 48.3 | 3 | 2015 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | JM Anderson | ENG | 11 | 46 | 22.65 | 51.3 | 2 | 2015 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | R Ashwin | INDIA | 12 | 72 | 23.9 | 48.7 | 8 | 2016 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | HMRKB Herath | SL | 9 | 57 | 18.92 | 43.4 | 5 | 2016 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | MA Starc | AUS | 8 | 50 | 22.58 | 39 | 3 | 2016 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | K Rabada | SA | 9 | 46 | 23.34 | 36.6 | 4 | 2016 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | RA Jadeja | INDIA | 9 | 43 | 24.55 | 64.6 | 2 | 2016 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | NM Lyon | AUS | 11 | 63 | 23.55 | 52.2 | 5 | 2017 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | K Rabada | SA | 11 | 57 | 20.28 | 37.8 | 3 | 2017 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | JM Anderson | ENG | 11 | 55 | 17.58 | 46.4 | 4 | 2017 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | RA Jadeja | INDIA | 10 | 54 | 23.05 | 56.5 | 3 | 2017 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | KA Maharaj | SA | 11 | 48 | 23.41 | 46.3 | 3 | 2017 | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ | | | | | | | | | +-------------------+---------+------+-------+-------+------+----+------+ Link to comment
jeetu Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Country Count AUS 74 ENG 67 WI 55 SA 35 PAK 34 IND 30 NZ 16 SL 15 BD 2 ZIM 1 Link to comment
jeetu Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 Indian bowlers on this list R Ashwin 4 BS Bedi 3 A Kumble 2 EAS Prasanna 2 MH Mankad 2 N Kapil Dev 2 RA Jadeja 2 RG Nadkarni 2 BKV Prasad 1 BS Chandrasekhar 1 DR Doshi 1 Ghulam Ahmed 1 Harbhajan Singh 1 ND Hirwani 1 S Sreesanth 1 S Venkataraghavan 1 SLV Raju 1 SP Gupte 1 Z Khan 1 Link to comment
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