Bowling Most Wickets Career - vs Australia

Cricket Records in 1940s in Test matches - vs Australia

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
AV Bedser (ENG)	1946-1948	10	17	3618	-	113	1564	34	4/81	46.00	2.59	106.41	2	0
DVP Wright (ENG)	1946-1948	6	10	2165	-	35	1113	25	7/105	44.52	3.08	86.60	0	2
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1946-1948	10	15	1416	-	37	576	19	3/67	30.31	2.44	74.52	0	0
L Amarnath (IND)	1947-1948	5	6	1008	126.0	21	366	13	4/78	28.15	2.17	77.53	2	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1947-1948	5	6	1392	174.0	21	630	12	4/135	52.50	2.71	116.00	1	0
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1946-1948	10	16	1241	-	18	721	12	3/50	60.08	3.48	103.41	0	0
JC Laker (ENG)	1948-1948	3	5	932	155.2	42	472	9	4/138	52.44	3.03	103.55	1	0
NBF Mann (SA)	1949-1950	2	3	516	64.4	8	220	8	4/105	27.50	2.55	64.50	1	0
DG Phadkar (IND)	1947-1948	4	5	472	59.0	4	254	8	3/14	31.75	3.22	59.00	0	0
VS Hazare (IND)	1947-1948	5	6	694	86.6	7	382	7	4/29	54.57	3.30	99.14	1	0
J Cowie (NZ)	1946-1946	1	1	126	21.0	8	40	6	6/40	6.66	1.90	21.00	0	1
WE Hollies (ENG)	1948-1948	1	1	336	56.0	14	131	5	5/131	26.20	2.33	67.20	0	1
R Pollard (ENG)	1948-1948	2	4	612	102.0	29	218	5	3/53	43.60	2.13	122.40	0	0
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1949-1950	2	3	568	71.0	8	265	5	3/93	53.00	2.79	113.60	0	0
JA Young (ENG)	1948-1948	3	5	936	156.0	64	292	5	2/118	58.40	1.87	187.20	0	0
CR Rangachari (IND)	1948-1948	2	2	464	58.0	6	238	4	4/141	59.50	3.07	116.00	1	0
JC Watkins (SA)	1949-1950	2	3	264	33.0	5	125	3	2/56	41.66	2.84	88.00	0	0
A Coxon (ENG)	1948-1948	1	2	378	63.0	13	172	3	2/90	57.33	2.73	126.00	0	0
C Burke (NZ)	1946-1946	1	1	66	11.0	2	30	2	2/30	15.00	2.72	33.00	0	0
CN McCarthy (SA)	1949-1950	2	3	424	53.0	5	206	2	2/90	103.00	2.91	212.00	0	0
TPB Smith (ENG)	1946-1947	2	3	376	47.0	1	218	2	2/172	109.00	3.47	188.00	0	0
CT Sarwate (IND)	1947-1948	5	5	424	53.0	3	276	2	1/16	138.00	3.90	212.00	0	0
K Cranston (ENG)	1948-1948	1	2	127	21.1	1	79	1	1/28	79.00	3.73	127.00	0	0
DCS Compton (ENG)	1946-1948	10	10	352	-	6	234	1	1/82	234.00	3.98	352.00	0	0

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]

South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]

England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]