Bowling Most Wickets Career IN England

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches IN England

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1989	43	68	9021	1503.3	328	4837	155	8/103	31.20	3.21	58.20	7	9
RGD Willis (ENG)	1980-1984	22	39	4400	733.2	161	2265	94	8/43	24.09	3.08	46.80	5	4
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1989	12	23	3566	594.2	144	1605	83	6/128	19.33	2.70	42.96	2	10
GR Dilley (ENG)	1980-1989	21	32	4239	706.3	148	2097	78	6/154	26.88	2.96	54.34	8	3
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1988	13	26	3260	543.2	141	1316	74	7/22	17.78	2.42	44.05	1	6
GF Lawson (AUS)	1981-1989	15	25	3776	629.2	136	1906	63	7/81	30.25	3.02	59.93	1	3
JE Emburey (ENG)	1980-1989	30	48	6160	1026.4	300	2277	58	5/82	39.25	2.21	106.20	3	1
J Garner (WI)	1980-1984	10	20	2583	430.3	133	911	55	5/55	16.56	2.11	46.96	5	1
NA Foster (ENG)	1983-1989	16	26	3550	591.4	138	1609	48	8/107	33.52	2.71	73.95	1	2
DK Lillee (AUS)	1980-1981	7	14	2074	345.4	90	966	44	7/89	21.95	2.79	47.13	4	2
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1989	18	31	3307	551.1	121	1593	44	5/95	36.20	2.89	75.15	2	2
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1982-1987	20	30	4163	693.5	219	1640	44	4/31	37.27	2.36	94.61	3	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1987	8	13	2079	346.3	81	845	42	7/40	20.11	2.43	49.50	0	4
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1983-1986	7	13	2315	385.5	107	949	40	6/53	23.72	2.45	57.87	2	4
MA Holding (WI)	1980-1984	9	18	2119	353.1	80	975	35	6/67	27.85	2.76	60.54	2	2
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1985	6	9	1406	234.2	21	901	30	8/141	30.03	3.84	46.86	2	2
NGB Cook (ENG)	1983-1989	8	13	2005	334.1	94	854	27	5/35	31.62	2.55	74.25	1	2
PJW Allott (ENG)	1981-1985	11	20	1961	326.5	68	905	26	6/61	34.80	2.76	75.42	0	1
RM Ellison (ENG)	1984-1986	5	10	1139	189.5	47	465	24	6/77	19.37	2.44	47.45	1	2
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1988-1988	5	10	1219	203.1	56	445	22	4/53	20.22	2.19	55.40	2	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1982-1987	7	12	2019	336.3	94	856	21	7/96	40.76	2.54	96.14	1	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1982-1986	6	11	1568	261.2	57	745	20	5/125	37.25	2.85	78.40	1	1
MG Hughes (AUS)	1989-1989	6	11	1136	189.2	41	615	19	4/71	32.36	3.24	59.78	1	0
RA Harper (WI)	1984-1988	8	13	946	157.4	58	339	18	6/57	18.83	2.15	52.55	0	1
C Sharma (IND)	1986-1986	2	4	615	102.3	20	300	16	6/58	18.75	2.92	38.43	1	2
BL Cairns (NZ)	1983-1983	4	8	1104	184.0	52	461	16	7/74	28.81	2.50	69.00	0	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-1987	5	8	1084	180.4	38	464	16	4/111	29.00	2.56	67.75	1	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1983-1986	7	11	1192	198.4	50	577	16	4/108	36.06	2.90	74.50	1	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1983-1986	4	7	1044	174.0	44	513	14	5/95	36.64	2.94	74.57	0	1
NG Cowans (ENG)	1983-1985	6	11	1062	177.0	33	651	14	3/74	46.50	3.67	75.85	0	0
CM Old (ENG)	1980-1981	4	7	1007	167.5	51	377	13	3/44	29.00	2.24	77.46	0	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1982-1987	8	11	984	164.0	44	407	13	6/32	31.30	2.48	75.69	1	1
DR Doshi (IND)	1982-1982	3	5	943	157.1	38	455	13	6/102	35.00	2.89	72.53	1	1
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1988-1988	3	6	402	67.0	17	151	12	4/52	12.58	2.25	33.50	1	0
Maninder Singh (IND)	1986-1986	3	5	685	114.1	41	187	12	4/26	15.58	1.63	57.08	1	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1986-1986	3	6	524	87.2	11	251	12	5/40	20.91	2.87	43.66	0	1
CA Walsh (WI)	1988-1988	5	10	944	157.2	40	412	12	4/46	34.33	2.61	78.66	1	0
GC Small (ENG)	1986-1989	4	7	971	161.5	38	472	12	4/64	39.33	2.91	80.91	1	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1980-1981	6	11	1426	237.4	97	484	12	5/68	40.33	2.03	118.83	0	1
AME Roberts (WI)	1980-1980	3	6	632	105.2	24	262	11	5/72	23.81	2.48	57.45	0	1
TV Hohns (AUS)	1989-1989	5	9	804	134.0	53	300	11	3/59	27.27	2.23	73.09	0	0
CEH Croft (WI)	1980-1980	3	6	624	104.0	25	306	9	3/35	34.00	2.94	69.33	0	0
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1989	3	5	866	144.2	30	323	9	4/63	35.88	2.23	96.22	1	0
Mohsin Kamal (PAK)	1987-1987	4	5	568	94.4	14	332	9	4/127	36.88	3.50	63.11	1	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1982-1986	4	7	738	123.0	35	339	9	3/18	37.66	2.75	82.00	0	0
PJ Newport (ENG)	1988-1989	2	4	549	91.3	18	339	9	4/87	37.66	3.70	61.00	1	0
EJ Gray (NZ)	1983-1986	5	8	990	165.0	52	399	9	3/73	44.33	2.41	110.00	0	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1982-1986	6	11	1179	196.3	53	436	9	3/109	48.44	2.21	131.00	0	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1980-1981	5	9	1136	189.2	49	482	9	4/82	53.55	2.54	126.22	1	0
RD Jackman (ENG)	1982-1982	2	4	630	105.0	30	247	8	4/110	30.87	2.35	78.75	1	0
EAE Baptiste (WI)	1984-1984	5	9	750	125.0	39	265	8	3/31	33.12	2.12	93.75	0	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1989	34	20	884	147.2	44	346	8	2/18	43.25	2.34	110.50	0	0
PW Jarvis (ENG)	1988-1989	4	7	759	126.3	14	507	8	4/107	63.37	4.00	94.87	1	0
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1982	2	4	312	52.0	20	117	7	5/40	16.71	2.25	44.57	0	1
JK Lever (ENG)	1980-1986	2	4	486	81.0	13	267	7	4/64	38.14	3.29	69.42	1	0
PI Pocock (ENG)	1984-1984	3	4	741	123.3	44	298	7	4/121	42.57	2.41	105.85	1	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1989	5	7	1005	167.3	30	505	7	2/93	72.14	3.01	143.57	0	0
LS Pascoe (AUS)	1980-1980	1	2	210	35.0	6	132	6	5/59	22.00	3.77	35.00	0	1
RG Holland (AUS)	1985-1985	4	6	1032	172.0	41	465	6	5/68	77.50	2.70	172.00	0	1
SP O'Donnell (AUS)	1985-1985	5	8	874	145.4	31	487	6	3/37	81.16	3.34	145.66	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1983-1986	7	9	474	79.0	27	163	5	2/21	32.60	2.06	94.80	0	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1987	2	3	547	91.1	28	203	5	2/52	40.60	2.22	109.40	0	0
MR Whitney (AUS)	1981-1981	2	4	468	78.0	16	246	5	2/50	49.20	3.15	93.60	0	0
VB John (SL)	1984-1984	1	1	235	39.1	12	98	4	4/98	24.50	2.50	58.75	1	0
VJ Marks (ENG)	1982-1983	2	3	300	50.0	21	109	4	3/78	27.25	2.18	75.00	0	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1983-1983	1	2	216	36.0	8	109	4	3/69	27.25	3.02	54.00	0	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1984-1984	1	1	222	37.0	10	110	4	4/110	27.50	2.97	55.50	1	0
IA Greig (ENG)	1982-1982	2	3	188	31.2	6	114	4	4/53	28.50	3.63	47.00	1	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1981-1981	2	4	244	40.4	8	123	4	3/47	30.75	3.02	61.00	0	0
GF Labrooy (SL)	1988-1988	1	2	294	49.0	7	143	4	4/119	35.75	2.91	73.50	1	0
LB Taylor (ENG)	1985-1985	2	4	381	63.3	11	178	4	2/34	44.50	2.80	95.25	0	0
W Watson (NZ)	1986-1986	2	4	437	72.5	18	196	4	2/51	49.00	2.69	109.25	0	0
G Miller (ENG)	1982-1984	4	6	322	53.4	7	220	4	2/26	55.00	4.09	80.50	0	0
BP Patterson (WI)	1988-1988	2	4	449	74.5	13	270	4	2/100	67.50	3.60	112.25	0	0
JP Agnew (ENG)	1984-1985	3	6	552	92.0	12	373	4	2/51	93.25	4.05	138.00	0	0
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1982-1982	1	2	222	37.0	9	78	3	3/56	26.00	2.10	74.00	0	0
MA Small (WI)	1984-1984	1	2	126	21.0	2	78	3	3/40	26.00	3.71	42.00	0	0
MAR Samarasekera (SL)	1988-1988	1	2	192	32.0	5	104	3	2/38	34.66	3.25	64.00	0	0
DV Lawrence (ENG)	1988-1988	1	2	216	36.0	9	111	3	2/74	37.00	3.08	72.00	0	0
AP Igglesden (ENG)	1989-1989	1	2	222	37.0	3	146	3	2/91	48.66	3.94	74.00	0	0
P Willey (ENG)	1980-1986	12	7	360	60.0	19	153	3	2/73	51.00	2.55	120.00	0	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1982-1982	2	4	450	75.0	19	179	3	2/47	59.66	2.38	150.00	0	0
DA Stirling (NZ)	1986-1986	2	3	264	44.0	8	181	3	2/48	60.33	4.11	88.00	0	0
JH Childs (ENG)	1988-1988	2	3	516	86.0	29	183	3	1/13	61.00	2.12	172.00	0	0
NV Radford (ENG)	1986-1986	2	3	378	63.0	7	219	3	2/131	73.00	3.47	126.00	0	0
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1982-1989	3	5	535	89.1	21	230	3	2/56	76.66	2.57	178.33	0	0
DJ Capel (ENG)	1987-1989	4	6	384	64.0	5	244	3	1/35	81.33	3.81	128.00	0	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1985-1985	2	3	336	56.0	4	275	3	2/166	91.66	4.91	112.00	0	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1984-1988	2	3	94	15.4	8	20	2	1/6	10.00	1.27	47.00	0	0
CL Smith (ENG)	1983-1986	3	1	72	12.0	2	31	2	2/31	15.50	2.58	36.00	0	0
WW Davis (WI)	1984-1984	1	2	138	23.0	3	77	2	2/71	38.50	3.34	69.00	0	0
DS de Silva (SL)	1984-1984	1	1	270	45.0	16	85	2	2/85	42.50	1.88	135.00	0	0
AA Mallett (AUS)	1980-1980	1	2	170	28.2	5	86	2	1/25	43.00	3.03	85.00	0	0
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1988-1988	1	1	164	27.2	3	86	2	2/86	43.00	3.14	82.00	0	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1983-1986	7	5	198	33.0	2	109	2	2/35	54.50	3.30	99.00	0	0
JG Thomas (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	258	43.0	5	140	2	2/124	70.00	3.25	129.00	0	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1984-1988	2	3	366	61.0	9	173	2	2/107	86.50	2.83	183.00	0	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1989-1989	6	8	342	57.0	15	208	2	1/38	104.00	3.64	171.00	0	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1982-1982	1	1	15	2.3	2	0	1	1/0	0.00	0.00	15.00	0	0
Ehteshamuddin (PAK)	1982-1982	1	1	84	14.0	4	46	1	1/46	46.00	3.28	84.00	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:

Australia v Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]