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Most Wickets
in List A matches

		Wkts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	BB	Avge	4wI	5wI
1	Wasim Akram	881	29,719	387	19,303	5-10	21.91	34	12
2	A. A. Donald	684	22,857	360	14,942	6-15	21.84	27	11
3	M. Muralitharan	682	23,734	305	15,270	7-30	22.39	17	12
4	Waqar Younis	675	19,841	228	15,098	7-36	22.36	27	17
5	J. K. Lever	674	23,208	558	13,278	5-8	19.70	26	8
6	J. E. Emburey	647	26,399	471	16,811	5-23	25.98	23	3
7	I. T. Botham	612	22,899	413	15,264	5-27	24.94	16	3
8	D. Gough	598	20,665	298	14,457	7-27	24.17	21	7
9	S. M. Pollock	573	21,588	418	13,141	6-21	22.93	18	7
10	D. L. Underwood	572	19,873	559	11,118	8-31	19.43	25	8
11	C. A. Walsh	551	21,881	393	13,854	6-21	25.14	13	5
12	P. A. J. DeFreitas	539	23,007	420	15,054	5-13	27.92	12	7
13	M. D. Marshall	521	22,332	460	12,358	5-13	23.71	20	4
14	C. E. B. Rice	517	17,738	291	11,703	6-18	22.63	19	6
15	A. Kumble	514	20,247	177	14,178	6-12	27.58	14	3
16	Imran Khan	509	19,122	376	11,312	6-14	22.22	12	6
17	W. P. U. J. C. Vaas	507	19,423	359	13,455	8-19	26.53	12	4
18	J. Simmons	498	21,070	414	12,834	5-17	25.77	8	5
19	N. V. Radford	484	16,821	297	11,269	7-19	23.28	10	5
20	Saqlain Mushtaq	478	16,062	133	11,261	5-20	23.55	16	7
21	M. A. Ealham	477	18,500	224	12,644	6-53	26.50	16	4
22	S. K. Warne	473	16,419	176	11,642	6-42	24.61	20	3
23	S. Turner	470	18,040	382	10,801	5-35	22.98	12	1
24	G. D. McGrath	463	15,808	347	10,004	7-15	21.60	15	7
25	G. C. Small	462	18,434	312	12,230	5-18	26.47	9	5
26	Mushtaq Ahmed	461	18,973	212	13,182	7-24	28.59	15	4
27	Shahid Afridi	459	19,994	105	15,395	6-38	33.54	5	10
28	S. D. Udal	458	18,667	131	13,830	5-43	30.19	9	1
29	C. L. Cairns	455	16,578	162	12,711	6-12	27.93	15	6
30	R. J. Hadlee	454	16,188	445	8,553	6-12	18.83	9	8
31	E. E. Hemmings	453	21,492	338	14,447	5-22	31.89	10	4
32	F. D. Stephenson	448	14,301	286	8,921	6-9	19.91	17	9
33	I. J. Harvey	445	13,607	161	9,952	5-19	22.36	21	9
34	N. Gifford	444	17,655	316	11,562	6-8	26.04	11	5
35	R. D. Jackman	439	14,491	316	9,265	7-33	21.10	11	6
36	B. Lee	438	13,475	175	10,533	5-22	24.04	15	10
37	J. N. Shepherd	436	15,480	292	9,429	6-52	21.62	13	1
38	M. P. Bicknell	429	16,191	262	10,790	7-30	25.15	11	3
39	R. G. D. Willis	421	14,983	366	8,497	7-32	20.18	14	4
40	A. B. Agarkar	420	13,322	150	10,990	6-18	26.16	11	3
41	C. M. Old	418	15,604	394	8,720	5-19	20.86	15	3
42	M. W. Alleyne	415	16,013	117	12,264	5-27	29.55	8	3
43	S. T. Jayasuriya	413	18,167	59	14,396	6-29	34.85	12	5
44	R. K. Illingworth	412	16,918	197	11,157	5-24	27.08	8	2
45	C. A. Connor	411	14,625	236	10,304	5-25	25.07	16	1
46	R. D. B. Croft	411	18,511	143	13,407	6-20	32.62	6	1
47	J. Srinath	407	14,981	192	10,684	5-23	26.25	9	4
48	C. E. L. Ambrose	401	17,143	391	9,557	5-17	23.83	10	4

The list shows occurrences of 400 wickets or more

Bold type indicates performances within the last 12 months

This page was last updated on May 21, 2013

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Most Wicketsin List A matches

Most Wickets
in List A matches