name country matches wickets average rating 1 Wasim Akram Pak 349 488 23.73 1223.5   2 AA Donald SA 159 268 21.40 1180.1   3 Waqar Younis Pak 253 403 23.84 1167.1   4 GD McGrath Aus 163 253 22.51 1165.9   5 J Garner WI 98 146 18.84 1160.7   6 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 162 278 21.58 1129.6   7 M Muralitharan SL 200 297 23.28 1108.0   8 SM Pollock SA 177 254 23.08 1101.2   9 SK Warne Aus 189 285 25.77 1073.2   10 DK Lillee Aus 63 103 20.82 1072.9

name country matches wickets average rating 11 MA Holding WI 102 142 21.36 1072.2   12 Shoaib Akhtar Pak 70 115 20.39 1066.2   13 CEL Ambrose WI 176 225 24.12 1047.2   14 CJ McDermott Aus 138 203 24.71 1032.1   15 DW Fleming Aus 88 134 25.38 1020.8   16 D Gough Eng 111 174 25.17 1020.2   17 RJ Hadlee NZ 115 158 21.56 1012.5   18 WPUJC Vaas SL 202 247 27.78 962.7   19 C Pringle NZ 64 103 32.17 960.5   20 J Srinath Ind 211 281 29.45 958.5

name country matches wickets average rating 21 A Kumble Ind 235 300 29.84 956.3   22 Kapil Dev Ind 225 253 27.45 948.4   23 MD Marshall WI 136 157 31.90 943.7   24 IR Bishop WI 84 118 26.50 927.0   25 AB Agarkar Ind 107 162 28.91 909.7   26 CA Walsh WI 205 227 30.47 901.9   27 EJ Chatfield NZ 114 140 25.84 892.4   28 IT Botham Eng 116 145 28.54 885.7   29 Abdur Razzaq Pak 116 152 25.42 879.8   30 Abdul Qadir Pak 104 132 26.16 862.7

name country matches wickets average rating 31 Imran Khan Pak 175 182 26.61 857.0   32 Aaqib Javed Pak 163 182 31.43 849.1   33 PR Reiffel Aus 92 106 29.19 844.7   34 DK Morrison NZ 96 126 27.53 842.0   35 M Prabhakar Ind 130 157 28.87 837.2   36 BKV Prasad Ind 161 196 32.30 836.0   37 L Klusener SA 147 170 29.15 834.0   38 WKM Benjamin WI 85 100 30.79 832.4   39 SP O'Donnell Aus 87 108 28.72 825.7   40 HH Streak Zim 149 183 31.13 820.4

name country matches wickets average rating 41 PAJ DeFreitas Eng 103 115 32.82 817.4   42 MC Snedden NZ 93 114 28.39 814.4   43 Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 143 161 32.89 809.4   44 HDPK Dharmasena SL 129 133 34.43 748.0   45 JH Kallis SA 165 156 30.64 743.1   46 CL Cairns NZ 151 154 31.90 741.8   47 GR Larsen NZ 121 113 35.39 714.1   48 RA Harper WI 105 100 34.31 702.0   49 CL Hooper WI 221 190 35.74 696.0   50 CZ Harris NZ 216 192 36.43 689.4

name country matches wickets average rating 51 Mudassar Nazar Pak 122 111 30.91 668.5   52 Azhar Mahmood Pak 123 112 37.35 662.9   53 ST Jayasuriya SL 280 226 35.79 660.4   54 RJ Shastri Ind 150 129 36.04 650.4   55 GP Wickramasinghe SL 134 109 39.63 619.3   56 SR Waugh Aus 325 195 34.67 574.3   57 Shahid Afridi Pak 170 127 38.36 569.4   58 WJ Cronje SA 188 114 34.78 552.6   59 IVA Richards WI 187 118 35.83 544.5   60 SR Tendulkar Ind 300 110 46.86 332.6

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