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Most wickets
Player Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Ave Econ SR 4 5
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 2006-2011 45 45 169.5 3 1041 54 4/11 19.27 6.12 18.8 3 0
Umar Gul (Pak) 2007-2011 36 36 120.4 1 775 50 5/6 15.50 6.42 14.4 3 1
Saeed Ajmal (Pak) 2009-2011 34 33 122.0 1 768 46 4/19 16.69 6.29 15.9 2 0
BAW Mendis (SL) 2008-2011 21 21 79.0 2 445 40 6/16 11.12 5.63 11.8 2 1
SL Malinga (SL) 2006-2011 31 31 105.3 0 775 38 3/12 20.39 7.34 16.6 0 0
SCJ Broad (Eng) 2006-2011 31 30 109.1 0 821 37 3/17 22.18 7.52 17.7 0 0
MG Johnson (Aus) 2007-2011 28 28 101.2 1 724 36 3/15 20.11 7.14 16.8 0 0
DL Vettori (NZ) 2007-2010 28 28 108.1 1 580 35 4/20 16.57 5.36 18.5 1 0
GP Swann (Eng) 2008-2011 27 26 91.0 1 609 34 3/14 17.91 6.69 16.0 0 0
NL McCullum (NZ) 2007-2011 27 24 73.2 0 466 31 4/16 15.03 6.35 14.1 1 0
DJG Sammy (WI) 2007-2011 24 23 73.3 0 460 30 5/26 15.33 6.25 14.7 1 1
DW Steyn (SA) 2007-2010 21 21 78.0 0 531 29 4/9 18.31 6.80 16.1 1 0
J Botha (SA) 2006-2011 28 27 96.0 0 603 29 3/16 20.79 6.28 19.8 0 0
M Morkel (SA) 2007-2011 19 19 70.5 2 456 28 4/17 16.28 6.43 15.1 2 0
DP Nannes (Aus/Neth) 2009-2010 17 16 61.0 2 459 28 4/18 16.39 7.52 13.0 1 0
SW Tait (Aus) 2007-2011 19 19 71.4 2 498 28 3/13 17.78 6.94 15.3 0 0
KD Mills (NZ) 2005-2011 23 23 85.4 0 716 27 3/37 26.51 8.35 19.0 0 0
SE Bond (NZ) 2005-2010 20 20 77.3 2 543 25 3/18 21.72 7.00 18.6 0 0
Abdur Razzak (Ban) 2006-2011 15 15 57.0 1 380 23 4/16 16.52 6.66 14.8 1 0
RJ Sidebottom (Eng) 2007-2010 18 18 61.1 0 437 23 3/16 19.00 7.14 15.9 0 0
Mohammad Amir (Pak) 2009-2010 18 18 65.0 3 457 23 3/23 19.86 7.03 16.9 0 0
JE Taylor (WI) 2006-2010 17 17 60.0 2 473 23 3/6 20.56 7.88 15.6 0 0
B Lee (Aus) 2005-2012 23 23 83.1 0 661 23 3/27 28.73 7.94 21.6 0 0
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) 2006-2011 26 22 63.2 0 453 22 4/10 20.59 7.15 17.2 1 0
TG Southee (NZ) 2008-2010 19 19 67.0 1 570 22 5/18 25.90 8.50 18.2 0 1
AC Botha (Ire) 2008-2010 14 10 34.0 0 184 21 3/14 8.76 5.41 9.7 0 0
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) 2006-2011 16 16 57.0 1 377 21 4/34 17.95 6.61 16.2 1 0
DT Johnston (Ire) 2008-2010 16 15 53.0 3 335 20 4/22 16.75 6.32 15.9 1 0
IG Butler (NZ) 2009-2010 15 15 49.0 1 396 20 3/19 19.80 8.08 14.7 0 0
HS Baidwan (Can) 2008-2010 11 11 33.5 1 245 19 4/19 12.89 7.24 10.6 1 0
DJ Hussey (Aus) 2008-2012 34 23 57.1 1 363 19 3/25 19.10 6.34 18.0 0 0
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak) 2006-2010 15 15 53.0 3 432 19 3/38 22.73 8.15 16.7 0 0
NW Bracken (Aus) 2006-2009 19 19 62.5 2 438 19 3/11 23.05 6.97 19.8 0 0
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 2006-2011 31 24 61.5 0 456 19 3/21 24.00 7.37 19.5 0 0
DJ Bravo (WI) 2006-2010 22 20 56.2 0 491 19 4/38 25.84 8.71 17.7 1 0
SB Styris (NZ) 2005-2010 31 21 51.3 0 349 18 3/5 19.38 6.77 17.1 0 0
Abdul Razzaq (Pak) 2006-2010 26 19 52.3 2 360 18 3/13 20.00 6.85 17.5 0 0
SR Watson (Aus) 2006-2011 25 19 57.3 1 446 18 4/15 24.77 7.75 19.1 1 0
CRD Fernando (SL) 2006-2011 17 17 61.0 3 457 18 3/19 25.38 7.49 20.3 0 0
Harbhajan Singh (India) 2006-2011 23 22 84.0 2 541 18 3/30 30.05 6.44 28.0 0 0
JM Anderson (Eng) 2007-2009 19 19 70.2 1 552 18 3/23 30.66 7.84 23.4 0 0
JA Morkel (SA) 2005-2010 31 30 75.4 2 608 18 2/12 33.77 8.03 25.2 0 0
CK Langeveldt (SA) 2005-2010 9 9 33.0 0 241 17 4/19 14.17 7.30 11.6 1 0
AR Cusack (Ire) 2008-2010 16 15 45.0 1 321 17 4/18 18.88 7.13 15.8 2 0
SPD Smith (Aus) 2010-2011 20 16 47.3 1 373 17 3/20 21.94 7.85 16.7 0 0
JS Patel (NZ) 2005-2008 11 10 33.1 1 269 16 3/20 16.81 8.11 12.4 0 0
Shoaib Malik (Pak) 2006-2011 36 19 45.0 0 293 16 2/7 18.31 6.51 16.8 0 0
PD Collingwood (Eng) 2005-2011 35 19 37.0 0 329 16 4/22 20.56 8.89 13.8 1 0
P Utseya (Zim) 2006-2011 16 16 57.5 2 377 16 3/25 23.56 6.51 21.6 0 0
IK Pathan (India) 2006-2009 16 15 51.0 1 395 16 3/16 24.68 7.74 19.1 0 0
RP Singh (India) 2007-2009 10 9 33.0 0 225 15 4/13 15.00 6.81 13.2 1 0
SM Pollock (SA) 2005-2008 12 11 40.3 1 309 15 3/28 20.60 7.62 16.2 0 0
AD Mathews (SL) 2009-2011 25 17 47.1 1 346 15 3/16 23.06 7.33 18.8 0 0
SJ Benn (WI) 2008-2010 17 17 59.0 3 414 15 4/6 27.60 7.01 23.6 1 0
Hamid Hassan (Afgh) 2010-2010 8 8 29.1 0 170 14 3/21 12.14 5.82 12.5 0 0
RE van der Merwe (SA) 2009-2010 13 13 44.0 0 305 14 2/14 21.78 6.93 18.8 0 0
WD Parnell (SA) 2009-2011 12 12 44.5 0 331 14 4/13 23.64 7.38 19.2 1 0
R Rampaul (WI) 2007-2011 11 11 41.5 0 371 14 3/17 26.50 8.86 17.9 0 0
KMDN Kulasekara (SL) 2008-2011 15 15 54.5 1 453 14 3/4 32.35 8.26 23.5 0 0
TT Bresnan (Eng) 2006-2011 20 20 64.4 1 479 14 3/10 34.21 7.40 27.7 0 0
JDP Oram (NZ) 2005-2011 29 25 71.3 0 616 14 3/33 44.00 8.61 30.6 0 0
JK Kamande (Kenya) 2007-2010 12 10 34.2 1 212 13 3/28 16.30 6.17 15.8 0 0
PM Seelaar (Neth) 2008-2010 9 9 35.0 1 215 13 4/19 16.53 6.14 16.1 1 0
SR Clark (Aus) 2006-2007 9 9 36.0 0 237 13 4/20 18.23 6.58 16.6 1 0
A Nehra (India) 2009-2011 8 8 31.0 0 274 13 3/19 21.07 8.83 14.3 0 0
RW Price (Zim) 2008-2011 13 13 50.3 4 286 13 2/6 22.00 5.66 23.3 0 0
M Muralitharan (SL) 2006-2010 12 12 47.0 0 297 13 3/29 22.84 6.31 21.6 0 0
E Chigumbura (Zim) 2006-2011 18 15 37.0 0 316 13 4/31 24.30 8.54 17.0 1 0
Z Khan (India) 2006-2010 12 12 41.4 0 327 13 4/19 25.15 7.84 19.2 1 0
Mohammad Asif (Pak) 2006-2010 11 11 42.5 1 343 13 4/18 26.38 8.00 19.7 1 0
YK Pathan (India) 2007-2011 21 16 49.5 0 429 13 2/22 33.00 8.60 23.0 0 0
Sohail Tanvir (Pak) 2007-2011 19 19 62.0 0 465 13 3/31 35.76 7.50 28.6 0 0
GH Dockrell (Ire) 2010-2010 7 7 24.3 0 132 12 4/20 11.00 5.38 12.2 1 0
JD Nel (Scot) 2007-2010 10 9 31.0 3 169 12 3/10 14.08 5.45 15.5 0 0
RN ten Doeschate (Neth) 2008-2010 9 9 34.0 0 241 12 3/23 20.08 7.08 17.0 0 0
CH Gayle (WI) 2006-2010 20 15 34.5 0 254 12 2/15 21.16 7.29 17.4 0 0
AD Mascarenhas (Eng) 2007-2009 14 14 42.0 0 309 12 3/18 25.75 7.35 21.0 0 0
Abdur Rehman (Pak) 2007-2011 7 7 25.0 0 174 11 2/7 15.81 6.96 13.6 0 0
Mohammad Nabi (Afgh) 2010-2010 8 8 28.0 1 208 11 3/23 18.90 7.42 15.2 0 0
J Theron (SA) 2010-2011 7 7 27.2 0 221 11 4/27 20.09 8.08 14.9 1 0
MH Yardy (Eng) 2006-2011 14 13 46.0 0 299 11 2/19 27.18 6.50 25.0 0 0
KA Pollard (WI) 2008-2010 20 17 43.0 0 360 11 2/22 32.72 8.37 23.4 0 0
PP Ojha (India) 2009-2010 6 6 21.0 0 132 10 4/21 13.20 6.28 12.6 1 0
LL Tsotsobe (SA) 2009-2011 7 7 26.0 0 144 10 3/16 14.40 5.53 15.6 0 0
P Connell (Ire) 2008-2010 9 8 25.3 1 156 10 3/8 15.60 6.11 15.3 0 0
MR Gillespie (NZ) 2006-2008 11 10 35.0 3 255 10 4/7 25.50 7.28 21.0 1 0
JR Hopes (Aus) 2005-2010 12 12 37.0 0 283 10 2/26 28.30 7.64 22.2 0 0
FH Edwards (WI) 2007-2011 13 13 38.3 0 333 10 3/24 33.30 8.64 23.1 0 0
Mashrafe Mortaza (Ban) 2006-2010 13 13 49.3 0 435 10 2/28 43.50 8.78 29.7 0 0
NN Odhiambo (Kenya) 2007-2010 9 6 16.1 0 139 9 5/20 15.44 8.59 10.7 0 1
R McLaren (SA) 2009-2010 5 5 19.5 0 144 9 5/19 16.00 7.26 13.2 0 1
RJ Peterson (SA) 2006-2011 8 7 20.5 0 171 9 3/30 19.00 8.20 13.8 0 0
NO Miller (WI) 2009-2010 7 7 25.4 0 174 9 2/20 19.33 6.77 17.1 0 0
JEC Franklin (NZ) 2006-2011 18 14 31.0 0 227 9 3/23 25.22 7.32 20.6 0 0
KAJ Roach (WI) 2008-2010 10 10 35.0 1 248 9 2/25 27.55 7.08 23.3 0 0
RS Bopara (Eng) 2008-2011 16 5 13.4 1 78 8 4/10 9.75 5.70 10.2 1 0
Fawad Alam (Pak) 2007-2010 24 6 15.0 0 95 8 3/7 11.87 6.33 11.2 0 0
BW Hilfenhaus (Aus) 2007-2009 6 6 23.0 0 143 8 2/15 17.87 6.21 17.2 0 0
U Bhatti (Can) 2008-2010 7 7 23.0 0 148 8 3/23 18.50 6.43 17.2 0 0
WK McCallan (Ire) 2008-2009 9 7 21.5 0 152 8 2/26 19.00 6.96 16.3 0 0
P Kumar (India) 2008-2012 9 9 24.0 1 171 8 2/14 21.37 7.12 18.0 0 0
Yuvraj Singh (India) 2007-2011 23 11 24.0 0 194 8 3/23 24.25 8.08 18.0 0 0
Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) 2007-2011 16 8 23.0 0 210 8 3/42 26.25 9.13 17.2 0 0
JJ van der Wath (SA) 2006-2007 8 8 31.0 0 231 8 2/31 28.87 7.45 23.2 0 0
KJ O'Brien (Ire) 2008-2010 17 13 35.3 0 264 8 2/15 33.00 7.43 26.6 0 0
A Symonds (Aus) 2005-2009 14 12 30.5 0 277 8 2/14 34.62 8.98 23.1 0 0
JW Dernbach (Eng) 2011-2011 5 5 17.4 0 105 7 4/22 15.00 5.94 15.1 1 0
AG Cremer (Zim) 2008-2010 7 6 17.0 0 119 7 3/11 17.00 7.00 14.5 0 0
S Randiv (SL) 2010-2011 7 7 21.0 0 139 7 3/20 19.85 6.61 18.0 0 0
WB Rankin (Ire) 2009-2010 6 6 24.0 0 162 7 2/25 23.14 6.75 20.5 0 0
MF Maharoof (SL) 2006-2008 7 7 24.0 0 173 7 2/18 24.71 7.20 20.5 0 0
DR Smith (WI) 2006-2011 10 8 19.4 0 173 7 3/24 24.71 8.79 16.8 0 0
T Thushara (SL) 2008-2010 6 6 22.0 0 179 7 2/37 25.57 8.13 18.8 0 0
NLTC Perera (SL) 2010-2011 10 9 25.0 0 184 7 2/19 26.28 7.36 21.4 0 0
R Vinay Kumar (India) 2010-2012 7 7 24.3 0 189 7 3/24 27.00 7.71 21.0 0 0
CS Martin (NZ) 2007-2008 6 6 23.0 1 193 7 2/14 27.57 8.39 19.7 0 0
GD Drummond (Scot) 2008-2010 9 9 29.5 1 221 7 2/14 31.57 7.40 25.5 0 0
PW Borren (Neth) 2008-2010 10 9 35.0 0 237 7 2/19 33.85 6.77 30.0 0 0
RA Jadeja (India) 2009-2012 12 12 40.0 2 280 7 2/26 40.00 7.00 34.2 0 0
S Sreesanth (India) 2006-2008 10 9 34.0 2 288 7 2/12 41.14 8.47 29.1 0 0
CB Mpofu (Zim) 2008-2011 10 10 35.0 0 318 7 3/16 45.42 9.08 30.0 0 0
LMP Simmons (WI) 2007-2011 11 3 6.0 0 55 6 4/19 9.16 9.16 6.0 1 0
Aizaz Cheema (Pak) 2011-2011 3 3 9.0 0 60 6 4/30 10.00 6.66 9.0 1 0
D Bishoo (WI) 2011-2011 4 4 15.4 0 98 6 4/17 16.33 6.25 15.6 1 0
WD Balaji Rao (Can) 2008-2008 4 4 14.0 0 107 6 3/21 17.83 7.64 14.0 0 0
JAR Blain (Scot) 2007-2008 6 5 20.0 0 108 6 2/23 18.00 5.40 20.0 0 0
Mohammad Sami (Pak) 2010-2010 3 3 11.0 0 108 6 3/29 18.00 9.81 11.0 0 0
H Osinde (Can) 2008-2010 6 6 20.0 0 112 6 2/12 18.66 5.60 20.0 0 0
KM Jarvis (Zim) 2011-2011 4 4 15.0 0 113 6 3/15 18.83 7.53 15.0 0 0
IE O'Brien (NZ) 2009-2009 4 4 13.0 0 116 6 2/30 19.33 8.92 13.0 0 0
TM Odoyo (Kenya) 2007-2008 8 7 25.0 0 122 6 2/13 20.33 4.88 25.0 0 0
Karim Sadiq (Afgh) 2010-2010 8 7 20.0 0 128 6 3/17 21.33 6.40 20.0 0 0
WPUJC Vaas (SL) 2006-2007 6 6 22.0 1 128 6 2/14 21.33 5.81 22.0 0 0
E Schiferli (Neth) 2008-2010 7 6 23.0 0 146 6 3/23 24.33 6.34 23.0 0 0
SNJ O'Keefe (Aus) 2010-2011 7 7 19.0 0 149 6 3/29 24.83 7.84 19.0 0 0
Mudassar Bukhari (Neth) 2008-2010 8 7 25.4 0 180 6 4/33 30.00 7.01 25.6 1 0
RM Haq (Scot) 2007-2010 8 7 25.0 1 180 6 2/16 30.00 7.20 25.0 0 0
S Dhaniram (Can) 2008-2010 11 11 33.4 1 192 6 2/9 32.00 5.70 33.6 0 0
Yasir Arafat (Pak) 2007-2010 7 7 25.0 0 195 6 3/32 32.50 7.80 25.0 0 0
LJ Wright (Eng) 2007-2011 30 11 26.0 0 219 6 1/5 36.50 8.42 26.0 0 0
MJ Clarke (Aus) 2005-2010 34 15 26.0 0 225 6 1/2 37.50 8.65 26.0 0 0
I Sharma (India) 2008-2009 11 11 34.2 0 291 6 2/34 48.50 8.47 34.3 0 0
M Ntini (SA) 2005-2011 10 10 32.0 0 298 6 2/22 49.66 9.31 32.0 0 0
GH O'Brien (Ber) 2008-2008 3 3 11.0 0 41 5 2/11 8.20 3.72 13.2 0 0
KJ Coetzer (Scot) 2008-2010 9 3 8.0 0 47 5 3/25 9.40 5.87 9.6 0 0
PJ Cummins (Aus) 2011-2011 2 2 8.0 1 52 5 3/25 10.40 6.50 9.6 0 0
MS Kasprowicz (Aus) 2005-2005 2 2 7.0 0 57 5 4/29 11.40 8.14 8.4 1 0
AB Dinda (India) 2009-2010 3 3 10.0 0 76 5 2/15 15.20 7.60 12.0 0 0
GD McGrath (Aus) 2005-2005 2 2 8.0 0 79 5 3/31 15.80 9.87 9.6 0 0
Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak) 2006-2010 4 4 14.1 0 101 5 3/19 20.20 7.12 17.0 0 0
RD Berrington (Scot) 2008-2010 8 8 18.4 0 103 5 2/21 20.60 5.51 22.4 0 0
JP Duminy (SA) 2007-2011 32 9 13.0 0 108 5 1/3 21.60 8.30 15.6 0 0
SR Patel (Eng) 2011-2011 5 5 16.0 0 110 5 2/22 22.00 6.87 19.2 0 0
CJ Chibhabha (Zim) 2006-2011 15 8 19.5 0 158 5 1/14 31.60 7.96 23.8 0 0
A Flintoff (Eng) 2005-2007 7 7 25.0 0 161 5 2/23 32.20 6.44 30.0 0 0
I Udana (SL) 2009-2009 5 5 18.0 0 164 5 2/17 32.80 9.11 21.6 0 0
PJ Ongondo (Kenya) 2007-2008 8 8 26.0 1 177 5 2/18 35.40 6.80 31.2 0 0
HA Varaiya (Kenya) 2007-2010 10 9 32.0 1 178 5 2/24 35.60 5.56 38.4 0 0
TM Dilshan (SL) 2006-2011 35 14 25.0 0 185 5 2/4 37.00 7.40 30.0 0 0
JH Kallis (SA) 2005-2010 16 12 31.0 0 229 5 2/20 45.80 7.38 37.2 0 0
R Ashwin (India) 2010-2012 8 8 32.0 0 247 5 1/22 49.40 7.71 38.4 0 0
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd T20I, Feb 3, 2012 [T20I # 218]
Australia v India at Sydney, 1st T20I, Feb 1, 2012 [T20I # 217]
Bangladesh v Pakistan at Dhaka, Only T20I, Nov 29, 2011 [T20I # 216]

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