Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records in 1950s in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
JC Laker (ENG)	1953-1959	12	23	3078	-	162	972	70	10/53	13.88	1.89	43.97	4	5
AV Bedser (ENG)	1950-1954	11	20	3447	-	96	1295	70	7/44	18.50	2.25	49.24	3	7
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1950-1958	13	22	5459	682.3	171	1943	59	7/23	32.93	2.13	92.52	2	4
TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	23	34	3300	-	105	1373	42	4/22	32.69	2.49	78.57	4	-
JB Statham (ENG)	1953-1959	13	25	2873	-	74	1057	39	7/57	27.10	2.20	73.66	-	2
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	8	13	1724	-	23	810	32	7/27	25.31	2.81	53.87	1	2
AL Valentine (WI)	1951-1955	8	12	2577	-	84	1040	29	6/102	35.86	2.42	88.86	1	3
GAR Lock (ENG)	1953-1959	10	20	2800	-	161	878	28	5/45	31.35	1.88	100.00	2	1
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1956-1959	3	6	1028	171.2	60	327	24	7/80	13.62	1.90	42.83	-	4
JH Wardle (ENG)	1953-1956	8	15	1661	-	81	632	24	5/79	26.33	2.28	69.20	2	1
FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1953	6	10	1184	-	23	524	22	5/49	23.81	2.65	53.81	3	1
FS Trueman (ENG)	1953-1959	6	12	1305	-	28	550	22	5/90	25.00	2.52	59.31	3	1
MG Melle (SA)	1950-1953	6	10	1589	198.5	14	834	22	6/71	37.90	3.14	72.22	-	2
FMM Worrell (WI)	1951-1955	9	15	1403	-	33	640	20	6/38	32.00	2.73	70.15	1	1
S Ramadhin (WI)	1951-1955	9	14	2693	-	86	1075	19	5/90	56.57	2.39	141.73	-	1
GE Gomez (WI)	1951-1952	5	10	834	104.2	24	256	18	7/55	14.22	1.84	46.33	-	1
JM Patel (IND)	1956-1959	3	4	687	114.3	36	271	17	9/69	15.94	2.36	40.41	-	2
PS Heine (SA)	1957-1958	4	7	995	124.3	19	321	17	6/58	18.88	1.93	58.52	-	2
NAT Adcock (SA)	1957-1958	5	8	1048	131.0	15	410	14	6/43	29.28	2.34	74.85	-	1
R Appleyard (ENG)	1954-1956	5	9	812	-	32	273	13	3/13	21.00	2.01	62.46	-	-
DS Atkinson (WI)	1951-1955	6	8	1403	-	79	502	13	5/56	38.61	2.14	107.92	-	1
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1956-1956	2	3	525	87.3	28	197	12	7/49	16.41	2.25	43.75	-	1
ERH Fuller (SA)	1953-1958	3	5	892	111.4	13	396	12	5/66	33.00	2.66	74.33	-	1
MH Mankad (IND)	1956-1956	3	4	754	125.4	29	313	11	4/49	28.45	2.49	68.54	2	-
DVP Wright (ENG)	1950-1951	5	7	824	103.0	6	500	11	4/99	45.45	3.64	74.90	1	-
PNF Mansell (SA)	1952-1953	5	8	936	117.0	9	509	9	3/58	56.55	3.26	104.00	-	-
PR Umrigar (IND)	1956-1959	5	6	573	95.3	25	184	8	4/27	23.00	1.92	71.62	2	-
SP Gupte (IND)	1956-1956	3	4	579	96.3	31	263	8	3/89	32.87	2.72	72.37	-	-
JC Watkins (SA)	1950-1953	6	11	1144	143.0	41	369	8	4/41	46.12	1.93	143.00	1	-
NBF Mann (SA)	1950-1950	3	5	1046	130.6	21	403	8	3/31	50.37	2.31	130.75	-	-
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1956-1956	1	2	402	67.0	22	112	7	4/43	16.00	1.67	57.42	1	-
PJ Loader (ENG)	1958-1959	2	4	482	60.2	10	193	7	4/56	27.57	2.40	68.85	1	-
R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1953	3	6	717	-	17	338	7	3/22	48.28	2.82	102.42	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1957-1958	5	8	1512	189.0	69	417	7	2/25	59.57	1.65	216.00	-	-
Israr Ali (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	300	50.0	11	154	6	2/29	25.66	3.08	50.00	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1955-1955	4	6	563	93.5	36	213	6	3/20	35.50	2.26	93.83	-	-
ARA Murray (SA)	1952-1953	4	6	1034	129.2	30	399	6	4/169	66.50	2.31	172.33	1	-
J Trim (WI)	1951-1952	1	2	176	22.0	5	59	5	5/34	11.80	2.01	35.20	-	1
Mohammad Munaf (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	312	52.0	10	190	5	2/38	38.00	3.65	62.40	-	-
DT Dewdney (WI)	1955-1955	2	3	402	67.0	13	263	5	4/125	52.60	3.92	80.40	1	-
OG Smith (WI)	1955-1955	4	5	808	134.4	38	340	5	3/71	68.00	2.52	161.60	-	-
JDC Goddard (WI)	1951-1952	4	4	328	41.0	7	126	4	3/36	31.50	2.30	82.00	-	-
CL Walcott (WI)	1951-1955	8	3	426	-	24	152	4	3/50	38.00	2.14	106.50	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	309	51.3	9	157	4	3/51	39.25	3.04	77.25	-	-
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1959-1959	1	2	150	25.0	5	62	3	2/49	20.66	2.48	50.00	-	-
PEW Jones (WI)	1951-1951	1	2	256	32.0	6	84	3	3/68	28.00	1.96	85.33	-	-
Munir Malik (PAK)	1959-1959	1	2	186	31.0	6	100	3	2/76	33.33	3.22	62.00	-	-
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1959-1959	1	2	225	37.3	8	136	3	3/115	45.33	3.62	75.00	-	-
GS Ramchand (IND)	1956-1959	5	7	258	43.0	9	145	3	1/6	48.33	3.37	86.00	-	-
CN McCarthy (SA)	1950-1950	3	5	728	91.0	13	330	3	2/113	110.00	2.71	242.66	-	-
FM King (WI)	1955-1955	4	6	678	113.0	16	403	3	2/126	134.33	3.56	226.00	-	-
NE Marshall (WI)	1955-1955	1	2	279	46.3	22	62	2	1/22	31.00	1.33	139.50	-	-
DCS Compton (ENG)	1950-1956	14	4	112	-	2	64	2	1/18	32.00	3.42	56.00	-	-
VI Smith (SA)	1950-1957	2	3	240	30.0	10	87	2	1/25	43.50	2.17	120.00	-	-
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1957-1958	4	5	244	30.4	1	117	2	2/37	58.50	2.87	122.00	-	-
Surendra Nath (IND)	1959-1959	2	3	276	46.0	10	118	2	2/101	59.00	2.56	138.00	-	-
LS Butler (WI)	1955-1955	1	1	240	40.0	7	151	2	2/151	75.50	3.77	120.00	-	-
L Hutton (ENG)	1950-1955	15	1	6	-	-	2	1	1/2	2.00	2.00	6.00	-	-
ED Weekes (WI)	1951-1955	10	1	14	-	-	8	1	1/8	8.00	3.42	14.00	-	-
JKC Holt (WI)	1955-1955	5	2	24	4.0	1	20	1	1/20	20.00	5.00	24.00	-	-
DB Close (ENG)	1950-1950	1	2	56	7.0	1	28	1	1/20	28.00	3.00	56.00	-	-
TW Graveney (ENG)	1953-1959	14	2	84	-	3	40	1	1/34	40.00	2.85	84.00	-	-
JB Mortimore (ENG)	1959-1959	1	1	88	11.0	1	41	1	1/41	41.00	2.79	88.00	-	-
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1959-1959	2	2	132	22.0	6	69	1	1/62	69.00	3.13	132.00	-	-
DW Begbie (SA)	1950-1950	2	3	112	14.0	-	92	1	1/38	92.00	4.92	112.00	-	-
CG Borde (IND)	1959-1959	2	2	180	30.0	4	110	1	1/61	110.00	3.66	180.00	-	-
Shujauddin (PAK)	1959-1959	3	6	234	39.0	7	117	1	1/58	117.00	3.00	234.00	-	-
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1959	1	1	207	34.3	3	123	1	1/123	123.00	3.56	207.00	-	-
JJ Warr (ENG)	1951-1951	2	3	584	73.0	6	281	1	1/76	281.00	2.88	584.00	-	-

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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:

India v Australia at Kanpur, 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India v Australia at Delhi, 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan v Australia at Karachi, 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]