Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records in 1960s in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1969	54	102	16132	-	512	6644	238	8/71	27.91	2.47	67.78	6	16
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1969	42	77	15483	-	733	5124	184	8/38	27.84	1.98	84.14	8	12
FS Trueman (ENG)	1960-1965	36	67	8978	-	290	3940	179	7/44	22.01	2.63	50.15	10	12
GS Sobers (WI)	1960-1969	49	89	13399	-	514	5232	162	6/73	32.29	2.34	82.70	5	6
WW Hall (WI)	1960-1969	40	76	8486	-	229	4249	146	7/69	29.10	3.00	58.12	8	6
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1968	47	81	13941	-	737	4470	145	7/79	30.82	1.92	96.14	9	7
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1966	39	65	11297	-	685	3779	122	5/30	30.97	2.00	92.59	8	4
EAS Prasanna (IND)	1962-1969	22	40	7556	-	344	3057	113	6/74	27.05	2.42	66.86	8	8
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1967	24	44	5832	-	231	2548	101	6/38	25.22	2.62	57.74	-	8
RC Motz (NZ)	1961-1969	32	55	7034	-	279	3148	100	6/63	31.48	2.68	70.34	3	5
JA Snow (ENG)	1965-1969	25	47	5977	996.1	215	2724	99	7/49	27.51	2.73	60.37	5	4
AK Davidson (AUS)	1960-1963	17	33	5314	-	182	1933	94	6/53	20.56	2.18	56.53	3	9
CC Griffith (WI)	1960-1969	28	50	5631	-	177	2683	94	6/36	28.54	2.85	59.90	2	5
JB Statham (ENG)	1960-1965	23	42	6061	-	216	2524	93	6/63	27.13	2.49	65.17	2	4
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1963-1968	27	50	6974	-	238	2677	91	7/105	29.41	2.30	76.63	2	6
R Benaud (AUS)	1960-1964	21	42	7907	-	329	2752	83	6/70	33.15	2.08	95.26	4	5
AN Connolly (AUS)	1963-1969	24	46	6316	-	229	2378	81	5/72	29.35	2.25	77.97	6	2
R Illingworth (ENG)	1960-1969	33	56	6829	-	443	2162	79	6/29	27.36	1.89	86.44	5	2
DJ Brown (ENG)	1965-1969	26	46	5098	-	182	2237	79	5/42	28.31	2.63	64.53	1	2
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1960-1968	33	54	7675	-	587	1975	76	6/43	25.98	1.54	100.98	2	4
K Higgs (ENG)	1965-1968	15	27	4112	-	194	1473	71	6/91	20.74	2.14	57.91	6	2
SA Durani (IND)	1960-1966	23	39	5942	990.2	298	2437	71	6/73	34.32	2.46	83.69	2	3
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1969	19	34	5540	-	341	1798	70	7/98	25.68	1.94	79.14	3	4
BR Knight (ENG)	1961-1969	29	54	5377	-	204	2223	70	4/38	31.75	2.48	76.81	4	-
DL Underwood (ENG)	1966-1969	16	27	3923	653.5	294	1128	67	7/32	16.83	1.72	58.55	3	6
TL Goddard (SA)	1960-1967	23	42	5847	-	350	1708	67	6/53	25.49	1.75	87.26	1	3
BR Taylor (NZ)	1965-1969	20	35	3616	-	123	1664	62	5/26	26.83	2.76	58.32	1	2
FJ Cameron (NZ)	1961-1965	19	35	4570	761.4	220	1849	62	5/34	29.82	2.42	73.70	3	3
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1968	16	27	4751	-	222	1942	62	7/157	31.32	2.45	76.62	5	2
ER Dexter (ENG)	1960-1968	55	73	4939	-	168	2186	60	4/10	36.43	2.65	82.31	2	-
RB Simpson (AUS)	1960-1968	46	68	5757	-	226	2352	60	5/57	39.20	2.45	95.95	3	2
JW Gleeson (AUS)	1967-1969	17	32	5099	-	225	1865	57	5/61	32.71	2.19	89.45	2	2
RB Desai (IND)	1960-1968	21	36	3958	-	125	1867	57	6/56	32.75	2.83	69.43	7	1
GAR Lock (ENG)	1961-1968	18	29	5030	838.2	295	1897	51	6/65	37.19	2.26	98.62	4	1
Pervez Sajjad (PAK)	1964-1969	11	21	2892	482.0	163	923	48	7/74	19.22	1.91	60.25	4	3
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1969	14	25	3657	609.3	230	1183	47	8/72	25.17	1.94	77.80	2	2
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1960-1969	25	39	5014	-	189	2143	46	5/91	46.58	2.56	109.00	2	2
JT Partridge (SA)	1963-1965	11	20	3684	-	136	1373	44	7/91	31.20	2.23	83.72	3	3
IJ Jones (ENG)	1964-1968	15	27	3546	-	98	1769	44	6/118	40.20	2.99	80.59	1	1
CG Borde (IND)	1960-1969	45	41	4507	-	201	1831	44	5/88	41.61	2.43	102.43	2	1
RW Barber (ENG)	1960-1968	28	42	3426	-	101	1806	42	4/132	43.00	3.16	81.57	1	-
RF Surti (IND)	1960-1969	26	45	3870	-	115	1962	42	5/74	46.71	3.04	92.14	-	1
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1964-1969	17	28	2612	-	134	962	40	5/48	24.05	2.20	65.30	1	2
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1961-1968	11	19	2676	446.0	118	1233	39	4/59	31.61	2.76	68.61	3	-
JR Reid (NZ)	1961-1965	24	31	3077	512.5	198	1172	38	6/60	30.84	2.28	80.97	1	1
JDF Larter (ENG)	1962-1965	10	20	2172	362.0	87	941	37	5/57	25.43	2.59	58.70	3	2
RO Collinge (NZ)	1965-1969	13	22	2520	420.0	102	1144	37	4/85	30.91	2.72	68.10	2	-
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1969-1969	9	16	2621	436.5	164	854	36	5/34	23.72	1.95	72.80	2	2
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	27	36	3005	-	138	1139	36	4/48	31.63	2.27	83.47	3	-
V Pollard (NZ)	1965-1969	27	43	3891	-	183	1637	36	3/3	45.47	2.52	108.08	-	-
NAT Adcock (SA)	1960-1962	7	13	2070	345.0	107	735	35	6/65	21.00	2.13	59.14	1	2
RS Cunis (NZ)	1964-1969	13	24	2617	-	96	1081	35	4/21	30.88	2.47	74.77	1	-
AA Mallett (AUS)	1968-1969	7	14	2302	-	146	785	34	6/64	23.08	2.04	67.70	-	3
BW Yuile (NZ)	1963-1969	17	26	2897	-	168	1213	34	4/43	35.67	2.51	85.20	1	-
TR Veivers (AUS)	1963-1967	21	31	4191	-	195	1375	33	4/68	41.66	1.96	127.00	1	-
EW Freeman (AUS)	1968-1969	9	18	1781	-	46	871	30	4/52	29.03	2.93	59.36	4	-
KD Mackay (AUS)	1960-1963	16	30	3386	-	143	1126	30	5/121	37.53	1.99	112.86	1	1
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1967	26	38	2457	-	88	1105	29	5/85	38.10	2.69	84.72	-	1
DAJ Holford (WI)	1966-1969	15	22	2934	-	81	1331	29	4/66	45.89	2.72	101.17	1	-
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1962	5	9	1334	222.2	62	512	28	8/53	18.28	2.30	47.64	2	2
DR Hadlee (NZ)	1969-1969	8	15	1304	217.2	54	513	27	4/30	19.00	2.36	48.29	2	-
AH McKinnon (SA)	1960-1967	8	15	2546	424.2	153	925	26	4/128	35.57	2.17	97.92	1	-
PI Philpott (AUS)	1965-1966	8	13	2262	-	67	1000	26	5/90	38.46	2.65	87.00	2	1
JSE Price (ENG)	1964-1965	10	18	1969	328.1	59	1050	26	5/73	40.38	3.19	75.73	-	1
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1966-1969	25	38	3330	555.0	191	1146	25	2/38	45.84	2.06	133.20	-	-
GA Bartlett (NZ)	1961-1968	10	18	1768	294.4	64	792	24	6/38	33.00	2.68	73.66	-	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1960-1968	75	47	2433	-	95	1165	24	3/4	48.54	2.87	101.37	-	-
DA Renneberg (AUS)	1966-1968	8	15	1598	-	42	830	23	5/39	36.08	3.11	69.47	-	2
LJ Coldwell (ENG)	1962-1964	7	12	1668	-	60	610	22	6/85	27.72	2.19	75.81	-	1
S Abid Ali (IND)	1967-1969	12	20	1527	-	47	626	21	6/55	29.80	2.45	72.71	1	1
Mohammad Farooq (PAK)	1960-1965	7	11	1422	237.0	50	682	21	4/70	32.47	2.87	67.71	2	-
FMM Worrell (WI)	1960-1963	19	29	2452	-	112	815	21	4/49	38.80	1.99	116.76	1	-
S Ramadhin (WI)	1960-1961	6	11	1787	-	87	629	20	4/73	31.45	2.11	89.35	1	-
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1960-1969	27	32	1703	-	82	677	20	4/64	33.85	2.38	85.15	1	-
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1960-1962	9	12	2151	358.3	98	891	20	5/129	44.55	2.48	107.55	-	1
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1960-1962	7	9	1740	290.0	70	695	19	6/202	36.57	2.39	91.57	-	2
CD Watson (WI)	1960-1962	7	13	1458	-	47	724	19	4/62	38.10	2.97	76.73	1	-
VB Ranjane (IND)	1961-1964	6	12	1157	192.5	27	614	18	4/72	34.11	3.18	64.27	2	-
RM Edwards (WI)	1968-1969	5	9	1311	163.7	25	626	18	5/84	34.77	2.86	72.83	-	1
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1960-1967	18	23	2392	-	113	1081	18	3/32	60.05	2.71	132.88	-	-
FE Rumsey (ENG)	1964-1965	5	9	1145	190.5	53	461	17	4/25	27.11	2.41	67.35	1	-
RW Blair (NZ)	1963-1964	5	9	1164	194.0	49	484	17	4/85	28.47	2.49	68.47	1	-
HD Bromfield (SA)	1961-1965	9	16	1810	301.4	101	599	17	5/88	35.23	1.98	106.47	-	1
PR Umrigar (IND)	1960-1962	15	19	2340	390.0	150	646	17	5/107	38.00	1.65	137.64	1	1
JW Martin (AUS)	1960-1967	8	16	1846	-	57	832	17	3/56	48.94	2.70	108.58	-	-
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1960-1965	32	23	1226	-	41	583	16	4/41	36.43	2.85	76.62	1	-
FM Misson (AUS)	1960-1961	5	10	1197	-	30	616	16	4/58	38.50	3.08	74.81	1	-
AL Valentine (WI)	1960-1962	7	13	1796	-	81	647	16	4/67	40.43	2.16	112.25	2	-
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1967	3	6	656	109.2	30	263	15	4/32	17.53	2.40	43.73	2	-
SP Gupte (IND)	1960-1961	5	9	1462	243.4	85	500	15	5/90	33.33	2.05	97.46	1	1
D Shackleton (ENG)	1963-1963	4	8	1460	243.2	73	518	15	4/72	34.53	2.12	97.33	1	-
TW Cartwright (ENG)	1964-1965	5	7	1611	268.3	97	544	15	6/94	36.26	2.02	107.40	-	1
A D'Souza (PAK)	1962-1962	5	7	1425	237.3	51	667	15	5/112	44.46	2.80	95.00	1	1
Arif Butt (PAK)	1964-1965	3	6	666	-	26	288	14	6/89	20.57	2.59	47.57	-	1
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1960-1969	21	18	939	156.3	41	382	14	4/80	27.28	2.44	67.07	1	-
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1960-1962	8	10	2019	336.3	108	669	14	5/26	47.78	1.98	144.21	-	1
JN Shepherd (WI)	1969-1969	3	4	827	137.5	44	266	12	5/104	22.16	1.92	68.91	-	1
LC Mayne (AUS)	1965-1969	4	8	648	108.0	21	314	12	4/43	26.16	2.90	54.00	2	-
AE Moss (ENG)	1960-1960	4	7	811	135.1	24	364	12	4/35	30.33	2.69	67.58	1	-
RNS Hobbs (ENG)	1967-1969	6	9	1147	191.1	62	411	12	3/25	34.25	2.14	95.58	-	-

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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 Chennai, 5th Test, Dec 24-28, 1969 [Test # 669]

India v Australia at Eden Gardens, 4th Test, Dec 12-16, 1969 [Test # 668]

India v Australia at Delhi, 3rd Test, Nov 28-Dec 2, 1969 [Test # 667]