ODIs - Most Wickets in a Calendar Year

Based on all matches up to and including
ODI #2839: South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Australia in South Africa 3rd ODI, 9 Apr 2009

                            Year   M  Balls  Mdns  Runs  Wkts   Av
Saqlain Mushtaq      (Pak)  1997  36   1886    17  1293   69   18.73
Saqlain Mushtaq      (Pak)  1996  33   1734    12  1269   65   19.52
SK Warne             (Aus)  1999  37   1975    27  1443   62   23.27
Abdul Razzaq         (Pak)  2000  38   1889    22  1370   61   22.45
A Kumble             (Ind)  1996  32   1825    16  1235   61   20.24
SM Pollock           (SA)   2000  38   1989    28  1319   61   21.62
Waqar Younis         (Pak)  1996  35   1721    17  1348   60   22.46
AB Agarkar           (Ind)  1998  30   1613    13  1378   58   23.75
M Muralitharan       (SL)   2001  33   1851    29  1019   56   18.19
SM Pollock           (SA)   2002  38   1997    33  1274   54   23.59
GD McGrath           (Aus)  1999  27   1450    20   983   52   18.90
Waqar Younis         (Pak)  2002  36   1699    24  1424   52   27.38
AA Donald            (SA)   1996  20   1102     5   787   51   15.43
B Lee                (Aus)  2005  26   1355    23  1017   51   19.94
M Ntini              (SA)   2002  31   1676    32  1196   50   23.92
SK Warne             (Aus)  1994  29   1640    13  1045   50   20.90
Mashrafe Mortaza     (Ban)  2006  27   1426    26  1003   49   20.46
BAW Mendis           (SL)   2008  18    813    13   486   48   10.12
IK Pathan            (Ind)  2004  28   1491    11  1240   47   26.38
Waqar Younis         (Pak)  1990  19    948    12   594   47   12.63
Azhar Mahmood        (Pak)  1999  27   1380    20   866   46   18.82
NW Bracken           (Aus)  2006  23   1168    19   866   46   18.82
JH Kallis            (SA)   2000  39   1703    18  1356   46   29.47
B Lee                (Aus)  2003  24   1232    23   926   46   20.13
M Muralitharan       (SL)   2003  24   1310    24   731   46   15.89
BKV Prasad           (Ind)  1999  35   1749    27  1229   46   26.71
C Pringle            (NZ)   1994  26   1357    12  1041   46   22.63
Abdur Razzak         (Ban)  2006  26   1386    19   808   45   17.95
AA Donald            (SA)   2002  25   1287    14   958   45   21.28
Naved-ul-Hasan       (Pak)  2005  22   1129     6   969   45   21.53
M Ntini              (SA)   2003  23   1169    16   816   45   18.13
BKV Prasad           (Ind)  1996  30   1642    11  1298   45   28.84
Wasim Akram          (Pak)  1993  26   1372    13   850   45   18.88
B Lee                (Aus)  2006  26   1390    15  1095   44   24.88
Wasim Akram          (Pak)  2002  27   1358    18   968   44   22.00
JE Emburey           (Eng)  1987  31   1741    15  1215   43   28.25
GD McGrath           (Aus)  2002  26   1342    42   784   43   18.23
DL Vettori           (NZ)   2007  31   1620    11  1123   43   26.11
Wasim Akram          (Pak)  1992  27   1461    18   930   43   21.62
DW Fleming           (Aus)  1999  26   1357    20   952   42   22.66
JH Kallis            (SA)   2002  33   1508     8  1190   42   28.33
HH Streak            (Zim)  2001  31   1515    22  1148   42   27.33
WPUJC Vaas           (SL)   2001  29   1394    30   930   42   22.14
Waqar Younis         (Pak)  1994  24   1303    13   974   42   23.19
JM Anderson          (Eng)  2003  24   1214    24   924   41   22.53
L Klusener           (SA)   1999  27   1163     9   855   41   20.85
B Lee                (Aus)  2002  20    994    13   775   41   18.90
Waqar Younis         (Pak)  2001  21   1000     8   821   41   20.02
Z Khan               (Ind)  2007  33   1700    22  1396   40   34.90
Mohammad Sami        (Pak)  2003  22   1065    11   769   40   19.22

 
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