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Tests - 50 Wickets in a Calendar Year

Based on all matches up to and including
Test #1921: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, Pakistan in Sri Lanka 1st Test, 4 Jul 2009


See footnote below regarding matches which started in one year and finished in another

                            Year   M  Balls  Mdns  Runs  Wkts   Av
SK Warne             (Aus)  2005  15   4336   141  2114   96   22.02
M Muralitharan       (SL)   2006  11   3532   137  1521   90   16.89
DK Lillee            (Aus)  1981  13   3710   147  1781   85   20.95
AA Donald            (SA)   1998  14   3232   135  1571   80   19.63
M Muralitharan       (SL)   2001  12   4688   216  1699   80   21.23
J Garner             (WI)   1984  15   3626   148  1629   79   20.62
N Kapil Dev          (Ind)  1983  18   3469   112  1739   75   23.18
M Muralitharan       (SL)   2000  10   3740   147  1463   75   19.50
N Kapil Dev          (Ind)  1979  17   3553   141  1699   74   22.95
A Kumble             (Ind)  2004  12   3680   127  1838   74   24.83
DW Steyn             (SA)   2008  13   2653    85  1481   74   20.01
MD Marshall          (WI)   1984  13   3251   119  1471   73   20.15
SK Warne             (Aus)  1993  16   5054   316  1697   72   23.56
GD McKenzie          (Aus)  1964  14   4106   119  1737   71   24.46
SK Warne             (Aus)  2004  12   3472   123  1685   70   24.07
SK Warne             (Aus)  1994  10   3774   217  1274   70   18.20
SM Pollock           (SA)   1998  14   3592   165  1411   69   20.44
A Flintoff           (Eng)  2005  14   3194    89  1660   68   24.41
GD McGrath           (Aus)  2001  14   3508   196  1473   68   21.66
M Muralitharan       (SL)   1998   8   3302   162  1256   68   18.47
SK Warne             (Aus)  1997  15   4091   194  1661   68   24.42
SJ Harmison          (Eng)  2004  13   3161   115  1603   67   23.92
GD McGrath           (Aus)  1999  14   3364   167  1425   67   21.26
SK Warne             (Aus)  2002  10   2874   109  1310   67   19.55
IT Botham            (Eng)  1978  12   2877    95  1201   66   18.19
CA Walsh             (WI)   2000  14   3501   184  1234   66   18.69
RJ Hadlee            (NZ)   1985  10   2588   104  1116   64   17.43
Harbhajan Singh      (Ind)  2008  13   4230   105  1987   63   31.53
Harbhajan Singh      (Ind)  2002  13   3567   132  1463   63   23.22
MG Johnson           (Aus)  2008  14   3510   107  1828   63   29.01
GD McGrath           (Aus)  1997  13   3113   151  1347   63   21.38
IT Botham            (Eng)  1981  13   3338   136  1584   62   25.54
Imran Khan           (Pak)  1982   9   2359   112   824   62   13.29
GD McGrath           (Aus)  2005  13   3144   152  1352   62   21.80
CA Walsh             (WI)   1995  12   3051   111  1349   62   21.75
SF Barnes            (Eng)  1912   9   2201    99   863   61   14.14
Harbhajan Singh      (Ind)  2001  12   3424   133  1557   60   25.95
MD Marshall          (WI)   1988  10   2477    82  1072   60   17.86
M Ntini              (SA)   2003  12   2814   106  1566   59   26.54
ARC Fraser           (Eng)  1998  14   2909   116  1327   58   22.87
MJ Hoggard           (Eng)  2005  13   2453    61  1514   58   26.10
M Ntini              (SA)   2006  10   2153    61  1253   58   21.60
WPUJC Vaas           (SL)   2001  12   2935   124  1323   58   22.81
SK Warne             (Aus)  2001  13   3501   113  1809   58   31.18
MG Hughes            (Aus)  1993  12   3033   127  1448   57   25.40
A Kumble             (Ind)  2006  12   3798   130  1910   57   33.50
B Lee                (Aus)  2008  14   3481   105  1884   57   33.05
SCG MacGill          (Aus)  2003  11   3148   107  1687   57   29.59
FS Trueman           (Eng)  1963  10   2607    89   999   57   17.52
RGD Willis           (Eng)  1978  14   2977    94  1067   57   18.71
CJ McDermott         (Aus)  1991   9   2416    82  1188   56   21.21
JN Gillespie         (Aus)  2004  14   3087   129  1369   55   24.89
AA Mailey            (Aus)  1921   9   2849    64  1567   55   28.49
M Muralitharan       (SL)   2002   8   2836   139   979   55   17.80
SM Pollock           (SA)   2001  13   3126   166  1176   55   21.38
Waqar Younis         (Pak)  1993   7   1626    59   838   55   15.23
TM Alderman          (Aus)  1981  10   2672   105  1222   54   22.62
R Benaud             (Aus)  1959   8   3184   177  1007   54   18.64
A Kumble             (Ind)  1999  10   3491   158  1461   54   27.05
MD Marshall          (WI)   1983  11   2371    99  1116   54   20.66
M Ntini              (SA)   2008  15   2827   102  1537   54   28.46
DL Vettori           (NZ)   2008  14   3543   155  1411   54   26.12
J Garner             (WI)   1980  12   2726   139   880   53   16.60
MA Holding           (WI)   1976  11   2433    98  1080   53   20.37
H Trumble            (Aus)  1902   8   2640   140   974   53   18.37
BS Chandrasekhar     (Ind)  1976  11   3139   108  1458   52   28.03
GD McGrath           (Aus)  1995  10   2319    92  1138   52   21.88
M Muralitharan       ICC-X  2005   8   2049    69   963   52   18.51
SK Warne             (Aus)  1995  12   3051   156  1254   52   24.11
RGD Willis           (Eng)  1982  13   2428    72  1236   52   23.76
MJ Hoggard           (Eng)  2006  14   3131   117  1560   51   30.58
Z Khan               (Ind)  2002  15   2875   108  1479   51   29.00
MH Mankad            (Ind)  1952   9   3302   205  1106   51   21.68
MA Noble             (Aus)  1902  12   2208   100   989   51   19.39
Saqlain Mushtaq      (Pak)  2002  11   2649    82  1248   51   24.47
TM Alderman          (Aus)  1989  10   2592   118  1067   50   21.34
RGD Willis           (Eng)  1977  11   2146    58  1049   50   20.98

Note: Matches are included above based on the year of their start date,
      regardless of when the wickets were actually taken.

 
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