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World Cups - Most Wickets in a Series

Based on all matches up to and including
ODI #2581: Australia v Sri Lanka at Bridgetown, ICC World Cup Final, 28 Apr 2007


                            Year   M  Balls  Mdns  Runs  Wkts   Av
GD McGrath           (Aus)  2007  11    485     5   357   26   13.73
M Muralitharan       (SL)   2007  10    508     1   351   23   15.26
SW Tait              (Aus)  2007  11    507     1   467   23   20.30
WPUJC Vaas           (SL)   2003  10    528    14   331   23   14.39
B Lee                (Aus)  2003  10    499     9   394   22   17.90
GB Hogg              (Aus)  2007  11    497     6   332   21   15.80
GD McGrath           (Aus)  2003  11    522    18   310   21   14.76
GI Allott            (NZ)   1999   9    526     7   325   20   16.25
SK Warne             (Aus)  1999  10    566    13   361   20   18.05
RMH Binny            (Ind)  1983   8    528     9   336   18   18.66
Z Khan               (Ind)  2003  11    530     5   374   18   20.77
CJ McDermott         (Aus)  1987   8    438     3   341   18   18.94
GD McGrath           (Aus)  1999  10    574     9   367   18   20.38
SL Malinga           (SL)   2007   8    350     6   284   18   15.77
Wasim Akram          (Pak)  1992  10    538     3   338   18   18.77
SE Bond              (NZ)   2003   8    468    12   305   17   17.94
ALF de Mel           (SL)   1983   6    396    13   265   17   15.58
Imran Khan           (Pak)  1987   7    299     6   222   17   13.05
L Klusener           (SA)   1999   9    455     5   350   17   20.58
S Madan Lal          (Ind)  1983   8    498     8   285   17   16.76
M Muralitharan       (SL)   2003  10    526     7   319   17   18.76
Saqlain Mushtaq      (Pak)  1999  10    502     4   379   17   22.29
AJ Bichel            (Aus)  2003   8    342     7   197   16   12.31
IT Botham            (Eng)  1992  10    534     7   306   16   19.12
NW Bracken           (Aus)  2007  10    430    10   258   16   16.12
AA Donald            (SA)   1999   9    492     7   325   16   20.31
VC Drakes            (WI)   2003   6    311     7   208   16   13.00
CZ Harris            (NZ)   1992   9    433     4   342   16   21.37
Mushtaq Ahmed        (Pak)  1992   9    468     3   311   16   19.43
Shoaib Akhtar        (Pak)  1999  10    485     6   391   16   24.43
J Srinath            (Ind)  2003  11    547     4   369   16   23.06
DL Vettori           (NZ)   2007  10    586     2   447   16   27.93
A Kumble             (Ind)  1996   7    418     3   281   15   18.73
A Nehra              (Ind)  2003   9    415     9   289   15   19.26
Wasim Akram          (Pak)  1999  10    544     6   342   15   22.80

 
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