Bowling Most Wickets Career

Cricket Records in 2005 in Test matches

Most wickets

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
SK Warne (AUS)	2005-2005	15	30	4336	722.4	141	2114	96	6/46	22.02	2.92	45.16	9	6
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2005-2005	14	26	3194	532.2	89	1660	68	5/78	24.41	3.11	46.97	7	1
GD McGrath (AUS)	2005-2005	13	26	3144	524.0	152	1352	62	6/115	21.80	2.58	50.70	5	3
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2005-2005	13	24	2453	408.5	61	1514	58	7/61	26.10	3.70	42.29	2	3
M Muralidaran (ICC/SL)	2005-2005	8	15	2049	341.3	69	963	52	8/46	18.51	2.81	39.40	0	4
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2005-2005	9	18	2863	477.1	88	1568	49	7/188	32.00	3.28	58.42	2	4
B Lee (AUS)	2005-2005	11	22	2496	416.0	73	1586	49	5/30	32.36	3.81	50.93	3	2
M Ntini (SA)	2005-2005	10	18	2269	378.1	78	1168	47	7/37	24.85	3.08	48.27	2	3
SJ Harmison (ENG/ICC)	2005-2005	14	27	2839	473.1	69	1604	46	5/38	34.86	3.38	61.71	0	2
A Kumble (IND)	2005-2005	8	15	2476	412.4	99	1203	41	7/63	29.34	2.91	60.39	2	3
A Nel (SA)	2005-2005	7	13	1714	285.4	66	746	36	6/32	20.72	2.61	47.61	2	2
IK Pathan (IND)	2005-2005	8	15	1477	246.1	49	829	34	7/59	24.38	3.36	43.44	1	3
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2005-2005	8	13	1456	242.4	69	628	32	6/22	19.62	2.58	45.50	2	2
SP Jones (ENG)	2005-2005	8	16	1194	199.0	36	691	31	6/53	22.29	3.47	38.51	1	2
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2005-2005	7	13	1676	279.2	57	830	30	7/62	27.66	2.97	55.86	1	2
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2005-2005	7	13	1180	196.4	34	766	27	6/119	28.37	3.89	43.70	3	1
DBL Powell (WI)	2005-2005	11	21	2203	367.1	63	1298	27	5/25	48.07	3.53	81.59	0	1
SCG MacGill (AUS)	2005-2005	5	10	1009	168.1	33	510	26	5/43	19.61	3.03	38.80	1	2
SL Malinga (SL)	2005-2005	7	13	1282	213.4	31	812	26	5/80	31.23	3.80	49.30	2	1
CD Collymore (WI)	2005-2005	5	9	1080	180.0	34	526	23	7/78	22.86	2.92	46.95	2	1
SM Pollock (SA)	2005-2005	7	13	1674	279.0	76	700	23	4/65	30.43	2.50	72.78	1	0
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	2005-2005	6	11	1299	216.3	48	659	20	5/106	32.95	3.04	64.95	1	1
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	2005-2005	11	20	1504	250.4	62	787	20	4/13	39.35	3.13	75.20	2	0
CS Martin (NZ)	2005-2005	7	13	1278	213.0	49	760	19	6/54	40.00	3.56	67.26	1	1
AF Giles (ENG)	2005-2005	10	17	1879	313.1	34	1082	19	3/78	56.94	3.45	98.89	0	0
Shabbir Ahmed (PAK)	2005-2005	3	6	669	111.3	21	334	18	4/54	18.55	2.99	37.16	3	0
Enamul Haque jnr (BAN)	2005-2005	4	6	1034	172.2	41	476	18	7/95	26.44	2.76	57.44	0	3
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2005-2005	6	11	998	166.2	26	528	18	4/95	29.33	3.17	55.44	1	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2005-2005	7	12	1328	221.2	50	586	18	5/91	32.55	2.64	73.77	1	1
Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)	2005-2005	4	7	802	133.4	20	487	17	5/71	28.64	3.64	47.17	0	1
Mohammad Sami (PAK)	2005-2005	6	12	1362	227.0	36	765	17	3/82	45.00	3.37	80.11	0	0
M Zondeki (SA)	2005-2005	4	7	663	110.3	21	413	16	6/39	25.81	3.73	41.43	1	1
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2005-2005	5	9	997	166.1	27	574	15	3/58	38.26	3.45	66.46	0	0
L Balaji (IND)	2005-2005	3	6	718	119.4	19	452	14	5/76	32.28	3.77	51.28	1	1
HH Streak (ZIM)	2005-2005	6	6	820	136.4	25	507	14	6/73	36.21	3.70	58.57	1	1
FH Edwards (WI)	2005-2005	5	9	848	141.2	14	569	14	5/38	40.64	4.02	60.57	0	1
N Boje (SA)	2005-2005	10	17	1810	301.4	60	932	14	4/71	66.57	3.08	129.28	2	0
SE Bond (NZ)	2005-2005	2	4	282	47.0	14	120	13	6/51	9.23	2.55	21.69	1	1
Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)	2005-2005	4	6	850	141.4	38	422	13	3/51	32.46	2.97	65.38	0	0
CK Langeveldt (SA)	2005-2005	5	8	771	128.3	22	433	13	5/46	33.30	3.36	59.30	0	1
AG Cremer (ZIM)	2005-2005	6	7	870	145.0	16	595	13	3/86	45.76	4.10	66.92	0	0
JJC Lawson (WI)	2005-2005	3	6	513	85.3	5	355	12	4/43	29.58	4.15	42.75	2	0
NB Mahwire (ZIM)	2005-2005	4	5	622	103.4	15	423	12	4/92	35.25	4.08	51.83	1	0
DJ Bravo (WI)	2005-2005	5	8	966	161.0	27	520	12	6/84	43.33	3.22	80.50	0	1
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	2005-2005	5	10	902	150.2	26	569	12	3/42	47.41	3.78	75.16	0	0
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2005-2005	6	8	1426	237.4	61	684	12	5/65	57.00	2.87	118.83	0	2
Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK)	2005-2005	6	11	1074	179.0	24	702	12	3/30	58.50	3.92	89.50	0	0
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2005-2005	5	10	635	105.5	19	334	11	4/38	30.36	3.15	57.72	1	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2005-2005	7	14	1208	201.2	36	706	11	3/38	64.18	3.50	109.81	0	0
CRD Fernando (SL)	2005-2005	4	6	486	81.0	16	300	10	5/60	30.00	3.70	48.60	0	1
NJ Astle (NZ)	2005-2005	7	9	655	109.1	29	304	10	3/27	30.40	2.78	65.50	0	0
Z Khan (IND)	2005-2005	3	6	570	95.0	13	347	10	4/58	34.70	3.65	57.00	1	0
TL Best (WI)	2005-2005	4	8	633	105.3	12	471	10	4/46	47.10	4.46	63.30	1	0
DT Hondo (ZIM)	2005-2005	2	4	522	87.0	20	227	9	6/59	25.22	2.60	58.00	0	1
HMCM Bandara (SL)	2005-2005	3	5	552	92.0	14	296	9	3/84	32.88	3.21	61.33	0	0
RD King (WI)	2005-2005	5	9	957	159.3	23	511	9	3/48	56.77	3.20	106.33	0	0
CB Mpofu (ZIM)	2005-2005	6	8	830	138.2	22	556	8	4/109	69.50	4.01	103.75	1	0
E Chigumbura (ZIM)	2005-2005	4	6	631	105.1	18	346	7	5/54	49.42	3.29	90.14	0	1
A Symonds (AUS)	2005-2005	4	7	360	60.0	18	141	6	3/50	23.50	2.35	60.00	0	0
NW Bracken (AUS)	2005-2005	2	4	342	57.0	15	154	6	4/48	25.66	2.70	57.00	1	0
PT Collins (WI)	2005-2005	2	4	450	75.0	20	188	6	3/39	31.33	2.50	75.00	0	0
Syed Rasel (BAN)	2005-2005	2	2	245	40.5	4	196	6	4/129	32.66	4.80	40.83	1	0
Shahadat Hossain (BAN)	2005-2005	3	3	312	52.0	3	284	6	4/108	47.33	5.46	52.00	1	0
OAC Banks (WI)	2005-2005	2	4	330	55.0	9	188	5	2/47	37.60	3.41	66.00	0	0
SW Tait (AUS)	2005-2005	2	4	288	48.0	5	210	5	3/97	42.00	4.37	57.60	0	0
KM Dabengwa (ZIM)	2005-2005	3	3	438	73.0	10	249	5	3/127	49.80	3.41	87.60	0	0
Tapash Baisya (BAN)	2005-2005	3	5	500	83.2	22	304	5	2/20	60.80	3.64	100.00	0	0
T Panyangara (ZIM)	2005-2005	1	2	228	38.0	15	65	4	3/28	16.25	1.71	57.00	0	0
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2005-2005	4	6	360	60.0	6	213	4	3/58	53.25	3.55	90.00	0	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2005-2005	6	6	330	55.0	16	144	3	2/41	48.00	2.61	110.00	0	0
AB Agarkar (IND)	2005-2005	3	5	354	59.0	16	150	3	2/45	50.00	2.54	118.00	0	0
MF Maharoof (SL)	2005-2005	2	3	366	61.0	21	173	3	2/52	57.66	2.83	122.00	0	0
SD Udal (ENG)	2005-2005	3	5	444	74.0	8	277	3	1/31	92.33	3.74	148.00	0	0
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2005-2005	12	10	582	97.0	10	345	3	2/145	115.00	3.55	194.00	0	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2005-2005	12	4	72	12.0	2	31	2	1/8	15.50	2.58	36.00	0	0
ML Nkala (ZIM)	2005-2005	1	1	156	26.0	10	50	2	2/50	25.00	1.92	78.00	0	0
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2005	11	2	168	28.0	6	65	2	2/49	32.50	2.32	84.00	0	0
G Wijekoon (SL)	2005-2005	2	3	114	19.0	4	66	2	2/49	33.00	3.47	57.00	0	0
DR Smith (WI)	2005-2005	2	4	141	23.3	4	76	2	1/5	38.00	3.23	70.50	0	0
Arshad Khan (PAK)	2005-2005	1	2	252	42.0	11	108	2	2/21	54.00	2.57	126.00	0	0
WW Hinds (WI)	2005-2005	7	8	312	52.0	14	117	2	1/9	58.50	2.25	156.00	0	0
DW Steyn (SA)	2005-2005	1	2	180	30.0	7	122	2	2/75	61.00	4.06	90.00	0	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2005	3	4	186	31.0	5	123	2	1/25	61.50	3.96	93.00	0	0
LE Plunkett (ENG)	2005-2005	1	1	170	28.2	1	125	2	2/125	62.50	4.41	85.00	0	0
Aftab Ahmed (BAN)	2005-2005	6	3	144	24.0	3	134	2	1/33	67.00	5.58	72.00	0	0
KD Mills (NZ)	2005-2005	2	3	324	54.0	16	143	2	2/34	71.50	2.64	162.00	0	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2005-2005	1	2	204	34.0	4	149	2	2/117	74.50	4.38	102.00	0	0
N Deonarine (WI)	2005-2005	4	6	341	56.5	17	151	2	1/5	75.50	2.65	170.50	0	0
IE O'Brien (NZ)	2005-2005	2	3	258	43.0	7	197	2	1/73	98.50	4.58	129.00	0	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	2005-2005	2	3	408	68.0	10	232	2	1/12	116.00	3.41	204.00	0	0
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	2005-2005	3	5	603	100.3	21	292	2	1/64	146.00	2.90	301.50	0	0
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2005-2005	4	5	371	61.5	3	300	2	1/80	150.00	4.85	185.50	0	0
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	2005-2005	11	1	8	1.2	0	6	1	1/6	6.00	4.50	8.00	0	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2005-2005	15	2	60	10.0	3	19	1	1/9	19.00	1.90	60.00	0	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2005-2005	8	2	18	3.0	0	25	1	1/24	25.00	8.33	18.00	0	0
H Masakadza (ZIM)	2005-2005	8	2	102	17.0	4	27	1	1/16	27.00	1.58	102.00	0	0
GJ Batty (ENG)	2005-2005	2	1	90	15.0	2	44	1	1/44	44.00	2.93	90.00	0	0
SM Katich (AUS)	2005-2005	10	2	72	12.0	1	50	1	1/36	50.00	4.16	72.00	0	0
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2005-2005	6	4	102	17.0	2	54	1	1/22	54.00	3.17	102.00	0	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2005-2005	10	4	96	16.0	3	62	1	1/33	62.00	3.87	96.00	0	0

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Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2005 [Test # 1779]

India v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2005 [Test # 1778]

Australia v South Africa at Perth, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2005 [Test # 1777]