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2021 Cricket Statistics

Leading wicket taker in Test in 2021

Bowlers Wkts Mat Overs Maiden Runs BB Avg Eco SR
Ravichandran Ashwin 54 9 350.1 79 788 6-61 14.59 2.25 38.91
Shaheen Shah Afridi 47 9 264.5 76 706 6-51 15.02 2.67 33.81
Hasan Ali 41 8 194.3 41 617 5-27 15.05 3.17 28.46
James Anderson 39 12 334.3 122 702 6-40 18.00 2.10 51.46
Ollie Robinson 37 8 291.4 85 762 5-65 20.59 2.61 47.30
Axar Patel 36 5 201.5 50 427 6-38 11.86 2.12 33.64
Lasith Embuldeniya 32 6 316.1 78 871 7-137 27.22 2.75 59.28
Mohammed Siraj 31 10 266.5 60 854 5-73 27.55 3.20 51.65
Taijul Islam 30 6 345.3 78 915 7-116 30.50 2.65 69.10
Jasprit Bumrah 30 9 240.0 58 606 5-64 20.20 2.53 48.00
Jack Leach 30 8 257.5 34 886 5-122 29.53 3.44 51.57
Kyle Jamieson 27 5 153.2 56 394 6-48 14.59 2.57 34.07
Kemar Roach 27 8 197.4 46 545 4-52 20.19 2.76 43.93
Ramesh Mendis 26 4 192.2 30 560 6-70 21.54 2.91 44.38
Anrich Nortje 25 5 129.0 24 427 6-56 17.08 3.31 30.96
Mehidy Hasan Miraz 25 7 318.1 64 881 5-82 35.24 2.77 76.36
Kagiso Rabada 23 5 143.0 39 344 5-34 14.96 2.41 37.30
Mohammed Shami 23 5 155.5 35 486 5-44 21.13 3.12 40.65
Tim Southee 22 5 155.5 34 397 6-43 18.05 2.55 42.50
Lungi Ngidi 22 5 96.5 22 278 6-71 12.64 2.87 26.41
Jason Holder 22 8 163.4 39 373 5-27 16.95 2.28 44.64
Pat Cummins 21 4 146.5 42 375 5-38 17.86 2.55 41.95
Ajaz Patel 21 3 143.0 33 434 10-119 20.67 3.03 40.86
Rahkeem Cornwall 21 6 222.0 31 657 5-74 31.29 2.96 63.43
Mark Wood 19 7 174.3 27 579 3-51 30.47 3.32 55.11
Keshav Maharaj 19 5 163.4 33 416 5-36 21.89 2.54 51.68
Noman Ali 19 7 122.3 33 303 5-35 15.95 2.47 38.68
Blessing Muzarabani 19 5 118.1 26 336 4-48 17.68 2.84 37.32
Jomel Warrican 19 5 141.5 23 416 4-50 21.89 2.93 44.79
Praveen Jayawickrama 18 3 122.5 29 305 6-92 16.94 2.48 40.94
Sajid Khan 18 4 100.4 24 279 8-42 15.50 2.77 33.56
Nathan Lyon 17 5 220.1 68 504 4-91 29.65 2.29 77.71
Suranga Lakmal 17 7 127.0 40 345 5-47 20.29 2.72 44.82
Dom Bess 17 4 93.1 13 305 5-30 17.94 3.27 32.88
Mitchell Starc 17 5 142.1 37 424 4-37 24.94 2.98 50.18
Shardul Thakur 16 4 103.0 16 360 4-61 22.50 3.50 38.63
Ravindra Jadeja 16 7 165.2 45 353 4-40 22.06 2.14 62.00
Trent Boult 16 3 114.5 23 330 4-85 20.63 2.87 43.06
Jayden Seales 16 4 97.4 23 309 5-55 19.31 3.16 36.63
Joe Root 14 13 62.1 11 191 5-8 13.64 3.07 26.64
Moeen Ali 14 4 145.0 13 521 4-98 37.21 3.59 62.14
Vishwa Fernando 14 5 121.4 19 393 5-101 28.07 3.23 52.14
Ishant Sharma 14 8 103.0 26 254 3-48 18.14 2.47 44.14
Josh Hazlewood 13 3 120.4 43 287 5-57 22.08 2.38 55.69
Kyle Mayers 13 10 86.0 31 195 3-24 15.00 2.27 39.69
Taskin Ahmed 13 3 116.2 27 393 4-82 30.23 3.38 53.69
Stuart Broad 12 7 89.1 23 233 4-48 19.42 2.61 44.58
Shannon Gabriel 11 6 110.0 16 347 3-70 31.55 3.15 60.00
Rashid Khan 11 1 99.2 20 275 7-137 25.00 2.77 54.18
Neil Wagner 10 3 101.0 24 280 3-18 28.00 2.77 60.60
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