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Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
🥇 1	HJ Tayfield	HJ Tayfield (SA)	1950-1958	30	52	11875	-	526	3686	153	9/113	24.09	1.86	77.61	4	14	2
🥈 2	AV Bedser	AV Bedser (ENG)	1950-1955	28	51	8370	-	343	2917	147	7/44	19.84	2.09	56.93	3	13	3
🥉 3	Fazal Mahmood	Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1959	26	43	7815	1302.3	452	2765	125	7/42	22.12	2.12	62.52	6	12	4
4	SP Gupte	SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1959	31	52	9822	1637.0	523	3903	134	9/102	29.12	2.38	73.29	7	11	1
4	R Benaud	R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1959	42	74	11201	-	476	3952	165	7/72	23.95	2.11	67.88	12	11	1
6	S Ramadhin	S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1959	37	65	12152	-	726	3950	138	7/49	28.62	1.95	88.05	5	10	1
7	GAR Lock	GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1959	31	59	8117	-	524	2554	123	7/35	20.76	1.88	65.99	7	8	3
7	JC Laker	JC Laker (ENG)	1950-1959	38	72	9783	-	578	2992	162	10/53	18.46	1.83	60.38	11	8	3
7	AL Valentine	AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1958	29	50	11157	-	708	3568	123	8/104	29.00	1.91	90.70	5	8	2
10	RR Lindwall	RR Lindwall (AUS)	1950-1959	42	77	9470	-	286	3687	152	7/43	24.25	2.33	62.30	6	7	-
10	MH Mankad	MH Mankad (IND)	1951-1959	31	52	10820	1803.2	664	3570	122	8/52	29.26	1.97	88.68	9	7	2
12	FS Trueman	FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1959	31	60	6200	-	232	2685	128	8/31	20.97	2.59	48.43	9	5	-
12	AK Davidson	AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1959	27	49	6273	-	249	1886	92	7/93	20.50	1.80	68.18	3	5	1
12	JH Wardle	JH Wardle (ENG)	1950-1957	27	51	6579	-	403	2071	102	7/36	20.30	1.88	64.50	7	5	1
12	KR Miller	KR Miller (AUS)	1950-1956	37	64	7609	-	256	2878	122	6/107	23.59	2.26	62.36	7	5	1
12	WA Johnston	WA Johnston (AUS)	1950-1955	29	53	7935	-	243	2826	106	6/62	26.66	2.13	74.85	4	5	-
12	JB Statham	JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1959	47	87	9995	-	379	3737	159	7/39	23.50	2.24	62.86	7	5	-
18	Khan Mohammad	Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1958	13	22	3157	526.1	153	1292	54	6/21	23.92	2.45	58.46	4	4	-
18	FH Tyson	FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	17	29	3452	-	97	1411	76	7/27	18.56	2.45	45.42	3	4	1
18	PS Heine	PS Heine (SA)	1955-1958	13	25	3674	-	99	1332	56	6/58	23.78	2.17	65.60	2	4	-
18	R Tattersall	R Tattersall (ENG)	1951-1954	16	29	4228	-	212	1513	58	7/52	26.08	2.14	72.89	1	4	1
18	Ghulam Ahmed	Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1952-1959	19	31	4874	812.2	239	1691	60	7/49	28.18	2.08	81.23	2	4	1
23	WW Hall	WW Hall (WI)	1958-1959	8	16	1935	322.3	83	817	46	6/50	17.76	2.53	42.06	3	3	1
23	NAT Adcock	NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1958	19	33	4321	-	111	1460	69	6/43	21.15	2.02	62.62	4	3	-
23	DS Atkinson	DS Atkinson (WI)	1951-1958	18	31	4637	-	294	1423	42	7/53	33.88	1.84	110.40	-	3	-
23	TE Bailey	TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	57	88	8764	-	357	3257	116	7/34	28.07	2.22	75.55	5	3	1
27	Zulfiqar Ahmed	Zulfiqar Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1956	9	10	1285	214.1	78	366	20	6/42	18.30	1.70	64.25	1	2	1
27	JM Patel	JM Patel (IND)	1955-1959	5	8	1305	217.3	79	434	24	9/69	18.08	1.99	54.37	-	2	1
27	GWA Chubb	GWA Chubb (SA)	1951-1951	5	8	1425	237.3	63	577	21	6/51	27.47	2.42	67.85	1	2	-
27	AMB Rowan	AMB Rowan (SA)	1951-1951	5	8	1449	241.3	48	619	18	5/68	34.38	2.56	80.50	-	2	-
27	DVP Wright	DVP Wright (ENG)	1950-1951	8	11	1490	-	29	820	23	5/48	35.65	3.30	64.78	1	2	-
27	MG Melle	MG Melle (SA)	1950-1953	7	12	1667	-	20	851	26	6/71	32.73	3.06	64.11	1	2	-
27	Surendranath	Surendranath (IND)	1958-1959	9	13	1972	328.4	111	802	20	5/75	40.10	2.44	98.60	-	2	-
27	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1958-1959	10	17	2014	335.4	91	878	34	6/67	25.82	2.61	59.23	1	2	-
27	DT Ring	DT Ring (AUS)	1951-1953	11	20	2528	-	47	1141	28	6/72	40.75	2.70	90.28	-	2	-
27	I Meckiff	I Meckiff (AUS)	1957-1959	12	23	2608	-	75	912	33	6/38	27.63	2.09	79.03	-	2	-
27	AM Moir	AM Moir (NZ)	1951-1959	17	19	2650	441.4	82	1418	28	6/155	50.64	3.21	94.64	1	2	-
27	FMM Worrell	FMM Worrell (WI)	1950-1957	29	48	4269	-	152	1701	47	7/70	36.19	2.39	90.82	1	2	-
27	DG Phadkar	DG Phadkar (IND)	1951-1959	23	38	4683	780.3	242	1620	40	5/64	40.50	2.07	117.07	-	2	-
27	TL Goddard	TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1958	15	27	5130	-	298	1315	47	5/31	27.97	1.53	109.14	1	2	-
27	IWG Johnson	IWG Johnson (AUS)	1950-1956	30	49	5394	-	202	1945	68	7/44	28.60	2.16	79.32	2	2	-
42	J Trim	J Trim (WI)	1951-1952	1	2	176	22.0	5	59	5	5/34	11.80	2.01	35.20	-	1	-
42	ESM Kentish	ESM Kentish (WI)	1954-1954	1	2	258	43.0	16	72	5	5/49	14.40	1.67	51.60	-	1	-
42	R Berry	R Berry (ENG)	1950-1950	2	4	653	108.5	47	228	9	5/63	25.33	2.09	72.55	1	1	-
42	JO Taylor	JO Taylor (WI)	1958-1959	3	5	672	112.0	33	273	10	5/109	27.30	2.43	67.20	-	1	-
42	WE Hollies	WE Hollies (ENG)	1950-1950	2	4	714	119.0	38	268	10	5/63	26.80	2.25	71.40	-	1	-
42	T Greenhough	T Greenhough (ENG)	1959-1959	3	6	835	139.1	47	255	14	5/35	18.21	1.83	59.64	-	1	-
42	GO Rabone	GO Rabone (NZ)	1952-1955	8	9	863	-	26	308	12	6/68	25.66	2.14	71.91	-	1	-
42	DEJ Ironside	DEJ Ironside (SA)	1953-1954	3	5	986	123.2	41	275	15	5/51	18.33	1.67	65.73	1	1	-
42	RO Jenkins	RO Jenkins (ENG)	1950-1952	4	8	1055	175.5	30	603	16	5/116	37.68	3.42	65.93	2	1	-
42	JB Iverson	JB Iverson (AUS)	1950-1951	5	8	1108	138.4	29	320	21	6/27	15.23	1.73	52.76	2	1	-
42	MJ Hilton	MJ Hilton (ENG)	1950-1952	4	6	1244	207.2	65	477	14	5/61	34.07	2.30	88.85	1	1	-
42	SG Shinde	SG Shinde (IND)	1951-1952	5	8	1281	213.3	57	583	11	6/91	53.00	2.73	116.45	-	1	-
42	TB Burtt	TB Burtt (NZ)	1951-1953	5	7	1336	222.4	68	547	16	5/69	34.18	2.45	83.50	-	1	-
42	R Appleyard	R Appleyard (ENG)	1954-1956	9	17	1596	-	70	554	31	5/51	17.87	2.08	51.48	1	1	-
42	ES Atkinson	ES Atkinson (WI)	1958-1959	8	15	1634	272.2	77	589	25	5/42	23.56	2.16	65.36	1	1	-
42	RB Desai	RB Desai (IND)	1959-1959	7	9	1639	273.1	53	894	17	5/89	52.58	3.27	96.41	1	1	-
42	DT Dewdney	DT Dewdney (WI)	1955-1958	9	16	1641	273.3	65	807	21	5/21	38.42	2.95	78.14	1	1	-
42	LR Gibbs	LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1959	8	15	1746	291.0	92	633	25	5/80	25.32	2.17	69.84	1	1	-
42	LF Kline	LF Kline (AUS)	1957-1959	10	16	1773	-	89	519	29	7/75	17.89	1.75	61.13	2	1	-
42	ERH Fuller	ERH Fuller (SA)	1953-1958	7	12	1898	-	61	668	22	5/66	30.36	2.11	86.27	-	1	-
42	FR Brown	FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1953	14	19	2140	-	69	901	32	5/49	28.15	2.52	66.87	3	1	-
42	PR Umrigar	PR Umrigar (IND)	1951-1959	43	30	2295	382.3	110	776	18	6/74	43.11	2.02	127.50	2	1	-
42	KD Mackay	KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1959	21	23	2406	-	124	595	20	6/42	29.75	1.48	120.30	-	1	-
42	PJ Loader	PJ Loader (ENG)	1954-1959	13	26	2662	-	115	878	39	6/36	22.51	1.97	68.25	2	1	-
42	FM King	FM King (WI)	1953-1956	14	23	2869	478.1	140	1159	29	5/74	39.96	2.42	98.93	-	1	-
42	R Gilchrist	R Gilchrist (WI)	1957-1959	13	23	3227	537.5	124	1521	57	6/55	26.68	2.82	56.61	5	1	-
42	RG Archer	RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	19	35	3576	-	160	1318	48	5/53	27.45	2.21	74.50	2	1	-
42	GE Gomez	GE Gomez (WI)	1950-1954	18	34	3637	-	193	1105	41	7/55	26.95	1.82	88.70	1	1	1
42	Mahmood Hussain	Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1952-1959	18	30	3759	626.3	127	1737	48	6/67	36.18	2.77	78.31	4	1	-
42	OG Smith	OG Smith (WI)	1955-1959	26	37	4431	738.3	229	1625	48	5/90	33.85	2.20	92.31	2	1	-
42	GS Ramchand	GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1959	30	52	4598	766.2	234	1747	41	6/49	42.60	2.27	112.14	-	1	-
42	AR MacGibbon	AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1951-1958	26	37	5659	-	228	2160	70	5/64	30.85	2.29	80.84	6	1	-
42	LSM Miller	LSM Miller (NZ)	1953-1958	13	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	3.00	-	-	-	-
42	RA McLean	RA McLean (SA)	1951-1958	28	1	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
42	JE Cheetham	JE Cheetham (SA)	1950-1955	21	1	6	-	-	2	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
42	RJ Christiani	RJ Christiani (WI)	1950-1954	13	1	6	-	-	2	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
42	Imtiaz Ahmed	Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1959	29	1	6	1.0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
42	Waqar Hasan	Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1952-1959	21	1	6	1.0	-	10	-	-	-	10.00	-	-	-	-
42	ML Apte	ML Apte (IND)	1952-1953	7	1	6	1.0	-	3	-	-	-	3.00	-	-	-	-
42	BH Pairaudeau	BH Pairaudeau (WI)	1953-1957	13	1	6	1.0	-	3	-	-	-	3.00	-	-	-	-
42	WJ Watson	WJ Watson (AUS)	1955-1955	4	1	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	5.00	-	-	-	-
42	ML Jaisimha	ML Jaisimha (IND)	1959-1959	1	1	6	1.0	-	8	-	-	-	8.00	-	-	-	-
42	FLH Mooney	FLH Mooney (NZ)	1951-1954	11	1	8	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
42	CC McDonald	CC McDonald (AUS)	1952-1959	36	1	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	2.25	-	-	-	-
42	ME Chapple	ME Chapple (NZ)	1953-1956	8	1	8	-	-	1	-	-	-	0.75	-	-	-	-
42	MC Cowdrey	MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1954-1959	39	1	11	-	-	9	-	-	-	4.90	-	-	-	-
42	VJ Scott	VJ Scott (NZ)	1951-1952	4	1	12	2.0	-	5	-	-	-	2.50	-	-	-	-
42	CS Nayudu	CS Nayudu (IND)	1952-1952	1	1	12	2.0	-	14	-	-	-	7.00	-	-	-	-
42	DK Gaekwad	DK Gaekwad (IND)	1952-1959	10	2	12	2.0	-	12	-	-	-	6.00	-	-	-	-
42	Nazar Mohammad	Nazar Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1952	5	1	12	2.0	1	4	-	-	-	2.00	-	-	-	-
42	VL Mehra	VL Mehra (IND)	1955-1955	2	1	18	3.0	-	3	-	-	-	1.00	-	-	-	-
42	EAB Rowan	EAB Rowan (SA)	1950-1951	8	2	19	-	1	7	-	-	-	2.21	-	-	-	-
42	AD Nourse	AD Nourse (SA)	1950-1951	8	2	20	-	1	9	-	-	-	2.70	-	-	-	-
42	C Washbrook	C Washbrook (ENG)	1950-1956	11	1	24	-	-	25	1	1/25	25.00	6.25	24.00	-	-	-
42	Wazir Mohammad	Wazir Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1959	20	3	24	4.0	-	15	-	-	-	3.75	-	-	-	-
42	IB Leggat	IB Leggat (NZ)	1954-1954	1	1	24	3.0	-	6	-	-	-	1.50	-	-	-	-
42	CA McWatt	CA McWatt (WI)	1954-1955	6	1	24	4.0	2	16	1	1/16	16.00	4.00	24.00	-	-	-
42	GL Gibbs	GL Gibbs (WI)	1955-1955	1	2	24	4.0	1	7	-	-	-	1.75	-	-	-	-
42	W Mathias	W Mathias (PAK)	1955-1959	12	1	24	4.0	-	20	-	-	-	5.00	-	-	-	-

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures