World Cup Records :- Most wickets

# Player Team Mat Balls Runs Wkts Ave Best 5w 4w Span
1 Glenn McGrath Aus 39 1955 1292 71 18.20 7-15 0 2 1996-2007
2 Muttiah Muralitharan SL 40 2061 1335 68 19.63 4-19 4 0 1996-2011
3 Lasith Malinga SL 29 1394 1280 56 22.86 6-38 2 1 2007-2019
4 Wasim Akram Pak 38 1947 1311 55 23.84 5-28 4 2 1987-2003
5 Chaminda Vaas SL 31 1570 1040 49 21.22 6-25 1 1 1996-2007
6 Mitchell Starc Aus 18 937 726 49 14.82 6-28 3 3 2015
7 Javagal Srinath Ind 34 1700 1224 44 27.82 4-30 2 0 1992-2003
8 Zaheer Khan Ind 23 1193 890 44 20.23 4-42 1 0 2003-2011
9 Imran Tahir SA 22 1151 847 40 21.18 5-45 4 1 2011-2019
10 Trent Boult NZ 19 1104 850 39 21.79 5-27 3 1 2015
11 Allan Donald SA 25 1313 913 38 24.03 4-17 2 0 1992-2003
12 Jacob Oram NZ 23 1094 768 36 21.33 4-39 2 0 2003-2011
13 Daniel Vettori NZ 32 1689 1168 36 32.44 4-18 3 0 2003-2015
14 Wahab Riaz Pak 20 1000 926 35 26.46 5-46 1 1 2011-2019
15 Brad Hogg Aus 21 951 654 34 19.24 4-27 2 0 2003-2007
16 Imran Khan Pak 28 1017 655 34 19.26 4-37 2 0 1975-1992
17 Shaun Tait Aus 18 819 731 34 21.50 4-39 1 0 2007-2011
18 Brett Lee Aus 17 825 629 34 18.50 5-42 2 1 2003-2011
19 Tim Southee NZ 18 974 854 34 25.12 7-33 0 1 2011
20 Shakib Al Hasan Ban 29 1433 1222 34 35.94 5-29 1 1 2007-2019
21 Shane Warne Aus 17 977 624 32 19.50 4-29 4 0 1996-1999
22 Chris Harris NZ 28 1166 861 32 26.91 4-7 1 0 1992-2003
23 Anil Kumble Ind 18 1038 708 31 22.84 4-32 1 0 1996-2007
24 Shaun Pollock SA 31 1614 970 31 31.29 5-36 0 1 1996-2007
25 Mohammed Shami Ind 11 577 487 31 15.71 5-69 3 1 2015-2019
26 Shane Bond NZ 16 886 518 30 17.27 6-23 0 1 2003-2007
27 Ian Botham Eng 22 1332 762 30 25.40 4-31 1 0 1979-1992
28 Shoaib Akhtar Pak 19 893 765 30 25.50 4-46 1 0 1999-2011
29 Shahid Afridi Pak 27 1104 831 30 27.70 5-16 2 2 1999-2015
30 Phil DeFreitas Eng 22 1115 742 29 25.59 3-38 0 0 1987-1996
31 Kapil Dev Ind 26 1422 862 28 30.79 5-53 0 1 1979-1992
32 Courtney Walsh WI 17 948 547 27 20.26 4-25 2 0 1987-1999
33 Craig McDermott Aus 17 144 599 27 22.19 5-44 1 1 1987-1996
34 Steve Waugh Aus 33 1039 814 27 30.15 3-36 0 0 1987-1999
35 Sanath Jayasuriya SL 38 1315 1060 27 39.26 3-12 0 0 1992-2007
36 James Anderson Eng 25 1254 1081 27 40.04 4-25 2 0 2003-2015
37 Mushtaq Ahmed Pak 15 810 549 26 21.12 3-16 0 0 1992-1996
38 Andy Roberts WI 16 1021 552 26 21.23 3-32 0 0 1975-1983
39 Damien Fleming Aus 16 800 583 26 22.42 5-36 0 1 1996-1999
40 Morne Morkel SA 14 651 506 26 19.46 3/33 0 0 2011-2015
41 Mitchell Johnson Aus 15 726 557 25 22.28 4-19 3 0 2011-2015
42 Curtly Ambrose WI 17 987 499 24 20.79 3-28 0 0 1992-1999
43 Abdul Qadir Pak 13 814 506 24 21.08 5-44 2 1 1983-1987
44 Manoj Prabhakar Ind 19 871 640 24 26.67 4-19 1 0 1987-1996
45 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 14 704 494 23 21.48 5-35 0 1 1996-2003
46 Andrew Flintoff Eng 18 814 534 23 23.22 4-43 1 0 1999-2007
47 Thomas Odoyo Ken 25 1014 817 23 35.52 4-28 1 0 1996-2011
48 Dale Steyn SA 14 690 538 23 23.39 5/50 0 0 2011-2015
49 Jerome Taylor WI 14 729 634 23 27.57 3/15 0 0 2007-2015
50 Andre Russell WI 14 601 576 23 25.04 4-49 1 0 2011-2019
51 Richard Hadlee NZ 13 877 421 22 19.14 5-25 0 1 1975-1983
52 Madan Lal Ind 11 698 426 22 19.36 4-20 1 0 1975-1983
53 Waqar Younis Pak 13 559 466 22 21.18 4-26 1 0 1996-2003
54 Lance Klusener SA 14 605 487 22 22.14 5-21 1 1 1999-2003
55 Heath Streak Zim 22 1050 804 22 36.55 3-35 0 0 1996-2003
56 Jacques Kallis SA 36 1266 904 21 43.05 3-26 0 0 1996-2011
57 Chris Woakes Eng 16 736 680 21 32.38 3-20 0 0 2015
58 Lockie Ferguson NZ 9 502 409 21 19.48 4-37 1 0 2019
59 Geoff Allott NZ 9 526 325 20 16.25 4-37 2 0 1999-1999
60 Michael Holding WI 11 695 341 20 17.05 4-33 1 0 1979-1983
61 Abdur Razzak Ban 15 730 564 20 28.20 3-20 0 0 2007-2011
62 Yuvraj Singh Ind 23 555 462 20 23.10 5-31 1 1 2003-2011
63 Harbhajan Singh Ind 21 1154 808 20 40.40 3-53 0 0 2003-2011
64 Jofra Archer Eng 11 605 461 20 23.05 3-27 0 0 2019
65 Kemar Roach WI 13 606 466 20 23.30 6-27 0 1 2011-2019
66 Mustafizur Rahman Ban 8 433 484 20 24.20 5-29 0 2 2019-2019

Matches

Ireland tour of Sri Lanka 2023

1st Test, Galle, 16-18 Apr 2023

SL SL
591/6 dec & / (. ov)
Ire Ire
143/10 & 168/10 (. ov) (Target

SL won by an innings and 280 runs

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand 2023

3rd T20I, Queenstown, 08 Apr 2023

SL SL
182/6 & / (20. ov)
NZ NZ
183/6 & / (19.5 ov) (Target

New Zealand won by 4 wickets

Ireland tour of Bangladesh 2023

Only Test, Mirpur, 04-07 Apr 2023

Ire Ire
214/10 & 292/10 (. ov)
Ban Ban
369/10 & 138/3 (. ov) (Target 138
Bangladesh won by 7 wickets

Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand 2023

2nd T20I, Dunedin, April 05, 2023

SL SL
141/10 & / (20. ov)
NZ NZ
146/1 & / (14.4 ov) (Target

New Zealand won by 9 wickets