The history of cricket has seen many fabulous bowlers like Malcolm Marshall of West Indies, Imran Khan and Wasim Akram of Pakistan, Shane Warne and Glenn Mcgrath of Australia, Kapil Dev of India, Shaun Pollock of South Africa etc. But the best bowlers who hunted most batsmen in their career are enlisted here. These bowlers are the best and the highest wicket takers in One Day International Cricket matches.

No.BowlerWicketsMatchesCountryBest
1.
M Murlitharan

513

335Sri Lanka7/30
2.Wasim Akram

502

356Pakistan5/15
3.Waqar Younis

416

262Pakistan7/36
4.C Vaas

400

322Sri Lanka8/19
5.S Pollock

393

303South Africa6/35
6.Glen Mcgrath

381

250Australia7/15
7.Bret Lee

348

348Pakistan6/38
8.Shahid Khan Afridi

324

186Australia5/22
9.Anil Kumble

271

337India6/12
10.Sanath Jayasuriya

323

445Sri Lanka6/29

The best bowler in this list of best wicket taking bowlers in One Day International format was M Murlitharan, who was the king of spin bowling. M Murlitharan also got 800 wickets in 133 test matches. The best figure in one inning was 9 for 51.

June 18, 2010 | Mohsin Ali | 1 Comment | 774 views
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