Most wickets in Cricket World Cup 2023: Updated list of top bowlers and highest wicket takers at ICC ODI tournament

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Get ready for some fireworks at Cricket World Cup 2023!

Over the course of the six-week tournament, the runs should flow, and the wickets will tumble, as the battle between the world's best batsmen and the game's finest bowlers hots up.

Pakistan arrive with arguably the best pace attack around, with Shaheen Afridi and Haris Rauf likely to do plenty of damage, even in the absence of injured team-mate Naseem Shah.

Australia, meanwhile, will again turn to Mitchell Starc to lead their charge, while defending champions England have IPL star Sam Curran in their side.

For India, Jasprit Bumrah is back from injury and ready to fire, while the spin of veteran Ravichandran Ashwin could be an interesting addition to the mix.

Here we will round up all the leading wicket takers as the tournament progresses.

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Most wickets in Cricket World Cup 2023

No. Player Team Matches Wickets Best Figures Economy
1 Mohammed Shami India 7 24 7/57 5.26
2 Adam Zampa Australia 11 23 4/8 5.36
3 Dilshan Madushanka Sri Lanka 9 21 5/80 6.70
4 Jasprit Bumrah India 11 20 4/39 4.06
5 Gerald Coetzee South Africa 8 20 4/44 6.23
6 Shaheen Shah Afridi Pakistan 9 18 5/54 5.93
7 Marco Jansen South Africa 9 17 3/31 6.52
8 Ravindra Jadeja India 11 16 5/33 4.25
9 Josh Hazlewood Australia 11 16 3/38 4.81
10 Mitchell Santner New Zealand 10 16 5/59 4.84

MORE: Live updated list of the highest run scorers at CWC 2023 

Leading wicket takers and best bowlers in Cricket World Cup history

The list of previous top wicket takers at ICC ODI Men's World Cups is full of legends of the game.

Year Player Team Wickets
1975 Gary Gilmour Australia 11
1979 Mike Hendrick England 10
1983 Roger Binny India 18
1987 Craig McDermott Australia 18
1992 Wasim Akram Pakistan 18
1996 Anil Kumble India 15
1999 Geoff Allott, Shane Warne New Zealand/Australia 20
2003 Chaminda Vaas Sri Lanka 23
2007 Glenn McGrath Australia 26
2011 Shahid Afridi, Zaheer Khan Pakistan/India 21
2015 Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult Australia/New Zealand 22
2019 Mitchell Starc Australia 27

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Peter Marshall has worked in sports media for more than two decades, covering everything from boxing, F1 and tennis to the World Cup and Olympics.
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