Bowling records

Most wickets

Qualification: 500.

Rank	Player	Nationality	Wickets	Average
1	Wasim Akram	Pakistani	881	21.91
2	Allan Donald	South African	684	21.84
3	Waqar Younis	Pakistani	675	22.36
4	John Lever	English	674	19.70
5	John Emburey	English	647	25.98
6	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lankan	638	22.15
7	Ian Botham	English	612	24.94
8	Darren Gough	English	598	24.17
9	Shaun Pollock	South African	573	22.93
10	Derek Underwood	English	572	19.43
11	Courtney Walsh	West Indian	551	25.14
12	Phil DeFreitas	English	539	27.92
13	Malcolm Marshall	West Indian	521	23.71
14	Clive Rice	South African	517	22.64
15	Anil Kumble	Indian	514	27.58
16	Imran Khan	Pakistani	509	22.22
Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: September 19, 2009. Best bowling performance Qualification: 8 wickets. Rank Player Nationality Figures 1 Rahul Sanghvi Indian 8/15 2 Chaminda Vaas Sri Lankan 8/19 3 Dasun Tharaka Kottehewa Sri Lankan 8/20 4 Michael Holding West Indian 8/21 5 Keith Boyce English 8/26 6 Romesh Eranga Sri Lankan 8/30 7 Derek Underwood English 8/31 8 Shaun Tait Australian 8/43 9 Simon Francis English 8/66 Source: Cricket Archive. Last updated: December 7, 2007. Hat-tricks Most Number Player Nationality 3 Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistani 3 Wasim Akram Pakistani 2 Andrew Caddick English 2 Darren Gough English 2 Nantie Hayward South African 2 Garth Le Roux South African 2 Graham McKenzie Australian 2 Billy Taylor English 2 Dasun Tharaka Kottehewa Sri Lankan Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: December 8, 2007. Four wickets in four balls Player Team/Nationality Opponent Year Alan Ward Derbyshire Sussex 1970 Shaun Pollock Warwickshire Leicestershire 1996 Vasbert Drakes Nottinghamshire Warwickshire 1999 Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka South Africa 2007 Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: November 14, 2007.