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Home  »  Cricket  »  New Zealand  »  Records  »  Most Wickets in Test for New Zealand

Most Wickets in Test for New Zealand

Sir RJ Hadlee tops the list of New Zealand's highest wicket-takers in TESTs, with a record 431 wickets in 86 matches at an economy of 2.63. Tim Southee follows with 391 wickets in 107 matches, including a best of 7/64. Daniel Vettori is third, claiming 361 wickets in 112 matches, while legends like Trent Boult (317 wickets) and Neil Wagner (260 wickets) round out the top five. These bowlers have been instrumental in New Zealand's TEST success over the years. Here is the list of New Zealand players with the most wickets in TEST history.
# Player Matches Inn Runs Wickets Best Economy
1 Sir RJ Hadlee 86 150 9,611 431 9/52 2.63
2 Tim Southee 107 203 11,832 391 7/64 3.02
3 Daniel Vettori 112 185 12,330 361 7/87 2.58
4 Trent Boult 78 149 8,717 317 6/30 3.00
5 Neil Wagner 64 122 7,169 260 7/39 3.13
6 Chris Martin 71 126 7,878 233 6/26 3.37
7 Chris Cairns 62 104 6,410 218 7/27 3.28
8 Danny Morrison 48 76 5,549 160 7/89 3.30
9 BL Cairns 43 72 4,280 130 7/74 2.41
10 Ewen Chatfield 43 73 3,958 123 6/73 2.29
11 Matt Henry 30 59 3,581 120 7/23 3.18
12 Richard Collinge 35 62 3,393 116 6/63 2.64
13 BR Taylor 30 53 2,953 111 7/74 2.79
14 John Bracewell 41 67 3,653 102 6/32 2.60
15 Richard Motz 32 55 3,148 100 6/63 2.68
16 Simon Doull 32 51 2,872 98 7/65 2.84
17 Dion Nash 32 53 2,649 93 6/27 2.56
18 Shane Bond 18 32 1,922 87 6/51 3.41
19 Hedley Howarth 30 50 3,178 86 5/34 2.15
20 AY Patel 21 37 2,487 85 10/119 3.25
21 JR Reid 58 72 2,835 85 6/60 2.20
22 James Franklin 31 54 2,786 82 6/119 3.50
23 Kyle Jamieson 19 36 1,579 80 6/48 2.66
24 Daryl Tuffey 26 45 2,445 77 6/54 3.00
25 Dipak Patel 37 53 3,154 75 6/50 2.86
26 Mitchell Santner 30 51 2,526 74 7/53 2.83
27 Stephen Boock 30 48 2,564 74 7/87 2.33
28 Doug Bracewell 28 51 2,873 74 6/40 3.33
29 IE O'Brien 22 37 2,429 73 6/75 3.31
30 Dayle Hadlee 26 44 2,389 71 4/30 2.93
31 Anthony MacGibbon 26 37 2,160 70 5/64 2.29
32 JS Patel 24 42 3,078 65 5/110 3.16
33 Frank Cameron 19 35 1,849 62 5/34 2.42
34 Paul Wiseman 25 45 2,903 61 5/82 3.07
35 Jacob Oram 33 55 1,983 60 4/41 2.39
36 Bevan Congdon 61 66 2,154 59 5/65 2.29
37 Martin Snedden 25 41 2,199 58 5/68 2.76
38 Ish Sodhi 21 38 2,500 58 6/86 3.71
39 SB O'Connor 19 34 1,724 53 5/51 2.82
40 Robert Cunis 20 38 1,887 51 6/76 2.66
41 Nathan Astle 81 94 2,143 51 3/27 2.26
42 Mark Craig 15 29 2,326 50 7/94 3.80
43 Colin de Grandhomme 29 53 1,615 49 6/41 2.39
44 Jack Alabaster 21 32 1,863 49 4/46 2.80
45 John Cowie 9 13 969 45 6/40 2.86
46 Kyle Mills 19 31 1,453 44 4/16 3.00
47 RW Blair 19 28 1,515 43 4/85 2.57
48 W Watson 15 25 1,387 40 6/78 2.38
49 Victor Pollard 32 49 1,853 40 3/3 2.51
50 Gary Troup 15 26 1,454 39 6/95 2.74
51 W O'Rourke 10 18 893 36 5/34 3.76
52 ML Su'a 13 22 1,377 36 5/73 2.90
53 BW Yuile 17 26 1,213 34 4/43 2.51
54 HB Cave 19 25 1,467 34 4/21 2.16
55 Thomas Burtt 10 14 1,170 33 6/162 2.70
56 Glenn Phillips 15 19 963 31 5/45 3.60
57 Kane Williamson 105 67 1,207 30 4/44 3.36
58 JA Hayes 15 19 1,217 30 4/36 2.72
59 Chris Pringle 14 22 1,389 30 7/52 2.79
60 MN Hart 14 22 1,438 29 5/77 2.79
61 Craig McMillan 55 50 1,257 28 3/48 3.01
62 Alexander Moir 17 19 1,418 28 6/155 3.21
63 Jeremy Coney 52 53 966 27 3/28 2.04
64 Gavin Larsen 8 14 689 24 3/57 2.10
65 GA Bartlett 10 18 792 24 6/38 2.68
66 Ian Butler 8 14 884 24 6/46 3.87
67 Michael Bracewell 8 16 1,003 24 4/75 3.88
68 Mark Gillespie 5 8 631 22 6/113 4.36
69 Scott Styris 29 36 1,015 20 3/28 3.10
70 Shane Thomson 19 26 953 19 3/63 2.87
71 Geoffrey Allott 10 16 1,111 19 4/74 3.29
72 DR O'Sullivan 11 15 1,224 18 5/148 2.67
73 HT Davis 5 9 499 17 5/63 2.96
74 MB Owens 8 12 585 17 4/99 3.26
75 Henry Vivian 7 10 633 17 4/58 2.89
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