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ICC Champions Trophy Best of the Best Bowling Stats (1998-2013)

Bowlers are the strength of any team as they can change match at any moments by picking up valuable wickets at crucial juncture of the game. Here we highlight some of the top wicket taking bowlers with best of bowling averages and best bowling figures in an innings over the years in the history of ICC Champions trophy over the years ( Time span-1998-2013)

Kyle Mills is topping the charts with 28 wickets in 15 matches played between the period of 2002-2013. Muttiah Muralitharanan (24 wickets) and Lasith Malinga (22 wickets)form Sri Lanka are at No.2 and No.3 spots respectively.  Lasith Malinga from Sri Lanka and James Anderson from England have chances to better their respective tallies

Top 12 bowlers with most wickets in ICC Champions Trophy

Player Span Mat Inns Ovrs Mdns Wkts Avg Eco
K Mills (NZ) 2002-2013 15 15 112.3 7 28 17.25 4.29
M Muralitharan (SL) 1998-2009 17 15 134.1 11 24 20.16 3.6
L Malinga (SL) 2006-2013 13 13 114.1 7 22 26.68 5.14
B Lee (AUS) 2000-2009 16 15 123.1 6 22 26.86 4.79
G McGrath (AUS) 2000-2006 12 12 102 13 21 19.61 4.03
J Anderson (ENG) 2006-2013 12 12 101.2 6 21 21.76 4.5
J Kallis (SA) 1998-2009 17 15 106.3 3 20 26.25 4.92
M Dillon (WI) 1998-2004 7 7 68 10 19 16.68 4.66
C Vaas (SL) 1998-2006 16 16 125.4 19 18 27.44 3.93
D Vettori (NZ) 1998-2013 17 17 142.4 12 18 29 3.65
C Gayle (WI) 2002-2013 17 14 84.4 2 17 22.35 4.48
S Watson (AUS) 2002-2013 17 15 96 3 17 23.29 4.12

Farveez Maharoof from Sri Lanka is having best bowling figures in an innings 6/14. Shahid Afridi  (5/11) from Pakistan and Makhaya Ntini (5/21) from South Africa are at No. 2 and No.3 position on the list below.

Top 10 Bowler with most wickets in an innings

Player Ovrs Mdns Runs Wkts Eco Team Opp. Venue
F Maharoof 9 2 14 6 1.55 SL v WI Mumbai (BS)
S Afridi 6 1 11 5 1.83 PAK v KEN Birmingham
M Ntini 6 2 21 5 3.5 SA v PAK Mohali
M Dillon 10 4 29 5 2.9 WI v BAN Southampton
J Kallis 7.3 0 30 5 4 SA v WI Dhaka
J Oram 9.4 1 36 5 3.72 NZ v U.S.A. The Oval
R Jadeja 10 2 36 5 3.6 IND v WI The Oval
G McGrath 7 1 37 5 5.28 AUS v NZ Colombo (SSC)
S O’Connor 9.2 0 46 5 4.92 NZ v PAK Nairobi (Gym)
W Parnell 8 0 57 5 7.12 SA v NZ Centurion

Top 10 Bowlers with Best Bowling Averages in ICC Champions Trophy

Player Span Mat Ovrs Mdns Runs Wkts Avg Econ
D Benkenstein (SA) 1998-2002 4 3.5 1 5 3 1.66 1.3
R Powar (INDIA) 2006-2006 1 8 1 24 3 8 3
M Ashraful (BAN) 2002-2006 5 5 1 26 3 8.66 5.2
J Ontong (SA) 2002-2002 1 10 1 30 3 10 3
W Hinds (WI) 2000-2006 11 20 3 51 5 10.2 2.55
G Elliott (NZ) 2009-2009 5 12 0 49 4 12.25 4.08
R Jadeja (IND) 2013-2013 5 41 5 154 12 12.83 3.75
C Langeveldt (SA) 2004-2006 3 20.5 4 78 6 13 3.74
M McClenaghan (NZ) 2013-2013 3 23.5 0 144 11 13.09 6.04
K Arthurton (WI) 1998-1998 3 13 0 57 4 14.25 4.38

ICC Champions Trophy is starting from tomorrow and the big game between India and Pakistan is on 4th June 2017, Sunday. Stay tuned for more updates on ICC Champions Trophy 2017….

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