CAREER LEADERBOARD

Women Test: Most wickets

All recorded careers; no minimum qualification


Rank	Player	Teams	Most wickets	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Mary Duggan	England	77	17	31	652	77
2	Betty Wilson	Australia	68	11	16	862	68
3	Diana Edulji	India	63	20	30	404	63
4	Cathryn Fitzpatrick	Australia	60	13	9	152	60
4	Myrtle Maclagan	England	60	14	25	1,007	60
4	Shubhangi Kulkarni	India	60	19	32	700	60
7	Raelee Thompson	Australia	57	16	22	162	57
8	Jackie Lord	New Zealand	55	15	22	258	55
9	Katherine Sciver-Brunt	England	51	14	18	184	51
10	Enid Bakewell	England	50	12	22	1,078	50
11	Debbie Wilson	Australia	48	11	9	171	48
11	Sophie Ecclestone	England	48	10	16	257	48
13	Jhulan Goswami	India	44	12	15	291	44
14	Lyn Fullston	Australia	41	12	14	285	41
14	Neetu David	India	41	10	11	25	41
16	Gillian McConway	England	40	14	18	106	40
17	Ellyse Perry	Australia	39	15	24	1,006	39
18	Avril Starling	England	37	11	10	30	37
19	Molly Hide	England	36	15	27	872	36
20	Jill Saulbrey	New Zealand	35	11	16	198	35
20	Miriam Knee	Australia	35	8	14	319	35
22	Anne Sanders	England	32	11	15	150	32
23	Ashleigh Gardner	Australia	31	8	12	326	31
23	Peggy Antonio	Australia	31	6	12	128	31
25	Lucy Pearson	England	30	12	14	33	30
25	Sharon Tredrea	Australia	30	10	14	346	30
25	Sneh Rana	India	30	6	9	170	30
28	Isa Guha	England	29	8	10	113	29
28	Jenny Gunn	England	29	11	19	391	29
28	Julia Greenwood	England	29	6	4	16	29
31	Jo Chamberlain	England	28	9	13	197	28
32	Lorna Ward	South Africa	27	7	11	52	27
33	Karen Price	Australia	26	8	12	278	26
33	Lyn Larsen	Australia	26	15	14	410	26
35	Clare Taylor	England	25	16	21	226	25
35	Deepti Sharma	India	25	7	12	402	25
35	Kate Cross	England	25	8	13	58	25
35	Marie Cornish	Australia	25	9	8	90	25
35	Patricia Whittaker	West Indies	25	11	18	472	25
35	Shashi Gupta	India	25	13	22	452	25
35	Vivalyn Latty-Scott	West Indies	25	10	15	206	25
42	Clare Connor	England	24	16	26	502	24
42	Laura Marsh	England	24	9	12	151	24
44	Carole Hodges	England	23	18	31	1,164	23
44	Lisa Sthalekar	Australia	23	8	15	416	23
46	Anne Gordon	Australia	22	9	11	195	22
46	Karen Brown	Australia	22	9	6	132	22
46	Norma Whiteman	Australia	22	7	10	151	22
49	Helene Hegarty	England	21	7	5	46	21
49	Joc Burley	New Zealand	21	6	9	110	21
49	Lauren Bell	England	21	6	10	22	21
49	Pat Carrick	New Zealand	21	7	11	63	21
49	Peta Verco	Australia	21	13	20	765	21
49	Shantha Rangaswamy	India	21	16	26	750	21
55	Zoe Goss	Australia	20	12	16	280	20
56	Annabel Sutherland	Australia	19	7	10	715	19
56	Anya Shrubsole	England	19	8	12	118	19
56	Jean Coulston	New Zealand	19	5	8	76	19
56	Jennifer Turner	New Zealand	19	6	8	30	19
56	Shaiza Khan	Pakistan	19	3	5	69	19
56	Sharmila Chakraborty	India	19	11	11	35	19
56	Sue Rattray	New Zealand	19	9	17	412	19
56	Una Paisley	Australia	19	12	17	471	19
64	Catherine Campbell	New Zealand	18	9	5	55	18
64	June Stephenson	England	18	12	18	345	18
64	Mary Johnson	England	18	10	16	113	18
64	Mary Pilling	England	18	11	7	43	18
64	Phyl Blackler	New Zealand	18	12	21	371	18
69	Denise Martin	Australia	17	7	7	41	17
69	Kathryn Leng	England	17	12	19	436	17
69	Rene Farrell	Australia	17	3	5	31	17
72	Amy Hudson	Australia	16	9	16	451	16
72	Darcie Brown	Australia	16	6	5	13	16
72	Edna Barker	England	16	15	21	426	16
72	Karen Smithies	England	16	15	21	443	16
72	Lorraine Kutcher	Australia	16	4	5	68	16
72	Myrtle Baylis	Australia	16	6	6	22	16
72	Sheryl Bayley	West Indies	16	11	13	85	16
79	Alana King	Australia	15	6	8	74	15
79	Catherine Mowat	England	15	5	1	0	15
79	Debra Stock	England	15	7	10	91	15
79	Helen Stother	England	15	7	13	70	15
79	Julie Harris	New Zealand	15	10	7	26	15
79	Katrina Keenan	New Zealand	15	5	3	32	15
79	Leila Williams	West Indies	15	11	15	293	15
79	Pooja Vastrakar	India	15	5	6	111	15
79	Purnima Rau	India	15	5	8	123	15
79	Sally Moffat	Australia	15	5	2	13	15
89	Dorothy Macfarlane	England	14	7	7	28	14
89	Jenny Owens	Australia	14	3	2	26	14
89	Joan Francis	New Zealand	14	5	7	46	14
89	Karen Rolton	Australia	14	14	22	1,002	14
89	Lesley Clifford	England	14	9	11	183	14
89	Mary Spear	England	14	4	2	16	14
89	Nooshin Al Khadeer	India	14	5	7	46	14
89	Shona Gilchrist	New Zealand	14	5	3	12	14
97	Charmaine Mason	Australia	13	5	1	0	13
97	Dorothy McEvoy	England	13	5	7	33	13
97	Eileen Vigor	England	13	5	4	23	13
97	Holly Colvin	England	13	5	7	59	13

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Mary Duggan leads this snapshot. Most wickets: 77. All recorded careers; no minimum qualification. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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