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Vettori is highest wicket-taker in ODIs in 2007

December 31, 2007 23:37 IST
Daniel Vettori's five-wicket haul (5/7) against Bangladesh in the third ODI on Monday was just his second in one-day internationals, eclipsing his 5-30 against West Indies in 2004.

It took the spinner's career total to 207, surpassing Chris Harris as New Zealand's highest wicket-taker in one-day internationals. Vettori also finished 2007 as the leading one-day wicket-taker in the world with 43 victims.

Top-10 wicket-takers in ODIs in 2007

Wkts Bowler For Mts Balls Runs Avg 5WI Best SR RpO
43 DL Vettori NZ 31 1620 1123 26.12 1 5-7 37.67 4.16
40 Zaheer Khan Ind# 33 1700 1396 34.90 1 5-42 42.50 4.93
39 GD McGrath Aus 20 987 738 18.92 0 3-14 25.31 4.49
39 JM Anderson Eng 28 1475 1155 29.62 0 4-23 37.82 4.70
38 CRD Fernando SL# 23 1044 795 20.92 1 6-27 27.47 4.57
38 GB Hogg Aus 27 1175 908 23.89 0 4-27 30.92 4.64
38 DBL Powell WI 23 1218 945 24.87 0 4-27 32.05 4.66
36 A Flintoff Eng 22 1114 798 22.17 1 5-56 30.94 4.30
36 NW Bracken Aus 28 1344 1012 28.11 0 4-19 37.33 4.52
35 MF Maharoof SL 22 947 720 20.57 0 4-23 27.06 4.56
# includes figures of Afro-Asia matches

Top-10 wicket-takers in Tests in 2007

Wkts Bowler For Mts Balls Runs Avg 5WI 10WM Best SR RpO
49 M Muralitharan SL 8 2497 1093 22.31 5 1 6-28 50.96 2.63
49 A Kumble Ind 10 2784 1441 29.41 2 0 5-60 56.82 3.11
44 DW Steyn SAf 7 1305 769 17.48 4 2 6-49 29.66 3.54
41 Zaheer Khan Ind 9 1994 1055 25.73 2 0 5-34 48.63 3.17
41 MS Panesar Eng 11 2575 1328 32.39 3 1 6-129 62.80 3.09
37 Danish Kaneria Pak 8 3035 1445 39.05 0 0 4-59 82.03 2.86
35 M Ntini SAf 9 1690 990 28.29 2 0 6-59 48.29 3.51
29 RJ Sidebottom Eng 9 2022 936 32.28 1 0 5-88 69.72 2.78
29 PL Harris SAf 9 1787 692 23.86 1 0 5-73 61.62 2.32
28 B Lee Aus 4 987 484 17.29 0 0 4-26 35.25 2.94

Rajneesh Gupta