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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 Leading Wicket-Takers: List of Best Bowlers in ICC World Cup 2015 — Mitchell Starc, Trent Boult finish as joint highest wicket-takers
Catch the latest ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 most wickets taken by an individual.
Published: Feb 24, 2015, 10:44 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 29, 2015, 04:20 PM (IST)
The world’s best bowlers meet in Australia and New Zealand, when the two nations co-host the ICC Cricket World Cup, from February 14 to March 29, 2015. The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will see some of the world’s greatest bowlers – pacers and spinners – battle it out, to guide their team to the much coveted title of World Champions in the 50-over format. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: POINTS TABLE
Some of the best bowlers in the world – Dale Steyn, James Anderson, Vernon Philander, Tim Southee, Stuart Broad – have already let batsmen know about themselves. While Steyn, Philander and Morne Morkel make one of the world’s best bowling pairs, England’s Anderson and Broad have also created impact in recent times. Not to be forgotten are New Zealand’s Tim Southee and Trent Boult. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete Coverage
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| Player | M | B | M | R | W | BBI | Ave | Econ | SR | 5WIs | |
| Mitchell Starc | Australia | 8 | 383 | 3 | 224 | 22 | 6/28 | 10.18 | 3.51 | 17.4 | 1 |
| Trent Boult | New Zealand | 9 | 510 | 14 | 371 | 22 | 5/27 | 16.86 | 4.36 | 23.2 | 1 |
| Umesh Yadav | India | 8 | 386 | 5 | 321 | 18 | 4/31 | 17.83 | 4.99 | 21.4 | |
| Mohammed Shami | India | 7 | 366 | 7 | 294 | 17 | 4/35 | 17.29 | 4.82 | 21.5 | |
| Morne Morkel | South Africa | 8 | 409 | 4 | 299 | 17 | 3/34 | 17.59 | 4.39 | 24.1 | |
| Jerome Taylor | West Indies | 7 | 345 | 2 | 328 | 17 | 3/15 | 19.29 | 5.70 | 20.3 | |
| Wahab Riaz | Pakistan | 7 | 397 | 4 | 368 | 16 | 4/45 | 23.00 | 5.56 | 24.8 | |
| Daniel Vettori | New Zealand | 9 | 455 | 5 | 307 | 15 | 4/18 | 20.47 | 4.05 | 30.3 | |
| Josh Davey | Scotland | 6 | 300 | 2 | 311 | 15 | 4/68 | 20.73 | 6.22 | 20.0 | |
| Imran Tahir | South Africa | 8 | 458 | 5 | 323 | 15 | 5/45 | 21.53 | 4.23 | 30.5 | 1 |
| Mitchell Johnson | Australia | 8 | 380 | 2 | 325 | 15 | 4/22 | 21.67 | 5.13 | 25.3 | |
| Tim Southee | New Zealand | 9 | 486 | 7 | 472 | 15 | 7/33 | 31.47 | 5.83 | 32.4 | 1 |
In ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Shahid Afridi and Zaheer Khan were the leading wicket-takers. However, Afridi had taken 21 wickets from eight matches, whereas, Zaheer had taken from nine matches. Top 10 batsmen in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015