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The Cricket World Cup 2019 has come to an end and England has managed to clinch the title this edition. But the title for the most wickets overall this edition is clinched by Mitchell Starc from Australia taking 27 wickets in 10 matches played.
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Below is the list of record of highest wicket takers in each edition of World Cup
| Year | Player | Team | Wkts | Overs | Mdns | Inns | Econ |
| 2019 | Mitchell Starc | Australia | 27 | 92.2 | 5 | 10 | 5.43 |
| 2015 | Trent Boult | New Zealand | 22 | 85 | 14 | 9 | 4.36 |
| 2011 | Zaheer Khan | India | 21 | 81.3 | 4 | 9 | 4.83 |
| 2007 | Glenn McGrath | Australia | 26 | 80.5 | 5 | 11 | 4.41 |
| 2003 | Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka | 23 | 88 | 14 | 10 | 3.76 |
| 1999 | Geoff Allott | New Zealand | 20 | 87.4 | 7 | 9 | 3.7 |
| 1995 | Anil Kumble | India | 15 | 69.4 | 3 | 7 | 4.03 |
| 1991 | Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 18 | 89.4 | 3 | 10 | 3.76 |
| 1987 | Craig McDermott | Australia | 18 | 73 | 3 | 8 | 4.67 |
| 1983 | Roger Binny | India | 18 | 88 | 9 | 8 | 3.81 |
| 1979 | Mike Hendrick | England | 10 | 56 | 14 | 5 | 2.66 |
| 1975 | Gary Gilmour | Australia | 11 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 2.58 |
Also see – ICC World Test Championship Schedule
Let's have a look at the top bowlers in world cup with the most wickets for the entire World Cup Edition :
| Player | Team | Span | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Mdns | Ave | Econ | 5 wicket hauls |
| Glenn McGrath | Australia | 1996-2007 | 39 | 39 | 71 | 42 | 18.19 | 3.96 | 2 |
| M Muralitharan | Sri Lanka | 1996-2011 | 40 | 39 | 68 | 15 | 19.63 | 3.88 | 0 |
| Lasith Malinga | Sri Lanka | 2007-2019 | 29 | 28 | 56 | 11 | 22.87 | 5.51 | 1 |
| Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 1987-2003 | 38 | 36 | 55 | 17 | 23.83 | 4.04 | 1 |
| Mitchell Starc | Australia | 2015-2019 | 18 | 18 | 49 | 8 | 14.81 | 4.64 | 3 |
| Chaminda Vaas | Sri Lanka | 1996-2007 | 31 | 31 | 49 | 39 | 21.22 | 3.97 | 1 |
| Zaheer Khan | India | 2003-2011 | 23 | 23 | 44 | 12 | 20.22 | 4.47 | 0 |
| J Srinath | India | 1992-2003 | 34 | 33 | 44 | 21 | 27.81 | 4.32 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir | South Africa | 2011-2019 | 21 | 20 | 39 | 7 | 20.2 | 4.3 | 1 |
| Trent Boult | New Zealand | 2015-2019 | 19 | 19 | 39 | 18 | 21.79 | 4.61 | 1 |
Glenn McGrath remains the record holder of Most Wickets in World Cup. He took 71 wickets in just 39 matches played. Its highly probable that this record wont be broken any sooner.
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