Jacob Duffy Breaks Richard Hadlee's Record Of Most Wickets For New Zealand In A Calendar Year

Jacob Duffy Breaks Richard Hadlee's Record Of Most Wickets For New Zealand In A Calendar Year Duffy played a total of 36 matches across formats for New Zealand in 2025 and dismissed 81 batters. He is set to finish this year as the highest wicket-taker. Jacob Duffy entered his name in the history books on Monday (December 22) by breaking legendary Richard Hadlee’s record of taking the most wickets for New Zealand in a calendar year. The 31-year-old fast bowler dismissed a total of 81 batters for New Zealand this year (2025) in 36 matches played across three formats. Hadlee, on the other hand, finished with 79 wickets in 23 matches for the Black Caps in 1985. Duffy, who made his Test debut for the Kiwis on August 7, 2025, against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, finished with 25 wickets in four red-ball matches in 2025. He picked up a five-wicket haul in each of the three Tests played against the West Indies in December 2025 to bag the Player Of The Series award. Recommended Stories Most wickets in a calendar year for New Zealand PLAYER YEAR MATCHES WICKETS BEST FIGURES 5-WKT HAULS Jacob Duffy 2025 36 81 5/34 3 Richard Hadlee 1985 23 79 9/52 6 Daniel Vettori 2008 33 76 6/56 5 Trent Boult 2015 25 72 5/27 3 Trent Boult 2017 27 69 7/34 2 Chris Cairns 1999 30 68 7/27 4 Daniel Vettori 2004 34 66 6/28 5 Trent Boult 2018 27 66 6/30 3 Tim Southee 2022 31 65 5/35 1 Matt Henry 2025 27 65 6/39 3 In addition to 25 Test wickets, Duffy also dismissed 21 batters in 11 ODIs and 35 batters in 21 T20Is played this year. Jacob Duffy in 2025 for New Zealand FORMAT MATCHES WICKETS BEST FIGURES 5-WKT HAULS Tests 4 25 5/34 3 ODIs 11 21 3/35 0 T20Is 21 35 4/14 0 Total 36 81 5/34 3 No other bowler has picked up more wickets than Duffy in 2025, and he is certain to end the year as the highest wicket-taker. Most wickets in 2025 (Tests + ODIs + T20Is) PLAYER COUNTRY MATCHES WICKETS BEST FIGURES 5-WKT HAULS Jacob Duffy New Zealand 36 81 5/34 3 Blessing Muzarabani Zimbabwe 31 65 7/58 3 Matt Henry New Zealand 27 65 6/39 3 Ali Dawood Bahrain 37 63 7/19 1 Kuldeep Yadav India 25 60 5/82 1 Richard Ngarava Zimbabwe 35 56 5/37 1 Jayden Seales West Indies 26 56 6/18 2 Rizwan Butt Bahrain 34 55 6/9 1 Mitchell Starc Australia 13 54 7/58 3 Abrar Ahmed Pakistan 34 53 4/9 0 The world record for taking the most wickets in a calendar year is in the name of former Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. Muralitharan dismissed 136 opposition batters for Sri Lanka in 2001. Most wickets in a calendar year (Tests + ODIs + T20Is) PLAYER COUNTRY YEAR MATCHES WICKETS BEST FIGURES 5-WKT HAULS Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 2001 45 136 8/87 8 Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lanka 2006 40...

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