Most T20I Wickets at Home in a Calendar Year

This article explores the record-breaking T20 International bowling performances for the highest number of wickets taken by bowlers on their home soil in a single calendar year.

Most T20I Wickets at Home in a Calendar Year

Key Insights on Leading Wicket-Takers on Home Soil in T20 International Cricket

Annual Records for Highest Home Wickets in T20Is

Jacob Duffy of New Zealand has recorded the most wickets for a bowler at home in a calendar year in the T20I format.

In the current year (2025), the Kiwi pacer has taken 29 wickets in just 17 T20Is played in New Zealand at an average of 14.55 with an ER of 7.58, with 3 four-wicket hauls to his name.

He went past Sri Lanka leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga’s tally of 26 wickets in 2024.

The third on the list is Zimbabwe’s Richard Ngarava, who has also taken 26 wickets in 2025.

Indonesia’s Ferdinando Banunaek can improve upon his 25-wicket tally in 2025 as the team has some home games left in the format.

Neither New Zealand nor Zimbabwe is slated to play any more T20Is at home.

Elite Bowling Feats with 20+ Wickets in a Home Year

Only four bowlers have captured 25 or more wickets in a calendar year while playing at home.

A total of 20 instances exist where a bowler has taken 20 or more wickets at home in the shortest format of the game in a given year.

None of the bowlers has breached the 20-wicket mark more than once.

Aside from those with 25 or more, other bowlers with at least 20 wickets in a calendar year at home include:

• UAE’s Junaid Siddique (22 wickets in 2024)
• Sri Lanka’s Matheesha Pathirana (22 wickets in 2024)
• India’s Yuzuvendra Chahal (20 wickets in 2017)
• West Indies’ Jason Holder (20 wickets in 2022)
• Oman’s Aqib Ilyas (20 wickets in 2024)
• Malaysia’s Virandeep Singh (20 wickets in 2024)
• Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza (20 wickets in 2025)

Best Home Bowling Averages, Strike Rates, and Economy Rates

Matheesha Pathirana’s average of 10.72 in 2024 is the lowest for any bowler with a minimum of 20 wickets in a year at home. He took 22 wickets in just 11 games with 2 four-wicket hauls.

The next best average is 11.10 by Malaysia’s Virandeep Singh (20 wickets in 15 T20Is) in 2024. He is also one of the fastest players to score 3000 runs in T20I cricket.

The economy rate of 4.97 by Emmanuel Sebareme of Rwanda (one of the leading wicket-taker in T20Is in 2023) is the lowest, having picked 22 wickets in 19 home T20Is in 2022.

Virandeep Singh’s ER of 5.32 in 2022 is the second-lowest.

In terms of strike rates, Matheesha Pathirana stands out with a stunning bowling SR of 8.3 in 2024, and none of the other bowlers had an SR less than 10.

The bowler with the second-best SR is Junaid Siddique, who took 10.5 balls each to pick a wicket in 2024.

Overall Career & Match Performance Records at Home

On the whole, New Zealand’s Tim Southee has taken 91 wickets in home conditions in the shortest format, making him the most prolific bowler at home.

Ish Sodhi, his former teammate, comes in second with 77 T20I wickets in New Zealand.

At home, Malaysia’s Syazrul Idrus (7/8) has taken the best bowling figures, followed by Nigeria player Peter Aho’s figures of 6/5 and Deepak Chahar’s figures of 6/7.

Among the bowlers with more than 20 wickets in a year at home, Chahal’s 6/20 is the best single-match performance.

In a single year, Chahal (2017), Duffy (2025), and Waqar Ali of Cyprus (2025) have all picked 3 four-wicket hauls in a calendar year at home.

Overall, Jacob Duffy of New Zealand has the most four-wicket hauls (5) while playing at home.

Five other bowlers—Wanindu Hasaranga, Junaid Siddique, Shakib Al Hasan, Waqar Ali, and Virandeep Singh—have each picked 4 four-wicket hauls at home in T20I cricket.