Tim Southee (New Zealand) – 18 wickets
While New Zealand team reached the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup, their right-arm pacer Tim Southee was consistent with the ball in hand. New Zealand’s most wicket-taker in that tournament Southee finished with 18 wickets in eight matches.
Southee finished that tournament with the overall bowling figures of 72.2-9-312-18. During that tournament, though Southee didn’t manage to claim any four-wicket haul or more, he claimed three-wicket hauls for five times. His best bowling figures in that tournament were 6-0-13-3 against Kenya during the Group Stage of that tournament.