Top 5 bowlers with most wickets between 2003 and 2007 World Cup

#2 Makhaya Ntini (South Africa) - 132 wickets

Ntini is a Proteas legend in his own right

The first ethnic black player to play for South Africa, Makhaya Ntini retired as one of Proteas' greatest bowlers in history and he had a fruitful period between the 2003 and the 2007 World Cup picking up 132 wickets from just 76 ODIs.

Among the top 5 wicket-takers in ODIs during the period, Ntini possessed the best average - a lowly 22.05 - as well as the best strike-rate.

His career-best figures of 6/22 also came during the period as he single-handedly destroyed Australia at Cape Town in March 2006.

Opening the bowling as well as tasked with shelling it during the death overs, Ntini bowled at a very economical rate, forging an excellent partnership with Shaun Pollock at the peak of his career.