Test matches

1959 Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Highest averages

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	R Subba Row	R Subba Row (ENG)	1959-1959	1	1	-	94	94	94.00	-	-	-	1	-	11	0
🥈 2	MJK Smith	MJK Smith (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	-	207	100	69.00	-	-	1	1	-	14+	0
🥉 3	Hanif Mohammad	Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	4	8	2	412	103	68.66	-	-	2	2	-	-	0
4	KW Hough	KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	-	-	-	8	1
5	CC McDonald	CC McDonald (AUS)	1959-1959	8	13	2	671	170	61.00	867+	47.28	2	2	-	29+	0
6	G Pullar	G Pullar (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	-	242	131	60.50	-	-	1	1	-	0+	0
7	KF Barrington	KF Barrington (ENG)	1959-1959	5	6	-	357	87	59.50	-	-	-	4	-	29+	4
8	PBH May	PBH May (ENG)	1959-1959	8	12	2	590	124*	59.00	719+	43.94	2	3	-	68+	0
8	R Illingworth	R Illingworth (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	1	118	50	59.00	-	-	-	1	-	7+	0
10	JB Statham	JB Statham (ENG)	1959-1959	5	6	4	108	38	54.00	76+	50.00	-	-	-	8+	0
11	RB Kanhai	RB Kanhai (WI)	1959-1959	5	8	-	427	217	53.37	-	-	1	1	-	32+	0+
12	BF Butcher	BF Butcher (WI)	1959-1959	5	8	1	362	142	51.71	-	-	1	2	-	-	0+
13	HR Adhikari	HR Adhikari (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	-	103	63	51.50	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
14	JKC Holt	JKC Holt (WI)	1959-1959	4	7	1	307	123	51.16	-	-	1	2	-	21+	0+
15	MC Cowdrey	MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1959-1959	10	15	2	658	160	50.61	743+	41.58	2	3	-	49+	6
16	RN Harvey	RN Harvey (AUS)	1959-1959	8	14	3	543	114	49.36	273+	29.30	1	3	-	8+	0
17	JS Solomon	JS Solomon (WI)	1959-1959	5	8	2	295	100*	49.16	-	-	1	2	1	5+	0+
18	Saeed Ahmed	Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1959	6	12	1	533	166	48.45	-	-	1	2	-	8+	0
19	WGA Parkhouse	WGA Parkhouse (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	-	144	78	48.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
20	NCL O'Neill	NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1959-1959	8	13	4	418	134	46.44	336+	41.66	1	2	1	11+	0
21	TW Graveney	TW Graveney (ENG)	1959-1959	5	8	1	310	54	44.28	854+	30.91	-	2	-	29	0
22	ATW Grout	ATW Grout (AUS)	1959-1959	7	7	1	237	74	39.50	218+	44.49	-	2	-	16+	0
23	AK Davidson	AK Davidson (AUS)	1959-1959	8	9	1	295	71	36.87	312+	41.98	-	1	-	14+	2
24	PE Richardson	PE Richardson (ENG)	1959-1959	4	6	-	213	68	35.50	454+	32.15	-	2	-	16	0
25	NJ Contractor	NJ Contractor (IND)	1959-1959	8	16	1	527	92	35.13	-	-	-	4	1	3+	1+
26	CC Hunte	CC Hunte (WI)	1959-1959	3	5	-	175	92	35.00	-	-	-	1	1	-	1+
27	CG Borde	CG Borde (IND)	1959-1959	8	15	1	479	109	34.21	-	-	1	3	4	10+	0+
28	GS Sobers	GS Sobers (WI)	1959-1959	5	8	-	242	72	30.25	-	-	-	1	1	-	0+
29	MJ Horton	MJ Horton (ENG)	1959-1959	2	2	-	60	58	30.00	-	-	-	1	-	6	0
30	AA Baig	AA Baig (IND)	1959-1959	4	8	-	234	112	29.25	-	-	1	-	-	3+	0
31	VL Manjrekar	VL Manjrekar (IND)	1959-1959	3	6	1	140	61	28.00	-	-	-	1	-	5+	0
32	DB Close	DB Close (ENG)	1959-1959	1	1	-	27	27	27.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
33	Ijaz Butt	Ijaz Butt (PAK)	1959-1959	5	10	2	213	58	26.62	-	-	-	1	1	-	0
34	ES Atkinson	ES Atkinson (WI)	1959-1959	4	5	1	106	37	26.50	-	-	-	-	1	-	0+
35	KD Mackay	KD Mackay (AUS)	1959-1959	8	9	-	235	78	26.11	297+	28.28	-	2	2	7+	0
36	PR Umrigar	PR Umrigar (IND)	1959-1959	8	15	-	391	118	26.06	-	-	1	1	2	25+	0+
37	JW Burke	JW Burke (AUS)	1959-1959	3	6	1	130	66	26.00	440	29.54	-	1	-	4	0
38	AG Kripal Singh	AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1959-1959	2	4	-	103	53	25.75	-	-	-	1	1	-	0+
39	RB Kenny	RB Kenny (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	-	51	51	25.50	-	-	-	1	1	-	0
40	R Benaud	R Benaud (AUS)	1959-1959	8	10	1	227	64	25.22	240+	48.33	-	1	1	15+	0
41	R Swetman	R Swetman (ENG)	1959-1959	7	10	2	196	65	24.50	296+	21.95	-	1	-	12+	0
42	B Sutcliffe	B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	-	73	61	24.33	159	45.91	-	1	1	10	1
43	ER Dexter	ER Dexter (ENG)	1959-1959	6	9	-	218	141	24.22	366+	43.44	1	-	2	26+	0
44	P Roy	P Roy (IND)	1959-1959	9	18	-	427	99	23.72	-	-	-	3	3	12+	0+
45	OG Smith	OG Smith (WI)	1959-1959	5	8	-	186	100	23.25	-	-	1	-	3	2+	2+
46	W Mathias	W Mathias (PAK)	1959-1959	5	9	-	209	64	23.22	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
47	RG Nadkarni	RG Nadkarni (IND)	1959-1959	6	12	-	274	76	22.83	-	-	-	1	-	9+	0
48	DA Sharpe	DA Sharpe (PAK)	1959-1959	3	6	-	134	56	22.33	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
49	I Meckiff	I Meckiff (AUS)	1959-1959	6	6	3	66	45*	22.00	4+	100.00	-	-	-	0+	0
50	W Watson	W Watson (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	-	86	40	21.50	238+	31.51	-	-	-	6	0
51	Waqar Hasan	Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	-	85	41	21.25	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
52	LE Favell	LE Favell (AUS)	1959-1959	6	9	1	162	54	20.25	209+	34.92	-	1	1	6+	0
53	JW Guy	JW Guy (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	-	60	56	20.00	171	35.08	-	1	-	9	0
54	JB Mortimore	JB Mortimore (ENG)	1959-1959	5	7	1	118	44*	19.66	186+	35.48	-	-	-	9+	1
54	BA Bolton	BA Bolton (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	-	59	33	19.66	239	24.68	-	-	1	3	0
56	TG Evans	TG Evans (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	-	77	73	19.25	78+	98.71	-	1	2	13	0
57	DK Gaekwad	DK Gaekwad (IND)	1959-1959	5	10	-	186	52	18.60	-	-	-	1	1	9+	0
58	AE Moss	AE Moss (ENG)	1959-1959	3	2	-	37	26	18.50	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	1
59	Imtiaz Ahmed	Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1959	6	11	-	195	54	17.72	-	-	-	1	-	9+	0
60	JM Ghorpade	JM Ghorpade (IND)	1959-1959	3	6	-	100	41	16.66	-	-	-	-	1	6+	0
61	Mohammad Munaf	Mohammad Munaf (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	2	32	19	16.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
62	FCM Alexander	FCM Alexander (WI)	1959-1959	5	7	-	105	25	15.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	1+
62	GB Stevens	GB Stevens (AUS)	1959-1959	3	6	-	90	28	15.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
64	Shujauddin	Shujauddin (PAK)	1959-1959	6	11	2	134	45	14.88	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
65	JR Reid	JR Reid (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	-	44	40	14.66	128	34.37	-	-	-	7	0
66	GAR Lock	GAR Lock (ENG)	1959-1959	4	5	1	58	21	14.50	208	27.88	-	-	-	6	0
67	GS Ramchand	GS Ramchand (IND)	1959-1959	3	6	-	86	30	14.33	-	-	-	-	-	-	0+
68	FS Trueman	FS Trueman (ENG)	1959-1959	10	14	1	178	36	13.69	222+	43.24	-	-	4	16+	1
69	FH Tyson	FH Tyson (ENG)	1959-1959	4	5	1	54	33	13.50	115	46.95	-	-	1	3	0
70	JT Sparling	JT Sparling (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	-	37	25	12.33	138	26.81	-	-	1	3	0
71	RR Lindwall	RR Lindwall (AUS)	1959-1959	4	4	-	46	23	11.50	52+	36.53	-	-	1	0+	0
71	EC Petrie	EC Petrie (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	1	23	13	11.50	160	14.37	-	-	-	1	0
73	Surendranath	Surendranath (IND)	1959-1959	8	16	6	114	27	11.40	-	-	-	-	4	7+	0+
74	NS Tamhane	NS Tamhane (IND)	1959-1959	4	8	1	79	32	11.28	-	-	-	-	1	4+	0
75	K Taylor	K Taylor (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	-	33	24	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	2+	0
76	RM Harris	RM Harris (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	-	31	13	10.33	142	21.83	-	-	-	4	0
77	Mushtaq Mohammad	Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	1	2	-	18	14	9.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
78	LR Gibbs	LR Gibbs (WI)	1959-1959	3	5	-	44	21	8.80	-	-	-	-	2	0+	0
79	PG Joshi	PG Joshi (IND)	1959-1959	5	10	-	85	21	8.50	-	-	-	-	-	4+	0+
80	CA Milton	CA Milton (ENG)	1959-1959	3	5	-	42	14	8.40	79+	20.25	-	-	-	2+	1
81	MH Mankad	MH Mankad (IND)	1959-1959	2	3	-	25	21	8.33	-	-	-	-	1	-	0+
82	RW Blair	RW Blair (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	-	24	22	8.00	42	57.14	-	-	1	2	1
83	LF Kline	LF Kline (AUS)	1959-1959	3	4	1	23	14	7.66	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
84	AL Apte	AL Apte (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	-	15	8	7.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
85	TE Bailey	TE Bailey (ENG)	1959-1959	3	6	-	43	25	7.16	165	26.06	-	-	2	4	0
86	Fazal Mahmood	Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1959-1959	5	9	1	56	14	7.00	-	-	-	-	2	0+	0
86	R Gilchrist	R Gilchrist (WI)	1959-1959	2	1	-	7	7	7.00	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0+
86	WW Hall	WW Hall (WI)	1959-1959	5	7	1	42	25	7.00	-	-	-	-	2	0+	1
89	Wazir Mohammad	Wazir Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	4	7	-	44	23	6.28	-	-	-	-	2	-	0
90	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1959-1959	5	9	1	50	15	6.25	-	-	-	-	3	-	0
91	PJP Burge	PJP Burge (AUS)	1959-1959	2	2	-	12	12	6.00	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
92	SP Gupte	SP Gupte (IND)	1959-1959	7	14	3	65	21	5.90	-	-	-	-	2	2+	0
93	Alimuddin	Alimuddin (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	-	21	8	5.25	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
94	RB Desai	RB Desai (IND)	1959-1959	7	14	5	45	8	5.00	-	-	-	-	4	0+	0
95	JC Laker	JC Laker (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	1	9	5*	4.50	35	25.71	-	-	-	0	0
95	AK Sengupta	AK Sengupta (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	-	9	8	4.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
95	GF Rorke	GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	4	4	2	9	7	4.50	8+	25.00	-	-	1	0+	0
95	ML Jaisimha	ML Jaisimha (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	-	9	8	4.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
99	Haseeb Ahsan	Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	2	8	4*	4.00	-	-	-	-	1	1+	0
100	AM Moir	AM Moir (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	-	11	10	3.66	41	26.82	-	-	1	0	0

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures