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1961 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	PR Umrigar	PR Umrigar (IND)	1961-1962	5	6	1	470	147*	94.00	-	-	3	-	-	46+	0
🥈 2	FCM Alexander	FCM Alexander (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	2	342	108	85.50	360+	53.33	1	3	1	30	1
🥉 3	CG Borde	CG Borde (IND)	1961-1962	6	8	2	498	177*	83.00	-	-	1	3	-	48+	0
4	VL Manjrekar	VL Manjrekar (IND)	1961-1962	6	8	1	536	189*	76.57	-	-	1	3	-	47+	0
5	KF Barrington	KF Barrington (ENG)	1961-1962	10	18	4	1035	172	73.92	-	-	4	5	-	100+	0
6	VL Mehra	VL Mehra (IND)	1961-1962	1	2	1	69	62	69.00	-	-	-	1	-	9	0
7	GT Dowling	GT Dowling (NZ)	1961-1961	1	2	-	132	74	66.00	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
8	Mushtaq Mohammad	Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1961-1961	3	5	1	263	101	65.75	-	-	1	1	-	14+	0
9	RF Surti	RF Surti (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	-	64	64	64.00	-	-	-	1	-	7	0
10	DJ McGlew	DJ McGlew (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	1	175	127*	58.33	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
11	ER Dexter	ER Dexter (ENG)	1961-1962	10	18	3	868	180	57.86	-	-	2	5	1	71+	1
12	Saeed Ahmed	Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1961-1961	3	6	1	282	103	56.40	-	-	1	1	1	12+	0
13	ML Jaisimha	ML Jaisimha (IND)	1961-1962	6	9	1	450	127	56.25	-	-	1	3	-	34+	4
14	RB Kanhai	RB Kanhai (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	-	325	117	54.16	169+	55.02	2	-	-	39	2
15	WM Lawry	WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1961	5	8	-	420	130	52.50	-	-	2	2	1	48+	0
16	Imtiaz Ahmed	Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1961-1961	3	6	1	249	135	49.80	-	-	1	1	-	1+	0
17	PJP Burge	PJP Burge (AUS)	1961-1961	7	12	1	547	181	49.72	389+	31.10	1	2	1	51+	0
18	JHB Waite	JHB Waite (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	-	193	101	48.25	-	-	1	1	-	-	1
19	Javed Burki	Javed Burki (PAK)	1961-1961	3	5	-	241	138	48.20	-	-	1	1	-	19+	1
20	JR Reid	JR Reid (NZ)	1961-1961	2	4	1	143	75*	47.66	-	-	-	1	-	17+	1
21	R Subba Row	R Subba Row (ENG)	1961-1961	5	10	-	468	137	46.80	-	-	2	1	-	24+	1
22	GS Sobers	GS Sobers (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	-	275	168	45.83	468+	54.27	1	1	-	32	1
23	NCL O'Neill	NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1961-1961	8	14	-	599	117	42.78	522+	38.12	1	5	1	66+	0
24	BC Booth	BC Booth (AUS)	1961-1961	2	3	-	126	71	42.00	-	-	-	1	-	18	0
25	G Pullar	G Pullar (ENG)	1961-1961	9	16	1	624	119	41.60	-	-	1	4	2	54+	1
26	FMM Worrell	FMM Worrell (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	-	245	82	40.83	359+	33.70	-	3	-	34	1
27	PBH May	PBH May (ENG)	1961-1961	4	8	1	272	95	38.85	-	-	-	2	1	32+	0
28	PE Richardson	PE Richardson (ENG)	1961-1962	5	9	-	341	71	37.88	-	-	-	2	-	23+	0
29	RN Harvey	RN Harvey (AUS)	1961-1961	7	12	-	449	114	37.41	276+	40.21	1	3	-	32+	0
30	MAK Pataudi	MAK Pataudi (IND)	1961-1962	2	3	-	109	64	36.33	-	-	-	1	-	18	0
31	CC Hunte	CC Hunte (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	-	203	79	33.83	334+	35.32	-	2	-	18	0
32	PH Parfitt	PH Parfitt (ENG)	1961-1962	1	2	-	67	46	33.50	-	-	-	-	-	9	0
33	RB Simpson	RB Simpson (AUS)	1961-1961	8	14	-	468	92	33.42	512+	36.91	-	5	1	33+	0
34	NJ Contractor	NJ Contractor (IND)	1961-1962	6	8	-	264	92	33.00	-	-	-	2	-	21+	0
35	CW Smith	CW Smith (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	-	193	55	32.16	200+	59.50	-	1	-	31	1
36	RW Barber	RW Barber (ENG)	1961-1962	5	8	2	192	69*	32.00	0+	-	-	1	-	15+	0
37	BR Knight	BR Knight (ENG)	1961-1962	3	3	1	63	39*	31.50	0+	-	-	-	-	7	0
38	GA Bartlett	GA Bartlett (NZ)	1961-1961	2	3	-	94	40	31.33	-	-	-	-	-	6+	0
39	CC McDonald	CC McDonald (AUS)	1961-1961	6	11	-	331	91	30.09	397+	41.05	-	3	-	13+	0
40	AG Kripal Singh	AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1961-1961	3	4	2	60	38*	30.00	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
41	PD Lashley	PD Lashley (WI)	1961-1961	1	2	-	59	41	29.50	151	39.07	-	-	-	5	0
42	EJ Barlow	EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	-	117	47	29.25	-	-	-	-	-	16+	0
43	Hanif Mohammad	Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1961-1961	3	5	-	143	62	28.60	-	-	-	1	-	11+	0
44	KD Mackay	KD Mackay (AUS)	1961-1961	8	13	2	310	64	28.18	320+	19.06	-	3	2	24+	0
45	SA Durani	SA Durani (IND)	1961-1962	4	6	-	169	71	28.16	-	-	-	1	2	27	2
46	DN Sardesai	DN Sardesai (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	-	28	28	28.00	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
47	PGZ Harris	PGZ Harris (NZ)	1961-1961	2	4	1	83	74	27.66	-	-	-	1	2	-	0
48	RA McLean	RA McLean (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	-	110	63	27.50	-	-	-	1	1	6+	2
49	SM Nurse	SM Nurse (WI)	1961-1961	2	4	-	108	49	27.00	175+	30.85	-	-	-	9	0
50	JS Solomon	JS Solomon (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	1	134	45	26.80	380+	25.26	-	-	-	10	0
51	DA Allen	DA Allen (ENG)	1961-1962	9	11	3	206	42*	25.75	2+	-	-	-	1	22+	0
52	GD McKenzie	GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1961	3	5	2	75	34	25.00	-	-	-	-	-	3+	0
53	SN McGregor	SN McGregor (NZ)	1961-1961	2	4	-	99	55	24.75	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
54	PT Barton	PT Barton (NZ)	1961-1961	2	4	-	98	54	24.50	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
55	AK Davidson	AK Davidson (AUS)	1961-1961	7	12	3	204	77*	22.66	190+	27.89	-	1	1	17+	3
56	MJK Smith	MJK Smith (ENG)	1961-1961	5	9	1	172	99	21.50	-	-	-	1	4	17+	0
57	MC Cowdrey	MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1961-1961	4	8	-	168	93	21.00	-	-	-	1	1	4+	0
57	RG Nadkarni	RG Nadkarni (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	-	21	21	21.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
59	DB Close	DB Close (ENG)	1961-1961	1	2	-	41	33	20.50	-	-	-	-	-	4	2
60	JB Statham	JB Statham (ENG)	1961-1961	4	7	4	59	18	19.66	-	-	-	-	-	6+	0
61	W Mathias	W Mathias (PAK)	1961-1961	3	5	-	96	49	19.20	-	-	-	-	-	10+	0
62	Mahmood Hussain	Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1961-1961	3	4	-	76	35	19.00	0+	-	-	-	-	2+	2
62	FM Misson	FM Misson (AUS)	1961-1961	4	4	2	38	25*	19.00	61+	19.67	-	-	1	1+	0
64	PM Pollock	PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	1	53	37	17.66	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
65	DE Hoare	DE Hoare (AUS)	1961-1961	1	2	-	35	35	17.50	-	-	-	-	1	2	0
66	GAR Lock	GAR Lock (ENG)	1961-1962	7	10	2	136	49	17.00	20+	150.00	-	-	1	15+	0
67	AG Milkha Singh	AG Milkha Singh (IND)	1961-1961	3	4	-	67	35	16.75	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
68	WW Hall	WW Hall (WI)	1961-1961	3	5	-	81	24	16.20	169+	44.97	-	-	-	5	1
69	R Benaud	R Benaud (AUS)	1961-1961	7	12	1	175	77	15.90	173+	20.80	-	1	2	13+	0
70	JT Murray	JT Murray (ENG)	1961-1961	9	13	1	185	40	15.41	0+	-	-	-	-	15+	0
71	BK Kunderan	BK Kunderan (IND)	1961-1961	3	4	2	30	12*	15.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
72	KC Bland	KC Bland (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	-	59	30	14.75	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
73	MK Elgie	MK Elgie (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	-	57	56	14.25	-	-	-	1	2	8	0
74	JA Flavell	JA Flavell (ENG)	1961-1961	2	3	2	14	14	14.00	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
75	RB Desai	RB Desai (IND)	1961-1962	5	6	1	69	29	13.80	-	-	-	-	-	8+	1
76	FM Engineer	FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1962	3	4	-	55	33	13.75	-	-	-	-	-	9	0
77	WE Russell	WE Russell (ENG)	1961-1962	2	4	-	53	34	13.25	-	-	-	-	1	4	0
78	AL Valentine	AL Valentine (WI)	1961-1961	3	5	4	13	10*	13.00	29+	44.82	-	-	1	2	0
79	Intikhab Alam	Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1961-1961	3	5	-	64	24	12.80	-	-	-	-	1	3+	3
80	GB Lawrence	GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1961	2	3	-	38	22	12.66	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
81	S O'Linn	S O'Linn (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	1	36	17	12.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
82	Fazal Mahmood	Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1961-1961	2	3	-	35	18	11.66	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
83	JT Sparling	JT Sparling (NZ)	1961-1961	1	2	-	23	13	11.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
84	LR Gibbs	LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1961	3	5	-	55	18	11.00	168+	22.02	-	-	1	5	0
84	HD Bromfield	HD Bromfield (SA)	1961-1961	2	3	2	11	11*	11.00	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
86	Haseeb Ahsan	Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1961-1961	3	4	1	32	14	10.66	0+	-	-	-	-	2+	1
87	FS Trueman	FS Trueman (ENG)	1961-1961	4	6	-	60	25	10.00	-	-	-	-	1	3+	1
88	Mohammad Munaf	Mohammad Munaf (PAK)	1961-1961	1	2	-	19	12	9.50	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
89	R Illingworth	R Illingworth (ENG)	1961-1961	2	3	-	28	15	9.33	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
90	DK Gaekwad	DK Gaekwad (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	-	9	9	9.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
90	JC Alabaster	JC Alabaster (NZ)	1961-1961	2	3	-	27	17	9.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
90	ATW Grout	ATW Grout (AUS)	1961-1961	8	13	1	108	42	9.00	63+	30.15	-	-	5	11+	0
93	HL Jackson	HL Jackson (ENG)	1961-1961	1	1	-	8	8	8.00	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
94	VB Ranjane	VB Ranjane (IND)	1961-1962	3	3	-	23	16	7.66	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	1
95	JW Martin	JW Martin (AUS)	1961-1961	2	4	1	21	15	7.00	73	28.76	-	-	1	2	0
95	AE Dick	AE Dick (NZ)	1961-1961	2	3	-	21	16	7.00	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
97	Surendranath	Surendranath (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	-	6	6	6.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
98	LE Favell	LE Favell (AUS)	1961-1961	2	4	-	23	16	5.75	64+	28.12	-	-	-	2	0
99	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1961-1961	1	1	-	5	5	5.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
100	JW Guy	JW Guy (NZ)	1961-1961	2	4	-	18	9	4.50	-	-	-	-	1	-	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