Records
John Player League, 1971 Records
Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Highest strike rates in an innings For John Player League, 1971

Highest strike rates in an innings
Player
Runs
Balls
4s
6s
SR
Team
Opposition
Ground
Match Date
Scorecard
MA Buss
121----Sussexv NottsWorksop27 Jun 1971List A
JH Hampshire
119----Yorkshirev LeicsHull27 Jun 1971List A
GS Sobers
116*----Nottsv WorcsNewark-on-Trent01 Aug 1971List A
RB Kanhai
112----Warwickshirev NorthantsBirmingham15 Aug 1971List A
MJ Smith
110----Middlesexv LancashireLord's06 Jun 1971List A
BC Francis
107----Essexv LancashireManchester30 May 1971List A
D Lloyd
103*----Lancashirev NorthantsBedford01 Aug 1971List A
P Willey
102----Northantsv SussexHove02 May 1971List A
RT Virgin
101*----Somersetv SurreyTorquay04 Jul 1971List A
B Taylor
100----Essexv DerbyshireBuxton23 May 1971List A
KD Boyce
98----Essexv SurreyThe Oval02 May 1971List A
MA Buss
97----Sussexv GlamorganCardiff11 Jul 1971List A
CH Lloyd
 97*----Lancashirev YorkshireLeeds18 Jul 1971List A
JA Jameson
96----Warwickshirev SomersetBirmingham25 Jul 1971List A
G Boycott
93----Yorkshirev WarwickshireMiddlesbrough09 May 1971List A
JH Edrich
90----Surreyv EssexThe Oval02 May 1971List A
DB Close
 89*----Somersetv DerbyshireIlkeston16 May 1971List A
GS Sobers
88----Nottsv LeicsNottingham23 May 1971List A
EA Cordle
87----Glamorganv NottsNottingham02 May 1971List A
G Barker
 87*----Essexv NottsChelmsford09 May 1971List A
GS Sobers
84----Nottsv LancashireNottingham04 Jul 1971List A
RC Fredericks
84----Glamorganv YorkshireSwansea08 Aug 1971List A
SB Hassan
83----Nottsv WarwickshireBirmingham11 Jul 1971List A
MH Denness
 83*----Kentv LeicsFolkestone18 Jul 1971List A
PJ Watts
83----Northantsv LancashireBedford01 Aug 1971List A
DR Turner
83----Hampshirev EssexLeyton08 Aug 1971List A
MJ Smith
83----Middlesexv KentCanterbury12 Sep 1971List A
ER Dexter
 82*----Sussexv KentTunbridge Wells06 Jun 1971List A
AGE Ealham
82----Kentv MiddlesexCanterbury12 Sep 1971List A
RE Marshall
81----Hampshirev DerbyshireSouthampton25 Jul 1971List A
BA Richards
81----Hampshirev YorkshireBournemouth05 Sep 1971List A
GS Sobers
79----Nottsv WarwickshireBirmingham11 Jul 1971List A
CT Radley
78----Middlesexv SurreyThe Oval25 Jul 1971List A
Majid Khan
78----Glamorganv WorcsCardiff25 Jul 1971List A
MJ Kitchen
77----Somersetv WarwickshireBirmingham25 Jul 1971List A
GA Greenidge
77----Sussexv GloucsHove05 Sep 1971List A
DM Green
76----Gloucsv HampshirePortsmouth11 Jul 1971List A
AW Greig
75----Sussexv LancashireManchester25 Jul 1971List A
Younis Ahmed
 75*----Surreyv KentThe Oval08 Aug 1971List A
BS Crump
74----Northantsv GlamorganNorthampton04 Jul 1971List A
AR Lewis
 74*----Glamorganv SomersetCardiff01 Aug 1971List A
RB Nicholls
74----Gloucsv WarwickshireCheltenham08 Aug 1971List A
CP Wilkins
 74*----Derbyshirev SussexHove08 Aug 1971List A
CA Milton
 74*----Gloucsv MiddlesexLord's22 Aug 1971List A
RGA Headley
 73*----Worcsv MiddlesexWorcester02 May 1971List A
BF Davison
73----Leicsv SussexHorsham16 May 1971List A
RE Marshall
73----Hampshirev MiddlesexLord's04 Jul 1971List A
B Dudleston
73----Leicsv MiddlesexLord's01 Aug 1971List A
GS Sobers
 73*----Nottsv SomersetTaunton08 Aug 1971List A
G Boycott
73----Yorkshirev NorthantsBradford12 Sep 1971List A
BA Richards
72----Hampshirev WarwickshireSouthampton27 Jun 1971List A
CJR Black
 72*----Middlesexv SurreyThe Oval25 Jul 1971List A
HM Ackerman
 72*----Northantsv MiddlesexWellingborough08 Aug 1971List A
MJ Harris
71----Nottsv GlamorganNottingham02 May 1971List A
G Barker
 71*----Essexv SurreyThe Oval02 May 1971List A
IR Buxton
 71*----Derbyshirev EssexBuxton23 May 1971List A
GRJ Roope
71----Surreyv YorkshireThe Oval11 Jul 1971List A
DS Steele
 71*----Northantsv MiddlesexWellingborough08 Aug 1971List A
A Long
71----Surreyv WarwickshireBirmingham22 Aug 1971List A
Younis Ahmed
70----Surreyv SomersetTorquay04 Jul 1971List A
BA Richards
69----Hampshirev NottsBournemouth25 Apr 1971List A
SB Hassan
69----Nottsv KentNottingham25 Jul 1971List A
RGA Headley
69----Worcsv NottsNewark-on-Trent01 Aug 1971List A
PH Parfitt
69----Middlesexv GloucsLord's22 Aug 1971List A
BA Richards
 69*----Hampshirev SussexBournemouth12 Sep 1971List A
AW Greig
68----Sussexv NorthantsHove02 May 1971List A
KL Snellgrove
68----Lancashirev LeicsLeicester08 Aug 1971List A
G Barker
67----Essexv SomersetWestcliff-on-Sea11 Jul 1971List A
MA Buss
67----Sussexv MiddlesexHove18 Jul 1971List A
B Wood
67----Lancashirev SussexManchester25 Jul 1971List A
JF Harvey
67----Derbyshirev WarwickshireDerby01 Aug 1971List A
JF Harvey
66----Derbyshirev LeicsLeicester06 Jun 1971List A
GI Burgess
 66*----Somersetv GloucsBristol06 Jun 1971List A
ER Dexter
65----Sussexv NottsWorksop27 Jun 1971List A
DB Close
 65*----Somersetv WarwickshireBirmingham25 Jul 1971List A
JN Shepherd
65----Kentv SurreyThe Oval08 Aug 1971List A
D Nicholls
64----Kentv GloucsGillingham20 Jun 1971List A
JA Jameson
64----Warwickshirev HampshireSouthampton27 Jun 1971List A
EJO Hemsley
64----Worcsv LeicsLeicester11 Jul 1971List A
JT Murray
64----Middlesexv NottsLord's29 Aug 1971List A
GRJ Roope
63----Surreyv NorthantsNorthampton30 May 1971List A
ER Dexter
63----Sussexv EssexHarlow04 Jul 1971List A
DM Green
62----Gloucsv DerbyshireBristol09 May 1971List A
CC Inman
 62*----Leicsv NottsNottingham23 May 1971List A
SR Bielby
62----Nottsv DerbyshireChesterfield30 May 1971List A
CG Greenidge
62----Hampshirev WorcsWorcester06 Jun 1971List A
G Boycott
62----Yorkshirev LancashireLeeds18 Jul 1971List A
JH Hampshire
62----Yorkshirev HampshireBournemouth05 Sep 1971List A
JB Bolus
 61*----Nottsv EssexChelmsford09 May 1971List A
JM Brearley
 61*----Middlesexv SomersetLord's30 May 1971List A
CG Greenidge
61----Hampshirev EssexLeyton08 Aug 1971List A
G Boycott
61----Yorkshirev HampshireBournemouth05 Sep 1971List A
RB Nicholls
60----Gloucsv LeicsLeicester25 Apr 1971List A
KL Snellgrove
60----Lancashirev DerbyshireManchester20 Jun 1971List A
MJ Harris
60----Nottsv LancashireNottingham04 Jul 1971List A
KWR Fletcher
60----Essexv GloucsBristol25 Jul 1971List A
CT Radley
60----Middlesexv NorthantsWellingborough08 Aug 1971List A
DB Close
 59*----Somersetv MiddlesexLord's30 May 1971List A
MEJC Norman
59----Leicsv WorcsLeicester11 Jul 1971List A
MA Buss
59----Sussexv DerbyshireHove08 Aug 1971List A
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