Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1961 in FC+LA+T20s

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
CG Borde (IND/WEZ)	1961-1962	8	11	4	707	177*	101.00	-	-	2	4	0	48+	0+
G Thomas (NSW)	1961-1962	5	7	2	437	119*	87.40	-	-	2	2	0	15+	0+
FCM Alexander (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	2	342	108	85.50	360+	53.33	1	3	1	30	1
WJ Watson (NSW)	1961-1961	2	2	1	81	41*	81.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
BK Shepherd (WA)	1961-1961	6	10	2	615	212*	76.87	-	-	2	3	0	-	-
Nayyar Hussain (PakCm)	1961-1961	1	1	0	76	76	76.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
PR Umrigar (IND/WEZ)	1961-1962	7	8	1	517	147*	73.85	-	-	3	0	0	46+	0+
VL Manjrekar (CEZ/IND)	1961-1962	8	10	1	658	189*	73.11	-	-	2	3	0	47+	0+
KF Barrington (/ENG)	1961-1962	11	20	4	1141	172	71.31	-	-	4	7	0	100+	0+
KS Indrajitsinhji (WEZ)	1961-1961	1	1	0	67	67	67.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
GT Dowling (NZ)	1961-1961	1	2	0	132	74	66.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1961-1961	3	5	1	263	101	65.75	-	-	1	1	0	14+	0
PI Philpott (NSW)	1961-1961	2	2	0	122	62	61.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
WM Lawry (AUS/VIC)	1961-1962	13	23	1	1307	150*	59.40	-	-	5	6	1	48+	0+
U Prabhakar Rao (SOZ)	1961-1961	2	3	2	59	48*	59.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
SG Adhikari (WEZ)	1961-1961	1	2	1	59	30*	59.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
RG Flockton (NSW)	1961-1961	5	7	2	295	110	59.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
DJ McGlew (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	1	175	127*	58.33	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
C Lee (DER)	1961-1961	1	1	0	57	57	57.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1961-1961	3	6	1	282	103	56.40	-	-	1	1	1	12+	0
RG Pollock (EPR)	1961-1961	1	2	0	112	102	56.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK/PakCm)	1961-1961	4	7	1	331	135	55.16	-	-	1	2	0	1+	0+
LV Maddocks (VIC)	1961-1961	5	7	1	327	102	54.50	-	-	1	2	0	-	-
RB Kanhai (WA/WI)	1961-1961	8	14	1	705	135	54.23	169+	55.02	4	1	1	39+	2+
DJ Anderson (VIC)	1961-1962	1	2	0	106	69	53.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
EJ Brotherton (EPR)	1961-1961	1	2	0	104	67	52.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
PJP Burge (AUS/QLD)	1961-1962	14	23	1	1135	181	51.59	389+	31.10	4	3	1	51+	0+
ER Dexter (/ENG)	1961-1962	11	20	3	868	180	51.05	-	-	2	5	3	71+	1+
MT Vernon (WA)	1961-1961	2	4	0	203	93	50.75	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
BC Booth (AUS/NSW)	1961-1962	9	14	2	597	141*	49.75	-	-	2	2	1	18+	0+
DB Close (/ENG)	1961-1961	2	4	1	149	94*	49.66	-	-	0	1	0	4+	2+
RF Surti (IND/WEZ)	1961-1961	3	4	1	148	64	49.33	-	-	0	2	0	7+	0+
JHB Waite (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	0	193	101	48.25	-	-	1	1	0	-	1
Javed Burki (PAK)	1961-1961	3	5	0	241	138	48.20	-	-	1	1	0	19+	1
JR Reid (NZ)	1961-1961	2	4	1	143	75*	47.66	-	-	0	1	0	17+	1
JC Lill (SOA)	1961-1962	7	13	0	617	130	47.46	-	-	2	2	0	-	-
PC Poddar (EAZ)	1961-1961	1	1	0	47	47	47.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
ID Craig (NSW)	1961-1962	7	12	0	563	197	46.91	-	-	1	3	1	-	-
MAJ Sargent (SOA)	1961-1961	4	7	0	328	164	46.85	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
R Subba Row (ENG)	1961-1961	5	10	0	468	137	46.80	-	-	2	1	0	24+	1
ML Jaisimha (IND/SOZ)	1961-1962	8	12	1	509	127	46.27	-	-	1	3	0	34+	4+
SA Durani (CEZ/IND)	1961-1962	6	9	0	413	110	45.88	-	-	1	3	2	27+	2+
Suryaveer Singh (CEZ)	1961-1961	2	3	0	134	94	44.66	-	-	0	1	1	-	-
RM Cowper (VIC)	1961-1962	7	11	1	442	114*	44.20	-	-	1	2	1	-	-
RB Kenny (EAZ)	1961-1961	1	1	0	44	44	44.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
LE Favell (AUS/SOA)	1961-1962	7	13	1	528	153	44.00	64+	28.12	2	1	1	2+	0+
PH Copeland (EPR)	1961-1961	1	2	1	43	22*	43.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
JH Shaw (VIC)	1961-1961	2	4	1	128	82	42.66	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
JH Baillie ()	1961-1961	1	2	0	84	84	42.00	-	-	0	1	1	-	-
G Pullar (ENG)	1961-1961	9	16	1	624	119	41.60	-	-	1	4	2	54+	1
RB Simpson (AUS/NSW)	1961-1962	12	22	2	820	110*	41.00	512+	36.91	1	7	1	33+	0+
FMM Worrell (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	0	245	82	40.83	359+	33.70	0	3	0	34	1
KD Mackay (AUS/QLD)	1961-1962	15	24	5	773	128*	40.68	320+	19.06	1	6	3	24+	0+
GS Sobers (SOA/WI)	1961-1962	6	11	0	447	168	40.63	468+	54.27	1	2	0	32+	1+
SC Trimble (QLD)	1961-1962	9	16	1	600	126	40.00	-	-	1	5	1	-	-
PBH May (/ENG)	1961-1961	5	10	1	358	95	39.77	-	-	0	3	1	32+	0+
RG Nadkarni (IND/WEZ)	1961-1961	3	3	1	79	54*	39.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0+
WJ Saunders (NSW)	1961-1961	3	4	0	152	78	38.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
GF Dakin (EPR)	1961-1961	1	2	0	76	75	38.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
PE Richardson (ENG)	1961-1962	5	9	0	341	71	37.88	-	-	0	2	0	23+	0
IR Fullerton ()	1961-1961	1	2	0	73	56	36.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
RM Prideaux ()	1961-1961	1	2	0	73	57	36.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1961-1962	2	3	0	109	64	36.33	-	-	0	1	0	18	0
TG Stewart (QLD)	1961-1961	1	1	0	36	36	36.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
AG Kripal Singh (IND/SOZ)	1961-1961	5	7	2	178	73	35.60	-	-	0	1	0	0+	0+
CN Crompton (VIC)	1961-1961	7	12	1	387	66	35.18	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
NJ Contractor (IND/WEZ)	1961-1962	8	12	1	387	92	35.18	-	-	0	2	0	21+	0+
Salahuddin (PakCm)	1961-1961	1	1	0	35	35	35.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
HN Dansie (SOA)	1961-1962	7	12	0	420	129	35.00	-	-	1	3	1	-	-
NCL O'Neill (AUS/NSW)	1961-1962	13	24	1	789	117	34.30	522+	38.12	1	6	3	66+	0+
Shafaat Ahmed (PakCm)	1961-1961	1	1	0	34	34	34.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
CC Hunte (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	0	203	79	33.83	334+	35.32	0	2	0	18	0
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1961-1962	1	2	0	67	46	33.50	-	-	0	0	0	9	0
R Swallow (DER)	1961-1961	1	1	0	33	33	33.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
SVS Mani (SOZ)	1961-1961	2	3	0	99	40	33.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
RN Harvey (AUS/NSW)	1961-1962	11	20	0	651	114	32.55	276+	40.21	1	4	1	32+	0+
TR Veivers (QLD)	1961-1962	9	15	2	423	103*	32.53	-	-	1	2	2	-	-
JF Parker (WA)	1961-1961	7	11	1	323	79	32.30	-	-	0	2	1	-	-
CW Smith (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	0	193	55	32.16	200+	59.50	0	1	0	31	1
Bhupinder Singh (NOZ)	1961-1961	1	2	1	32	31	32.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
IM McLachlan (SOA)	1961-1962	7	12	0	380	127	31.66	-	-	2	1	2	-	-
AG Milkha Singh (IND/SOZ)	1961-1961	5	7	0	221	151	31.57	-	-	1	0	1	-	0+
BR Knight (ENG)	1961-1962	3	3	1	63	39*	31.50	0+	0.00	0	0	0	7	0
R Benaud (AUS/NSW)	1961-1962	12	18	1	535	140	31.47	173+	20.80	2	2	2	30+	2+
RC Jordon (VIC)	1961-1962	3	6	1	157	68	31.40	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
GA Bartlett (NZ)	1961-1961	2	3	0	94	40	31.33	-	-	0	0	0	6+	0
DA Ford (NSW)	1961-1962	7	5	4	31	13*	31.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0+
RW Barber (/ENG)	1961-1962	6	10	2	248	69*	31.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	15+	0+
DFE Bull (QLD)	1961-1962	6	10	0	306	76	30.60	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
DAC Stewart ()	1961-1961	1	2	0	61	54	30.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
Altaf Ahmed (PeshP)	1961-1961	1	2	0	61	37	30.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
VL Mehra (IND/NOZ)	1961-1962	2	4	1	91	62	30.33	-	-	0	1	0	9+	0+
DB Carr (DER)	1961-1961	1	1	0	30	30	30.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
GR Sunderam (CEZ)	1961-1961	2	2	1	30	22*	30.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0+
CC McDonald (AUS/VIC)	1961-1961	7	12	0	359	91	29.91	397+	41.05	0	3	0	13+	0+
KF Punch (WA)	1961-1961	5	8	1	209	52	29.85	-	-	0	1	1	-	-
JRE Mackay (QLD)	1961-1962	9	14	5	267	77	29.66	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
PD Lashley (WI)	1961-1961	1	2	0	59	41	29.50	151	39.07	0	0	0	5	0
PW Wishart (WA)	1961-1961	6	8	2	176	56	29.33	-	-	0	1	2	-	-
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	0	117	47	29.25	-	-	0	0	0	16+	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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at Eden Gardens, England tour of India 4th Test, Dec 30, 1961 - Jan 4, 1962 [Test # 518]

New South Wales vs Queensland at Sydney, Sheffield Shield , Dec 30, 1961 - Jan 3, 1962 [First-class]

South Australia vs Victoria at Melbourne, Sheffield Shield , Dec 30, 1961 - Jan 2, 1962 [First-class]