Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1961 in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
PR Umrigar (IND)	1961-1962	5	6	1	470	147*	94.00	-	-	3	0	0	46+	0
FCM Alexander (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	2	342	108	85.50	360+	53.33	1	3	1	30	1
CG Borde (IND)	1961-1962	6	8	2	498	177*	83.00	-	-	1	3	0	48+	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1961-1962	6	8	1	536	189*	76.57	-	-	1	3	0	47+	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1961-1962	10	18	4	1035	172	73.92	-	-	4	5	0	100+	0
VL Mehra (IND)	1961-1962	1	2	1	69	62	69.00	-	-	0	1	0	9	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
RF Surti (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	0	64	64	64.00	-	-	0	1	0	7	0
DJ McGlew (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	1	175	127*	58.33	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1961-1962	10	18	3	868	180	57.86	-	-	2	5	1	71+	1
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1961-1961	3	6	1	282	103	56.40	-	-	1	1	1	12+	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1961-1962	6	9	1	450	127	56.25	-	-	1	3	0	34+	4
RB Kanhai (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	0	325	117	54.16	169+	55.02	2	0	0	39	2
WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1961	5	8	0	420	130	52.50	-	-	2	2	1	48+	0
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1961-1961	3	6	1	249	135	49.80	-	-	1	1	0	1+	0
PJP Burge (AUS)	1961-1961	7	12	1	547	181	49.72	389+	31.10	1	2	1	51+	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
R Subba Row (ENG)	1961-1961	5	10	0	468	137	46.80	-	-	2	1	0	24+	1
GS Sobers (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	0	275	168	45.83	468+	54.27	1	1	0	32	1
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1961-1961	8	14	0	599	117	42.78	522+	38.12	1	5	1	66+	0
BC Booth (AUS)	1961-1961	2	3	0	126	71	42.00	-	-	0	1	0	18	0
G Pullar (ENG)	1961-1961	9	16	1	624	119	41.60	-	-	1	4	2	54+	1
FMM Worrell (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	0	245	82	40.83	359+	33.70	0	3	0	34	1
PBH May (ENG)	1961-1961	4	8	1	272	95	38.85	-	-	0	2	1	32+	0
PE Richardson (ENG)	1961-1962	5	9	0	341	71	37.88	-	-	0	2	0	23+	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1961-1961	7	12	0	449	114	37.41	276+	40.21	1	3	0	32+	0
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1961-1962	2	3	0	109	64	36.33	-	-	0	1	0	18	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
RB Simpson (AUS)	1961-1961	8	14	0	468	92	33.42	512+	36.91	0	5	1	33+	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1961-1962	6	8	0	264	92	33.00	-	-	0	2	0	21+	0
CW Smith (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	0	193	55	32.16	200+	59.50	0	1	0	31	1
RW Barber (ENG)	1961-1962	5	8	2	192	69*	32.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	15+	0
BR Knight (ENG)	1961-1962	3	3	1	63	39*	31.50	0+	0.00	0	0	0	7	0
GA Bartlett (NZ)	1961-1961	2	3	0	94	40	31.33	-	-	0	0	0	6+	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1961-1961	6	11	0	331	91	30.09	397+	41.05	0	3	0	13+	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1961-1961	3	4	2	60	38*	30.00	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
PD Lashley (WI)	1961-1961	1	2	0	59	41	29.50	151	39.07	0	0	0	5	0
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	0	117	47	29.25	-	-	0	0	0	16+	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1961-1961	3	5	0	143	62	28.60	-	-	0	1	0	11+	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1961-1961	8	13	2	310	64	28.18	320+	19.06	0	3	2	24+	0
SA Durani (IND)	1961-1962	4	6	0	169	71	28.16	-	-	0	1	2	27	2
DN Sardesai (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	0	28	28	28.00	-	-	0	0	0	4	0
PGZ Harris (NZ)	1961-1961	2	4	1	83	74	27.66	-	-	0	1	2	-	0
RA McLean (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	0	110	63	27.50	-	-	0	1	1	6+	2
SM Nurse (WI)	1961-1961	2	4	0	108	49	27.00	175+	30.85	0	0	0	9	0
JS Solomon (WI)	1961-1961	3	6	1	134	45	26.80	380+	25.26	0	0	0	10	0
DA Allen (ENG)	1961-1962	9	11	3	206	42*	25.75	2+	0.00	0	0	1	22+	0
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1961	3	5	2	75	34	25.00	-	-	0	0	0	3+	0
SN McGregor (NZ)	1961-1961	2	4	0	99	55	24.75	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
PT Barton (NZ)	1961-1961	2	4	0	98	54	24.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1961-1961	7	12	3	204	77*	22.66	190+	27.89	0	1	1	17+	3
MJK Smith (ENG)	1961-1961	5	9	1	172	99	21.50	-	-	0	1	4	17+	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1961-1961	4	8	0	168	93	21.00	-	-	0	1	1	4+	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	0	21	21	21.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DB Close (ENG)	1961-1961	1	2	0	41	33	20.50	-	-	0	0	0	4	2
JB Statham (ENG)	1961-1961	4	7	4	59	18	19.66	-	-	0	0	0	6+	0
W Mathias (PAK)	1961-1961	3	5	0	96	49	19.20	-	-	0	0	0	10+	0
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1961-1961	3	4	0	76	35	19.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	2+	2
FM Misson (AUS)	1961-1961	4	4	2	38	25*	19.00	61+	19.67	0	0	1	1+	0
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	1	53	37	17.66	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
DE Hoare (AUS)	1961-1961	1	2	0	35	35	17.50	-	-	0	0	1	2	0
GAR Lock (ENG)	1961-1962	7	10	2	136	49	17.00	20+	150.00	0	0	1	15+	0
AG Milkha Singh (IND)	1961-1961	3	4	0	67	35	16.75	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
WW Hall (WI)	1961-1961	3	5	0	81	24	16.20	169+	44.97	0	0	0	5	1
R Benaud (AUS)	1961-1961	7	12	1	175	77	15.90	173+	20.80	0	1	2	13+	0
JT Murray (ENG)	1961-1961	9	13	1	185	40	15.41	0+	0.00	0	0	0	15+	0
BK Kunderan (IND)	1961-1961	3	4	2	30	12*	15.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
KC Bland (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	0	59	30	14.75	-	-	0	0	1	-	1
MK Elgie (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	0	57	56	14.25	-	-	0	1	2	8	0
JA Flavell (ENG)	1961-1961	2	3	2	14	14	14.00	-	-	0	0	0	1	0
RB Desai (IND)	1961-1962	5	6	1	69	29	13.80	-	-	0	0	0	8+	1
FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1962	3	4	0	55	33	13.75	-	-	0	0	0	9	0
WE Russell (ENG)	1961-1962	2	4	0	53	34	13.25	-	-	0	0	1	4	0
AL Valentine (WI)	1961-1961	3	5	4	13	10*	13.00	29+	44.82	0	0	1	2	0
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1961-1961	3	5	0	64	24	12.80	-	-	0	0	1	3+	3
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1961	2	3	0	38	22	12.66	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
S O'Linn (SA)	1961-1961	2	4	1	36	17	12.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1961-1961	2	3	0	35	18	11.66	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JT Sparling (NZ)	1961-1961	1	2	0	23	13	11.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1961	3	5	0	55	18	11.00	168+	22.02	0	0	1	5	0
HD Bromfield (SA)	1961-1961	2	3	2	11	11*	11.00	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1961-1961	3	4	1	32	14	10.66	0+	0.00	0	0	0	2+	1
FS Trueman (ENG)	1961-1961	4	6	0	60	25	10.00	-	-	0	0	1	3+	1
Mohammad Munaf (PAK)	1961-1961	1	2	0	19	12	9.50	-	-	0	0	0	3	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1961-1961	2	3	0	28	15	9.33	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1961-1961	2	3	0	27	17	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
ATW Grout (AUS)	1961-1961	8	13	1	108	42	9.00	63+	30.15	0	0	5	11+	0
HL Jackson (ENG)	1961-1961	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	-	-	0	0	0	2	0
VB Ranjane (IND)	1961-1962	3	3	0	23	16	7.66	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	1
JW Martin (AUS)	1961-1961	2	4	1	21	15	7.00	73	28.76	0	0	1	2	0
AE Dick (NZ)	1961-1961	2	3	0	21	16	7.00	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
Surendranath (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
LE Favell (AUS)	1961-1961	2	4	0	23	16	5.75	64+	28.12	0	0	0	2	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1961-1961	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JW Guy (NZ)	1961-1961	2	4	0	18	9	4.50	-	-	0	0	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

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]

South Africa vs New Zealand at Johannesburg, New Zealand tour of South Africa 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1961 [Test # 517]

India vs England at Delhi, England tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 13-18, 1961 [Test # 516]