Batting Highest Strike Rate Innings

Highest strike rates in an innings in 1961 in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Highest strike rates in an innings

Player	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
GAR Lock	30	20	7	-	150.00	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
RB Kanhai	31	41	4	-	75.60	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
GS Sobers	168	234	25	1	71.79	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
CW Smith	37	63	5	1	58.73	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
CW Smith	55	94	9	-	58.51	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
RB Kanhai	38	65	7	-	58.46	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
FCM Alexander	73	126	5	-	57.93	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
FCM Alexander	108	190	9	1	56.84	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
CC McDonald	91	175	6	-	52.00	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
CC Hunte	34	68	3	-	50.00	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
NCL O'Neill	71	148	10	-	47.97	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
NCL O'Neill	70	146	8	-	47.94	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
RN Harvey	85	185	9	-	45.94	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
CC McDonald	34	81	1	-	41.97	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
RB Simpson	92	231	10	-	39.82	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
PD Lashley	41	107	4	-	38.31	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
CC Hunte	31	84	4	-	36.90	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
FMM Worrell	82	224	11	1	36.60	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
SM Nurse	43	118	5	-	36.44	West Indies	v Australia	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
GS Sobers	64	179	5	-	35.75	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
PJP Burge	68	194	7	-	35.05	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
RB Simpson	75	237	5	-	31.64	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
JS Solomon	45	143	3	-	31.46	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
CC Hunte	52	166	4	-	31.32	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
CC McDonald	27	89	2	-	30.33	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
PJP Burge	53	195	8	-	27.17	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
KD Mackay	39	155	2	-	25.16	Australia	v West Indies	Sydney	13 Jan 1961	Test # 502
NCL O'Neill	48	197	5	-	24.36	Australia	v West Indies	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
JS Solomon	36	175	3	-	20.57	West Indies	v Australia	Melbourne	10 Feb 1961	Test # 506
VL Manjrekar	189*	-	29	-	-	India	v England	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	Test # 516
PJP Burge	181	-	22	-	-	Australia	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
ER Dexter	180	-	31	-	-	England	v Australia	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961	Test # 507
CG Borde	177*	-	13	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
KF Barrington	172	-	26	-	-	England	v India	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961	Test # 514
KF Barrington	151*	-	-	-	-	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
PR Umrigar	147*	-	16	-	-	India	v England	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961	Test # 514
KF Barrington	139	-	19	-	-	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
Javed Burki	138	-	17	1	-	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
R Subba Row	137	-	15	1	-	England	v Australia	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
Imtiaz Ahmed	135	-	-	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
WM Lawry	130	-	18	-	-	Australia	v England	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
DJ McGlew	127*	-	10	-	-	South Africa	v New Zealand	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
ML Jaisimha	127	-	14	2	-	India	v England	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	Test # 516
ER Dexter	126*	-	15	-	-	England	v India	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961	Test # 514
G Pullar	119	-	14	-	-	England	v India	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961	Test # 514
PR Umrigar	117	-	14	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
RB Kanhai	117	-	14	2	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
NCL O'Neill	117	-	14	-	-	Australia	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
RB Kanhai	115	-	12	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
RN Harvey	114	-	15	-	-	Australia	v England	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961	Test # 507
KF Barrington	113*	-	12	-	-	England	v India	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	Test # 516
PR Umrigar	112	-	-	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	08 Feb 1961	Test # 505
R Subba Row	112	-	14	-	-	England	v Australia	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961	Test # 507
Saeed Ahmed	103	-	10	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
WM Lawry	102	-	13	-	-	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
Mushtaq Mohammad	101	-	19	-	-	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	08 Feb 1961	Test # 505
JHB Waite	101	-	13	-	-	South Africa	v New Zealand	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
MJK Smith	99	-	13	-	-	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
VL Manjrekar	96	-	10	-	-	India	v England	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961	Test # 514
PBH May	95	-	14	-	-	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
MC Cowdrey	93	-	11	-	-	England	v Australia	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
NJ Contractor	92	-	7	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	08 Feb 1961	Test # 505
G Pullar	89	-	13	-	-	England	v India	Delhi	13 Dec 1961	Test # 516
FCM Alexander	87*	-	10	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
RB Simpson	85	-	4	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
ER Dexter	85	-	11	-	-	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
VL Manjrekar	84	-	-	-	-	India	v England	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
KF Barrington	83	-	10	-	-	England	v Australia	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
G Pullar	83	-	10	1	-	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
NCL O'Neill	82	-	11	-	-	Australia	v England	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961	Test # 507
NJ Contractor	81	-	9	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Chennai	13 Jan 1961	Test # 503
CC Hunte	79	-	6	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
KF Barrington	78	-	10	-	-	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
R Benaud	77	-	7	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
AK Davidson	77*	-	10	2	-	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
RB Simpson	76	-	-	-	-	Australia	v England	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961	Test # 507
ER Dexter	76	-	14	1	-	England	v Australia	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
Mushtaq Mohammad	76	-	11	-	-	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
JR Reid	75*	-	11	1	-	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
WM Lawry	74	-	11	-	-	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
Saeed Ahmed	74	-	12	-	-	Pakistan	v England	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
PGZ Harris	74	-	-	-	-	New Zealand	v South Africa	Durban	08 Dec 1961	Test # 515
GT Dowling	74	-	9	-	-	New Zealand	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Dec 1961	Test # 517
RN Harvey	73	-	-	-	-	Australia	v England	Leeds	06 Jul 1961	Test # 509
FMM Worrell	71	-	10	-	-	West Indies	v Australia	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
CC McDonald	71	-	4	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
PBH May	71	-	11	-	-	England	v Australia	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
BC Booth	71	-	12	-	-	Australia	v England	The Oval	17 Aug 1961	Test # 511
PE Richardson	71	-	7	-	-	England	v India	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
SA Durani	71	-	10	2	-	India	v England	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
ML Jaisimha	70	-	8	1	-	India	v England	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961	Test # 514
CG Borde	69	-	9	-	-	India	v England	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
RW Barber	69*	-	7	-	-	England	v India	Kanpur	01 Dec 1961	Test # 514
VL Manjrekar	68	-	6	-	-	India	v England	Brabourne	11 Nov 1961	Test # 513
CG Borde	68	-	10	-	-	India	v England	Eden Gardens	30 Dec 1961	Test # 518
NCL O'Neill	67	-	9	-	-	Australia	v England	Manchester	27 Jul 1961	Test # 510
KF Barrington	66	-	11	-	-	England	v Australia	Lord's	22 Jun 1961	Test # 508
ER Dexter	66*	-	9	-	-	England	v Pakistan	Lahore	21 Oct 1961	Test # 512
NCL O'Neill	65	-	8	-	-	Australia	v West Indies	Adelaide	27 Jan 1961	Test # 504
RF Surti	64	-	7	-	-	India	v Pakistan	Delhi	08 Feb 1961	Test # 505

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

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