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Best Economy in 1951: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best economy during the 1951 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
TEST
1951
71 entries
1
0.25
Pankaj Roy
IND
0.75 clear of Reg Simpson
2
1.00
Reg Simpson
ENG
0.75 off the lead
3
1.31
Michael Melle
SA
1.06 off the lead
● LEADS
Pankaj Roy
IND
0.25 · 0.75 better than Simpson
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Roy is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1.79
The mark at number ten — 61 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
15 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
71 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Pankaj Roy
IND
0.25
2
Reg Simpson
ENG
1.00
3
Michael Melle
SA
1.31
4
Coimbatarao Gopinath
IND
1.38
5
Vinoo Mankad
IND
1.41
6
Nirode Chowdhury
IND
1.53
7
Vijay Hazare
IND
1.61
8
Tufty Mann
SA
1.71
9
Polly Umrigar
IND
1.77
10
Lala Amarnath
IND
1.79
11
Johnny Wardle
ENG
1.79
12
Cyril Poole
ENG
1.80
13
Fen Cresswell
NZ
1.85
14
Tom Burtt
NZ
1.86
15
Jim Laker
ENG
1.87
16
Ramesh Divecha
IND
1.98
17
Sir Alec Bedser
ENG
2.03
18
Brian Statham
ENG
2.05
19
Ranga Sohoni
IND
2.05
20
Johnny Hayes
NZ
2.05
21
Dattu Phadkar
IND
2.05
22
Chandu Sarwate
IND
2.08
23
Jack Robertson
ENG
2.09
24
Gerry Gomez
WI
2.11
25
Derek Shackleton
ENG
2.13
26
Allan Watkins
ENG
2.14
27
Roy Tattersall
ENG
2.17
28
Geff Noblet
AUS
2.24
29
Jim Burke
AUS
2.33
29
Sir Leonard Hutton
ENG
2.33
29
Cuan McCarthy
SA
2.33
30
Jack Iverson
AUS
2.33
31
Trevor Bailey
ENG
2.36
32
Graeme Hole
AUS
2.38
33
Sam Loxton
AUS
2.40
33
Roy Marshall
WI
2.40
34
Geoff Chubb
SA
2.44
35
Sadu Shinde
IND
2.50
36
Verdun Scott
NZ
2.50
37
Athol Rowan
SA
2.57
38
Prior Jones
WI
2.63
39
Alex Moir
NZ
2.65
40
Freddie Brown
ENG
2.67
41
John Trim
WI
2.68
42
Malcolm Hilton
ENG
2.71
43
Percy Mansell
SA
2.75
44
Rusi Modi
IND
2.80
45
John Reid
NZ
2.90
46
Fred Ridgway
ENG
2.92
47
Bill Johnston
AUS
2.95
48
Keith Miller
AUS
2.96
49
Sonny Ramadhin
WI
2.99
50
Ian Johnson
AUS
3.07
51
John Goddard
WI
3.07
52
Tony MacGibbon
NZ
3.12
53
Subhash Gupte
IND
3.17
54
Alf Valentine
WI
3.28
55
Ray Lindwall
AUS
3.44
56
Donald Carr
ENG
3.50
57
Frank Worrell
WI
3.58
58
John Warr
ENG
3.85
59
Doug Wright
ENG
3.85
60
Denis Compton
ENG
3.89
61
Doug Ring
AUS
4.00
62
Clive van Ryneveld
SA
4.37
63
Dudley Nourse
SA
4.50
64
Eddie Leadbeater
ENG
4.53
65
Eric Rowan
SA
4.67
66
Cyril Washbrook
ENG
6.25
67
Lindsay Hassett
AUS
6.67
68
Tom Graveney
ENG
9.00
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