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Best Economy in 1961: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best economy in 1961 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1961
58 entries
1
0.77
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
0.89 clear of Polly Umrigar
2
1.66
Polly Umrigar
IND
0.89 off the lead
3
1.83
Eric Russell
ENG
1.06 off the lead
● LEADS
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
0.77 · 0.89 better than Umrigar
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Nadkarni is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
2.08
The mark at number ten — 48 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
58 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
0.77
2
Polly Umrigar
IND
1.66
3
Eric Russell
ENG
1.83
4
Ron Gaunt
AUS
1.87
5
Fazal Mahmood
PAK
1.88
6
Les Jackson
ENG
1.89
7
Goofy Lawrence
SA
1.89
8
Vaman Kumar
IND
2.00
9
Lance Gibbs
WI
2.05
10
Mohammad Munaf
PAK
2.08
11
Tony Lock
ENG
2.12
12
David Allen
ENG
2.15
13
AG Kripal Singh
IND
2.16
14
Ken Mackay
AUS
2.17
15
Peter Pollock
SA
2.17
16
Afaq Hussain
PAK
2.18
17
Frank Worrell
WI
2.19
18
Motganhalli Jaisimha
IND
2.20
19
Harry Bromfield
SA
2.21
20
David Smith
ENG
2.22
21
Ray Illingworth
ENG
2.27
22
Intikhab Alam
PAK
2.36
23
Subhash Gupte
IND
2.36
24
Alan Davidson
AUS
2.37
25
Mahmood Hussain
PAK
2.37
26
Kenneth Walter
SA
2.39
27
Frank Cameron
NZ
2.45
28
Salim Durani
IND
2.48
29
Brian Statham
ENG
2.48
30
Graham McKenzie
AUS
2.50
31
Surendranath
IND
2.61
32
Richie Benaud
AUS
2.62
33
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
2.65
34
Nasim-ul-Ghani
PAK
2.67
35
Barry Knight
ENG
2.70
36
Chandu Borde
IND
2.71
37
Haseeb Ahsan
PAK
2.71
38
Bob Simpson
AUS
2.71
39
Ramakant Desai
IND
2.77
40
Ted Dexter
ENG
2.78
41
Alan Brown
ENG
2.79
42
Jack Flavell
ENG
2.79
43
Dick Motz
NZ
2.91
44
Vasant Ranjane
IND
2.93
45
Alf Valentine
WI
2.93
46
Jack Alabaster
NZ
3.01
47
Butch White
ENG
3.15
48
Fred Trueman
ENG
3.21
49
Baloo Gupte
IND
3.31
50
Bob Barber
ENG
3.36
51
Gary Bartlett
NZ
3.38
52
John Reid
NZ
3.55
53
Mohammad Farooq
PAK
3.63
54
Frank Misson
AUS
3.73
55
Sir Wes Hall
WI
4.34
56
Johnny Martin
AUS
4.64
57
Lindsay Kline
AUS
4.76
58
Des Hoare
AUS
5.38
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