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Best Strike Rate in 1961: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The best strike rate in 1961 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
ALL FORMATS
1961
53 entries
1
38.43
Jack Alabaster
NZ
3.30 clear of Peter Pollock
2
41.73
Peter Pollock
SA
3.30 off the lead
3
47.45
Dick Motz
NZ
9.02 off the lead
● LEADS
Jack Alabaster
NZ
38.43 · 3.30 better than Pollock
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best strike rate
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
62.50
The mark at number ten — 43 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
13 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Best Strike Rate — full list
53 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Jack Alabaster
NZ
38.43
2
Peter Pollock
SA
41.73
3
Dick Motz
NZ
47.45
4
Fred Trueman
ENG
49.40
5
Frank Cameron
NZ
50.00
6
Goofy Lawrence
SA
53.25
7
Mohammad Munaf
PAK
55.40
8
Alan Davidson
AUS
58.78
9
Lance Gibbs
WI
60.84
10
Frank Misson
AUS
62.50
11
Alf Valentine
WI
62.92
12
Les Jackson
ENG
66.00
13
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
67.00
14
Frank Worrell
WI
67.71
15
Butch White
ENG
68.00
16
Richie Benaud
AUS
69.21
17
David Allen
ENG
69.66
18
Ramakant Desai
IND
70.06
19
Graham McKenzie
AUS
70.36
20
Brian Statham
ENG
71.18
21
Vasant Ranjane
IND
72.33
22
Sir Wes Hall
WI
76.00
23
Gary Bartlett
NZ
78.00
24
Ted Dexter
ENG
79.23
25
Kenneth Walter
SA
82.50
26
Salim Durani
IND
82.92
27
Bob Simpson
AUS
83.80
28
Harry Bromfield
SA
84.00
29
Barry Knight
ENG
85.50
30
Vaman Kumar
IND
86.43
31
Des Hoare
AUS
87.00
32
Chandu Borde
IND
88.50
33
Mohammad Farooq
PAK
90.00
34
Ron Gaunt
AUS
92.00
35
Subhash Gupte
IND
93.43
36
Bob Barber
ENG
94.38
37
Haseeb Ahsan
PAK
97.33
38
Ken Mackay
AUS
98.19
39
Jack Flavell
ENG
99.20
40
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
104.00
41
Alan Brown
ENG
107.67
42
Johnny Martin
AUS
108.00
43
Ray Illingworth
ENG
111.00
44
Tony Lock
ENG
111.33
45
Nasim-ul-Ghani
PAK
138.00
45
Mahmood Hussain
PAK
138.00
46
Fazal Mahmood
PAK
162.00
47
Afaq Hussain
PAK
168.00
48
Intikhab Alam
PAK
172.50
49
David Smith
ENG
175.20
50
Polly Umrigar
IND
180.00
51
Surendranath
IND
246.00
52
AG Kripal Singh
IND
576.00
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