Best Averages in 1961 for Test

Position	Best Averages	Player Name	Team Name
1	342 / 3	Gerry Alexander	West Indies
2	470 / 5	Polly Umrigar	India
3	498 / 6	Chandu Borde	India
3	83 / 1	Zin Harris	New Zealand
4	536 / 7	Vijay Manjrekar	India
5	1035 / 14	Ken Barrington	England
6	282 / 4	Saeed Ahmed	Pakistan
7	69 / 1	Vijay Mehra	India
8	132 / 2	Graham Dowling	New Zealand
9	263 / 4	Mushtaq Mohammad	Pakistan
10	64 / 1	Rusi Surti	India
11	868 / 14	Ted Dexter	England
12	420 / 7	Bill Lawry	Australia
13	175 / 3	Jackie McGlew	South Africa
14	450 / 8	Motganhalli Jaisimha	India
15	547 / 10	Peter Burge	Australia
16	325 / 6	Rohan Kanhai	West Indies
17	249 / 5	Imtiaz Ahmed	Pakistan
18	193 / 4	John Waite	South Africa
19	241 / 5	Javed Burki	Pakistan
20	624 / 13	Geoff Pullar	England
21	143 / 3	John Reid	New Zealand
22	468 / 10	Raman Subba Row	England
23	599 / 13	Norm O'Neill	Australia
24	275 / 6	Sir Garry Sobers	West Indies
25	272 / 6	Peter May	England
26	172 / 4	Mike Smith	England
27	169 / 4	Salim Durani	India
28	126 / 3	Brian Booth	Australia
29	245 / 6	Frank Worrell	West Indies
30	38 / 1	Frank Misson	Australia
31	341 / 9	Peter Richardson	England
32	449 / 12	Neil Harvey	Australia
33	110 / 3	Roy McLean	South Africa
34	109 / 3	Nawab of Pataudi	India
35	468 / 13	Bob Simpson	Australia
36	35 / 1	Des Hoare	Australia
37	310 / 9	Ken Mackay	Australia
38	203 / 6	Sir Conrad Hunte	West Indies
39	67 / 2	Peter Parfitt	England
40	264 / 8	Nari Contractor	India
41	193 / 6	Cammie Smith	West Indies
42	192 / 6	Bob Barber	England
43	63 / 2	Barry Knight	England
44	94 / 3	Gary Bartlett	New Zealand
45	331 / 11	Colin McDonald	Australia
46	60 / 2	AG Kripal Singh	India
47	59 / 2	Peter Lashley	West Indies
48	206 / 7	David Allen	England
49	117 / 4	Eddie Barlow	South Africa
50	143 / 5	Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan
51	57 / 2	Kim Elgie	South Africa
52	28 / 1	Dilip Sardesai	India
53	108 / 4	Seymour Nurse	West Indies
54	134 / 5	Joe Solomon	West Indies
55	53 / 2	Peter Pollock	South Africa
56	204 / 8	Alan Davidson	Australia
57	75 / 3	Graham McKenzie	Australia
58	99 / 4	Noel McGregor	New Zealand
59	98 / 4	Paul Barton	New Zealand
60	168 / 7	Colin Cowdrey	England
61	21 / 1	Bapu Nadkarni	India
62	41 / 2	Brian Close	England
63	59 / 3	Brian Statham	England
63	59 / 3	Colin Bland	South Africa
64	175 / 9	Richie Benaud	Australia
65	136 / 7	Tony Lock	England
66	96 / 5	Wallis Mathias	Pakistan
67	76 / 4	Mahmood Hussain	Pakistan
67	38 / 2	Goofy Lawrence	South Africa
68	53 / 3	Eric Russell	England
69	67 / 4	AG Milkha Singh	India
70	81 / 5	Sir Wes Hall	West Indies
71	64 / 4	Intikhab Alam	Pakistan
72	108 / 7	Wally Grout	Australia
73	185 / 12	John Murray	England
74	30 / 2	Budhi Kunderan	India
75	14 / 1	Jack Flavell	England
75	28 / 2	Ray Illingworth	England
76	69 / 5	Ramakant Desai	India
77	55 / 4	Farokh Engineer	India
77	55 / 4	Lance Gibbs	West Indies
78	36 / 3	Sid O'Linn	South Africa
78	60 / 5	Fred Trueman	England
79	35 / 3	Fazal Mahmood	Pakistan
80	23 / 2	John Sparling	New Zealand
80	23 / 2	Vasant Ranjane	India
81	32 / 3	Haseeb Ahsan	Pakistan
82	21 / 2	Johnny Martin	Australia
83	19 / 2	Mohammad Munaf	Pakistan
84	9 / 1	Datta Gaekwad	India
84	27 / 3	Jack Alabaster	New Zealand
85	8 / 1	Les Jackson	England
86	21 / 3	Artie Dick	New Zealand
87	13 / 2	Dick Motz	New Zealand
88	18 / 3	John Guy	New Zealand
88	6 / 1	Surendranath	India
88	6 / 1	Vaman Kumar	India
89	23 / 4	Les Favell	Australia
90	11 / 2	Kenneth Walter	South Africa
91	5 / 1	Nasim-ul-Ghani	Pakistan
92	4 / 1	Geoff Millman	England
93	3 / 1	Ron Gaunt	Australia
94	2 / 1	David Smith	England