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.
TEST196175 entries
10.00Neil HarveyAUSlevel with John Sparling
10.00John SparlingNZ
20.33Joe SolomonWI0.33 off the lead
● LEADS
Neil HarveyAUS
0.00 · level with Sparling
↑ IN THE CHASE
1
player sits within 10% of the lead on best economy
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1.89
The mark at number ten — 65 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
13 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented

Best Economy — full list

75 entries, ranked
1Neil HarveyAUS0.00
1John SparlingNZ0.00
2Joe SolomonWI0.33
3Bapu NadkarniIND0.78
4Mike SmithENG1.25
5Polly UmrigarIND1.66
6Peter RichardsonENG1.67
7Eric RussellENG1.83
8Ron GauntAUS1.87
9Fazal MahmoodPAK1.88
10Les JacksonENG1.89
11Goofy LawrenceSA1.89
12AG Milkha SinghIND2.00
13Vaman KumarIND2.01
14Lance GibbsWI2.06
15Mohammad MunafPAK2.08
16Tony LockENG2.12
17Saeed AhmedPAK2.15
18David AllenENG2.15
19AG Kripal SinghIND2.16
20Ken MackayAUS2.17
21Peter PollockSA2.18
22Afaq HussainPAK2.18
23Frank WorrellWI2.19
24Motganhalli JaisimhaIND2.20
25Harry BromfieldSA2.21
26David SmithENG2.22
27Ray IllingworthENG2.28
28Intikhab AlamPAK2.36
29Subhash GupteIND2.36
30Mahmood HussainPAK2.37
31Alan DavidsonAUS2.38
32Kenneth WalterSA2.39
33Frank CameronNZ2.46
34Salim DuraniIND2.48
35Brian StathamENG2.49
36Graham McKenzieAUS2.50
37SurendranathIND2.61
38Richie BenaudAUS2.63
39Eddie BarlowSA2.64
40Sir Garry SobersWI2.65
41Nasim-ul-GhaniPAK2.67
42Barry KnightENG2.71
43Chandu BordeIND2.71
44Haseeb AhsanPAK2.71
45Bob SimpsonAUS2.72
46Ramakant DesaiIND2.77
47Ted DexterENG2.78
48Jack FlavellENG2.80
49Alan BrownENG2.80
50Dick MotzNZ2.91
51Vasant RanjaneIND2.94
52Alf ValentineWI2.95
53Vijay ManjrekarIND3.00
53Dilip SardesaiIND3.00
54Jack AlabasterNZ3.03
55Butch WhiteENG3.15
56Fred TruemanENG3.23
57Norm O'NeillAUS3.25
58Baloo GupteIND3.31
59Nari ContractorIND3.33
60Bob BarberENG3.37
61Gary BartlettNZ3.38
62John ReidNZ3.55
63Mohammad FarooqPAK3.63
64Frank MissonAUS3.74
65Rusi SurtiIND4.00
66Brian CloseENG4.13
67Sir Wes HallWI4.34
68Ken BarringtonENG4.56
69Johnny MartinAUS4.64
70Lindsay KlineAUS4.76
71Ian MeckiffAUS4.78
72Des HoareAUS5.38
73Kim ElgieSA7.00
Nothing matches that filter.
RECENT RESULTS 2 matches