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Worst Bowling Fig in 1961: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
The worst bowling fig in 1961 highlights the top performers of the season based on official match data.
TEST
1961
75 entries
1
8/63
Goofy Lawrence
SA
Best return on the list
2
6/61
Peter Pollock
SA
3
6/113
Richie Benaud
AUS
● LEADS
Goofy Lawrence
SA
8/63 · best figures on this list
↑ MATCHING THE HAUL
1
entries on this list took 8 wickets in an innings
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
5/97
The mark at number ten — 65 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Worst Bowling Fig — full list
75 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Goofy Lawrence
SA
8/63
2
Peter Pollock
SA
6/61
3
Richie Benaud
AUS
6/113
4
Fred Trueman
ENG
6/136
5
Haseeb Ahsan
PAK
6/202
6
Vaman Kumar
IND
5/70
7
Frank Cameron
NZ
5/83
8
Alan Davidson
AUS
5/89
9
Subhash Gupte
IND
5/90
10
Lance Gibbs
WI
5/97
11
Graham McKenzie
AUS
5/106
12
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
5/120
13
Ken Mackay
AUS
5/121
14
David Allen
ENG
5/133
15
Salim Durani
IND
5/139
16
Brian Statham
ENG
5/147
17
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
4/43
18
Mohammad Munaf
PAK
4/54
19
Jack Alabaster
NZ
4/59
20
Kenneth Walter
SA
4/63
21
Dick Motz
NZ
4/70
22
Vasant Ranjane
IND
4/76
23
Alf Valentine
WI
4/86
24
Bob Simpson
AUS
4/87
25
Ramakant Desai
IND
4/102
26
Chandu Borde
IND
4/105
27
Frank Misson
AUS
4/106
28
Tony Lock
ENG
4/111
29
Harry Bromfield
SA
3/37
30
Frank Worrell
WI
3/44
31
Ron Gaunt
AUS
3/53
32
Alan Brown
ENG
3/64
33
Butch White
ENG
3/65
34
Ted Dexter
ENG
3/84
35
Fazal Mahmood
PAK
3/86
36
Mahmood Hussain
PAK
3/115
37
Bob Barber
ENG
3/124
38
Peter Richardson
ENG
2/10
39
Les Jackson
ENG
2/57
40
Polly Umrigar
IND
2/64
41
Barry Knight
ENG
2/80
42
Gary Bartlett
NZ
2/82
43
Sir Wes Hall
WI
2/85
44
Des Hoare
AUS
2/88
45
Mohammad Farooq
PAK
2/101
46
Jack Flavell
ENG
2/105
47
Ray Illingworth
ENG
2/110
48
David Smith
ENG
2/111
49
Intikhab Alam
PAK
2/118
50
Nasim-ul-Ghani
PAK
2/123
51
Mike Smith
ENG
1/10
52
Saeed Ahmed
PAK
1/19
53
Afaq Hussain
PAK
1/40
54
Johnny Martin
AUS
1/65
55
Ian Meckiff
AUS
1/74
56
AG Kripal Singh
IND
1/78
57
Surendranath
IND
1/99
58
Neil Harvey
AUS
0/0
58
John Sparling
NZ
0/0
60
Joe Solomon
WI
0/1
61
AG Milkha Singh
IND
0/2
62
Dilip Sardesai
IND
0/3
63
Vijay Manjrekar
IND
0/6
64
Nari Contractor
IND
0/9
65
Norm O'Neill
AUS
0/13
66
Eddie Barlow
SA
0/17
67
Eric Russell
ENG
0/25
68
Motganhalli Jaisimha
IND
0/28
68
Kim Elgie
SA
0/28
70
Brian Close
ENG
0/33
71
Rusi Surti
IND
0/38
71
John Reid
NZ
0/38
73
Ken Barrington
ENG
0/39
74
Baloo Gupte
IND
0/97
75
Lindsay Kline
AUS
0/109
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