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Best Economy in 1965: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
Here is the complete breakdown of the best economy in 1965, featuring the most impactful players of the year.
TEST
1965
101 entries
1
1.00
Derek Varnals
SA
0.34 clear of Bapu Nadkarni
2
1.34
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
0.34 off the lead
3
1.42
Trevor Goddard
SA
0.42 off the lead
● LEADS
Derek Varnals
SA
1.00 · 0.34 better than Nadkarni
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Varnals is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
1.80
The mark at number ten — 91 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
South Africa
13 of the top 50 · 7 teams represented
Best Economy — full list
101 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Derek Varnals
SA
1.00
2
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
1.34
3
Trevor Goddard
SA
1.42
4
Nasim-ul-Ghani
PAK
1.47
5
Colin Bland
SA
1.50
6
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
1.55
7
Mike Macaulay
SA
1.59
8
Venkataraman Subramanya
IND
1.67
9
Salim Durani
IND
1.71
10
Sir Conrad Hunte
WI
1.80
11
Vijay Manjrekar
IND
1.83
12
Harry Bromfield
SA
1.85
13
Tony White
WI
1.87
14
Rusi Surti
IND
1.91
15
Pervez Sajjad
PAK
1.97
16
Barry Shepherd
AUS
2.00
16
Ray Illingworth
ENG
2.00
16
Zin Harris
NZ
2.00
17
Lance Gibbs
WI
2.00
18
Atholl McKinnon
SA
2.02
19
Salahuddin
PAK
2.05
20
Asif Iqbal
PAK
2.06
21
Intikhab Alam
PAK
2.08
22
Sydney Burke
SA
2.10
23
Fred Titmus
ENG
2.14
24
Saeed Ahmed
PAK
2.16
25
Richard Dumbrill
SA
2.22
26
David Allen
ENG
2.23
27
Mufasir-ul-Haq
PAK
2.27
28
Arif Butt
PAK
2.28
29
Peter Pollock
SA
2.30
30
Frank Cameron
NZ
2.31
31
Fred Rumsey
ENG
2.34
32
David Larter
ENG
2.35
33
Mohammad Farooq
PAK
2.36
34
Bryan Yuile
NZ
2.38
35
Graeme Pollock
SA
2.38
36
Neil Hawke
AUS
2.39
37
Eddie Barlow
SA
2.41
38
Ian Thomson
ENG
2.41
39
Billy Ibadulla
PAK
2.42
40
David Brown
ENG
2.44
41
Jackie Botten
SA
2.44
42
Tom Cartwright
ENG
2.44
43
John Reid
NZ
2.45
44
Fred Trueman
ENG
2.47
45
Tony Pithey
SA
2.50
46
John Snow
ENG
2.51
47
Motganhalli Jaisimha
IND
2.53
48
Bob Simpson
AUS
2.54
49
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
2.55
50
Ken Higgs
ENG
2.58
51
Dick Motz
NZ
2.59
52
Richard Collinge
NZ
2.62
53
Brian Booth
AUS
2.67
54
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
2.70
55
Brian Statham
ENG
2.73
56
Vic Pollard
NZ
2.73
57
Joe Partridge
SA
2.76
58
Geoff Boycott
ENG
2.76
59
Graham McKenzie
AUS
2.78
60
Majid Khan
PAK
2.79
61
Norm O'Neill
AUS
2.82
62
Bev Congdon
NZ
2.84
63
Ramakant Desai
IND
2.88
64
Gary Bartlett
NZ
2.88
65
Peter Philpott
AUS
2.90
66
Nawab of Pataudi
IND
3.00
66
Hanumant Singh
IND
3.00
66
Ken Palmer
ENG
3.00
67
Glen Hall
SA
3.03
68
Barry Knight
ENG
3.05
69
Bob Barber
ENG
3.09
70
Charlie Griffith
WI
3.10
71
Baloo Gupte
IND
3.11
72
Sir Wes Hall
WI
3.11
73
Bob Cowper
AUS
3.15
74
Laurie Mayne
AUS
3.16
75
Doug Walters
AUS
3.16
76
Bruce Taylor
NZ
3.16
77
Graham Dowling
NZ
3.17
78
Barry Sinclair
NZ
3.20
79
Alan Connolly
AUS
3.37
80
Graham Vivian
NZ
3.40
81
Joe Solomon
WI
3.43
82
Peter Allan
AUS
3.46
83
Ross Morgan
NZ
3.59
84
Chandu Borde
IND
3.60
85
John Price
ENG
3.63
86
Willie Rodriguez
WI
3.71
87
Tom Veivers
AUS
3.77
88
Peter Parfitt
ENG
3.85
89
Tiger Lance
SA
3.89
90
Ted Dexter
ENG
3.92
91
Mike Smith
ENG
3.92
92
Rohan Kanhai
WI
4.00
93
Jeff Jones
ENG
4.18
94
David Sincock
AUS
4.33
95
Bert Sutcliffe
NZ
4.75
96
Mohammad Ilyas
PAK
4.77
97
Ken Barrington
ENG
4.90
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