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Best Averages in 1966: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best averages during the 1966 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
TEST
1966
99 entries
1
895 / 8
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
26.38 clear of Bob Simpson
2
513 / 6
Bob Simpson
AUS
26.38 off the lead
3
337 / 4
Denis Lindsay
SA
27.63 off the lead
● LEADS
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
895 / 8 · 26.38 ahead of Simpson
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Sobers is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
316 / 5
The mark at number ten — 89 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
14 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
99 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
895 / 8
2
Bob Simpson
AUS
513 / 6
3
Denis Lindsay
SA
337 / 4
4
Clive Lloyd
WI
165 / 2
5
Bob Cowper
AUS
408 / 5
6
John Murray
ENG
162 / 2
7
Graeme Pollock
SA
308 / 4
8
Tom Graveney
ENG
459 / 6
9
Seymour Nurse
WI
557 / 8
10
Colin Milburn
ENG
316 / 5
11
John Snow
ENG
62 / 1
11
Bill Lawry
AUS
434 / 7
12
Ian Redpath
AUS
185 / 3
13
Doug Walters
AUS
118 / 2
14
Graeme Watson
AUS
50 / 1
15
Keith Stackpole
AUS
195 / 4
16
Rohan Kanhai
WI
438 / 9
17
Bob Barber
ENG
338 / 7
18
Basil Butcher
WI
482 / 10
19
Ken Barrington
ENG
369 / 8
20
David Holford
WI
307 / 7
21
Colin Cowdrey
ENG
611 / 14
22
Barry Sinclair
NZ
218 / 5
23
Bev Congdon
NZ
214 / 5
24
Chandu Borde
IND
171 / 4
25
Basil D'Oliveira
ENG
256 / 6
26
Tiger Lance
SA
169 / 4
27
Peter Pollock
SA
124 / 3
28
Peter van der Merwe
SA
163 / 4
29
David Allen
ENG
199 / 5
30
Terry Jarvis
NZ
39 / 1
31
Sir Conrad Hunte
WI
427 / 11
32
Grahame Thomas
AUS
147 / 4
33
Salim Durani
IND
72 / 2
34
Jim Parks
ENG
465 / 13
35
Peter Parfitt
ENG
137 / 4
36
Budhi Kunderan
IND
128 / 4
36
Colin Bland
SA
32 / 1
37
John Edrich
ENG
272 / 9
38
David Pithey
SA
59 / 2
39
Motganhalli Jaisimha
IND
116 / 4
40
Tom Veivers
AUS
143 / 5
41
David Sincock
AUS
56 / 2
42
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
82 / 3
43
Ian Chappell
AUS
163 / 6
44
Peter Lashley
WI
81 / 3
45
Neil Hawke
AUS
53 / 2
46
Mike Smith
ENG
260 / 10
47
Fred Titmus
ENG
203 / 8
48
Nawab of Pataudi
IND
99 / 4
48
Eddie Barlow
SA
99 / 4
49
Dick Motz
NZ
148 / 6
50
Ali Bacher
SA
72 / 3
51
Geoff Boycott
ENG
335 / 14
52
Rusi Surti
IND
47 / 2
53
Eric Petrie
NZ
115 / 5
54
Jackie Hendriks
WI
64 / 3
55
Charlie Griffith
WI
103 / 5
56
Hanumant Singh
IND
41 / 2
57
Eric Russell
ENG
184 / 9
58
Ken Higgs
ENG
155 / 8
59
Bob Cunis
NZ
55 / 3
60
Brian Booth
AUS
35 / 2
60
Sir Wes Hall
WI
105 / 6
61
Abbas Ali Baig
IND
52 / 3
62
Barry Knight
ENG
69 / 4
63
Mike Shrimpton
NZ
68 / 4
63
Dennis Amiss
ENG
17 / 1
64
Graham McKenzie
AUS
98 / 6
65
Dilip Sardesai
IND
32 / 2
66
Tom Puna
NZ
31 / 2
66
Trevor Goddard
SA
62 / 4
67
Murray Chapple
NZ
15 / 1
68
Venkataraman Subramanya
IND
29 / 2
69
Jeff Jones
ENG
28 / 2
69
Atholl McKinnon
SA
14 / 1
70
Richard Dumbrill
SA
55 / 4
70
Grahame Bilby
NZ
55 / 4
71
David Brown
ENG
82 / 6
72
Vic Pollard
NZ
66 / 5
73
Bruce Taylor
NZ
24 / 2
74
Peter Burge
AUS
34 / 3
75
Brian Taber
AUS
22 / 2
75
Ross Morgan
NZ
33 / 3
76
Peter Philpott
AUS
10 / 1
77
Bapu Nadkarni
IND
9 / 1
78
Robin Bynoe
WI
26 / 3
78
Easton McMorris
WI
26 / 3
79
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
8 / 1
80
David Allan
WI
14 / 2
81
David Renneberg
AUS
13 / 2
82
Ajit Wadekar
IND
12 / 2
83
Lance Gibbs
WI
29 / 5
84
Bishan Bedi
IND
5 / 1
84
Gary Bartlett
NZ
10 / 2
85
Brian Close
ENG
4 / 1
86
Wally Grout
AUS
7 / 2
86
Ray Illingworth
ENG
7 / 2
87
Joey Carew
WI
2 / 1
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