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Best Average in 1971: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best average during the 1971 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1971
51 entries
1
15.10
Richard Collinge
NZ
3.23 clear of Saleem Altaf
2
18.33
Saleem Altaf
PAK
3.23 off the lead
3
18.57
Norman Gifford
ENG
3.47 off the lead
● LEADS
Richard Collinge
NZ
15.10 · 3.23 better than Altaf
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Collinge is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
24.97
The mark at number ten — 41 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
11 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Best Average — full list
51 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Richard Collinge
NZ
15.10
2
Saleem Altaf
PAK
18.33
3
Norman Gifford
ENG
18.57
4
Bob Cunis
NZ
18.90
5
Tony Dell
AUS
19.40
6
Terry Jenner
AUS
20.25
7
John Price
ENG
21.45
8
Ashley Mallett
AUS
24.67
9
Dennis Lillee
AUS
24.88
10
Derek Underwood
ENG
24.97
11
John Snow
ENG
25.78
12
Asif Masood
PAK
26.46
13
Basil D'Oliveira
ENG
27.00
13
Asif Iqbal
PAK
27.00
14
Hedley Howarth
NZ
28.20
15
Bob Willis
ENG
28.43
16
Richard Hutton
ENG
28.56
17
Jack Noreiga
WI
29.00
18
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
29.15
19
Keith Boyce
WI
29.50
20
John Shepherd
WI
30.43
21
Ray Illingworth
ENG
31.00
22
Srinivas Venkataraghavan
IND
31.26
23
Vanburn Holder
WI
32.00
24
Peter Lever
ENG
32.67
25
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
33.42
26
Don Wilson
ENG
34.00
27
Uton Dowe
WI
35.00
28
Ken Shuttleworth
ENG
35.67
29
Alan Thomson
AUS
36.78
30
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
37.00
31
Bishan Bedi
IND
37.73
32
Mike Shrimpton
NZ
39.33
33
Pervez Sajjad
PAK
40.20
34
Eknath Solkar
IND
41.50
35
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
43.33
36
David Holford
WI
43.67
37
John Gleeson
AUS
45.25
38
Intikhab Alam
PAK
45.75
39
Greg Chappell
AUS
46.00
40
Arthur Barrett
WI
48.50
41
Syed Abid Ali
IND
49.50
42
Maurice Foster
WI
52.00
43
Keith Stackpole
AUS
53.00
44
Graham McKenzie
AUS
53.67
44
Salim Durani
IND
53.67
45
Doug Walters
AUS
54.00
46
Grayson Shillingford
WI
54.25
47
Murray Webb
NZ
72.00
48
Inshan Ali
WI
125.00
49
Alan Connolly
AUS
143.00
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