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Best Average in 1972: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best average during the 1972 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
ALL FORMATS
1972
50 entries
1
14.22
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
2.99 clear of Geoff Arnold
2
17.21
Geoff Arnold
ENG
2.99 off the lead
3
17.33
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
3.11 off the lead
● LEADS
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
14.22 · 2.99 better than Arnold
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Chandrasekhar is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
22.50
The mark at number ten — 40 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
England
13 of the top 50 · 6 teams represented
Best Average — full list
50 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
IND
14.22
2
Geoff Arnold
ENG
17.21
3
Erapalli Prasanna
IND
17.33
4
Bruce Taylor
NZ
17.70
5
Derek Underwood
ENG
18.13
6
Chris Old
ENG
19.17
7
Bishan Bedi
IND
19.25
8
Dennis Lillee
AUS
21.11
9
Bob Massie
AUS
21.13
10
John Inverarity
AUS
22.50
11
John Snow
ENG
23.29
12
Vanburn Holder
WI
23.75
13
Graeme Watson
AUS
24.00
14
Ashley Mallett
AUS
25.72
15
Bob Woolmer
ENG
26.00
16
Ray Illingworth
ENG
28.14
17
Bob Cottam
ENG
29.40
18
Max Walker
AUS
30.20
19
Uton Dowe
WI
30.25
20
Tony Greig
ENG
30.84
21
Grayson Shillingford
WI
32.00
22
Sir Garry Sobers
WI
33.20
23
Bev Congdon
NZ
34.31
24
Syed Abid Ali
IND
35.00
25
Inshan Ali
WI
35.55
26
John Price
ENG
38.33
27
David Holford
WI
39.00
28
Basil D'Oliveira
ENG
39.71
29
Pat Pocock
ENG
43.33
30
Saleem Altaf
PAK
45.50
31
Sarfraz Nawaz
PAK
49.75
32
Hedley Howarth
NZ
50.21
33
John Gleeson
AUS
52.33
34
Asif Masood
PAK
61.40
35
Raphick Jumadeen
WI
64.00
35
Ian Chappell
AUS
64.00
35
David Colley
AUS
64.00
35
Kerry O'Keeffe
AUS
64.00
36
Greg Chappell
AUS
64.75
37
Tony Howard
WI
70.00
38
Majid Khan
PAK
76.33
39
Clive Lloyd
WI
84.00
40
Lance Gibbs
WI
89.00
41
Maurice Foster
WI
93.00
42
Intikhab Alam
PAK
95.33
43
Bob Cunis
NZ
102.83
44
Norman Gifford
ENG
116.00
45
Ross Morgan
NZ
130.00
46
Peter Lever
ENG
137.00
47
Jack Alabaster
NZ
164.00
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