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Best Averages in 1981: Top Performers, Rankings & Full Stats
This page shows players with the best averages during the 1981 season, ranking them by their on-field performances.
TEST
1981
25 entries
1
52.08
Greg Chappell
AUS
8.51 clear of Allan Border
2
43.57
Allan Border
AUS
8.51 off the lead
3
41.07
Sandeep Patil
IND
11.01 off the lead
● LEADS
Greg Chappell
AUS
52.08 · 8.51 ahead of Border
↑ IN THE CHASE
0
players within 10% of the lead — Chappell is out on their own
★ TOP-10 CUT-OFF
33.52
The mark at number ten — 15 entries sit below it
● NATION IN FRONT
Australia
9 of the top 25 · 3 teams represented
Best Averages — full list
25 entries, ranked
Table view
1
Greg Chappell
AUS
52.08
2
Allan Border
AUS
43.57
3
Sandeep Patil
IND
41.07
4
Geoff Boycott
ENG
40.63
5
Kim Hughes
AUS
40.48
6
David Gower
ENG
36.52
7
Sunil Gavaskar
IND
35.40
8
Chetan Chauhan
IND
35.27
9
Graham Gooch
ENG
34.39
10
Graeme Wood
AUS
33.52
11
Peter Willey
ENG
32.54
12
Gundappa Viswanath
IND
28.80
13
Sir Ian Botham
ENG
28.59
14
Dilip Vengsarkar
IND
28.50
15
Graham Yallop
AUS
26.71
16
Mike Gatting
ENG
25.38
17
Syed Kirmani
IND
24.92
18
Graham Dilley
ENG
22.20
19
Rod Marsh
AUS
20.17
20
John Dyson
AUS
18.87
21
Kapil Dev
IND
16.07
22
John Emburey
ENG
14.42
23
Dennis Lillee
AUS
13.71
24
Bruce Yardley
AUS
9.82
25
Bob Willis
ENG
5.70
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