Bowling Best Career Strike Rate

Cricket Records in 1961 in Test matches

Best strike rates

Player	Span	Mat	Overs	Mdns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
PE Richardson (ENG)	1961-1962	5	6.0	3	36	10	2	2/10	5.00	1.66	18.00	0	0	0
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1961-1961	2	44.5	10	269	135	7	4/59	19.28	3.01	38.42	1	0	0
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1961	2	76.3	21	459	166	11	6/38	15.09	2.16	41.72	0	1	0
RC Motz (NZ)	1961-1961	2	87.0	10	522	253	11	4/68	23.00	2.90	47.45	1	0	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1961-1961	5	8.0	3	48	10	1	1/10	10.00	1.25	48.00	0	0	0
FS Trueman (ENG)	1961-1961	4	164.4	21	988	529	20	6/30	26.45	3.21	49.40	1	2	1
FJ Cameron (NZ)	1961-1961	2	91.4	16	550	225	11	5/83	20.45	2.45	50.00	0	1	0
GB Lawrence (SA)	1961-1961	2	106.3	30	639	201	12	8/53	16.75	1.88	53.25	0	1	0
Mohammad Munaf (PAK)	1961-1961	1	46.1	16	277	96	5	4/42	19.20	2.07	55.40	1	0	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1961-1961	7	-	99	2335	858	37	5/42	23.18	2.20	63.10	1	4	0
HL Jackson (ENG)	1961-1961	1	44.0	16	264	83	4	2/26	20.75	1.88	66.00	0	0	0
DW White (ENG)	1961-1961	1	34.0	5	204	107	3	3/65	35.66	3.14	68.00	0	0	0
DA Allen (ENG)	1961-1962	9	406.2	170	2438	875	35	5/67	25.00	2.15	69.65	4	1	0
RB Desai (IND)	1961-1962	5	186.5	28	1121	517	16	4/66	32.31	2.76	70.06	3	0	0
GD McKenzie (AUS)	1961-1961	3	129.0	36	774	323	11	5/37	29.36	2.50	70.36	0	1	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1961-1961	4	201.4	41	1210	501	17	5/53	29.47	2.48	71.17	0	1	0
VB Ranjane (IND)	1961-1962	3	108.3	19	651	318	9	4/76	35.33	2.93	72.33	1	0	0
FM Misson (AUS)	1961-1961	4	-	27	1013	544	14	4/58	38.85	3.22	72.35	1	0	0
GA Bartlett (NZ)	1961-1961	2	52.0	9	312	176	4	2/82	44.00	3.38	78.00	0	0	0
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1961-1961	3	13.0	3	78	28	1	1/19	28.00	2.15	78.00	0	0	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1961-1961	7	-	110	2614	998	33	6/70	30.24	2.29	79.21	2	2	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1961-1962	10	171.4	35	1030	477	13	3/16	36.69	2.77	79.23	0	0	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1961	3	192.2	65	1538	395	19	5/66	20.78	1.54	80.94	1	2	0
KA Walter (SA)	1961-1961	2	82.3	20	495	197	6	4/63	32.83	2.38	82.50	1	0	0
SA Durani (IND)	1961-1962	4	179.4	50	1078	445	13	5/47	34.23	2.47	82.92	0	1	0
AL Valentine (WI)	1961-1961	3	125.3	31	1003	369	12	4/67	30.75	2.20	83.58	2	0	0
HD Bromfield (SA)	1961-1961	2	56.0	15	336	124	4	3/37	31.00	2.21	84.00	0	0	0
BR Knight (ENG)	1961-1962	3	85.3	21	513	231	6	2/18	38.50	2.70	85.50	0	0	0
VV Kumar (IND)	1961-1961	2	100.5	46	605	202	7	5/64	28.85	2.00	86.42	0	1	0
CG Borde (IND)	1961-1962	6	177.0	45	1062	480	12	4/65	40.00	2.71	88.50	1	0	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1961-1961	3	134.0	26	1072	355	12	5/120	29.58	1.98	89.33	0	1	0
Mohammad Farooq (PAK)	1961-1961	1	30.0	2	180	109	2	2/101	54.50	3.63	90.00	0	0	0
FMM Worrell (WI)	1961-1961	3	79.0	31	632	173	7	3/27	24.71	1.64	90.28	0	0	0
RA Gaunt (AUS)	1961-1961	1	46.0	10	276	86	3	3/53	28.66	1.86	92.00	0	0	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1961-1961	8	-	44	932	379	10	4/23	37.90	2.43	93.20	1	0	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1961-1961	2	109.0	34	654	257	7	5/90	36.71	2.35	93.42	0	1	0
RW Barber (ENG)	1961-1962	5	125.5	20	755	423	8	3/54	52.87	3.36	94.37	0	0	0
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1961-1961	3	146.0	31	876	396	9	6/202	44.00	2.71	97.33	0	1	0
JA Flavell (ENG)	1961-1961	2	82.4	17	496	231	5	2/65	46.20	2.79	99.20	0	0	0
WW Hall (WI)	1961-1961	3	76.0	8	608	330	6	2/53	55.00	3.25	101.33	0	0	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1961-1961	1	86.4	62	520	67	5	4/43	13.40	0.77	104.00	1	0	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1961-1961	8	-	95	2202	745	21	5/121	35.47	2.02	104.85	1	1	0
A Brown (ENG)	1961-1961	2	53.5	9	323	150	3	3/27	50.00	2.78	107.66	0	0	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1961-1961	2	55.3	17	333	126	3	2/110	42.00	2.27	111.00	0	0	0
GAR Lock (ENG)	1961-1962	7	334.0	128	2004	707	18	4/74	39.27	2.11	111.33	2	0	0
DE Hoare (AUS)	1961-1961	1	29.0	0	232	156	2	2/68	78.00	4.03	116.00	0	0	0
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1961-1961	3	115.0	32	690	273	5	3/115	54.60	2.37	138.00	0	0	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1961-1961	1	46.0	12	276	123	2	2/123	61.50	2.67	138.00	0	0	0
JW Martin (AUS)	1961-1961	2	36.0	2	288	167	2	1/29	83.50	3.47	144.00	0	0	0
I Meckiff (AUS)	1961-1961	1	18.0	3	144	86	1	1/74	86.00	3.58	144.00	0	0	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1961-1961	2	81.0	30	486	152	3	3/86	50.66	1.87	162.00	0	0	0
Afaq Hussain (PAK)	1961-1961	1	28.0	6	168	61	1	1/40	61.00	2.17	168.00	0	0	0
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1961-1961	3	115.0	20	690	271	4	2/37	67.75	2.35	172.50	0	0	0
DR Smith (ENG)	1961-1962	4	146.0	46	876	324	5	2/60	64.80	2.21	175.20	0	0	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1961-1962	5	120.0	45	720	199	4	2/46	49.75	1.65	180.00	0	0	0
Surendranath (IND)	1961-1961	1	41.0	12	246	107	1	1/99	107.00	2.60	246.00	0	0	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1961-1961	3	96.0	23	576	207	1	1/27	207.00	2.15	576.00	0	0	0
FCM Alexander (WI)	1961-1961	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1961	2	14.0	5	84	37	0	-	0.00	2.64	0.00	0	0	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1961-1962	10	18.0	1	108	82	0	-	0.00	4.55	0.00	0	0	0
PT Barton (NZ)	1961-1961	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
KC Bland (SA)	1961-1961	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
BC Booth (AUS)	1961-1961	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
PJP Burge (AUS)	1961-1961	7	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
DB Close (ENG)	1961-1961	1	8.0	1	48	33	0	-	0.00	4.12	0.00	0	0	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1961-1962	6	3.0	0	18	10	0	-	0.00	3.33	0.00	0	0	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1961-1961	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
AE Dick (NZ)	1961-1961	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
GT Dowling (NZ)	1961-1961	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
MK Elgie (SA)	1961-1961	2	4.0	0	24	28	0	-	0.00	7.00	0.00	0	0	0
FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1962	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
LE Favell (AUS)	1961-1961	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1961-1961	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
ATW Grout (AUS)	1961-1961	8	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
BP Gupte (IND)	1961-1961	1	35.0	9	210	116	0	-	0.00	3.31	0.00	0	0	0
JW Guy (NZ)	1961-1961	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1961-1961	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
PGZ Harris (NZ)	1961-1961	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1961-1961	7	-	1	6	0	0	-	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0	0
CC Hunte (WI)	1961-1961	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1961-1961	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1961-1962	6	20.0	3	120	44	0	-	0.00	2.20	0.00	0	0	0
Javed Burki (PAK)	1961-1961	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
RB Kanhai (WI)	1961-1961	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
LF Kline (AUS)	1961-1961	1	33.0	5	264	157	0	-	0.00	3.56	0.00	0	0	0
BK Kunderan (IND)	1961-1961	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
PD Lashley (WI)	1961-1961	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1961	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1961-1961	6	-	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
DJ McGlew (SA)	1961-1961	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
SN McGregor (NZ)	1961-1961	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
RA McLean (SA)	1961-1961	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1961-1962	6	2.0	0	12	6	0	-	0.00	3.00	0.00	0	0	0
W Mathias (PAK)	1961-1961	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
PBH May (ENG)	1961-1961	4	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
VL Mehra (IND)	1961-1962	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
AG Milkha Singh (IND)	1961-1961	3	1.0	0	6	2	0	-	0.00	2.00	0.00	0	0	0
G Millman (ENG)	1961-1962	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
JT Murray (ENG)	1961-1961	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1961-1961	3	0.0	0	0	0	0	-	0.00	-	0.00	0	0	0

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Eden Gardens, 4th Test, Dec 30, 1961 - Jan 4, 1962 [Test # 518]

South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1961 [Test # 517]

India v England at Delhi, 3rd Test, Dec 13-18, 1961 [Test # 516]