TEST SERIES AVERAGES
O’Neill Leading Batsman (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) KARACHI, December 9 N. O’Neill, the forceful 22-year-old Australian batsman, headed the batting averages in the Aus-tralia-Pakistan test series which ended in Karachi today. He averaged 72.66 from six innings, three of them not outs. The highest aggregate of 273—55 more than O’NeiU's—was made by R. N. Harvey, who was second in the list with 54.60. K. Mackay, the right-arm medium-pace bowler, was top of the bowling averages with 10 wickets at 19 runs apiece. Hanif Mohammad, the 24-year-old Pakistani who scored an undefeated century in the third and final test today, headed his side's batting averages with 60.80. Most runs were scored by Saeed Ahmed with 334, averaging 55.66. He has now scored 1041 runs in 16 tests
The medium-pace bowler Fazal Mahmood took 11 Australian wickets at a cost of 19.27 runs each.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29075, 11 December 1959, Page 7
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