Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Hasan Raza (PAK)	2002-2002	1	2	1	122	68	122.00	314	38.85	0	2	0	20	0
Sohag Gazi (BAN)	2013-2013	2	2	1	115	101*	115.00	182	63.18	1	0	0	11	4
DSBP Kuruppu (SL)	1987-1988	2	3	1	223	201*	111.50	653	34.15	1	0	0	26	0
MJ North (AUS)	2010-2010	2	3	1	211	112*	105.50	390	54.10	1	1	0	28	3
Taslim Arif (PAK)	1980-1980	3	4	1	307	210*	102.33	535	57.38	1	1	0	31	0
RB McCosker (AUS)	1977-1977	2	3	1	198	84	99.00	374	52.94	0	2	0	18	1
AC Voges (AUS)	2015-2016	5	9	3	594	239	99.00	1048	56.67	2	2	0	78	3
J Overton (ENG)	2022-2022	1	1	0	97	97	97.00	136	71.32	0	1	0	13	2
MS Nichols (ENG)	1930-1930	5	7	5	192	78*	96.00	24+	29.16	0	2	0	0+	0
IR Redpath (AUS)	1974-1974	3	6	1	413	159*	82.60	968	42.66	1	3	0	48	0
SM Katich (AUS)	2005-2010	7	10	2	643	131*	80.37	1383	46.49	3	2	0	84	2
Fakhar Zaman (PAK)	2018-2018	1	2	0	160	94	80.00	281	56.93	0	2	0	15	1
C Green (AUS)	2024-2024	2	4	1	238	174*	79.33	416	57.21	1	0	0	32	6
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2023	6	9	4	388	84	77.60	704	55.11	0	4	0	35	15
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2005	11	15	3	923	162	76.91	1128	81.82	4	5	1	126	21
GG Macaulay (ENG)	1926-1926	1	1	0	76	76	76.00	-	0.00	0	1	0	10	0
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	0	147	121	73.50	-	0.00	1	0	0	-	1
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	0	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	0	70	5
M van Jaarsveld (SA)	2004-2004	1	2	1	72	59	72.00	161	44.72	0	1	0	10	0
Ahmed Shehzad (PAK)	2014-2014	3	5	0	359	176	71.80	683	52.56	2	0	0	32	6
KJ Arnott (ZIM)	1992-1992	2	4	1	209	101*	69.66	522	40.03	1	1	0	19	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1961-1968	28	45	6	2705	256	69.35	2896+	43.37	8	14	1	257+	8
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1934	31	50	6	2991	194	67.97	6558+	34.59	10	16	2	197+	4
DA Warner (AUS)	2011-2020	10	19	3	1081	253	67.56	1467	73.68	5	0	0	108	5
WA Brown (AUS)	1946-1946	1	1	0	67	67	67.00	-	0.00	0	1	0	-	0
DG Bedingham (SA)	2024-2024	2	4	0	268	110	67.00	397	67.50	1	1	0	37	5
RG Pollock (SA)	1963-1970	15	25	2	1506	274	65.47	1394+	51.36	5	5	0	149+	9
KS Duleepsinhji (ENG)	1930-1931	11	17	2	982	173	65.46	852+	48.82	3	5	0	59+	1
DG Brownlie (NZ)	2011-2011	2	4	1	196	77*	65.33	407	48.15	0	2	0	26	0
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2019-2024	5	10	0	648	215	64.80	1135	57.09	2	4	0	62	3
KD Walters (AUS)	1973-1980	11	16	2	901	250	64.35	1489	60.51	3	4	0	100	5
K Sinclair (WI)	2024-2024	1	2	1	64	50	64.00	157	40.76	0	1	0	8	1
JL Langer (AUS)	1993-2005	14	23	4	1196	215	62.94	2026	59.03	4	5	3	152	9
GA Faulkner (SA)	1910-1912	8	15	1	880	204	62.85	1256+	58.28	3	5	1	103+	1
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1984-1990	13	20	2	1117	203*	62.05	2726	40.97	5	2	1	141	5
JDP Oram (NZ)	2004-2004	2	4	1	186	126*	62.00	326	57.05	1	0	0	16	3
TM Moody (AUS)	1989-1989	1	1	0	61	61	61.00	135	45.18	0	1	0	8	0
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2022-2022	1	1	0	61	61	61.00	137	44.52	0	1	0	7	0
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1975	3	6	0	365	92	60.83	860	42.44	0	4	0	41	2
RE Foster (ENG)	1903-1904	5	9	1	486	287	60.75	-	0.00	1	0	0	56	1
FCM Alexander (WI)	1960-1961	5	10	2	484	108	60.50	602+	44.68	1	5	1	42	1
WR Hammond (ENG)	1928-1947	42	69	5	3867	336*	60.42	7491+	38.07	13	8	3	346+	19
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1993	43	69	7	3716	271	59.93	6378+	45.70	13	13	1	402	23
GB Legge (ENG)	1930-1930	4	6	1	299	196	59.80	-	0.00	1	0	1	23+	0
CR Ervine (ZIM)	2016-2016	2	4	0	236	146	59.00	455	51.86	1	1	0	30	1
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2011	11	14	0	823	168	58.78	1505	54.68	4	2	1	103	4
CL Walcott (WI)	1951-1955	10	19	0	1113	155	58.57	-	0.00	6	4	1	49+	0
PL Taylor (AUS)	1990-1990	1	2	0	116	87	58.00	226	51.32	0	1	0	9	0
OAC Banks (WI)	2003-2003	2	4	2	116	47*	58.00	262	44.27	0	0	0	15	0
JA Morkel (SA)	2009-2009	1	1	0	58	58	58.00	71	81.69	0	1	0	10	1
Lord Tennyson (ENG)	1921-1921	4	5	1	229	74*	57.25	0+	0.00	0	3	0	31	0
E Paynter (ENG)	1931-1938	12	17	4	744	216*	57.23	1288+	45.88	1	4	2	75+	3
BC Broad (ENG)	1986-1989	11	18	2	912	162	57.00	2139	42.63	5	1	0	103	1
M Leyland (ENG)	1929-1938	20	34	4	1705	187	56.83	4266	39.96	7	3	2	150+	4
PJ Sharpe (ENG)	1964-1969	5	8	2	341	111	56.83	807	42.25	1	0	0	45	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-1999	13	23	0	1304	169	56.69	2238	58.26	5	6	3	177	7
GS Chappell (AUS)	1973-1982	14	22	3	1076	247*	56.63	1910	56.33	3	3	3	129	5
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2011-2024	8	14	2	669	174	55.75	1194	56.03	3	0	0	73	5
CH Gayle (WI)	2002-2014	20	37	3	1893	204	55.67	3084	61.38	5	10	1	240	39
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2017	10	19	3	878	217	54.87	1349	65.08	2	5	1	125	6
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1908-1930	41	71	4	3636	187	54.26	5363+	46.22	12	15	3	241+	4
SG Barnes (AUS)	1946-1946	1	1	0	54	54	54.00	-	0.00	0	1	0	-	0
NM Hauritz (AUS)	2008-2010	3	3	2	54	41*	54.00	95	56.84	0	0	0	7	2
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-2011	17	26	6	1076	157*	53.80	1616	66.58	2	6	0	139	13
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1992	15	19	4	804	206	53.60	2092	38.43	2	2	0	67	14
L Hutton (ENG)	1937-1955	38	66	6	3205	364	53.41	2601+	39.63	8	18	4	221+	2
HC Brook (ENG)	2023-2023	7	13	0	692	186	53.23	759	91.17	1	6	1	85	11
F du Plessis (SA)	2012-2018	19	33	7	1379	137	53.03	2916	47.29	5	7	1	183	10
A Wood (ENG)	1938-1938	1	1	0	53	53	53.00	95	55.78	0	1	0	8	0
V Sibanda (ZIM)	2011-2011	1	2	0	106	93	53.00	220	48.18	0	1	0	13	1
PR Sleep (AUS)	1987-1987	3	4	0	211	90	52.75	563	37.47	0	2	0	13	0
CAG Russell (ENG)	1920-1921	6	11	2	474	135*	52.66	492+	52.43	3	1	2	39	1
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-2013	63	113	13	5225	241*	52.25	9107	57.37	15	24	5	646	31
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1955-1965	12	19	2	884	177	52.00	-	0.00	3	3	1	75+	0
RA Reifer (WI)	2017-2017	1	2	1	52	29	52.00	198	26.26	0	0	0	6	1
CP Mead (ENG)	1911-1928	7	10	2	415	182*	51.87	619+	30.04	1	1	1	38	0
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1993	23	32	3	1500	205	51.72	3617	41.47	5	6	2	170	4
VVS Laxman (IND)	1998-2012	39	71	8	3252	281	51.61	6290	51.70	8	18	5	450	1
Khalid Ibadulla (PAK)	1964-1965	2	4	0	206	166	51.50	-	0.00	1	0	0	20+	0
CT Radley (ENG)	1978-1978	5	7	0	360	158	51.42	1091	32.99	1	2	1	31	0
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1950	10	19	1	923	231	51.27	-	0.00	2	5	2	51+	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2017	22	41	4	1897	213	51.27	3513	53.99	6	8	4	202	19
JH Edrich (ENG)	1964-1975	43	72	4	3484	310*	51.23	9033+	38.12	10	15	0	384	9
A Hill (ENG)	1877-1877	2	4	2	101	49	50.50	49+	71.42	0	0	1	3+	0
PBH May (ENG)	1953-1961	30	48	5	2169	124*	50.44	1680+	39.52	6	12	2	209+	6
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	0	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	0	33	6
CF Walters (ENG)	1934-1934	5	9	1	401	82	50.12	1008	39.78	0	4	0	-	0
DJ McGlew (SA)	1952-1962	21	38	4	1704	255*	50.11	-	0.00	5	8	1	58+	2
F Penn (ENG)	1880-1880	1	2	1	50	27*	50.00	91	54.94	0	0	0	6	0
G Brown (ENG)	1921-1921	3	5	0	250	84	50.00	-	0.00	0	2	0	24	0
HJ Keith (SA)	1953-1953	1	2	1	50	40*	50.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	4	0
IJL Trott (ENG)	2009-2013	17	30	2	1398	168*	49.92	2745	50.92	4	6	3	173	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1984-1995	36	59	5	2687	185	49.75	5661	47.46	10	9	3	352	12
SM Patil (IND)	1981-1981	6	11	1	497	174	49.70	694	71.61	1	3	0	67	2
Mahmudullah (BAN)	2010-2019	5	10	0	493	146	49.30	784	62.88	2	1	0	76	6
GM Turner (NZ)	1973-1977	7	12	1	541	110*	49.18	1419	38.12	2	2	0	55	0
Azmat Rana (PAK)	1980-1980	1	1	0	49	49	49.00	94	52.12	0	0	0	8	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1976-1986	29	47	2	2201	172	48.91	3687+	43.07	10	7	2	222+	5
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1893-1905	20	33	4	1415	144*	48.79	-	0.00	5	6	3	51+	0
CC Hunte (WI)	1960-1965	10	20	1	927	110	48.78	588+	38.94	1	8	0	36+	0

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

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Chattogram, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 30-Apr 3, 2024 [Test # 2537]

Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Sylhet, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Mar 22-25, 2024 [Test # 2536]

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]