Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1950s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
VM Merchant (IND)	1951-1951	1	1	-	154	154	154.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	-	-	-	8	1
JS Solomon (WI)	1958-1959	7	11	3	495	100*	61.87	-	-	1	4	1	5+	0+
CL Walcott (WI)	1950-1958	33	57	6	3129	220	61.35	-	-	13	11	1	95+	8
R Illingworth (ENG)	1958-1959	3	4	2	121	50	60.50	-	-	-	1	-	7+	0
G Pullar (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	-	242	131	60.50	-	-	1	1	-	0+	0
RH Shodhan (IND)	1952-1953	3	4	1	181	110	60.33	-	-	1	-	-	15+	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1950-1955	38	66	10	3183	205	56.83	166+	38.55	8	16	2	196+	2
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1959	27	46	7	2213	365*	56.74	-	-	6	7	1	82+	1+
BF Butcher (WI)	1958-1959	8	13	2	619	142	56.27	-	-	2	4	-	15+	0+
EAB Rowan (SA)	1950-1951	8	15	1	757	236	54.07	-	-	2	4	2	5+	0
ED Weekes (WI)	1950-1958	39	68	5	3383	207	53.69	-	-	10	17	6	168+	2
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1958-1959	11	21	1	1041	166	52.05	-	-	2	6	-	8+	0
W Ferguson (WI)	1954-1954	1	2	1	52	44	52.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
R Subba Row (ENG)	1958-1959	2	2	-	103	94	51.50	-	-	-	1	-	11+	0
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1958-1959	10	16	5	560	134	50.90	679+	41.53	1	3	1	22+	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1950-1959	56	99	8	4573	205	50.25	1014+	40.33	15	19	5	326+	1
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1951-1952	8	11	1	502	137*	50.20	-	-	1	3	1	1+	0
ML Apte (IND)	1952-1953	7	13	2	542	163*	49.27	-	-	1	3	1	-	0
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1959	59	93	8	4182	285*	49.20	1680+	39.52	13	20	6	337+	12
FMM Worrell (WI)	1950-1957	29	53	3	2397	261	47.94	-	-	7	10	4	142+	4
CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1959	11	19	1	859	260	47.72	-	-	3	1	4	28+	2+
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1953	17	27	3	1097	164*	45.70	-	-	3	5	4	3+	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1959	7	9	-	409	87	45.44	5+	-	-	4	1	29+	4
AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1953	22	39	1	1712	167	45.05	-	-	6	7	-	128+	4
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1959	18	32	2	1317	256	43.90	-	-	2	4	4	101+	0+
DJ McGlew (SA)	1951-1958	24	45	3	1825	255*	43.45	3+	-	5	9	3	75+	1
CC McDonald (AUS)	1952-1959	36	64	4	2590	170	43.16	1397+	44.95	5	13	2	137+	3
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1959	27	48	3	1937	337	43.04	-	-	5	9	2	45+	1
AF Rae (WI)	1950-1953	10	17	2	642	109	42.80	-	-	2	3	1	18+	1
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1954-1959	39	61	3	2440	160	42.06	1405+	34.37	6	16	3	238+	9
DCS Compton (ENG)	1950-1957	42	71	7	2675	278	41.79	200+	42.00	4	16	8	164+	2
VJ Scott (NZ)	1951-1952	4	7	1	244	84	40.66	-	-	-	2	1	13+	0
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1959	25	40	-	1623	126	40.57	544+	31.25	5	7	1	134+	0
Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1950-1957	12	16	1	608	119	40.53	-	-	2	2	-	66+	1
CJ Poole (ENG)	1951-1952	3	5	1	161	69*	40.25	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1950-1955	23	42	4	1520	152	40.00	-	-	3	7	1	50+	3
Nazar Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1952	5	8	1	277	124*	39.57	-	-	1	1	1	-	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1951-1959	43	70	6	2520	223	39.37	1+	-	7	11	4	80+	4+
TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1959	48	76	10	2590	258	39.24	1349+	33.65	4	11	7	156+	2
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1955-1959	8	11	2	349	100*	38.77	0+	-	1	2	2	0+	0+
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1951-1952	5	9	1	310	77	38.75	-	-	-	3	-	-	0
AR Morris (AUS)	1950-1955	30	54	-	2059	206	38.12	32+	68.75	5	8	3	139+	6
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1951-1959	29	54	5	1854	230*	37.83	159+	45.91	3	7	4	77+	16
AD Nourse (SA)	1950-1951	8	13	-	491	208	37.76	-	-	1	2	-	30+	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1958-1959	5	7	-	264	100	37.71	-	-	1	1	1	14+	0
JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1959	17	31	2	1066	166	36.75	-	-	2	5	2	21+	1+
DD Taylor (NZ)	1956-1956	2	4	-	147	77	36.75	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
MH Mankad (IND)	1951-1959	31	48	5	1536	231	35.72	-	-	3	5	3	44+	6+
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1951-1959	32	54	6	1682	177	35.04	-	-	4	7	7	67+	0
KR Miller (AUS)	1950-1956	37	64	4	2080	147	34.66	80+	58.75	6	7	4	139+	15
J Moroney (AUS)	1950-1952	5	9	1	277	118	34.62	11+	-	2	-	2	2+	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1959	24	44	7	1280	189	34.59	942+	27.28	3	5	-	67+	0
WR Endean (SA)	1951-1958	28	52	4	1630	162*	33.95	-	-	3	8	3	60+	1
DB Carr (ENG)	1951-1952	2	4	-	135	76	33.75	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
DS Atkinson (WI)	1951-1958	18	29	4	843	219	33.72	-	-	1	5	2	17+	6
P Roy (IND)	1951-1959	39	72	4	2280	173	33.52	1+	-	5	8	14	59+	1+
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1959	21	28	4	804	83*	33.50	422+	27.96	-	7	4	18+	2
Zulfiqar Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1956	9	10	4	200	63*	33.33	0+	-	-	1	1	7+	2
HR Adhikari (IND)	1951-1959	11	18	4	462	81*	33.00	-	-	-	3	4	5+	1
DW Richardson (ENG)	1957-1957	1	1	-	33	33	33.00	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
C Washbrook (ENG)	1950-1956	11	18	-	590	114	32.77	-	-	2	2	1	40+	2
RT Simpson (ENG)	1950-1955	24	41	3	1225	156*	32.23	-	-	3	5	5	58+	2
GO Rabone (NZ)	1952-1955	8	14	1	414	107	31.84	-	-	1	2	-	25+	0
OG Smith (WI)	1955-1959	26	42	-	1331	168	31.69	4+	-	4	6	8	60+	12+
Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1952-1959	21	35	1	1071	189	31.50	-	-	1	6	-	3+	1
CC Depeiaza (WI)	1955-1956	5	8	2	187	122	31.16	-	-	1	-	1	0+	0
GM Fullerton (SA)	1950-1951	5	9	-	279	88	31.00	-	-	-	3	1	2+	1
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1958	15	29	1	852	90	30.42	-	-	-	6	2	40+	1
NJ Contractor (IND)	1955-1959	16	28	1	821	92	30.40	0+	-	-	7	2	3+	1+
JW Rutherford (AUS)	1956-1956	1	1	-	30	30	30.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
MJ Horton (ENG)	1959-1959	2	2	-	60	58	30.00	-	-	-	1	-	6	0
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1959	10	18	1	499	109	29.35	-	-	1	3	5	10+	0+
AA Baig (IND)	1959-1959	4	8	-	234	112	29.25	-	-	1	-	-	3+	0
JHB Waite (SA)	1951-1958	31	57	5	1518	134	29.19	-	-	3	8	7	67+	0
RA McLean (SA)	1951-1958	28	51	2	1420	142	28.97	-	-	3	7	8	126+	6
CA McWatt (WI)	1954-1955	6	9	2	202	54	28.85	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
JDC Goddard (WI)	1950-1957	18	26	7	547	83*	28.78	0+	-	-	4	5	34+	0
WGA Parkhouse (ENG)	1950-1959	7	13	-	373	78	28.69	-	-	-	2	1	8+	0
GE Gomez (WI)	1950-1954	18	30	4	733	74	28.19	-	-	-	5	3	30+	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1950-1959	57	86	12	2071	134*	27.98	1099+	25.29	1	8	7	158+	2
Wazir Mohammad (PAK)	1952-1959	20	33	4	801	189	27.62	-	-	2	3	8	47+	0
JT Ikin (ENG)	1951-1955	6	10	1	248	53	27.55	-	-	-	2	1	18+	0
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1959	29	48	-	1320	209	27.50	-	-	2	7	6	67+	0
RT Spooner (ENG)	1951-1955	7	14	1	354	92	27.23	-	-	-	3	3	0+	0
DJ Insole (ENG)	1950-1957	9	17	2	408	110*	27.20	-	-	1	1	2	25+	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1951-1959	32	58	3	1487	135	27.03	128+	34.37	3	8	3	90+	10
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1959	7	10	-	270	141	27.00	366+	43.44	1	1	2	32+	2
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1951-1958	19	33	6	724	83	26.81	-	-	-	3	2	18+	0
Ijaz Butt (PAK)	1959-1959	5	10	2	213	58	26.62	-	-	-	1	1	-	0
W Mathias (PAK)	1955-1959	12	20	1	501	77	26.36	-	-	-	3	1	0+	0
JEF Beck (NZ)	1953-1956	8	15	-	394	99	26.26	-	-	-	3	1	15+	2
GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1959	30	48	5	1124	109	26.13	-	-	2	5	5	36+	1+
KA Archer (AUS)	1950-1951	5	9	-	234	48	26.00	-	-	-	-	1	17	0
DG Phadkar (IND)	1951-1959	23	30	4	675	115	25.96	0+	-	1	4	2	1+	4
W Watson (ENG)	1951-1959	23	37	3	879	116	25.85	263+	31.17	2	3	3	63+	2
KJ Funston (SA)	1952-1958	18	33	1	824	92	25.75	-	-	-	5	2	32+	3
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1950-1955	10	18	1	434	88	25.52	136+	28.67	-	4	1	57+	1
CA Milton (ENG)	1958-1959	6	9	1	204	104*	25.50	158+	24.05	1	-	-	21+	1
GB Hole (AUS)	1951-1955	18	33	2	789	66	25.45	30+	40.00	-	6	2	62+	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

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Kuwait vs Nepal at Mong Kok, Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Hong Kong) Final, Apr 13, 2025 [T20I # 3139]

Qatar vs Kuwait at Mong Kok, Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Hong Kong) 5th Match, Apr 12, 2025 [T20I # 3136]

Kuwait vs Nepal at Mong Kok, Quadrangular Twenty20 Series (Hong Kong) 3rd Match, Apr 10, 2025 [T20I # 3134]