Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1950s in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
CL Walcott (WI)	1950-1958	33	57	6	3129	220	61.35	-	-	13	11	1	95+	8
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+
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	0	8+	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1950-1959	56	99	8	4573	205	50.25	1014+	40.33	15	19	5	326+	1
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
VS Hazare (IND)	1951-1953	17	27	3	1097	164*	45.70	-	-	3	5	4	3+	0
AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1953	22	39	1	1712	167	45.05	-	-	6	7	0	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+	0.00	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
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
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1959	25	40	0	1623	126	40.57	544+	31.25	5	7	1	134+	0
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1950-1955	23	42	4	1520	152	40.00	-	-	3	7	1	50+	3
PR Umrigar (IND)	1951-1959	43	70	6	2520	223	39.37	1+	0.00	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
AR Morris (AUS)	1950-1955	30	54	0	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
JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1959	17	31	2	1066	166	36.75	-	-	2	5	2	21+	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
JW Burke (AUS)	1951-1959	24	44	7	1280	189	34.59	942+	27.28	3	5	0	67+	0
WR Endean (SA)	1951-1958	28	52	4	1630	162*	33.95	-	-	3	8	3	60+	1
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+	0.00	5	8	14	59+	1+
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1959	21	28	4	804	83*	33.50	422+	27.96	0	7	4	18+	2
RT Simpson (ENG)	1950-1955	24	41	3	1225	156*	32.23	-	-	3	5	5	58+	2
OG Smith (WI)	1955-1959	26	42	0	1331	168	31.69	4+	0.00	4	6	8	60+	12+
Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1952-1959	21	35	1	1071	189	31.50	-	-	1	6	0	3+	1
TL Goddard (SA)	1955-1958	15	29	1	852	90	30.42	-	-	0	6	2	40+	1
NJ Contractor (IND)	1955-1959	16	28	1	821	92	30.40	0+	0.00	0	7	2	3+	1+
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
JDC Goddard (WI)	1950-1957	18	26	7	547	83*	28.78	0+	0.00	0	4	5	34+	0
GE Gomez (WI)	1950-1954	18	30	4	733	74	28.19	-	-	0	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
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1959	29	48	0	1320	209	27.50	-	-	2	7	6	67+	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1951-1959	32	58	3	1487	135	27.03	128+	34.37	3	8	3	90+	10
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1951-1958	19	33	6	724	83	26.81	-	-	0	3	2	18+	0
W Mathias (PAK)	1955-1959	12	20	1	501	77	26.36	-	-	0	3	1	0+	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1952-1959	30	48	5	1124	109	26.13	-	-	2	5	5	36+	1+
DG Phadkar (IND)	1951-1959	23	30	4	675	115	25.96	0+	0.00	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	-	-	0	5	2	32+	3
GB Hole (AUS)	1951-1955	18	33	2	789	66	25.45	30+	40.00	0	6	2	62+	0
JE Cheetham (SA)	1950-1955	21	37	6	788	89	25.41	-	-	0	5	1	36+	3
AH Kardar (PAK)	1952-1958	23	37	3	847	93	24.91	-	-	0	5	1	7+	2
RG Archer (AUS)	1953-1956	19	30	1	713	128	24.58	108+	50.92	1	2	4	60+	9
FR Brown (ENG)	1950-1953	14	22	1	516	79	24.57	-	-	0	3	1	46+	3
R Benaud (AUS)	1952-1959	42	63	4	1440	122	24.40	448+	43.08	3	4	6	122+	8
JC Watkins (SA)	1950-1957	13	23	1	532	92	24.18	-	-	0	3	1	37+	1
AK Davidson (AUS)	1953-1959	27	36	3	788	76	23.87	599+	37.22	0	3	0	30+	4
Alimuddin (PAK)	1954-1959	19	34	2	708	103*	22.12	-	-	1	3	5	4+	0
BH Pairaudeau (WI)	1953-1957	13	21	0	454	115	21.61	-	-	1	3	3	0+	0
FCM Alexander (WI)	1957-1959	15	20	2	369	70	20.50	0+	0.00	0	2	3	1+	1+
RJ Christiani (WI)	1950-1954	13	24	3	427	76	20.33	-	-	0	1	0	26+	1
JH Wardle (ENG)	1950-1957	27	39	7	647	66	20.21	87+	55.17	0	2	5	45+	14
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1950-1959	42	63	11	1041	118	20.01	89+	53.93	1	4	6	70+	9
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1951-1958	26	46	5	814	66	19.85	0+	0.00	0	3	7	64+	4
TG Evans (ENG)	1950-1959	64	93	7	1693	104	19.68	182+	64.28	2	6	15	154+	7
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1950-1956	30	47	10	725	77	19.59	30+	36.66	0	4	6	40+	2
Maqsood Ahmed (PAK)	1952-1955	16	27	1	507	99	19.50	-	-	0	2	2	9+	3
PNF Mansell (SA)	1951-1955	13	22	2	355	90	17.75	-	-	0	2	3	44+	0
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1950-1958	30	48	8	674	66	16.85	-	-	0	1	4	18+	4
SN McGregor (NZ)	1955-1959	15	27	1	433	111	16.65	74+	9.45	1	0	3	3+	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1952-1959	26	39	6	541	60	16.39	0+	0.00	0	1	8	6+	2
Shujauddin (PAK)	1954-1959	17	29	6	375	47	16.30	-	-	0	0	2	3+	0
FS Trueman (ENG)	1952-1959	31	34	9	401	39*	16.04	222+	43.24	0	0	6	26+	10
MB Poore (NZ)	1953-1956	14	24	1	355	45	15.43	0+	0.00	0	0	6	2+	0
GRA Langley (AUS)	1951-1956	26	37	12	374	53	14.96	20+	25.00	0	1	3	20+	0
AM Moir (NZ)	1951-1959	17	30	8	327	41*	14.86	41+	26.82	0	0	5	17+	2
LSM Miller (NZ)	1953-1958	13	25	0	346	47	13.84	-	-	0	0	5	2+	0
JC Laker (ENG)	1950-1959	38	49	13	453	48	12.58	188+	32.97	0	0	4	22+	2
GAR Lock (ENG)	1952-1959	31	39	6	375	25*	11.36	339+	22.12	0	0	5	29+	0
NS Tamhane (IND)	1955-1959	19	25	5	222	54*	11.10	0+	0.00	0	1	7	4+	0
FH Tyson (ENG)	1954-1959	17	24	3	230	37*	10.95	167+	37.72	0	0	3	14	2
JB Statham (ENG)	1951-1959	47	57	17	429	38	10.72	207+	49.75	0	0	9	23+	1
AV Bedser (ENG)	1950-1955	28	36	9	263	30*	9.74	0+	0.00	0	0	6	18+	3
WA Johnston (AUS)	1950-1955	29	39	20	179	28	9.42	22+	50.00	0	0	7	19+	0
PS Heine (SA)	1955-1958	13	23	3	178	24	8.90	3+	0.00	0	0	3	9+	1
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1952-1959	18	26	5	183	32	8.71	-	-	0	0	6	10+	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1952-1959	19	26	7	161	50	8.47	0+	0.00	0	1	8	0+	2
HB Cave (NZ)	1955-1958	15	26	4	185	22*	8.40	0+	0.00	0	0	5	2+	0
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1959	37	50	14	299	44	8.30	0+	0.00	0	0	12	17+	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1959	31	39	12	182	21	6.74	0+	0.00	0	0	4	2+	0
JA Hayes (NZ)	1951-1958	15	22	7	73	19	4.86	0+	0.00	0	0	4	3+	2
RW Blair (NZ)	1953-1959	14	25	4	89	22	4.23	42+	57.14	0	0	7	2+	2
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1958	19	28	8	80	17	4.00	0+	0.00	0	0	8	6+	1
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1958	29	39	12	102	14	3.77	1+	0.00	0	0	11	2+	3

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Minimum of 20 innings
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:

India vs Australia at Kanpur, Australia tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India vs Australia at Delhi, Australia tour of India 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan vs Australia at Karachi, Australia tour of Pakistan 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]