Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1970s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DM Lewis (WI)	1971-1971	3	5	2	259	88	86.33	-	-	-	3	-	10+	0
RG Pollock (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	517	274	73.85	960	53.85	1	3	-	76	1
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	508	140	72.57	854	59.48	2	2	-	70	5
Aftab Baloch (PAK)	1975-1975	1	2	1	72	60*	72.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
SRD Wettimuny (SL)	1975-1979	3	3	1	136	67	68.00	242	56.19	-	2	-	16	0
CA Davis (WI)	1971-1973	11	21	5	1065	183	66.56	-	-	3	4	-	46+	1
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1980	49	67	8	3619	291	61.33	3130+	75.84	12	13	3	356+	24+
CT Radley (ENG)	1978-1978	12	14	1	731	158	56.23	1735	42.13	3	3	1	68	0
RE Redmond (NZ)	1973-1973	3	3	-	166	107	55.33	11+	27.27	1	1	-	29	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	69	117	9	5901	221	54.63	7352+	44.49	22	27	6	556+	14
DN Sardesai (IND)	1971-1972	9	16	1	811	212	54.06	640+	26.40	3	2	-	46+	1
V Pollard (NZ)	1971-1974	8	11	2	485	116	53.88	972+	43.31	2	3	-	56	1
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1975-1979	41	58	14	2361	206	53.65	2639+	45.47	6	11	5	187+	19+
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1980	76	118	18	5317	247*	53.17	9359+	52.85	16	27	7	550	13
GM Turner (NZ)	1971-1979	48	69	10	3134	259	53.11	4770+	40.83	8	15	-	237+	2+
G Boycott (ENG)	1970-1979	67	98	12	4425	191	51.45	12088	36.60	13	25	3	413	6
EJ Barlow (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	360	127	51.42	930	38.70	2	1	-	36	3
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	353	102	50.42	650	54.30	1	2	-	33	6
GS Sobers (WI)	1971-1974	18	29	4	1256	178*	50.24	872+	46.55	5	4	5	94+	6
DL Amiss (ENG)	1971-1977	63	98	9	4346	262*	48.83	8487+	46.42	15	12	8	503	4
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1980	73	107	12	4516	187	47.53	4084+	50.04	11	23	7	413+	15+
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1979	35	42	6	1690	200*	46.94	2886	58.55	5	7	3	176	4
IR Redpath (AUS)	1970-1976	38	69	7	2907	171	46.88	6589+	38.30	7	18	4	283	2
RB Kanhai (WI)	1971-1975	25	34	5	1335	158*	46.03	1050+	51.80	3	8	1	129+	3
L Baichan (WI)	1975-1976	3	6	2	184	105*	46.00	52+	44.23	1	-	-	1+	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1970-1979	60	99	7	4177	196	45.40	7290+	49.86	10	25	8	480	19
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1980	39	58	5	2396	134	45.20	2205+	61.58	6	13	4	268+	34
CH Lloyd (WI)	1971-1980	68	96	7	3979	242*	44.70	2616+	67.81	9	20	4	329+	44
J Benaud (AUS)	1972-1973	3	5	-	223	142	44.60	247+	62.75	1	-	-	24	3
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1980	14	17	1	712	148	44.50	808+	65.59	1	5	1	69+	8+
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1971-1979	49	74	7	2974	175	44.38	2662+	52.59	10	12	6	270+	16+
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	74	119	9	4865	179	44.22	5683+	42.82	10	30	6	425+	6+
D Lloyd (ENG)	1973-1978	16	22	3	836	214*	44.00	1860	44.94	2	-	-	79	1
RC Fredericks (WI)	1971-1977	61	102	7	4120	169	43.36	3509+	53.94	9	23	5	332+	8+
Majid Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	52	83	2	3490	167	43.08	2846+	55.37	8	17	5	309+	12+
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	34	47	2	1914	302	42.53	2531+	48.20	6	7	2	196+	5
Azmat Rana (PAK)	1978-1978	2	2	1	42	22*	42.00	73	57.53	-	-	-	-	-
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1970-1977	65	93	13	3355	216	41.93	7429+	42.18	8	19	5	364+	8+
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1979	50	78	5	3059	274	41.90	3394+	57.30	6	12	5	240+	12+
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	45	70	6	2658	201	41.53	2626+	36.40	8	13	3	210+	2+
JH Edrich (ENG)	1970-1976	44	70	5	2650	175	40.76	7308	36.26	4	16	3	257	2
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1976	9	17	-	681	106	40.05	1712	39.77	1	5	1	75	3
AJ Woodcock (AUS)	1974-1974	2	2	-	80	53	40.00	133	60.15	-	1	-	9	1
BE Congdon (NZ)	1971-1978	43	65	8	2273	176	39.87	3911+	38.19	7	11	5	176+	6
R Edwards (AUS)	1972-1975	29	40	4	1426	170*	39.61	2355+	48.06	2	12	5	126	1
LRD Mendis (SL)	1975-1979	4	4	1	118	64	39.33	142	83.09	-	1	-	9	3
AB Williams (WI)	1978-1979	7	12	-	469	111	39.08	1+	-	2	1	1	43+	0
JR Watkins (AUS)	1973-1973	1	2	1	39	36	39.00	166	23.49	-	-	-	0	0
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1970-1974	32	56	2	2092	207	38.74	3537+	49.67	5	13	4	262	6
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1978-1979	15	20	4	602	100*	37.62	1607+	37.46	1	4	2	63+	4+
RL Dias (SL)	1979-1979	2	2	-	75	50	37.50	134	55.97	-	1	-	4	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1979	41	63	6	2137	157*	37.49	3199+	38.01	5	10	6	153+	9+
MH Denness (ENG)	1972-1975	39	54	4	1874	188	37.48	4020+	42.31	4	7	3	202	4
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1979	62	96	9	3244	250	37.28	5208+	52.74	7	20	2	349	14
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1980	25	38	3	1302	162	37.20	3323+	38.21	3	6	2	135	3
RB Simpson (AUS)	1977-1978	12	21	-	774	176	36.85	1010+	41.98	2	3	1	58	1
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	80	112	7	3868	148	36.83	7629+	47.28	8	20	6	456	22
RA Hutton (ENG)	1971-1971	5	8	2	219	81	36.50	546	40.10	-	2	1	29	1
RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1979	32	51	5	1678	127	36.47	3893	43.10	4	10	7	144	3
GN Yallop (AUS)	1976-1979	30	49	4	1632	167	36.26	2835+	37.60	4	6	1	147	1
FM Engineer (IND)	1971-1975	21	34	3	1118	121	36.06	1611+	55.61	1	9	4	119+	1
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	50	76	3	2601	166	35.63	2844+	44.19	5	11	4	239+	1+
GP Howarth (NZ)	1975-1979	27	41	4	1300	123	35.13	2534+	40.21	4	5	4	128+	2+
MJ Procter (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	1	209	48	34.83	381	54.85	-	-	-	21	3
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1977-1980	35	53	5	1653	130*	34.43	3908+	40.99	3	10	4	154	11
HA Gomes (WI)	1976-1979	12	20	-	688	115	34.40	165+	49.09	2	4	2	39+	0
APB Tennekoon (SL)	1975-1979	4	4	-	137	59	34.25	207	66.18	-	1	1	16	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1973-1979	44	60	6	1840	117*	34.07	1581+	57.36	2	11	7	154+	26+
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1970-1972	23	36	3	1124	117	34.06	2599	43.24	2	7	1	140	6
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1970-1975	24	44	5	1313	131	33.66	3702	35.46	4	5	5	137	1
P Willey (ENG)	1976-1979	11	15	1	470	64	33.57	793	59.26	-	4	-	58	0
JK Moss (AUS)	1979-1979	2	3	1	67	38*	33.50	152	44.07	-	-	-	4	1
PM Toohey (AUS)	1977-1980	20	33	3	998	122	33.26	1380+	45.79	1	8	3	86	4
MLC Foster (WI)	1971-1978	15	23	5	598	125	33.22	106+	32.07	1	1	-	41+	0
APE Knott (ENG)	1970-1977	91	126	14	3709	135	33.11	7293+	48.12	5	24	8	420	6
AP Sheahan (AUS)	1970-1974	15	24	3	693	127	33.00	1455+	44.60	1	3	3	69	3
M Amarnath (IND)	1975-1979	36	51	3	1581	101*	32.93	1371+	44.49	2	10	5	81+	6+
AR Lewis (ENG)	1972-1973	9	16	2	457	125	32.64	558+	42.65	1	3	2	51	1
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1972-1977	21	30	1	941	149	32.44	2282	41.23	3	2	3	114	2
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1978-1979	10	16	-	514	250	32.12	21+	52.38	1	2	4	47+	3
WM Lawry (AUS)	1970-1971	10	19	2	544	84	32.00	1726	31.51	-	4	1	56	3
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1973-1979	31	49	1	1526	93	31.79	2699+	36.19	-	13	5	143+	0+
A Turner (AUS)	1975-1977	20	33	1	1015	136	31.71	1825	55.61	2	3	2	104	3
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1977-1979	21	32	2	948	122	31.60	1207+	47.47	2	3	-	65+	16
BA Edgar (NZ)	1978-1979	10	15	1	440	129	31.42	768+	37.89	1	2	2	25+	0+
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1974-1979	31	46	4	1312	102	31.23	1098+	40.25	1	6	1	81+	0+
A Bacher (SA)	1970-1970	4	7	-	217	73	31.00	490	44.28	-	2	-	23	0
S Amarnath (IND)	1976-1978	13	21	-	650	124	30.95	438+	63.92	1	4	1	30+	1+
S Shivnarine (WI)	1978-1979	9	15	2	399	63	30.69	43+	46.51	-	4	2	38+	0
GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1979	21	36	1	1073	126	30.65	1450+	38.06	2	5	2	91	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	29	36	4	964	126*	30.12	829+	83.23	1	5	2	84+	12
MG Burgess (NZ)	1971-1979	46	68	3	1953	111	30.04	2029+	44.11	4	9	3	141+	14
GA Greenidge (WI)	1972-1973	5	9	2	209	50	29.85	-	-	-	1	1	17+	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1970-1980	76	107	15	2734	132	29.71	4996+	48.77	3	13	7	275	21
BM Laird (AUS)	1979-1980	8	11	-	326	92	29.63	852	38.26	-	3	1	28	0
BP Patel (IND)	1974-1979	31	47	6	1215	115*	29.63	1193+	49.03	1	6	-	108+	10+
JV Coney (NZ)	1974-1979	11	14	-	412	82	29.42	531+	32.01	-	2	-	38+	3
TW Jarvis (NZ)	1972-1973	7	11	-	323	182	29.36	555+	32.79	1	-	4	19+	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1979	14	21	-	615	88	29.28	1291+	33.84	-	4	1	50+	0+
IT Botham (ENG)	1976-1979	45	50	4	1346	137	29.26	2350	57.27	4	3	2	137	15

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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:

Argentina vs Bahrain at Singapore, ICC World Cricket League Division Five 5th Place Play-off, Feb 25, 2012 [Other OD]

Malaysia vs Bahrain at Singapore, ICC World Cricket League Division Five , Feb 24, 2012 [Other OD]

Singapore vs Bahrain at Singapore, ICC World Cricket League Division Five , Feb 22, 2012 [Other OD]