Batting Highest Career Batting Average IN England

Highest averages in 1970s in Tests+ODIs+T20Is IN England

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
IVA Richards (WI)	1975-1979	16	18	4	1300	291	92.85	1794	72.46	5	3	1	161+	9+
V Pollard (NZ)	1973-1973	5	6	2	357	116	89.25	817	43.69	2	2	-	42	1
SRD Wettimuny (SL)	1975-1979	3	3	1	136	67	68.00	242	56.19	-	2	-	16	0
GM Turner (NZ)	1973-1979	13	14	4	651	171*	65.10	1244	52.33	2	2	-	56+	2+
GS Sobers (WI)	1973-1973	4	6	1	306	150*	61.20	604	50.66	1	2	1	41	0
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1979	15	19	1	1082	274	60.11	1863	58.07	2	4	1	121	3
D Lloyd (ENG)	1973-1978	11	13	3	591	214*	59.10	1157	51.08	2	-	-	51	1
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1979	19	21	3	978	200*	54.33	1615	60.55	3	5	3	110	3
CG Greenidge (WI)	1975-1979	16	21	2	1031	134	54.26	1634	63.09	4	5	1	120	12
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1972-1972	8	13	1	635	114	52.91	1225	51.83	1	7	-	70	0
CT Radley (ENG)	1978-1978	10	12	1	558	117*	50.72	1165	47.89	2	3	1	51	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1971-1979	33	46	5	2075	191	50.60	5069	40.93	8	7	1	213	6
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1971-1975	32	40	8	1609	178	50.28	3446	46.69	4	11	1	164	4
GP Howarth (NZ)	1975-1979	10	13	3	500	123	50.00	1119	44.68	1	3	1	49	1
RB Kanhai (WI)	1973-1975	10	10	2	387	157	48.37	710	54.50	1	3	1	46	1
DL Amiss (ENG)	1971-1977	37	53	5	2294	203	47.79	4411	52.00	8	7	3	253	2
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1979-1979	3	3	-	143	72	47.66	267	53.55	-	1	-	9	0
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1977-1977	5	8	5	141	48*	47.00	401	35.16	-	-	1	15	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	18	27	2	1153	221	46.12	2614	44.10	2	9	2	112	3
R Edwards (AUS)	1972-1975	16	20	3	779	170*	45.82	1477	52.74	1	7	4	77	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1973-1979	22	24	1	1052	132	45.73	1408	74.71	2	7	-	110	16
Majid Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	14	17	-	774	109	45.52	1318	58.72	1	7	1	93	3
Yajurvindra Singh (IND)	1979-1979	1	2	1	44	43*	44.00	122	36.06	-	-	-	1	0
RC Fredericks (WI)	1973-1976	18	25	1	1014	150	42.25	1936	52.37	4	5	2	112	2
IM Chappell (AUS)	1972-1975	17	24	-	971	192	40.45	2213	43.87	2	7	2	119	2
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1973-1979	17	21	3	722	97	40.11	1405	51.38	-	6	2	82	4
FM Engineer (IND)	1971-1975	11	15	3	481	86	40.08	835	57.60	-	4	2	48	0
DS Steele (ENG)	1975-1976	9	17	-	681	106	40.05	1712	39.77	1	5	1	75	3
GS Chappell (AUS)	1972-1977	25	37	4	1318	131	39.93	2644	49.84	4	4	2	151	3
LRD Mendis (SL)	1975-1979	4	4	1	118	64	39.33	142	83.09	-	1	-	9	3
RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1977	16	23	2	801	127	38.14	2071	38.67	2	5	3	71	2
BE Congdon (NZ)	1973-1978	10	14	1	492	176	37.84	1361	36.14	2	1	1	43	0
MH Denness (ENG)	1973-1975	17	20	3	643	118	37.82	1269	50.66	2	1	1	47	2
RL Dias (SL)	1979-1979	2	2	-	75	50	37.50	134	55.97	-	1	-	4	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1975	11	15	2	487	100	37.46	1376	35.39	1	4	1	52	1
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1979	21	26	3	852	94	37.04	1663	51.23	-	8	4	90	8
JH Edrich (ENG)	1971-1976	27	44	2	1538	175	36.61	4276	35.96	2	8	3	154	2
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1972-1977	18	25	1	878	149	36.58	2127	41.27	3	2	3	109	2
RA Hutton (ENG)	1971-1971	5	8	2	219	81	36.50	546	40.10	-	2	1	29	1
DL Haynes (WI)	1979-1979	4	4	-	144	65	36.00	261	55.17	-	1	-	9+	1+
CL King (WI)	1976-1979	10	11	2	321	86	35.66	456	70.39	-	3	1	36+	5+
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1971-1979	13	14	2	419	104*	34.91	849	49.35	1	3	1	50	0
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1971-1973	12	24	3	721	108*	34.33	1983	36.35	2	3	3	78	1
APB Tennekoon (SL)	1975-1979	4	4	-	137	59	34.25	207	66.18	-	1	1	16	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	18	26	1	850	113	34.00	2185	38.90	1	7	1	79	0
DL Bairstow (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	-	68	59	34.00	148	45.94	-	1	-	8	0
AP Sheahan (AUS)	1972-1972	5	7	2	165	50	33.00	431	38.28	-	1	1	15	1
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1979	8	10	-	330	69	33.00	780	42.30	-	2	-	31+	0+
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1979-1979	7	10	1	293	103	32.55	779	37.61	1	2	2	32	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1978-1979	7	10	1	291	84*	32.33	768	37.89	-	2	1	25+	0+
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1978-1978	4	6	-	192	46	32.00	545	35.22	-	-	-	17	1
P Lever (ENG)	1971-1975	13	8	2	188	88*	31.33	437	43.02	-	1	-	13	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1976-1979	23	23	1	687	137	31.22	977	70.31	3	-	2	66	11
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	20	26	1	776	97	31.04	1705	45.51	-	5	1	90	1
LG Rowe (WI)	1976-1976	5	6	-	185	70	30.83	380	48.68	-	2	-	22	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	51	67	5	1894	139	30.54	3712	51.02	3	10	6	211	11
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1971-1972	14	22	3	575	74	30.26	1226	46.90	-	4	-	85	2
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1971-1971	2	3	2	30	22	30.00	191	15.70	-	-	-	4	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1979-1979	3	3	1	60	37	30.00	104	57.69	-	-	-	3	0
SS Naik (IND)	1974-1974	3	4	-	119	77	29.75	252	47.22	-	1	-	12	0
DN Sardesai (IND)	1971-1971	3	6	1	147	54	29.40	538	27.32	-	1	-	15	0
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1978	16	21	1	580	77	29.00	1621	35.78	-	4	2	50	2
APE Knott (ENG)	1971-1977	55	69	6	1814	135	28.79	3600	50.38	3	11	8	212	4
DW Randall (ENG)	1976-1979	19	22	3	547	88	28.78	975	56.10	-	4	2	66	3
JA Jameson (ENG)	1971-1975	5	7	-	201	82	28.71	408	49.26	-	1	-	18	2
A Turner (AUS)	1975-1975	8	10	-	278	101	27.80	464	59.91	1	-	-	25	1
DW Hookes (AUS)	1977-1977	7	11	-	297	85	27.00	595	49.91	-	2	-	31	1
DB Close (ENG)	1972-1976	6	9	1	215	60	26.87	620	34.67	-	1	-	23	2
Aftab Gul (PAK)	1971-1971	3	4	-	106	33	26.50	286	37.06	-	-	-	14	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1973-1979	14	16	-	418	105	26.12	935	44.70	1	2	2	46	0
MH Tissera (SL)	1975-1975	3	3	-	78	52	26.00	147	53.06	-	1	-	10	0
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	8	14	-	359	85	25.64	795	45.15	-	2	-	37	0
P Willey (ENG)	1976-1979	5	8	-	205	52	25.62	450	45.55	-	1	-	34	0
B Wood (ENG)	1972-1978	15	19	-	486	90	25.57	1261	38.54	-	3	1	64	0
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1979-1979	4	7	-	179	80	25.57	541	33.08	-	2	1	21	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1976-1979	27	36	1	893	81	25.51	2494	35.80	-	5	5	89	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1979	3	5	1	102	40	25.50	277	36.82	-	-	-	7	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1972-1977	24	33	6	679	91	25.14	1261	53.84	-	6	4	77	10
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1971-1971	1	2	-	50	34	25.00	141	35.46	-	-	-	8	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1971-1973	19	28	2	648	107	24.92	1999	32.41	1	2	2	62	3
GR Sealy (CAN)	1979-1979	3	3	-	73	45	24.33	149	48.99	-	-	-	9	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1974-1979	14	16	1	364	58	24.26	618	58.89	-	2	2	41	3
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1976	15	15	2	315	121	24.23	462	68.18	1	1	1	40	4
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1975-1975	3	3	1	48	28*	24.00	73	65.75	-	-	-	8	0
SP Pasqual (SL)	1979-1979	2	2	1	24	23*	24.00	28	85.71	-	-	-	1	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1979-1979	4	2	-	47	36	23.50	93	50.53	-	-	-	3	0
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1972-1972	3	6	1	117	51	23.40	403	29.03	-	1	1	9	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1972-1972	3	6	-	140	34	23.33	452	30.97	-	-	-	11	0
HJ Howarth (NZ)	1973-1975	8	6	4	46	17	23.00	173	26.58	-	-	1	6	0
JH Hampshire (ENG)	1972-1975	4	6	1	114	42	22.80	231	49.35	-	-	1	19	0
RD Robinson (AUS)	1977-1977	5	8	-	182	70	22.75	389	46.78	-	1	-	21	1
BF Hastings (NZ)	1973-1975	9	10	1	204	86	22.66	540	37.77	-	1	1	21	0
BJ McKechnie (NZ)	1975-1979	8	4	2	45	27	22.50	112	40.17	-	-	-	4+	0+
DK Lillee (AUS)	1972-1975	17	14	7	157	73*	22.42	299	52.50	-	1	2	16	4
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1975	11	15	2	290	67	22.30	873	33.21	-	2	1	27	3
FC Hayes (ENG)	1973-1976	11	16	2	312	106*	22.28	811	38.47	1	1	4	41	3
GD Barlow (ENG)	1976-1977	7	8	1	155	80*	22.14	312	49.67	-	1	2	18	0
KD Boyce (WI)	1973-1975	10	8	-	177	72	22.12	247	71.65	-	1	1	19	1
CS Serjeant (AUS)	1977-1977	5	7	-	154	81	22.00	386	39.89	-	1	1	17	1
G Miller (ENG)	1976-1979	17	16	2	307	63*	21.92	791	38.81	-	2	4	27	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:

Sri Lanka A vs Australia A at Darwin, Sri Lanka A in Australia 1st unofficial Test, Jul 13-16, 2025 [First-class]

Australia vs West Indies at Kingston, Australia in West Indies 3rd Test, Jul 12-14, 2025 [Test # 2595]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]