Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1970s in ODIs

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GS Chappell (AUS)	1971-1979	22	22	5	919	125*	54.05	1241	74.05	1	6	1	84	4
G Boycott (ENG)	1971-1979	23	21	3	619	105	34.38	1204	51.41	1	4	1	44	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1977-1979	21	20	2	476	78	26.44	1068	44.56	-	3	5	46	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1976-1979	23	22	2	511	88	25.55	808	63.24	-	2	3	44	5
CM Old (ENG)	1973-1979	27	22	6	331	51*	20.68	386	85.75	-	1	4	29	6
IT Botham (ENG)	1976-1979	23	20	3	278	34	16.35	327	85.01	-	-	-	24	4

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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:

North West Warriors vs Leinster at Belfast, Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy 9th Match, Jun 25, 2025 [Twenty20]

Northern Knights vs Munster Reds at Belfast, Ireland Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Trophy 10th Match, Jun 25, 2025 [Twenty20]

San Francisco Unicorns vs Seattle Orcas at Dallas, Major League Cricket 16th Match, Jun 25, 2025 [Twenty20]