Batting Highest Career Batting Average - England

Highest averages in 1980s in FC+LA+T20s - England

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
B Wood (ENG)	1982-1982	2	2	1	93	78*	93.00	176	52.84	-	1	-	4	0
G Boycott (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1982	47	76	12	3173	137	49.57	5496+	39.33	5	24	2	165+	0+
RC Russell (ENG)	1987-1989	14	17	8	445	128*	49.44	1023	43.49	1	2	-	49+	0+
RJ Bailey (ENG)	1985-1988	4	5	2	141	43*	47.00	304	46.38	-	-	-	6	1
RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1989	18	26	4	1010	143	45.90	1763	57.28	2	7	3	124	3
KWR Fletcher (ENG/ENGXI)	1981-1982	17	22	6	719	108	44.93	986+	45.33	1	5	-	40+	4+
GA Gooch (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1989	124	178	6	7360	196	42.79	11885+	54.82	18	42	7	726+	13+
AJ Lamb (ENG/ENGXI)	1982-1989	156	203	25	6802	137*	38.21	11078+	59.21	14	34	15	710+	39+
DI Gower (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1989	198	274	17	9735	215	37.87	15945+	55.35	18	46	14	998+	27+
BC Broad (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1989	64	87	2	3214	162	37.81	7281	44.14	7	18	7	278	4
TA Lloyd (ENG)	1984-1984	4	4	1	111	49	37.00	245	45.30	-	-	-	4	0
MW Gatting (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1989	170	225	33	7061	207	36.77	11321+	53.08	13	32	17	658+	22+
KJ Barnett (ENG)	1988-1989	5	8	-	291	84	36.37	506	57.50	-	3	1	28	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1980-1985	47	59	4	1926	164	35.01	3671	52.46	5	9	8	176	6
G Fowler (ENG/ENGXI)	1982-1986	51	69	2	2339	201	34.91	4683+	43.79	5	12	5	212+	4+
RT Robinson (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1989	61	84	7	2616	175	33.97	4872+	45.11	6	10	7	245+	0+
JJ Whitaker (ENG/ENGXI)	1986-1987	7	9	1	262	108	32.75	429	61.07	1	-	1	28	3
CJ Tavare (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1989	66	92	4	2802	149	31.84	7206+	34.34	2	20	6	233+	2+
IT Botham (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1989	165	216	16	6269	208	31.34	8512+	69.51	11	29	19	688+	104+
RO Butcher (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1981	13	18	2	496	77*	31.00	228+	56.57	-	3	1	14+	0+
MD Moxon (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1989	22	30	1	896	153	30.89	1690+	37.21	1	4	4	56+	0+
CL Smith (ENG)	1983-1986	12	18	1	501	91	29.47	1554	32.23	-	3	1	63	1
BC Rose (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1981	8	13	1	316	70	26.33	556+	46.40	-	2	1	28+	0+
CWJ Athey (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1988	60	82	5	2000	142*	25.97	4132+	45.64	3	9	5	157+	4+
MR Benson (ENG)	1986-1986	2	3	-	75	30	25.00	220	34.09	-	-	-	7	0
P Willey (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1986	46	66	9	1403	102*	24.61	2856+	43.83	2	7	5	151+	4+
JP Agnew (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1985	8	6	5	24	12*	24.00	31+	38.70	-	-	-	0+	0+
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1989-1989	6	6	1	120	61	24.00	188	63.82	-	1	1	9+	2
W Larkins (ENG)	1980-1989	16	21	-	492	124	23.42	985	49.94	1	-	3	46+	3+
PJ Newport (ENG)	1988-1989	2	3	-	70	36	23.33	138	50.72	-	-	-	7	0
G Cook (ENG/ENGXI)	1981-1983	18	26	1	566	104*	22.64	790+	39.11	1	2	2	26+	0+
DM Smith (ENG)	1986-1986	3	5	1	90	47	22.50	149	60.40	-	-	1	14	0
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1982-1989	27	18	5	289	95	22.23	694	41.64	-	1	2	22	0
G Miller (ENG/ENGXI)	1981-1984	29	35	5	646	98	21.53	1154+	43.84	-	3	4	54+	0+
APE Knott (ENG)	1980-1981	6	11	1	214	70*	21.40	548	39.05	-	2	-	25	0
TE Jesty (ENG)	1983-1983	10	10	4	127	52*	21.16	182	69.78	-	1	2	10	2
JD Love (ENG)	1981-1981	3	3	-	61	43	20.33	100	61.00	-	-	-	7	0
CS Cowdrey (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1988	14	17	2	299	70	19.93	326+	46.62	-	1	2	14+	3+
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1980-1981	4	8	1	139	46	19.85	498	27.91	-	-	2	18	0
JE Emburey (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1989	130	142	31	2153	75	19.39	4672+	43.70	-	8	17	219+	12+
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1989	46	56	11	851	63	18.91	2294	37.09	-	1	5	68	4
VJ Marks (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1988	47	43	6	690	83	18.64	966+	55.27	-	4	2	39+	0+
JM Brearley (ENG)	1980-1981	11	17	2	276	60*	18.40	822	33.57	-	2	2	22	0
DJ Capel (ENG)	1987-1989	28	34	2	584	98	18.25	1389	42.04	-	3	4	50+	5
MA Atherton (ENG)	1989-1989	2	4	-	73	47	18.25	210	34.76	-	-	1	7	0
NH Fairbrother (ENG)	1987-1988	15	15	2	237	54	18.23	383	61.87	-	2	1	20	2
WN Slack (ENG/ENGXI)	1986-1986	10	17	-	308	89	18.11	813	37.88	-	2	4	28	2
JP Stephenson (ENG)	1989-1989	1	2	-	36	25	18.00	89	40.44	-	-	-	3	0
PR Downton (ENG/ENGXI)	1981-1988	65	78	14	1147	74	17.92	3034+	33.84	-	4	8	80+	0+
BN French (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1988	36	39	9	518	59	17.26	1146+	39.70	-	2	5	46+	1+
DL Bairstow (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1984	21	24	8	275	40	17.18	426+	48.59	-	-	3	18+	0+
CJ Richards (ENG/ENGXI)	1981-1988	39	41	8	561	133	17.00	1254+	40.66	1	1	6	46+	0+
PH Edmonds (ENG/ENGXI)	1982-1987	61	67	17	805	64	16.10	1869+	39.27	-	1	8	65+	6+
GB Stevenson (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1981	12	11	5	96	28*	16.00	91+	78.02	-	-	2	8+	1+
TS Curtis (ENG)	1988-1989	5	9	-	140	41	15.55	517	27.07	-	-	1	20	0
RM Ellison (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1986	29	33	6	414	83*	15.33	828+	34.78	-	1	1	26+	1+
NA Foster (ENG/ENGXI)	1983-1989	85	79	24	840	74*	15.27	1571+	46.59	-	1	13	83+	6+
GR Dilley (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1989	82	81	29	754	56	14.50	1467+	41.78	-	3	12	73+	0+
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG/ENGXI)	1986-1989	61	55	14	585	40	14.26	910	64.28	-	-	4	52	7
PW Jarvis (ENG)	1988-1989	11	11	3	114	29*	14.25	248	45.96	-	-	1	9	0
AR Butcher (ENG)	1980-1980	1	1	-	14	14	14.00	26	53.84	-	-	-	1	0
RW Taylor (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1984	49	65	13	722	54	13.88	2196+	30.87	-	1	8	63+	1+
GC Small (ENG/ENGXI)	1986-1989	43	29	12	222	59	13.05	466	47.63	-	1	4	18	0+
IJ Gould (ENG)	1983-1983	18	14	2	155	42	12.91	243	63.78	-	-	2	5	0
ACS Pigott (ENG)	1984-1984	1	2	1	12	8*	12.00	36	33.33	-	-	-	1	0
JG Thomas (ENG)	1986-1987	8	13	6	84	31*	12.00	233	36.05	-	-	4	7	1
CM Old (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1981	15	13	3	113	29	11.30	130+	77.69	-	-	2	12+	2+
CM Wells (ENG)	1985-1985	2	2	-	22	17	11.00	44	50.00	-	-	-	2	0
PJW Allott (ENG/ENGXI)	1981-1985	33	29	5	261	52*	10.87	560+	40.71	-	1	5	21+	1+
JK Lever (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1986	19	16	4	127	22	10.58	277+	34.65	-	-	1	6+	0+
DL Underwood (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1982	19	17	5	126	43	10.50	302+	34.43	-	-	4	6+	0+
RGD Willis (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1984	86	75	32	439	28*	10.20	1114+	39.40	-	-	8	43+	0+
M Hendrick (ENG)	1980-1981	10	9	6	30	10*	10.00	64	46.87	-	-	2	4	0
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1989	9	5	-	47	29	9.40	139	33.81	-	-	-	4	0
SJ Rhodes (ENG)	1989-1989	3	2	1	9	8	9.00	17	52.94	-	-	-	0	0
NGB Cook (ENG)	1983-1989	18	25	4	179	31	8.52	759	23.58	-	-	2	16	0
RD Jackman (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1983	19	18	3	115	17	7.66	275+	29.81	-	-	3	5+	0+
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1989-1989	1	2	-	14	9	7.00	24	58.33	-	-	-	1	1
NG Cowans (ENG/ENGXI)	1982-1985	47	40	10	199	36	6.63	406+	46.30	-	-	9	25+	3+
PWG Parker (ENG)	1981-1981	1	2	-	13	13	6.50	49	26.53	-	-	1	2	0
IA Greig (ENG)	1982-1982	2	4	-	26	14	6.50	102	25.49	-	-	-	2	0
MP Maynard (ENG)	1988-1988	1	2	-	13	10	6.50	34	38.23	-	-	-	1	0
GW Humpage (ENG)	1981-1981	3	2	-	11	6	5.50	24	45.83	-	-	-	0	0
VP Terry (ENG)	1984-1984	2	3	-	16	8	5.33	66	24.24	-	-	-	2	0
NV Radford (ENG)	1986-1988	9	7	3	21	12*	5.25	97	21.64	-	-	2	1	0
PI Pocock (ENG/ENGXI)	1984-1985	11	14	3	49	22*	4.45	230+	19.56	-	-	6	5+	0+
DV Lawrence (ENG)	1988-1988	1	1	-	4	4	4.00	12	33.33	-	-	-	0	0
MA Lynch (ENG)	1988-1988	3	3	-	8	6	2.66	32	25.00	-	-	1	1	0
A Sidebottom (ENG)	1985-1985	1	1	-	2	2	2.00	8	25.00	-	-	-	0	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1989-1989	1	1	-	2	2	2.00	12	16.66	-	-	-	0	0
D Lloyd (ENG)	1980-1980	1	1	-	1	1	1.00	8	12.50	-	-	-	0	0
N Gifford (ENG)	1985-1985	2	1	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	1	0	0
LB Taylor (ENG)	1985-1986	4	2	2	2	1*	-	16	12.50	-	-	-	0	0
JH Childs (ENG)	1988-1988	2	4	4	2	2*	-	41	4.87	-	-	-	0	0
AP Igglesden (ENG)	1989-1989	1	1	1	2	2*	-	23	8.69	-	-	-	0	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:

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