Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1980s in FC

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GA Hick (WOR/ZIM)	1985-1989	12	17	2	1627	405*	108.46	560+	82.32	6	3	-	46+	11+
MJ Greatbatch (/NZ)	1987-1989	8	14	4	694	146*	69.40	2053	33.80	2	4	-	83	0
Aamer Malik (/PAK)	1980-1989	15	20	5	1019	132*	67.93	1888+	40.73	4	5	1	90+	5+
JA Carse (NOR)	1983-1983	10	10	8	129	36*	64.50	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	0+
AJ Pycroft (ZIM)	1982-1986	6	10	1	579	128	64.33	536+	56.90	1	5	-	30+	3+
AA Metcalfe (YOR)	1983-1988	8	15	2	836	216*	64.30	-	-	2	5	1	-	-
Javed Miandad (GLA/Pak/ROWXI)	1980-1989	98	138	19	7131	280*	59.92	10985+	48.32	22	32	5	536+	32+
LS Rajput (/IND/InU22/ROI/WEZ)	1981-1990	19	32	2	1786	275	59.53	551+	40.10	5	10	2	26+	0+
RJ Tucker (NSW/TAS)	1987-1989	11	18	4	826	118	59.00	57+	94.73	1	7	-	-	-
GS Chappell (AUS/QLD)	1980-1984	58	93	11	4744	235	57.85	5730+	54.43	16	16	7	334+	11+
AR Border (AUS/ESS/NSW/QLD/ROWXI)	1980-1989	176	293	50	13574	205	55.86	20247+	44.17	36	71	11	953+	33+
RG Pollock (SA/SAfXI/Tvl)	1982-1987	16	27	5	1205	144	54.77	1106+	70.79	4	7	2	119+	4+
WV Raman (IND/ROI/SOZ/TN)	1985-1990	14	21	3	984	313	54.66	755+	58.27	1	4	-	45+	0+
M Azharuddin (/IBPXI/IND/INDIA/ROI/SOZ)	1984-1990	55	79	9	3809	226	54.41	3387+	51.72	13	18	5	230+	3+
Taslim Arif (/BCCP/PAK)	1980-1982	9	16	3	696	210*	53.53	1042+	48.08	2	3	1	44+	0+
SV Manjrekar (/IND/ROI/WEZ)	1985-1989	16	26	2	1283	278	53.45	2135+	49.74	4	5	1	125+	1+
IVA Richards (SOM/WI)	1980-1989	123	174	16	8355	216	52.87	6636+	72.12	29	39	11	642+	58+
KS McEwan (ESS/SA/SAfXI/WA/WPR)	1980-1987	47	75	9	3470	189*	52.57	859+	50.98	13	12	6	64+	0+
KC Wessels (AUS/AUSXI/QLD)	1980-1987	85	145	6	7282	249	52.38	5754+	51.68	23	30	9	343+	2+
M Amarnath (BRODA/DELHI/IND/INDIA/NOZ/ROI)	1980-1988	69	103	13	4696	207	52.17	3998+	42.02	15	22	7	226+	15+
Zaheer Abbas (GLO/Pak)	1980-1985	67	95	12	4294	215	51.73	4390+	57.03	12	20	8	270+	14+
DM Jones (/AUS/ROWXI/VIC)	1982-1989	99	169	16	7880	248	51.50	7238+	50.09	22	38	10	371+	20+
DB Vengsarkar (/IBPXI/IND/INDIA/ROI/ROWXI/WEZ)	1980-1990	96	146	20	6450	200*	51.19	6942+	44.30	22	27	8	344+	9+
G Boycott (ENG/ENGXI/SABXI/YOR)	1980-1983	61	112	16	4913	214*	51.17	4680+	36.30	12	25	4	125+	0+
S Keshwala (BRODA/WEZ)	1982-1987	11	17	5	614	124*	51.16	-	-	2	3	2	-	-
CL Smith (ENG/HAM)	1981-1989	33	56	7	2506	193	51.14	1314+	29.83	6	11	2	44+	0+
BP Patel (KNTKA/SOZ)	1980-1983	8	10	1	460	126	51.11	-	-	2	1	1	-	-
BJ Whitfield (Natal/SABP/SAfXI)	1983-1987	7	13	2	559	129*	50.81	637+	35.94	2	2	-	22+	0+
CG Greenidge (BDOS/HAM/MCC/WI)	1980-1989	122	197	25	8697	223	50.56	9618+	48.97	23	44	8	597+	43+
AO Malhotra (IBPXI/IND/NOZ/ROI)	1980-1986	27	42	10	1614	139	50.43	144+	43.75	4	10	4	8+	0+
K Bhaskar Pillai (DELHI/NOZ/ROI)	1985-1990	11	16	2	704	129	50.28	0+	-	4	1	2	0+	0+
R Lamba (DELHI/IND/INDIA/NOZ/ROI)	1980-1990	23	33	2	1550	320	50.00	619+	60.42	5	7	2	35+	6+
GN Yallop (AUS/AUSXI/VIC)	1980-1987	70	120	8	5541	268	49.47	4232+	49.26	16	24	4	245+	1+
DM Smith (ENG/SUR/WOR)	1982-1988	18	29	6	1130	165*	49.13	140+	57.14	3	3	2	13+	0+
SM Gavaskar (/IND/INDIA/ROI/ROWXI/SOM/WEZ)	1980-1987	87	139	13	6161	236*	48.89	7732+	42.93	19	25	8	401+	13+
MF Kent (AUS/QLD)	1980-1981	20	36	6	1459	171	48.63	492+	53.25	2	10	1	35+	2+
Imran Khan (NSW/Pak/ROWXI/SUS)	1980-1989	90	120	26	4553	135*	48.43	5030+	53.00	8	30	6	286+	44+
KD Walters (AUS/NSW)	1980-1981	16	24	5	913	186	48.05	762+	52.09	2	6	1	30+	1+
MD Crowe (/NZ/SOM)	1982-1989	52	88	9	3782	242*	47.87	7709+	43.84	13	13	8	426+	8+
DS Lehmann (SOA)	1987-1989	12	21	1	951	228	47.55	437+	74.59	2	5	2	14+	1+
ME Waugh (ESS/NSW)	1985-1990	37	64	9	2606	172	47.38	634+	57.72	9	12	8	21+	0+
CH Lloyd (LAN/WI)	1980-1985	76	99	11	4152	161*	47.18	4315+	55.89	10	24	4	295+	22+
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1980-1989	76	111	14	4529	231	46.69	7395+	44.82	13	18	8	341+	1+
RA Smith (ENG/HAM)	1982-1989	18	34	6	1301	143	46.46	1352+	51.62	5	5	2	95+	0+
DW Hookes (AUS/SOA)	1980-1989	106	186	12	8056	306*	46.29	3458+	68.56	19	47	15	306+	34+
PA Hibbert (VIC)	1980-1987	41	68	7	2820	163	46.22	992+	31.45	7	13	5	23+	0+
MA Taylor (AUS/NSW)	1985-1989	70	125	4	5589	219	46.19	4630+	42.91	13	27	4	174+	2+
G Shipperd (AUSXI/TAS/WA)	1980-1989	86	140	20	5520	200*	46.00	2997+	31.93	13	27	6	70+	0+
RB McCosker (AUS/NSW)	1980-1984	42	74	7	3027	168	45.17	1981+	45.07	8	16	4	78+	0+
PL Shastri (CEZ/IBPXI/ROI)	1984-1988	8	13	1	541	118	45.08	-	-	1	3	-	-	-
JF Reid (NZ)	1981-1986	20	33	3	1349	180	44.96	3847	35.06	6	2	4	140	1
D Lloyd (/LAN)	1982-1983	12	18	3	673	123	44.86	-	-	1	6	1	-	-
MD Taylor (AUSXI/TAS/VIC)	1982-1989	61	100	9	4062	216	44.63	1682+	46.67	10	20	6	99+	4+
MD Moxon (ENG/ENGXI/YOR)	1983-1989	31	55	3	2321	191	44.63	1365+	33.33	5	11	4	44+	0+
AK Sharma (DELHI/IND/NOZ)	1984-1990	9	13	3	446	117	44.60	169+	31.36	2	1	1	8+	0+
MA Lynch (SUR/WIXI)	1982-1988	32	53	10	1916	119	44.55	149+	44.96	4	11	5	10+	0+
DL Amiss (SABXI/WAR)	1981-1983	34	59	6	2357	164	44.47	0+	-	4	17	1	0+	0+
GD Barlow (MID)	1982-1984	24	42	7	1555	132	44.42	0+	-	4	9	2	0+	0+
DC Boon (AUS/TAS)	1980-1989	124	220	15	9107	227	44.42	9690+	42.13	25	45	12	454+	2+
Shoaib Mohammad (/PAK)	1982-1989	30	42	4	1688	203*	44.42	3357+	42.83	4	9	4	171+	3+
BF Davison (LEI/TAS)	1980-1988	63	110	13	4307	173	44.40	555+	59.81	11	22	7	54+	4+
SJ Kalyani (ROI/WEZ)	1984-1988	8	13	1	532	165	44.33	-	-	2	2	1	-	-
TJ Laughlin (VIC)	1980-1980	7	10	2	353	73*	44.12	-	-	-	4	1	-	-
HA Gomes (T&T/WI)	1980-1987	71	106	19	3836	200*	44.09	6281+	42.81	11	15	5	254+	2+
G Fowler (/ENG/ENGXI/LAN)	1982-1988	45	77	3	3254	201	43.97	3362+	38.87	11	15	4	145+	3+
RD Robinson (VIC)	1980-1981	17	26	7	835	120	43.94	211+	47.39	2	3	1	7+	0+
AI Kallicharran (WAR/WI/WIXI)	1980-1988	63	100	8	4041	243*	43.92	1418+	45.41	11	15	5	86+	0+
WS Andrews (WA)	1983-1989	49	70	9	2661	139	43.62	1281+	51.13	5	17	2	64+	6+
JK Moss (VIC)	1980-1982	18	29	3	1125	200*	43.26	42+	11.90	3	4	1	0+	0+
MW Gatting (/ENG/ENGXI/MCC/MID)	1980-1989	107	176	22	6638	207	43.10	8790+	47.38	18	30	16	525+	11+
PN Kirsten (DER/SA/SAfXI/WPR)	1980-1987	20	36	4	1379	173	43.09	1682+	48.51	3	10	2	113+	0+
DM Wellham (AUS/NSW/TAS)	1980-1989	81	128	16	4825	166	43.08	3374+	39.56	10	29	6	119+	0+
PS Clifford (/NSW/QLD)	1984-1990	36	62	8	2322	152*	43.00	288+	40.97	4	13	5	8+	0+
Mohsin Khan (BCCP/PAK)	1980-1986	56	89	9	3432	203*	42.90	4134+	50.87	10	13	4	232+	4+
MD Gunjal (WEZ)	1980-1987	10	17	5	514	117*	42.83	-	-	1	3	1	-	-
GR Marsh (AUS/WA)	1980-1989	107	186	16	7275	355*	42.79	10258+	39.78	21	27	8	438+	12+
GM Wood (AUS/WA)	1980-1989	132	216	27	8084	186*	42.77	8662+	41.23	24	37	19	341+	10+
SV Mudkavi (CEZ/IBPXI)	1981-1987	8	13	3	426	184	42.60	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
GA Gooch (ENG/ENGXI/ESS/MCC/SABXI/WPR)	1980-1989	100	175	7	7144	196	42.52	8348+	49.79	19	38	9	507+	6+
PM Roebuck (/SOM)	1980-1989	32	55	9	1956	152*	42.52	0+	-	4	11	3	0+	0+
WJ Scholes (VIC)	1980-1982	18	32	5	1144	156	42.37	299+	33.44	2	7	4	9+	0+
DL Haynes (/BDOS/MID/ROWXI/WI)	1980-1989	125	210	25	7836	184	42.35	11143+	43.67	16	48	11	570+	15+
TE Jesty (HAM/LAN)	1981-1989	25	38	7	1311	187	42.29	-	-	2	5	1	-	-
PA Neale (/WOR)	1982-1988	33	51	7	1857	139	42.20	-	-	2	14	2	-	-
DI Gower (ENG/ENGXI/LEI/MCC)	1980-1989	126	217	18	8349	215	41.95	12733+	49.85	17	42	12	776+	7+
MR Benson (ENG/KEN)	1982-1989	28	47	3	1840	152*	41.81	447+	35.79	5	11	4	21+	0+
AD Gaekwad (IBPXI/IND/ROI/WEZ)	1980-1987	37	59	1	2420	216	41.72	594+	45.79	9	6	3	34+	0+
MD Haysman (AUSXI/SOA)	1982-1988	49	84	10	3087	180	41.71	2177+	37.62	9	11	8	96+	0+
J Dyson (AUS/AUSXI/NSW)	1980-1989	98	176	22	6423	241	41.70	5636+	36.53	13	34	5	193+	6+
CS Cowdrey (ENG/ENGXI/KEN)	1980-1988	34	51	12	1624	123	41.64	280+	36.07	4	7	3	9+	2+
JG Wyatt (SOM)	1983-1988	9	17	2	624	103	41.60	-	-	1	4	1	-	-
RD Woolley (AUS/TAS)	1980-1988	65	104	15	3688	144	41.43	1549+	49.90	6	21	3	96+	0+
DG Aslett (KEN)	1983-1987	21	38	3	1447	168	41.34	-	-	3	8	2	-	-
RB Richardson (LWD/WI)	1983-1989	72	117	8	4502	194	41.30	7441+	47.86	12	19	7	443+	7+
RG Williams (NOR)	1980-1988	31	49	11	1565	122	41.18	0+	-	2	11	3	0+	0+
Gursharan Singh (/DELHI/IBPXI/InU22/NOZ/ROI)	1981-1990	19	28	3	1021	101*	40.84	0+	-	2	7	5	0+	0+
AMJ Hilditch (AUS/NSW/SOA)	1980-1989	77	137	7	5308	230	40.83	3104+	48.61	12	25	10	136+	5+
GD Mendis (LAN/SUS)	1980-1989	29	56	7	1999	133*	40.79	-	-	5	9	3	-	-
TM Moody (AUS/WA)	1986-1989	55	91	6	3454	202	40.63	2042+	56.46	9	13	5	111+	10+
JD Siddons (AUS/VIC)	1985-1989	53	89	5	3409	241*	40.58	1405+	59.14	7	22	5	96+	7+

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Minimum of 10 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:

Central Zone vs North Zone at Visakhapatnam, Duleep Trophy Semi-Final, Dec 30, 1989 - Jan 2, 1990 [First-class]

South Zone vs West Zone at Bengaluru, Duleep Trophy Semi-Final, Dec 30, 1989 - Jan 2, 1990 [First-class]

New South Wales vs Queensland at Brisbane, Sheffield Shield , Dec 29, 1989 - Jan 1, 1990 [First-class]