Batting Highest Career Batting Average IN England

Highest averages in 1980s in FC IN England

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GA Hick (WOR)	1986-1989	9	12	2	1295	405*	129.50	560+	82.32	4	3	-	46+	11+
DM Jones (AUS/ROWXI)	1987-1989	15	22	4	1611	248	89.50	1412+	66.71	5	9	1	101+	13+
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)	1982-1987	16	21	7	1056	211*	75.42	785+	40.25	5	3	4	37+	0+
Mohsin Khan (Pak)	1982-1982	13	20	3	1248	203*	73.41	543+	57.09	4	4	2	38+	0+
HA Gomes (WI)	1984-1984	12	17	5	841	143	70.08	773+	51.74	4	3	-	51+	0+
KS McEwan (ESS)	1983-1984	25	37	5	2104	189*	65.75	-	-	8	7	2	-	-
JA Carse (NOR)	1983-1983	10	10	8	129	36*	64.50	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	0+
AA Metcalfe (YOR)	1983-1988	8	15	2	836	216*	64.30	-	-	2	5	1	-	-
DB Vengsarkar (IND/INDIA/ROWXI)	1982-1987	12	16	3	829	173*	63.76	1135+	50.66	4	2	1	65+	1+
Imran Khan (PAK/ROWXI/SUS)	1980-1987	29	41	9	1928	124*	60.25	1054+	46.01	3	17	3	53+	8+
Javed Miandad (GLA/Pak/ROWXI)	1980-1987	22	27	7	1191	260	59.55	1105+	48.68	3	6	3	58+	2+
SR Waugh (AUS/SOM)	1988-1989	17	26	8	1058	177*	58.77	956+	62.02	4	3	2	71+	0+
AR Border (AUS/ESS/ROWXI)	1980-1989	33	54	12	2454	196	58.42	4079+	44.66	5	17	3	217+	6+
CG Greenidge (HAM/MCC/WI)	1980-1988	53	83	11	4176	223	58.00	2249+	51.22	13	20	1	151+	4+
MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1989	17	30	1	1669	219	57.55	2240+	44.64	3	10	-	110+	0+
IVA Richards (SOM/WI)	1980-1988	52	71	8	3585	216	56.90	1098+	77.59	13	15	5	131+	6+
DM Smith (SUR/WOR)	1982-1988	16	25	6	1050	165*	55.26	-	-	3	3	1	-	-
M Azharuddin (IND/INDIA)	1986-1986	10	14	3	596	142	54.18	398+	39.44	2	3	1	18+	0+
AL Logie (WI)	1984-1988	21	28	6	1171	141	53.22	595+	61.17	2	7	2	53+	0+
CL Smith (ENG/HAM)	1981-1989	28	48	6	2226	193	53.00	360+	31.11	6	9	2	15+	0+
Zaheer Abbas (GLO/Pak)	1980-1983	22	33	3	1564	148*	52.13	284+	46.12	5	8	3	15+	0+
RA Harper (NOR/ROWXI/WI)	1984-1988	27	28	9	988	217*	52.00	628+	42.83	1	6	1	29+	2+
AI Kallicharran (WAR/WI)	1980-1988	44	65	6	3022	243*	51.22	269+	37.91	9	10	1	14+	0+
G Boycott (ENG/YOR)	1980-1983	37	68	8	3048	214*	50.80	2722+	34.90	9	11	3	62+	0+
MA Lynch (SUR)	1982-1988	26	42	10	1608	119	50.25	-	-	3	11	4	-	-
KLT Arthurton (WI)	1988-1988	10	13	3	499	121	49.90	71+	38.02	2	2	-	4+	0+
N Kapil Dev (IND/INDIA/NOR/ROWXI)	1982-1987	18	26	6	983	120	49.15	355+	108.73	2	5	1	55+	8+
CS Cowdrey (ENG/KEN)	1980-1988	25	40	11	1413	123	48.72	48+	10.41	4	6	3	0+	0+
DC Boon (AUS)	1985-1989	21	35	5	1430	151	47.66	1831+	41.12	3	9	2	98+	0+
MW Gatting (/ENG/MCC/MID)	1980-1989	58	99	14	4004	183*	47.10	5408+	46.98	12	18	5	328+	5+
RA Smith (ENG/HAM)	1982-1989	18	34	6	1301	143	46.46	1352+	51.62	5	5	2	95+	0+
M Amarnath (IND/INDIA)	1986-1986	8	11	2	411	101	45.66	575+	29.91	1	2	-	22+	0+
G Fowler (/ENG/LAN)	1982-1988	29	51	3	2173	156*	45.27	1386+	37.08	8	9	3	59+	0+
D Lloyd (/LAN)	1982-1983	12	18	3	673	123	44.86	-	-	1	6	1	-	-
GD Barlow (MID)	1982-1984	24	42	7	1555	132	44.42	0+	-	4	9	2	0+	0+
PJL Dujon (ROWXI/WI)	1984-1988	26	34	7	1182	141	43.77	1073+	48.83	3	7	1	64+	0+
DL Haynes (/MID/ROWXI/WI)	1980-1989	44	69	9	2594	184	43.23	1965+	40.91	4	18	3	88+	1+
DL Amiss (WAR)	1981-1983	30	52	4	2049	164	42.68	0+	-	4	13	1	0+	0+
PM Roebuck (/SOM)	1980-1989	32	55	9	1956	152*	42.52	0+	-	4	11	3	0+	0+
CEB Rice (MCC/NOT)	1981-1987	22	36	5	1318	105*	42.51	174+	36.20	3	5	1	8+	0+
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	-	-
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1985-1985	6	11	1	422	146	42.20	1034	40.81	1	2	-	44	1
AJ Lamb (ENG/NOR)	1980-1989	52	88	12	3182	155	41.86	3906+	49.02	13	8	5	249+	4+
MD Moxon (ENG/YOR)	1983-1989	24	46	2	1842	191	41.86	632+	32.75	4	9	3	20+	0+
MR Benson (ENG/KEN)	1982-1989	28	47	3	1840	152*	41.81	447+	35.79	5	11	4	21+	0+
JG Wyatt (SOM)	1983-1988	9	17	2	624	103	41.60	-	-	1	4	1	-	-
DG Aslett (KEN)	1983-1987	21	38	3	1447	168	41.34	-	-	3	8	2	-	-
RG Williams (NOR)	1980-1988	31	49	11	1565	122	41.18	0+	-	2	11	3	0+	0+
SM Gavaskar (IND/INDIA/ROWXI/SOM)	1980-1987	13	18	2	656	188	41.00	1032+	42.34	2	1	1	47+	0+
GD Mendis (LAN/SUS)	1980-1989	29	56	7	1999	133*	40.79	-	-	5	9	3	-	-
WN Slack (ENG/MID)	1982-1988	21	35	4	1262	140	40.70	53+	35.84	2	10	2	2+	0+
CH Lloyd (LAN/WI)	1980-1984	34	38	5	1343	116	40.69	754+	56.23	3	7	2	46+	1+
DN Patel (WOR)	1980-1986	29	47	5	1709	112	40.69	0+	-	3	11	2	0+	0+
RDV Knight (SUR)	1982-1983	25	40	6	1372	111	40.35	-	-	2	9	3	-	-
TA Lloyd (ENG/WAR)	1980-1989	34	61	7	2172	208*	40.22	69+	46.37	6	7	5	5+	0+
AW Stovold (GLO)	1980-1988	25	46	3	1723	181	40.06	-	-	4	7	2	-	-
DI Gower (ENG/LEI/MCC)	1980-1989	68	122	9	4525	215	40.04	6578+	50.68	11	19	5	415+	3+
J Abrahams (LAN)	1982-1988	26	41	8	1321	178	40.03	0+	-	3	5	2	0+	0+
JC Balderstone (LEI)	1980-1983	25	42	4	1512	112	39.78	0+	-	3	9	1	0+	0+
RA Woolmer (ENG/KEN)	1980-1983	19	32	2	1190	129	39.66	498+	27.91	4	6	2	18+	0+
RO Butcher (MID)	1982-1989	17	24	4	788	179	39.40	0+	-	2	3	1	0+	0+
GA Gooch (ENG/ESS/MCC)	1980-1989	65	111	2	4280	196	39.26	4753+	51.06	12	20	6	308+	4+
VP Terry (ENG/HAM)	1983-1989	24	40	8	1242	115	38.81	66+	24.24	3	6	1	2+	0+
MD Crowe (/NZ/SOM)	1982-1988	13	23	3	771	106	38.55	952+	38.76	3	2	3	41+	0+
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1985-1985	6	11	-	424	119	38.54	788	53.80	1	1	1	51	4
JG Wright (DER/NZ)	1980-1988	12	19	1	693	119	38.50	1016+	41.43	1	5	3	50+	1+
PE Robinson (YOR)	1986-1988	7	12	-	462	98	38.50	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
BF Davison (LEI)	1980-1983	25	40	5	1319	106	37.68	0+	-	2	9	3	0+	0+
RT Robinson (ENG/NOT)	1981-1989	45	73	6	2505	207	37.38	1948+	46.20	5	12	4	104+	0+
Mansoor Akhtar (PAK)	1982-1987	16	22	2	747	153	37.35	793+	38.58	1	6	3	43+	0+
NR Taylor (/KEN)	1980-1988	28	49	8	1522	155*	37.12	0+	-	5	4	2	0+	0+
JV Coney (NZ)	1983-1986	7	12	2	371	68	37.10	837	44.32	-	3	-	38	1
P Willey (ENG/LEI/NOR)	1980-1989	39	69	11	2144	175*	36.96	1380+	41.37	5	10	1	78+	2+
DB Pauline (SUR)	1982-1983	12	22	1	776	115	36.95	-	-	1	7	2	-	-
RJ Bailey (ENG/NOR)	1983-1989	12	21	1	733	110	36.65	162+	28.39	1	4	-	3+	0+
JN Shepherd (GLO)	1983-1983	23	34	6	1025	168	36.60	0+	-	2	6	-	0+	0+
CJ Tavare (ENG/KEN/SOM)	1980-1989	33	56	1	1997	109	36.30	3437+	30.52	1	17	2	93+	0+
W Larkins (ENG/NOR)	1980-1989	36	64	1	2279	252	36.17	416+	35.57	6	5	4	16+	1+
NE Briers (LEI)	1983-1989	27	43	6	1338	201*	36.16	0+	-	1	7	1	0+	0+
MCJ Nicholas (HAM)	1981-1989	30	49	8	1481	110	36.12	-	-	4	6	4	-	-
G Cook (ENG/NOR)	1980-1988	34	60	3	2054	203	36.03	326+	42.33	2	14	4	15+	0+
IT Botham (ENG/SOM/WOR)	1980-1989	59	92	4	3158	208	35.88	3657+	67.07	8	14	7	320+	33+
IS Anderson (DER)	1982-1983	22	39	4	1253	112	35.80	-	-	1	9	-	-	-
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1980-1981	7	14	-	501	117	35.78	1021	49.06	1	2	1	60	5
AJT Miller (MID/OxUni)	1983-1984	7	13	-	465	86	35.76	-	-	-	4	2	-	-
BA Edgar (NZ)	1983-1986	7	13	1	428	84	35.66	1338	31.98	-	5	1	44	0
A Hill (DER)	1983-1984	25	42	5	1318	137*	35.62	0+	-	4	6	4	0+	0+
KJ Barnett (DER/ENG)	1980-1989	32	55	3	1848	121	35.53	476+	64.28	3	12	4	42+	0+
DL Bairstow (/ENG/YOR)	1980-1988	31	46	8	1346	100*	35.42	117+	47.00	1	9	5	9+	0+
TM Moody (AUS)	1989-1989	12	20	4	564	144*	35.25	337+	62.31	1	3	1	21+	2+
WB Phillips (AUS)	1985-1985	6	11	1	350	91	35.00	669	52.31	-	2	-	52	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (MCC/NOT/NZ)	1981-1987	15	20	2	629	103	34.94	678+	63.42	1	4	1	55+	2+
JD Love (YOR)	1980-1988	30	50	10	1385	93*	34.62	0+	-	-	10	3	0+	0+
GW Humpage (WAR)	1980-1989	34	56	7	1688	254	34.44	99+	58.58	4	7	4	7+	1+
NH Fairbrother (ENG/LAN)	1983-1989	21	33	6	920	94*	34.07	4+	-	-	9	4	0+	0+
KWR Fletcher (ESS)	1983-1984	25	36	4	1086	151*	33.93	-	-	2	5	4	-	-
BC Broad (ENG/GLO/MCC/NOT)	1980-1989	35	61	3	1964	145	33.86	1762+	36.26	3	10	4	65+	0+
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1980-1980	15	23	2	710	164*	33.80	289+	41.86	1	4	2	16+	0+
AJ Stewart (SUR)	1983-1988	10	17	4	438	82	33.69	-	-	-	2	1	-	-

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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]