Batting Highest Career Batting Average IN Australia

Highest averages in 1980s in FC IN Australia

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
MD Crowe (NZ)	1985-1989	8	15	2	1050	242*	80.76	2008	52.29	3	5	1	131	3
HA Gomes (WI)	1980-1987	13	23	6	1350	200*	79.41	2588+	48.14	6	4	-	104+	0+
SM Gavaskar (IND/INDIA)	1980-1986	8	13	1	814	172	67.83	1258+	37.36	4	2	1	44+	0+
SM Patil (IND/INDIA)	1980-1981	5	10	1	586	174	65.11	399+	77.94	2	3	-	37+	1+
RJ Tucker (NSW/TAS)	1987-1989	11	18	4	826	118	59.00	57+	94.73	1	7	-	-	-
GS Chappell (AUS/QLD)	1980-1984	50	81	10	3956	204	55.71	4425+	52.67	14	12	7	237+	8+
GN Yallop (AUS/VIC)	1980-1985	44	79	5	4049	268	54.71	2258+	56.20	13	18	2	153+	1+
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1981-1984	12	20	2	984	158*	54.66	1342+	49.32	3	5	1	65+	2+
MF Kent (QLD)	1980-1981	17	30	6	1288	171	53.66	158+	57.59	2	8	1	13+	2+
AR Border (AUS/NSW/QLD)	1980-1989	110	184	24	8470	205	52.93	11824+	44.63	22	43	7	537+	17+
KC Wessels (AUS/QLD)	1980-1986	68	117	4	5899	249	52.20	3798+	55.45	18	24	7	240+	2+
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1981-1984	12	18	2	784	117	49.00	1103+	55.84	1	6	2	69+	2+
CH Lloyd (WI)	1980-1985	13	22	2	969	121	48.45	1493+	59.00	2	6	2	96+	6+
BF Davison (TAS)	1980-1988	38	70	8	2988	173	48.19	555+	59.81	9	13	4	54+	4+
BC Broad (ENG/ENGXI)	1986-1988	11	19	2	818	162	48.11	1924	42.51	4	1	2	94	1
KD Walters (AUS/NSW)	1980-1981	16	24	5	913	186	48.05	762+	52.09	2	6	1	30+	1+
DW Hookes (AUS/SOA)	1980-1989	93	161	9	7280	306*	47.89	2884+	70.00	17	43	12	260+	31+
DS Lehmann (SOA)	1987-1989	12	21	1	951	228	47.55	437+	74.59	2	5	2	14+	1+
DM Jones (AUS/VIC)	1982-1989	69	119	9	5227	243	47.51	4743+	46.46	16	22	7	213+	4+
G Shipperd (TAS/WA)	1980-1989	71	115	15	4629	200*	46.29	2307+	33.24	12	20	4	50+	0+
VJ Marks (WA)	1986-1987	11	10	2	370	66*	46.25	165+	60.60	-	2	-	13+	0+
PA Hibbert (VIC)	1980-1987	41	68	7	2820	163	46.22	992+	31.45	7	13	5	23+	0+
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1989	17	30	2	1269	208	45.32	1632+	76.10	3	8	3	155+	13+
KJ Hughes (AUS/WA)	1980-1989	64	108	5	4668	213	45.32	5269+	48.75	14	22	6	248+	10+
MD Taylor (TAS/VIC)	1982-1989	45	74	5	3119	216	45.20	1296+	46.21	7	15	4	77+	1+
RB McCosker (AUS/NSW)	1980-1984	42	74	7	3027	168	45.17	1981+	45.07	8	16	4	78+	0+
GM Wood (AUS/WA)	1980-1989	102	165	23	6337	186*	44.62	5665+	41.64	21	26	16	200+	6+
PS Clifford (NSW/QLD)	1984-1990	34	58	8	2222	152*	44.44	288+	40.97	4	13	5	8+	0+
GR Marsh (AUS/WA)	1980-1989	78	135	11	5497	355*	44.33	7056+	39.76	15	22	6	292+	8+
TJ Laughlin (VIC)	1980-1980	7	10	2	353	73*	44.12	-	-	-	4	1	-	-
MA Taylor (AUS/NSW)	1985-1989	51	91	3	3874	199	44.02	2390+	41.29	10	17	4	64+	2+
RD Robinson (VIC)	1980-1981	17	26	7	835	120	43.94	211+	47.39	2	3	1	7+	0+
DC Boon (AUS/TAS)	1980-1989	92	167	9	6918	227	43.78	6239+	42.25	21	31	10	265+	0+
WS Andrews (WA)	1983-1989	49	70	9	2661	139	43.62	1281+	51.13	5	17	2	64+	6+
DB Vengsarkar (IND/INDIA)	1980-1986	9	16	3	564	153	43.38	726+	36.91	1	3	1	21+	0+
DM Wellham (AUS/NSW/TAS)	1980-1989	79	124	16	4680	166	43.33	3002+	39.64	9	29	6	104+	0+
JK Moss (VIC)	1980-1982	18	29	3	1125	200*	43.26	42+	11.90	3	4	1	0+	0+
Rizwan-uz-Zaman (Pak)	1981-1982	6	10	-	431	126	43.10	376+	37.23	2	1	2	16+	0+
J Dyson (AUS/NSW)	1980-1989	69	126	15	4747	241	42.76	2881+	35.47	9	26	3	81+	2+
WJ Scholes (VIC)	1980-1982	18	32	5	1144	156	42.37	299+	33.44	2	7	4	9+	0+
TM Moody (AUS/WA)	1986-1989	43	71	2	2890	202	41.88	1705+	55.30	8	10	4	90+	8+
AL Logie (WI)	1984-1989	9	16	2	585	134	41.78	849+	52.29	2	2	1	54+	0+
GM Ritchie (AUS/QLD)	1980-1990	95	154	13	5890	141	41.77	4227+	45.82	12	35	9	183+	10+
WB Phillips (AUS/SOA)	1981-1988	67	117	7	4591	260	41.73	3047+	48.60	11	18	4	163+	1+
ME Waugh (NSW)	1985-1990	32	55	6	2045	172	41.73	634+	57.72	7	9	8	21+	0+
KS McEwan (WA)	1980-1981	12	22	2	831	177	41.55	-	-	2	4	-	-	-
RD Woolley (TAS)	1980-1988	58	95	11	3452	144	41.09	1497+	50.23	6	19	3	93+	0+
AMJ Hilditch (AUS/NSW/SOA)	1980-1989	71	126	7	4884	230	41.04	2316+	46.84	11	24	9	85+	1+
JD Siddons (VIC)	1985-1989	51	87	5	3341	241*	40.74	1405+	59.14	7	21	5	96+	7+
MRJ Veletta (AUS/WA)	1983-1989	69	113	10	4191	262	40.68	2660+	37.81	10	22	5	73+	1+
SP O'Donnell (AUS/VIC)	1984-1989	36	61	9	2114	130	40.65	491+	54.98	4	14	3	26+	5+
PC Nobes (SOA)	1988-1989	15	26	1	1008	124	40.32	521+	55.47	1	9	2	39+	0+
TH Bayliss (NSW)	1986-1990	17	30	6	967	115	40.29	353+	39.94	1	5	2	3+	0+
BM Laird (AUS/WA)	1980-1984	40	70	7	2527	110*	40.11	2914+	36.44	2	21	6	70+	0+
PM Toohey (NSW)	1980-1984	31	50	7	1713	145	39.83	392+	63.52	5	5	5	34+	4+
MD Haysman (SOA)	1982-1988	32	57	6	2023	172	39.66	930+	42.15	5	9	7	45+	0+
DI Gower (ENG/ENGXI)	1980-1987	16	30	3	1061	136	39.29	1841	57.63	2	6	4	136	0
GA Hughes (TAS)	1986-1989	30	55	3	2041	147	39.25	490+	47.95	2	16	3	21+	2+
GRJ Matthews (AUS/NSW)	1982-1990	73	115	18	3787	184	39.04	2231+	45.76	8	16	7	94+	6+
DW Randall (ENG)	1980-1983	5	10	-	390	115	39.00	745	52.34	1	2	2	38	0
J Cox (TAS)	1987-1989	9	15	2	506	101	38.92	277+	36.46	1	2	-	-	-
RB Kerr (AUS/QLD)	1981-1990	83	143	8	5212	201*	38.60	3507+	38.60	15	24	9	133+	2+
IM Chappell (AUS/SOA)	1980-1980	8	16	1	579	158	38.60	333+	47.44	2	2	3	10+	0+
PR Sleep (AUS/SOA)	1980-1989	91	145	23	4698	146*	38.50	2892+	36.82	12	23	12	96+	2+
WM Darling (SOA)	1980-1986	40	71	11	2308	134	38.46	594+	59.25	4	15	1	41+	0+
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1981-1984	6	10	1	346	77	38.44	543+	45.85	-	4	1	25+	0+
MD O'Neill (NSW/WA)	1980-1990	50	81	12	2650	178*	38.40	694+	34.14	7	10	5	21+	0+
PW Young (VIC)	1985-1989	20	33	6	1034	164*	38.29	778+	38.68	2	5	-	26+	0+
GW Richardson (VIC)	1982-1985	13	20	2	689	204*	38.27	110+	44.54	1	3	3	4+	0+
Mohsin Khan (Pak)	1981-1984	8	14	1	489	152	37.61	952+	48.42	2	-	-	48+	1+
Imran Khan (NSW/Pak)	1981-1988	15	22	4	677	93*	37.61	879+	51.08	-	5	1	46+	3+
RB Richardson (WI)	1984-1989	13	24	1	849	138	36.91	1719+	48.80	3	4	1	110+	2+
GA Bishop (SOA)	1982-1989	62	113	5	3978	224*	36.83	1151+	55.77	7	22	9	64+	5+
WN Phillips (VIC)	1988-1989	13	23	2	766	78*	36.47	315+	38.41	-	6	1	3+	0+
GR Beard (NSW)	1980-1982	19	21	3	655	75	36.38	0+	-	-	7	1	0+	0+
SR Waugh (AUS/NSW)	1984-1989	53	86	7	2870	170	36.32	3052+	47.01	5	16	6	135+	4+
RS Langer (WA)	1980-1982	17	31	3	1014	140	36.21	234+	51.70	3	4	1	12+	2+
DF Whatmore (VIC)	1980-1989	56	100	5	3435	170	36.15	2116+	52.59	6	19	8	143+	2+
JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1985	8	15	3	432	89	36.00	1224	35.29	-	3	1	36	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1989	19	35	1	1217	143	35.79	2624+	44.58	3	7	2	120+	1+
CPS Chauhan (IND/INDIA)	1980-1981	5	10	-	354	97	35.40	578+	43.07	-	2	1	28+	0+
PE Cantrell (QLD)	1988-1990	15	25	1	848	125	35.33	859+	34.10	2	5	3	15+	0+
DFG O'Connor (SOA/TAS)	1984-1989	32	53	8	1589	120	35.31	478+	37.23	2	12	4	19+	0+
IT Botham (ENG/ENGXI/QLD)	1980-1988	26	47	3	1551	138	35.25	1584+	69.12	2	10	4	141+	18+
CG Greenidge (WI)	1980-1989	15	26	2	844	104	35.16	1840	45.86	1	6	1	91	6
AJ Lamb (ENG/ENGXI)	1982-1987	15	28	1	948	105	35.11	1739	54.51	1	7	3	135	4
SC Clements (WA)	1982-1984	18	29	-	1017	151	35.06	246+	41.05	1	7	1	10+	0+
BA Courtice (QLD)	1982-1987	46	79	5	2579	144	34.85	1723+	32.15	4	17	7	41+	0+
RJ Inverarity (SOA)	1980-1985	50	84	14	2403	126	34.32	1499+	33.42	3	17	7	37+	3+
Mudassar Nazar (Pak)	1981-1988	12	20	1	645	95	33.94	1369+	47.04	-	4	1	62+	0+
PJL Dujon (WI)	1981-1989	16	26	2	814	139	33.91	1654	49.21	1	2	1	92	2
BC Green (VIC)	1982-1983	10	19	3	539	82	33.68	1048+	28.72	-	4	2	26+	1+
DJ Buckingham (TAS)	1983-1989	46	81	7	2454	150	33.16	894+	44.63	5	8	8	37+	1+
BP Inwood (QLD)	1987-1989	7	10	3	232	66	33.14	218+	27.98	-	2	-	2+	0+
GS Trimble (QLD)	1983-1989	57	95	8	2882	138*	33.12	1103+	55.66	4	16	9	67+	9+
SB Smith (NSW)	1981-1989	45	80	5	2479	263	33.05	564+	53.54	3	15	12	38+	0+
RB Gartrell (TAS/WA)	1984-1987	9	16	2	460	104	32.85	92+	114.13	1	1	1	16+	2+
PL Taylor (AUS/NSW)	1986-1989	29	39	11	919	84	32.82	419+	29.59	-	3	4	8+	0+
MW McPhee (WA)	1984-1988	19	29	3	850	135	32.69	202+	29.20	1	5	4	5+	0+
GR Viswanath (IND/INDIA)	1980-1981	6	11	-	359	114	32.63	411+	51.82	1	1	-	25+	0+

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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]