Batting Highest Career Batting Average - vs South Africa

Highest averages in Tests at ENG: Kennington Oval, London - vs South Africa

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
ME Trescothick	2003-2003	1	2	1	288	219	288.00	440	65.45	1	1	0	44	2
LEG Ames	1929-1935	2	2	1	148	148*	148.00	-	-	1	0	1	14	2
EH Hendren	1924-1924	1	1	0	142	142	142.00	-	-	1	0	0	14	2
GA Hick	1994-1994	1	2	1	120	81*	120.00	166	72.28	0	1	0	17	0
G Pullar	1960-1960	1	2	0	234	175	117.00	-	-	1	1	0	24	1
H Sutcliffe	1924-1929	2	3	1	218	109*	109.00	-	-	2	0	0	-	0
GP Thorpe	1994-2003	2	3	1	218	124	109.00	373	58.44	1	1	0	30	0
MC Cowdrey	1960-1965	2	4	1	302	155	100.66	-	-	1	2	0	33	0
WR Hammond	1929-1935	2	3	1	183	101*	91.50	-	-	1	1	0	-	0
M Leyland	1929-1935	2	2	0	177	161	88.50	-	-	1	0	0	17+	1
PD Collingwood	2008-2008	1	2	1	86	61	86.00	174	49.42	0	1	0	13	0
TG Evans	1947-1947	1	2	1	84	45	84.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
OJ Pope	2022-2022	1	2	1	78	67	78.00	87	89.65	0	1	0	14	0
Z Crawley	2022-2022	1	2	1	74	69*	74.00	91	81.31	0	1	0	13	0
R Howorth	1947-1947	1	2	1	68	45*	68.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
A Flintoff	2003-2008	2	3	1	115	95	57.50	131	87.78	0	1	0	13	6
DCS Compton	1947-1955	3	6	0	317	113	52.83	-	-	1	2	0	6+	0
AN Cook	2008-2017	3	6	0	316	115	52.66	738	42.81	1	2	1	39	1
MA Butcher	2003-2003	1	2	1	52	32	52.00	64	81.25	0	0	0	9	0
AFA Lilley	1907-1907	1	2	1	51	42	51.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MW Tate	1924-1924	1	1	0	50	50	50.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
AJ Stewart	1994-2003	2	2	0	100	62	50.00	187	53.47	0	1	0	13	0
MJ Prior	2012-2012	1	2	0	100	60	50.00	176	56.81	0	1	0	14	0
BA Stokes	2017-2022	2	3	0	149	112	49.66	200	74.50	1	0	0	12	5
JM Bairstow	2017-2017	1	2	0	99	63	49.50	110	90.00	0	1	0	12	1
TS Roland-Jones	2017-2017	1	2	1	48	25	48.00	44	109.09	0	0	0	4	3
CB Fry	1907-1912	2	3	0	141	129	47.00	-	-	1	0	0	7+	0
A Sandham	1924-1924	1	1	0	46	46	46.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
L Hutton	1947-1951	2	4	0	174	83	43.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
RE Foster	1907-1907	1	2	0	86	51	43.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
KP Pietersen	2008-2012	2	4	0	171	100	42.75	253	67.58	1	0	0	24	0
JB Hobbs	1912-1929	3	5	1	169	68	42.25	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
T Westley	2017-2017	1	2	0	84	59	42.00	191	43.97	0	1	0	16	0
PBH May	1951-1955	2	4	1	125	89*	41.66	-	-	0	1	1	10+	0
IJL Trott	2012-2012	1	2	0	81	71	40.50	189	42.85	0	1	0	10	0
A Mitchell	1935-1935	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
C Washbrook	1947-1947	1	2	0	75	43	37.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
PAJ DeFreitas	1994-1994	1	1	0	37	37	37.00	31	119.35	0	0	0	4	1
FE Woolley	1912-1929	3	3	0	110	51	36.66	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
AER Gilligan	1924-1924	1	1	0	36	36	36.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
NWD Yardley	1947-1947	1	2	0	70	59	35.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
WE Russell	1965-1965	1	2	0	70	70	35.00	-	-	0	1	1	6	0
PH Parfitt	1965-1965	1	2	0	70	46	35.00	-	-	0	0	0	7	0
JE Root	2017-2022	2	3	0	102	50	34.00	175	58.28	0	1	0	13	0
MA Atherton	1994-1994	1	2	0	63	63	31.50	114	55.26	0	1	1	12	0
RW Barber	1965-1965	1	2	0	62	40	31.00	-	-	0	0	0	4	0
JW Hearne	1912-1924	2	3	1	60	35	30.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MS Nichols	1935-1935	1	1	0	30	30	30.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
TT Bresnan	2012-2012	1	2	1	28	20*	28.00	93	30.10	0	0	0	3	0
TW Graveney	1955-1955	1	2	0	55	42	27.50	-	-	0	0	0	4	0
JM Parks	1960-1965	2	3	0	82	42	27.33	-	-	0	0	0	8	1
LC Braund	1907-1907	1	2	0	52	34	26.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
RH Spooner	1912-1912	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AZ Lees	2022-2022	1	2	0	52	39	26.00	79	65.82	0	0	0	5	0
KF Barrington	1960-1965	2	4	0	102	73	25.50	-	-	0	1	0	8	2
IR Bell	2008-2012	2	4	0	96	55	24.00	336	28.57	0	1	0	12	0
KK Jennings	2017-2017	1	2	0	48	48	24.00	87	55.17	0	0	1	9	0
DB Close	1955-1955	1	2	0	47	32	23.50	-	-	0	0	0	3	0
AJ Strauss	2008-2012	2	4	0	91	58	22.75	211	43.12	0	1	1	9	0
K Cranston	1947-1947	1	2	0	45	45	22.50	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
ER Dexter	1960-1960	1	2	0	44	28	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	6	0
DEV Padgett	1960-1960	1	2	0	44	31	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	5	0
GP Swann	2012-2012	1	2	1	22	15*	22.00	29	75.86	0	0	0	4	0
RES Wyatt	1929-1935	2	2	0	43	37	21.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
FR Brown	1951-1951	1	2	0	41	40	20.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
GA Gooch	1994-1994	1	2	0	41	33	20.50	63	65.07	0	0	0	8	0
AH Bakewell	1935-1935	1	1	0	20	20	20.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
D Shackleton	1951-1951	1	2	1	19	14	19.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
FA Lowson	1951-1951	1	2	0	37	37	18.50	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
W Watson	1951-1955	2	4	0	74	31	18.50	-	-	0	0	0	3+	0
MP Vaughan	2003-2003	1	2	0	36	23	18.00	67	53.73	0	0	0	4	0
JDB Robertson	1947-1947	1	2	0	34	30	17.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
ET Smith	2003-2003	1	1	0	16	16	16.00	39	41.02	0	0	0	3	0
AW Carr	1929-1929	1	1	0	15	15	15.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AP Freeman	1929-1929	1	1	0	15	15	15.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DVP Wright	1947-1947	1	1	0	14	14	14.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
BT Foakes	2022-2022	1	1	0	14	14	14.00	35	40.00	0	0	0	1	0
FS Trueman	1960-1960	1	2	0	24	24	12.00	-	-	0	0	1	2	1
DA Allen	1960-1960	1	2	1	12	12*	12.00	-	-	0	0	1	0	0
MM Ali	2017-2017	1	2	0	24	16	12.00	44	54.54	0	0	0	2	0
HC Brook	2022-2022	1	1	0	12	12	12.00	20	60.00	0	0	0	2	0
NA Knox	1907-1907	1	2	1	11	8*	11.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JC Laker	1951-1955	2	4	1	33	13*	11.00	-	-	0	0	0	1+	0
SJ Rhodes	1994-1994	1	1	0	11	11	11.00	33	33.33	0	0	0	1	0
RS Bopara	2012-2012	1	2	0	22	22	11.00	61	36.06	0	0	1	3	0
GH Hirst	1907-1907	1	2	0	20	16	10.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JT Tyldesley	1907-1907	1	2	0	19	11	9.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
GAR Lock	1955-1955	1	2	0	19	18	9.50	-	-	0	0	0	3	0
MJK Smith	1960-1965	2	4	1	28	11	9.33	-	-	0	0	1	1	0
EJ Smith	1912-1912	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JT Ikin	1955-1955	1	2	0	17	17	8.50	-	-	0	0	1	1	0
SF Barnes	1912-1912	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
FR Foster	1912-1912	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
EW Clark	1929-1929	1	1	0	7	7	7.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JB Statham	1955-1965	3	5	2	21	13*	7.00	-	-	0	0	2	2	0
JM Anderson	2003-2022	5	6	3	20	13	6.66	82	24.39	0	0	0	1	0
GL Jessop	1907-1907	1	2	0	13	11	6.50	-	-	0	0	0	2	0
WH Copson	1947-1947	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DJ Malan	2017-2017	1	2	0	11	10	5.50	35	31.42	0	0	0	2	0
SCJ Broad	2008-2022	4	5	0	26	16	5.20	93	27.95	0	0	1	3	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

England vs Sri Lanka at The Oval, Sri Lanka in England 3rd Test, Sep 6-9, 2024 [Test # 2548]

England vs Australia at The Oval, The Ashes 5th Test, Jul 27-31, 2023 [Test # 2515]