Batting Highest Career Batting Average - vs South Africa

Highest averages in Tests at ENG: Lord's, London - vs South Africa

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
FE Woolley (ENG)	1912-1924	2	2	1	207	134*	207.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	2
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1947-1947	1	1	0	189	189	189.00	-	-	1	0	0	26	1
W Bardsley (AUS)	1912-1912	1	1	0	164	164	164.00	-	-	1	0	0	15	1
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2008	1	1	0	152	152	152.00	181	83.97	1	0	0	20	1
RH Spooner (ENG)	1912-1912	1	1	0	119	119	119.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	1
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1929	2	2	1	115	100*	115.00	0+	0.00	1	0	0	0+	0
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1912-1924	2	2	0	215	211	107.50	-	-	1	0	0	15+	0
LC Braund (ENG)	1907-1907	1	1	0	104	104	104.00	-	-	1	0	0	12	0
C Kelleway (AUS)	1912-1912	1	1	0	102	102	102.00	-	-	1	0	0	7	0
DCS Compton (ENG)	1947-1955	3	4	0	376	208	94.00	-	-	1	2	0	27+	0
R Subba Row (ENG)	1960-1960	1	1	0	90	90	90.00	-	-	0	1	0	5	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2008-2012	2	3	0	261	199	87.00	530	49.24	1	1	0	27	1
W Watson (ENG)	1951-1951	1	1	0	79	79	79.00	-	-	0	1	0	9	0
C Washbrook (ENG)	1947-1947	1	2	1	78	65	78.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
GP Swann (ENG)	2012-2012	1	2	1	78	41	78.00	87	89.65	0	0	0	9	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	2003-2003	1	2	0	153	142	76.50	182	84.06	1	0	0	20	5
MA Starc (AUS)	2025-2025	1	2	1	59	58*	59.00	148	39.86	0	1	0	5	0
PBH May (ENG)	1955-1955	1	2	0	112	112	56.00	-	-	1	0	1	18	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1960-1960	1	1	0	56	56	56.00	-	-	0	1	0	7	0
JT Ikin (ENG)	1951-1951	1	2	1	55	51	55.00	-	-	0	1	0	7	0
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1935	3	5	0	273	122	54.60	-	-	2	0	0	-	0
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2022	2	4	0	209	190	52.25	274	76.27	1	0	0	29	1
JT Tyldesley (ENG)	1907-1907	1	1	0	52	52	52.00	-	-	0	1	0	5	0
EH Hendren (ENG)	1924-1929	2	3	1	104	50*	52.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
PM Walker (ENG)	1960-1960	1	1	0	52	52	52.00	-	-	0	1	0	5	2
MJ Prior (ENG)	2012-2012	1	2	0	100	73	50.00	188	53.19	0	1	0	12	0
M Leyland (ENG)	1929-1935	2	4	0	197	102	49.25	-	-	1	1	0	-	1
N Hussain (ENG)	1998-2003	2	4	0	195	105	48.75	506	38.53	1	1	0	31	0
AFA Lilley (ENG)	1907-1907	1	1	0	48	48	48.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
GL Jessop (ENG)	1907-1912	2	2	0	96	93	48.00	-	-	0	1	0	14	0
ER Mayne (AUS)	1912-1912	1	2	1	48	25*	48.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MM Ali (ENG)	2017-2017	1	2	0	94	87	47.00	163	57.66	0	1	0	8	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1960-1965	2	3	0	138	99	46.00	-	-	0	1	0	10+	1
MA Butcher (ENG)	2003-2003	1	2	0	89	70	44.50	142	62.67	0	1	0	18	0
BJ Webster (AUS)	2025-2025	1	2	0	81	72	40.50	103	78.64	0	1	0	12	0
SPD Smith (AUS)	2025-2025	1	2	0	79	66	39.50	137	57.66	0	1	0	11	0
SCJ Broad (ENG)	2008-2022	4	7	1	236	76	39.33	285	82.80	0	2	1	29	4
PF Warner (ENG)	1912-1912	1	1	0	39	39	39.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
RB Minnett (AUS)	1912-1912	1	1	0	39	39	39.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2022-2022	1	2	0	78	73	39.00	117	66.66	0	1	0	5	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2022	3	6	0	228	95	38.00	373	61.12	0	3	1	31	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1955-1955	1	2	0	75	60	37.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1965	3	5	0	185	91	37.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
W Rhodes (ENG)	1912-1912	1	1	0	36	36	36.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
IJL Trott (ENG)	2012-2012	1	2	0	71	63	35.50	169	42.01	0	1	0	9	0
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1935-1935	1	2	0	69	53	34.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
RW Barber (ENG)	1965-1965	1	2	0	68	56	34.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
CJ Barnett (ENG)	1947-1947	1	1	0	33	33	33.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AT Carey (AUS)	2025-2025	1	2	0	66	43	33.00	81	81.48	0	0	0	9	0
CB Fry (ENG)	1907-1912	2	2	0	62	33	31.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1965-1965	1	2	0	59	31	29.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1955-1965	2	4	1	88	59	29.33	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
SJ Rhodes (ENG)	1994-1994	1	2	1	29	15	29.00	70	41.42	0	0	0	3	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2008-2017	3	5	0	142	69	28.40	380	37.36	0	2	0	20	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1947-1951	2	4	2	55	18	27.50	-	-	0	0	0	4+	0
GS Ballance (ENG)	2017-2017	1	2	0	54	34	27.00	119	45.37	0	0	0	6	0
JC White (ENG)	1929-1929	1	2	1	26	18*	26.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AV Bedser (ENG)	1947-1951	2	2	1	26	26*	26.00	-	-	0	0	1	3	0
RT Simpson (ENG)	1951-1951	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	-	-	0	0	0	0	1
GA Hick (ENG)	1994-1994	1	2	0	49	38	24.50	95	51.57	0	0	0	9	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	2017-2022	2	4	0	97	56	24.25	170	57.05	0	1	0	14	1
GA Gooch (ENG)	1994-1994	1	2	0	48	28	24.00	90	53.33	0	0	0	5	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1960-1965	2	3	0	70	37	23.33	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JN Crawford (ENG)	1907-1907	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
CB Jennings (AUS)	1912-1912	1	2	1	22	22*	22.00	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
H Larwood (ENG)	1929-1929	1	2	0	44	35	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
James Langridge (ENG)	1935-1935	1	2	0	44	27	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2008-2012	2	3	0	65	44	21.66	177	36.72	0	0	0	8	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2008	2	3	0	64	33	21.33	111	57.65	0	0	0	8	0
TW Hayward (ENG)	1907-1907	1	1	0	21	21	21.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
KK Jennings (ENG)	2017-2017	1	2	0	41	33	20.50	113	36.28	0	0	0	6	0
D Gough (ENG)	1994-2003	2	4	1	60	34	20.00	91	65.93	0	0	0	8	2
AZ Lees (ENG)	2022-2022	1	2	0	40	35	20.00	94	42.55	0	0	0	3	0
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2025-2025	1	2	0	39	22	19.50	120	32.50	0	0	0	3	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1994-2003	3	6	0	116	56	19.33	245	47.34	0	1	1	13	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-1998	2	4	0	72	44	18.00	255	28.23	0	0	1	9	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1955-1955	1	2	0	35	22	17.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MS Nichols (ENG)	1935-1935	1	2	1	17	10	17.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2025-2025	1	2	1	17	17	17.00	54	31.48	0	0	0	2	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1929-1935	2	4	0	67	27	16.75	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AF Giles (ENG)	2003-2003	1	2	0	30	23	15.00	84	35.71	0	0	0	4	0
MJ Leach (ENG)	2022-2022	1	2	1	15	15	15.00	21	71.42	0	0	0	3	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2003-2003	1	2	0	29	23	14.50	64	45.31	0	0	0	5	0
JH Wardle (ENG)	1951-1955	2	3	0	42	20	14.00	-	-	0	0	0	4	2
JM Parks (ENG)	1960-1965	2	3	0	42	32	14.00	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
MA Wood (ENG)	2017-2017	1	2	0	28	28	14.00	38	73.68	0	0	1	4	0
ET Killick (ENG)	1929-1929	1	2	0	27	24	13.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2022	5	8	4	54	21*	13.50	110	49.09	0	0	1	4	1
W Farrimond (ENG)	1935-1935	1	2	0	26	13	13.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
H Verity (ENG)	1935-1935	1	2	0	25	17	12.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
TG Evans (ENG)	1947-1955	3	4	0	50	20	12.50	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
FR Foster (ENG)	1912-1912	1	1	0	11	11	11.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Z Crawley (ENG)	2022-2022	1	2	0	22	13	11.00	45	48.88	0	0	0	2	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1994-1994	1	2	0	21	20	10.50	16	131.25	0	0	0	4	0
TM Head (AUS)	2025-2025	1	2	0	20	11	10.00	31	64.51	0	0	0	2	0
CG Macartney (AUS)	1912-1912	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
TJ Matthews (AUS)	1912-1912	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
ERT Holmes (ENG)	1935-1935	1	2	0	18	10	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
A McGrath (ENG)	2003-2003	1	2	0	17	13	8.50	29	58.62	0	0	0	3	0
RE Foster (ENG)	1907-1907	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]

Australia vs South Africa at Lord's, ICC World Test Championship Final, Jun 11-14, 2025 [Test # 2585]

England vs Sri Lanka at Lord's, Sri Lanka in England 2nd Test, Aug 29-Sep 1, 2024 [Test # 2546]