Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in Tests at SA: Kingsmead, Durban

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2019-2019	1	2	1	204	153*	204.00	263	77.56	1	1	-	19	6
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2013	1	2	1	147	96	147.00	278	52.87	-	2	-	19	2
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	1	1	-	140	140	140.00	164	85.36	1	-	-	20	1
IR Bell (ENG)	2009-2009	1	1	-	140	140	140.00	227	61.67	1	-	-	10	1
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2009	1	2	-	275	160	137.50	474	58.01	2	-	-	34	5
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1953-1958	3	4	3	130	68*	130.00	-	-	-	1	-	8+	0
LEG Ames (ENG)	1939-1939	2	3	2	128	84	128.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
E Paynter (ENG)	1939-1939	2	3	-	380	243	126.66	-	-	1	2	-	32	0
DJ Insole (ENG)	1957-1957	1	2	1	123	110*	123.00	-	-	1	-	-	8	0
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1939-1939	2	2	-	220	219	110.00	0+	-	1	-	-	25	0
DJ McGlew (SA)	1953-1961	3	4	1	321	127*	107.00	-	-	2	1	-	9+	0
PK Amre (IND)	1992-1992	1	1	-	103	103	103.00	299	34.44	1	-	-	11	0
CAG Russell (ENG)	1923-1923	2	3	-	285	140	95.00	-	-	2	-	-	-	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2009-2009	1	1	-	91	91	91.00	215	42.32	-	1	-	7	0
GO Rabone (NZ)	1953-1953	1	2	-	175	107	87.50	-	-	1	1	-	16	0
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1928-1928	2	4	1	261	100	87.00	-	-	1	2	-	-	0
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	3	5	1	348	274	87.00	401+	68.32	1	1	1	44+	1
CP Mead (ENG)	1923-1923	2	3	-	252	181	84.00	-	-	1	1	-	-	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1958-1958	1	2	1	84	52*	84.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	-	161	118	80.50	293	54.94	1	-	-	25	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1928-1939	6	10	2	637	140	79.62	-	-	3	2	-	27+	2
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1935-1936	2	3	1	157	149	78.50	-	-	1	-	-	0+	0+
JHW Fingleton (AUS)	1935-1936	2	3	1	156	118	78.00	-	-	1	-	-	2+	1
ME Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	2	4	1	231	113*	77.00	450	51.33	1	-	-	29	1
RN Harvey (AUS)	1950-1958	2	4	1	227	151*	75.66	-	-	1	1	-	-	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2004-2004	1	2	-	150	132	75.00	293	51.19	1	-	-	23	2
MW Tate (ENG)	1931-1931	2	2	1	74	50	74.00	0+	-	-	1	-	5	3
RW Barber (ENG)	1964-1964	1	1	-	74	74	74.00	-	-	-	1	-	3	1
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1964	1	1	-	73	73	73.00	284	25.70	-	1	-	2	0
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2011-2011	1	2	-	145	102	72.50	333	43.54	1	-	-	16	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2002-2009	3	6	-	432	116	72.00	670	64.47	2	2	-	58	2
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2009	2	3	-	215	136	71.66	421	51.06	1	1	-	30	0
Mahmudul Hasan Joy (BAN)	2022-2022	1	2	-	141	137	70.50	335	42.08	1	-	-	16	2
SM Katich (AUS)	2009-2009	1	2	-	138	108	69.00	237	58.22	1	-	-	19	1
T Stubbs (SA)	2024-2024	1	2	-	138	122	69.00	259	53.28	1	-	-	12	2
WA Brown (AUS)	1935-1936	2	3	-	205	84	68.33	-	-	-	3	-	4+	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1995-1999	2	2	-	136	95	68.00	234	58.11	-	1	-	23	0
NRD Compton (ENG)	2015-2015	1	2	-	134	85	67.00	352	38.06	-	1	-	13	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	-	133	132	66.50	176	75.56	1	-	-	24	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	2006-2010	2	4	1	199	96	66.33	444	44.81	-	2	-	20	1
PGV van der Bijl (SA)	1939-1939	2	4	-	263	125	65.75	-	-	1	1	-	18+	1
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2003	11	18	2	1048	275	65.50	2465	42.51	3	4	1	126	0
A Melville (SA)	1939-1939	2	4	1	196	103	65.33	-	-	1	1	-	15+	0
AG Chipperfield (AUS)	1935-1936	2	2	-	127	109	63.50	-	-	1	-	-	8+	0
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1967	2	3	-	185	137	61.66	-	-	1	-	-	20	0
LS Darling (AUS)	1935-1936	2	2	-	122	62	61.00	-	-	-	2	-	6+	0
RJ Peterson (SA)	2013-2013	1	1	-	61	61	61.00	52	117.30	-	1	-	9	1
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1995-2004	2	3	1	121	118*	60.50	235	51.48	1	-	-	15	0
MJ Prior (ENG)	2009-2009	1	1	-	60	60	60.00	81	74.07	-	1	-	6	1
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2015-2015	1	2	-	120	79	60.00	132	90.90	-	1	-	15	3
RD Rickelton (SA)	2022-2022	1	2	1	60	39*	60.00	130	46.15	-	-	-	8	0
AR Border (AUS)	1994-1994	1	2	1	59	42*	59.00	212	27.83	-	-	-	8	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2003-2003	1	2	-	118	114	59.00	230	51.30	1	-	-	19	0
SA Thomson (NZ)	1994-1994	1	2	-	117	82	58.50	203	57.63	-	1	-	18	2
A Bacher (SA)	1967-1970	2	3	1	116	60*	58.00	18+	50.00	-	1	-	0+	0
MJ Slater (AUS)	1994-1994	1	2	-	115	95	57.50	258	44.57	-	1	-	13	0
RE Grieveson (SA)	1939-1939	1	2	-	114	75	57.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
JWA Taylor (ENG)	2015-2015	1	2	-	112	70	56.00	234	47.86	-	1	-	12	1
JHB Waite (SA)	1953-1961	4	6	1	278	134	55.60	-	-	1	1	-	1+	1
MN Samuels (WI)	2008-2008	1	2	-	111	105	55.50	197	56.34	1	-	-	19	0
IR Redpath (AUS)	1967-1970	2	4	1	165	80	55.00	255+	30.58	-	2	-	12+	0
KS More (IND)	1992-1992	1	1	-	55	55	55.00	214	25.70	-	1	-	3	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1994-1994	1	1	-	55	55	55.00	104	52.88	-	1	-	8	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-1998	5	6	1	271	87	54.20	619	43.78	-	2	-	30	2
Q de Kock (SA)	2016-2019	3	5	-	271	83	54.20	371	73.04	-	3	-	36	1
PA Gibb (ENG)	1939-1939	2	3	-	162	120	54.00	-	-	1	-	-	2+	0
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2003	2	4	-	213	79	53.25	412	51.69	-	3	-	35	1
SK Coen (SA)	1928-1928	1	2	1	53	28	53.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
MA Seymour (SA)	1964-1964	1	2	1	51	36	51.00	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
MR Marsh (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	-	102	96	51.00	185	55.13	-	1	-	14	1
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	16	27	2	1266	177	50.64	2782	45.50	5	5	3	162	2
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	2	3	-	151	118	50.33	370	40.81	1	-	-	19	0
PE Richardson (ENG)	1957-1957	1	2	-	100	68	50.00	-	-	-	1	-	6	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2011	2	4	-	199	108	49.75	443	44.92	1	1	1	22	1
TE Bailey (ENG)	1957-1957	1	2	-	98	80	49.00	-	-	-	1	-	6	0
SR Harmer (SA)	2022-2022	1	2	1	49	38*	49.00	98	50.00	-	-	-	5	1
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2024	2	4	-	195	83	48.75	356	54.77	-	3	1	26	0
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2004	1	2	-	97	73	48.50	115	84.34	-	1	-	13	3
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2015	1	2	-	97	73	48.50	165	58.78	-	1	-	7	2
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	11	20	3	818	103*	48.11	1611	50.77	1	7	2	103	4
LPJ O'Brien (AUS)	1936-1936	1	1	-	48	48	48.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2009	2	3	-	144	75	48.00	349	41.26	-	2	-	21	1
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2013	2	4	1	143	62	47.66	221	64.70	-	1	-	20	1
SPD Smith (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	-	94	56	47.00	195	48.20	-	1	-	14	0
JFW Nicolson (SA)	1928-1928	2	3	-	138	78	46.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2024	3	6	-	270	143	45.00	427	63.23	1	-	-	35	1
D Elgar (SA)	2015-2022	5	9	1	359	118*	44.87	677	53.02	1	2	1	43	1
CM Francois (SA)	1923-1923	2	3	-	133	72	44.33	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1950	6	12	-	529	103	44.08	108+	63.88	1	3	1	30+	1
DJ Bravo (WI)	2008-2008	1	2	-	88	75	44.00	137	64.23	-	1	-	15	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1996	5	6	1	217	84	43.40	516	42.05	-	2	-	19	3
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1923-1923	1	2	1	43	39*	43.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
T Bavuma (SA)	2015-2024	5	9	-	386	113	42.88	770	50.12	1	2	1	45	1
HW Taylor (SA)	1923-1931	6	11	1	425	102	42.50	-	-	1	3	-	11+	1
DW Begbie (SA)	1948-1948	1	2	-	85	48	42.50	155	54.83	-	-	-	9	1
JW Burke (AUS)	1958-1958	1	2	-	85	83	42.50	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1939-1948	3	5	-	212	83	42.40	243+	36.21	-	2	-	7+	0
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-2003	2	4	1	127	58	42.33	244	52.04	-	1	-	16	2
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1967-1967	1	1	-	42	42	42.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
JE Taylor (WI)	2008-2008	1	2	1	42	25	42.00	39	107.69	-	-	-	8	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Himachal Pradesh vs Mumbai (Bombay) at Eden Gardens, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Final, Nov 5, 2022 [Twenty20]

Himachal Pradesh vs Punjab at Eden Gardens, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 1st semi final, Nov 3, 2022 [Twenty20]

Vidarbha vs Mumbai (Bombay) at Eden Gardens, Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2nd semi final, Nov 3, 2022 [Twenty20]