Batting Highest Career Batting Average - vs South Africa

Highest averages in Tests at SA: Kingsmead, Durban - vs South Africa

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	0	19	6
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2013	1	2	1	147	96	147.00	278	52.87	0	2	0	19	2
IR Bell (ENG)	2009-2009	1	1	0	140	140	140.00	227	61.67	1	0	0	10	1
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2009	1	2	0	275	160	137.50	474	58.01	2	0	0	34	5
LEG Ames (ENG)	1939-1939	2	3	2	128	84	128.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
E Paynter (ENG)	1939-1939	2	3	0	380	243	126.66	-	-	1	2	0	32	0
DJ Insole (ENG)	1957-1957	1	2	1	123	110*	123.00	-	-	1	0	0	8	0
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1939-1939	2	2	0	220	219	110.00	0+	0.00	1	0	0	25	0
PK Amre (IND)	1992-1992	1	1	0	103	103	103.00	299	34.44	1	0	0	11	0
CAG Russell (ENG)	1923-1923	2	3	0	285	140	95.00	-	-	2	0	0	-	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2009-2009	1	1	0	91	91	91.00	215	42.32	0	1	0	7	0
GO Rabone (NZ)	1953-1953	1	2	0	175	107	87.50	-	-	1	1	0	16	0
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1928-1928	2	4	1	261	100	87.00	-	-	1	2	0	-	0
CP Mead (ENG)	1923-1923	2	3	0	252	181	84.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1958-1958	1	2	1	84	52*	84.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	0	161	118	80.50	293	54.94	1	0	0	25	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1928-1939	6	10	2	637	140	79.62	-	-	3	2	0	27+	2
SJ McCabe (AUS)	1935-1936	2	3	1	157	149	78.50	-	-	1	0	0	0+	0+
JHW Fingleton (AUS)	1935-1936	2	3	1	156	118	78.00	-	-	1	0	0	2+	1
ME Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	2	4	1	231	113*	77.00	450	51.33	1	0	0	29	1
RN Harvey (AUS)	1950-1958	2	4	1	227	151*	75.66	-	-	1	1	0	-	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2004-2004	1	2	0	150	132	75.00	293	51.19	1	0	0	23	2
MW Tate (ENG)	1931-1931	2	2	1	74	50	74.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	5	3
RW Barber (ENG)	1964-1964	1	1	0	74	74	74.00	-	-	0	1	0	3	1
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1964	1	1	0	73	73	73.00	284	25.70	0	1	0	2	0
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2011-2011	1	2	0	145	102	72.50	333	43.54	1	0	0	16	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2002-2009	3	6	0	432	116	72.00	670	64.47	2	2	0	58	2
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2009	2	3	0	215	136	71.66	421	51.06	1	1	0	30	0
Mahmudul Hasan Joy (BAN)	2022-2022	1	2	0	141	137	70.50	335	42.08	1	0	0	16	2
SM Katich (AUS)	2009-2009	1	2	0	138	108	69.00	237	58.22	1	0	0	19	1
WA Brown (AUS)	1935-1936	2	3	0	205	84	68.33	-	-	0	3	0	4+	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1995-1999	2	2	0	136	95	68.00	234	58.11	0	1	0	23	0
NRD Compton (ENG)	2015-2015	1	2	0	134	85	67.00	352	38.06	0	1	0	13	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	0	133	132	66.50	176	75.56	1	0	0	24	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	2006-2010	2	4	1	199	96	66.33	444	44.81	0	2	0	20	1
AG Chipperfield (AUS)	1935-1936	2	2	0	127	109	63.50	-	-	1	0	0	8+	0
LS Darling (AUS)	1935-1936	2	2	0	122	62	61.00	-	-	0	2	0	6+	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1995-2004	2	3	1	121	118*	60.50	235	51.48	1	0	0	15	0
MJ Prior (ENG)	2009-2009	1	1	0	60	60	60.00	81	74.07	0	1	0	6	1
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2015-2015	1	2	0	120	79	60.00	132	90.90	0	1	0	15	3
AR Border (AUS)	1994-1994	1	2	1	59	42*	59.00	212	27.83	0	0	0	8	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2003-2003	1	2	0	118	114	59.00	230	51.30	1	0	0	19	0
SA Thomson (NZ)	1994-1994	1	2	0	117	82	58.50	203	57.63	0	1	0	18	2
MJ Slater (AUS)	1994-1994	1	2	0	115	95	57.50	258	44.57	0	1	0	13	0
JWA Taylor (ENG)	2015-2015	1	2	0	112	70	56.00	234	47.86	0	1	0	12	1
MN Samuels (WI)	2008-2008	1	2	0	111	105	55.50	197	56.34	1	0	0	19	0
IR Redpath (AUS)	1967-1970	2	4	1	165	80	55.00	255+	30.58	0	2	0	12+	0
KS More (IND)	1992-1992	1	1	0	55	55	55.00	214	25.70	0	1	0	3	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1994-1994	1	1	0	55	55	55.00	104	52.88	0	1	0	8	0
PA Gibb (ENG)	1939-1939	2	3	0	162	120	54.00	-	-	1	0	0	2+	0
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2003	2	4	0	213	79	53.25	412	51.69	0	3	0	35	1
MR Marsh (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	0	102	96	51.00	185	55.13	0	1	0	14	1
PE Richardson (ENG)	1957-1957	1	2	0	100	68	50.00	-	-	0	1	0	6	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2011	2	4	0	199	108	49.75	443	44.92	1	1	1	22	1
TE Bailey (ENG)	1957-1957	1	2	0	98	80	49.00	-	-	0	1	0	6	0
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2024	2	4	0	195	83	48.75	356	54.77	0	3	1	26	0
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2004	1	2	0	97	73	48.50	115	84.34	0	1	0	13	3
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2015	1	2	0	97	73	48.50	165	58.78	0	1	0	7	2
LPJ O'Brien (AUS)	1936-1936	1	1	0	48	48	48.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2009	2	3	0	144	75	48.00	349	41.26	0	2	0	21	1
SPD Smith (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	0	94	56	47.00	195	48.20	0	1	0	14	0
DJ Bravo (WI)	2008-2008	1	2	0	88	75	44.00	137	64.23	0	1	0	15	0
AER Gilligan (ENG)	1923-1923	1	2	1	43	39*	43.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1958-1958	1	2	0	85	83	42.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1939-1948	3	5	0	212	83	42.40	243+	36.21	0	2	0	7+	0
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-2003	2	4	1	127	58	42.33	244	52.04	0	1	0	16	2
JE Taylor (WI)	2008-2008	1	2	1	42	25	42.00	39	107.69	0	0	0	8	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2009-2015	2	3	0	125	118	41.66	301	41.52	1	0	1	12	0
CL McCool (AUS)	1950-1950	1	2	1	40	39*	40.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DA Warner (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	0	79	51	39.50	114	69.29	0	1	0	10	0
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1967-1970	2	4	0	157	71	39.25	223+	43.94	0	1	0	15+	0
M Leyland (ENG)	1931-1931	2	2	1	39	31*	39.00	-	-	0	0	0	0+	1
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1970	1	2	0	78	74	39.00	159	49.05	0	1	0	9	1
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2002-2002	1	2	0	78	39	39.00	180	43.33	0	0	0	11	0
PT Barton (NZ)	1961-1961	1	2	0	77	54	38.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
HMRKB Herath (SL)	2011-2011	1	2	1	38	30	38.00	85	44.70	0	0	0	4	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	2	3	0	113	64	37.66	252	44.84	0	1	0	14	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1998-2008	3	5	0	188	109	37.60	357	52.66	1	1	2	33	1
SN McGregor (NZ)	1961-1961	1	2	0	75	55	37.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2011	2	4	0	150	98	37.50	298	50.33	0	1	0	18	1
PGZ Harris (NZ)	1961-1961	1	2	0	74	74	37.00	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
SE Marsh (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	0	73	40	36.50	195	37.43	0	0	0	11	0
DK Morrison (NZ)	1994-1994	1	2	1	36	24*	36.00	150	24.00	0	0	0	6	0
FT Mann (ENG)	1923-1923	2	3	0	107	84	35.66	-	-	0	1	0	11+	2
VC Drakes (WI)	2003-2003	1	2	0	71	67	35.50	141	50.35	0	1	0	9	1
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1950-1950	1	2	0	70	54	35.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1964	1	1	0	35	35	35.00	-	-	0	0	0	2	0
AR Morris (AUS)	1950-1950	1	2	0	69	44	34.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DM de Silva (SL)	2019-2024	2	4	0	137	59	34.25	205	66.82	0	1	0	19	2
RA Smith (ENG)	1995-1995	1	1	0	34	34	34.00	72	47.22	0	0	0	6	0
DCS Compton (ENG)	1948-1957	2	4	0	135	72	33.75	345+	28.98	0	1	0	6	0
GTS Stevens (ENG)	1928-1928	2	3	0	100	69	33.33	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2002-2006	2	4	0	133	91	33.25	148	89.86	0	1	0	22	0
AP Sheahan (AUS)	1970-1970	1	2	0	66	62	33.00	134	49.25	0	1	0	10	0
A Sanford (WI)	2003-2003	1	2	1	33	18*	33.00	131	25.19	0	0	0	4	1
M Vijay (IND)	2010-2013	2	4	0	131	97	32.75	308	42.53	0	1	0	22	0
CA Pujara (IND)	2010-2013	2	4	0	131	70	32.75	333	39.33	0	1	0	17	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	2002-2006	2	4	0	130	102	32.50	267	48.68	1	0	2	18	0
Najmul Hossain Shanto (BAN)	2022-2022	1	2	0	64	38	32.00	139	46.04	0	0	0	3	3
P Holmes (ENG)	1928-1928	2	4	0	126	70	31.50	-	-	0	2	2	0+	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs Sri Lanka at Durban, South Africa vs Sri Lanka 1st Test, Nov 27-30, 2024 [Test # 2563]

South Africa vs Bangladesh at Durban, Bangladesh in South Africa 1st Test, Mar 31-Apr 4, 2022 [Test # 2460]

South Africa vs Sri Lanka at Durban, SL in SA 1st Test, Feb 13-16, 2019 [Test # 2347]