Batting Highest Career Batting Average - England

Highest averages in Tests at SA: Newlands, Cape Town - England

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
H Wood	1889-1892	2	2	1	193	134*	193.00	89+	66.29	1	1	0	11+	0
DP Sibley	2020-2020	1	2	1	167	133*	167.00	387	43.15	1	0	0	26	1
AJL Hill	1896-1896	1	1	0	124	124	124.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
MJK Smith	1965-1965	1	1	0	121	121	121.00	-	-	1	0	0	12	1
R Abel	1889-1889	1	1	0	120	120	120.00	241	49.79	1	0	0	11	0
LEG Ames	1938-1939	1	1	0	115	115	115.00	-	-	1	0	0	13	0
BH Valentine	1938-1939	1	1	0	112	112	112.00	-	-	1	0	0	12	1
BA Stokes	2016-2020	2	4	0	403	258	100.75	356	113.20	1	1	0	47	15
AJ Watkins	1949-1949	1	2	1	91	64*	91.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
EH Hendren	1931-1931	1	2	0	179	93	89.50	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
MC Cowdrey	1957-1957	1	2	0	162	101	81.00	-	-	1	1	0	17	1
WR Hammond	1927-1939	3	5	0	360	181	72.00	-	-	1	2	0	16+	0
H Sutcliffe	1927-1928	1	2	0	128	99	64.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
OJ Pope	2020-2020	1	2	1	64	61*	64.00	152	42.10	0	1	0	7	0
KF Barrington	1965-1965	1	2	1	63	49	63.00	-	-	0	0	0	7	0
IR Bell	2010-2010	1	2	0	126	78	63.00	334	37.72	0	1	0	18	0
JB Hobbs	1910-1910	2	3	0	188	187	62.66	-	-	1	0	1	0+	0
JT Tyldesley	1899-1899	1	2	0	125	112	62.50	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
ER Dexter	1965-1965	1	1	0	61	61	61.00	-	-	0	1	0	8	0
JM Parks	1965-1965	1	1	0	59	59	59.00	-	-	0	1	0	7	1
PA Gibb	1938-1939	1	1	0	58	58	58.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
DCS Compton	1949-1957	2	4	1	174	64	58.00	-	-	0	3	0	12+	0
RW Barber	1965-1965	1	1	0	58	58	58.00	-	-	0	1	0	6	0
AF Giles	2005-2005	1	2	1	56	31*	56.00	99	56.56	0	0	0	7	0
P Holmes	1927-1928	1	2	0	97	88	48.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
L Hutton	1938-1949	2	3	0	145	87	48.33	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
W Chatterton	1892-1892	1	1	0	48	48	48.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JF Crapp	1949-1949	1	2	0	89	54	44.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
PE Richardson	1957-1957	1	2	0	89	45	44.50	-	-	0	0	0	9	0
FG Mann	1949-1949	1	1	0	44	44	44.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
PH Parfitt	1965-1965	1	1	0	44	44	44.00	-	-	0	0	0	6	0
JE Root	2016-2020	2	4	0	175	61	43.75	255	68.62	0	2	0	22	0
GE Tyldesley	1927-1928	1	2	0	87	87	43.50	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
JN Crawford	1906-1906	2	4	1	127	74	42.33	-	-	0	1	0	14	0
C Washbrook	1949-1949	1	2	0	83	74	41.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
RES Wyatt	1927-1931	2	4	0	162	91	40.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
WW Read	1892-1892	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JT Hearne	1892-1892	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	2
M Leyland	1931-1931	1	2	0	80	52	40.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
MJ Prior	2010-2010	1	2	0	80	76	40.00	127	62.99	0	1	0	10	0
RA Smith	1996-1996	1	2	0	79	66	39.50	215	36.74	0	1	0	9	0
AN Cook	2010-2016	2	4	0	155	65	38.75	328	47.25	0	2	0	19	0
JL Denly	2020-2020	1	2	0	69	38	34.50	241	28.63	0	0	0	8	0
AJ Strauss	2005-2010	2	4	0	131	45	32.75	325	40.30	0	0	0	14	0
AD Hales	2016-2016	1	2	0	65	60	32.50	166	39.15	0	1	0	10	0
DJ Insole	1957-1957	1	2	1	32	29	32.00	-	-	0	0	0	3	0
TW Hayward	1896-1896	1	1	0	31	31	31.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AG Archer	1899-1899	1	2	1	31	24*	31.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
W Voce	1931-1931	1	2	1	31	30	31.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	2
TE Bailey	1957-1957	1	2	0	62	34	31.00	-	-	0	0	0	6	0
IJL Trott	2010-2010	1	2	0	62	42	31.00	135	45.92	0	0	0	7	0
SMJ Woods	1896-1896	1	1	0	30	30	30.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
TG Evans	1949-1957	2	3	0	90	62	30.00	-	-	0	1	0	5+	0
NRD Compton	2016-2016	1	2	0	60	45	30.00	165	36.36	0	0	0	7	1
F Mitchell	1899-1899	1	2	0	59	41	29.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
PD Collingwood	2010-2010	1	2	0	59	40	29.50	232	25.43	0	0	0	7	0
GP Thorpe	1996-2005	2	4	0	117	59	29.25	324	36.11	0	1	0	14	0
H Verity	1938-1939	1	1	0	29	29	29.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MA Atherton	1996-2000	2	4	0	116	71	29.00	269	43.12	0	1	1	12	0
FL Fane	1906-1910	4	7	1	172	66*	28.66	-	-	0	1	0	13+	0
FE Woolley	1910-1923	3	5	0	138	69	27.60	-	-	0	2	2	0+	0
W Rhodes	1910-1910	2	4	1	82	77	27.33	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
CP Mead	1923-1923	1	2	0	52	31	26.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JC Buttler	2020-2020	1	2	0	52	29	26.00	45	115.55	0	0	0	4	3
GO Jones	2005-2005	1	2	0	51	38	25.50	108	47.22	0	0	0	8	0
LJ Moon	1906-1906	2	4	0	101	33	25.25	-	-	0	0	0	9	1
MP Bowden	1889-1889	1	1	0	25	25	25.00	16	156.25	0	0	0	5	0
VWC Jupp	1923-1923	1	2	0	50	38	25.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
FT Mann	1923-1923	1	2	0	49	45	24.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	2
GJ Thompson	1910-1910	2	3	0	73	51	24.33	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
AW Carr	1923-1923	1	2	0	48	42	24.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
CAG Russell	1923-1923	1	2	0	47	39	23.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
VA Barton	1892-1892	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
AE Relf	1906-1906	2	4	0	92	28	23.00	-	-	0	0	0	12	0
C Blythe	1906-1910	4	6	4	46	27	23.00	-	-	0	0	0	2+	0
G Ulyett	1889-1889	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	37	59.45	0	0	0	3	0
DVP Wright	1938-1949	2	2	0	44	33	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DA Allen	1965-1965	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	4	0
MA Butcher	2000-2000	1	2	0	44	40	22.00	177	24.85	0	0	0	7	0
SJ Harmison	2005-2005	1	2	0	42	42	21.00	43	97.67	0	0	1	7	1
CJ Adams	2000-2000	1	2	0	41	31	20.50	107	38.31	0	0	0	5	0
RWT Key	2005-2005	1	2	0	41	41	20.50	142	28.87	0	0	1	5	0
F Hearne	1889-1889	1	1	0	20	20	20.00	24	83.33	0	0	0	2	0
GG Macaulay	1923-1923	1	2	1	20	19	20.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
FW Milligan	1899-1899	1	2	0	39	38	19.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MP Vaughan	2000-2005	2	4	0	78	42	19.50	257	30.35	0	0	0	8	0
GA Hick	1996-1996	1	2	0	38	36	19.00	82	46.34	0	0	0	4	2
C Heseltine	1896-1896	1	1	0	18	18	18.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
A Sandham	1923-1923	1	2	0	36	19	18.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
A Flintoff	2000-2005	2	3	0	54	22	18.00	116	46.55	0	0	0	9	0
D Denton	1906-1910	4	8	1	120	34	17.14	-	-	0	0	1	7+	0
AD Pougher	1892-1892	1	1	0	17	17	17.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MC Bird	1910-1910	2	4	0	68	57	17.00	-	-	0	1	2	0+	0
WE Astill	1927-1928	1	2	0	34	25	17.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AJ Stewart	1996-2000	2	4	0	65	40	16.25	183	35.51	0	0	0	7	0
JJ Ferris	1892-1892	1	1	0	16	16	16.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
CEM Wilson	1899-1899	1	2	1	16	10*	16.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AV Bedser	1949-1949	1	1	0	16	16	16.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
G Boycott	1965-1965	1	2	1	16	15	16.00	-	-	0	0	0	2	0
JC White	1931-1931	1	2	0	31	23	15.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa vs Pakistan at Cape Town, South Africa vs Pakistan 2nd Test, Jan 3-6, 2025 [Test # 2576]

South Africa vs India at Cape Town, India in South Africa 2nd Test, Jan 3-4, 2024 [Test # 2522]

India vs South Africa at Cape Town, India in South Africa 3rd Test, Jan 11-14, 2022 [Test # 2448]