Batting Highest Career Batting Average - South Africa

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

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RD Rickelton	2025-2025	1	1	0	259	259	259.00	343	75.51	1	0	0	29	3
AD Nourse	1936-1950	4	8	2	533	120	88.83	-	-	3	1	0	-	1
AJ Pithey	1965-1965	1	2	0	156	154	78.00	-	-	1	0	0	12	1
KD Petersen	2022-2022	1	2	0	154	82	77.00	279	55.19	0	2	0	19	0
JH Kallis	1996-2013	22	35	5	2181	224	72.70	4442	49.09	9	9	1	228	19
L Klusener	1997-2001	3	4	1	214	102*	71.33	283	75.61	1	1	0	27	2
RG Pollock	1965-1970	3	6	0	416	209	69.33	264+	37.50	1	2	0	29+	1
CH Morris	2016-2016	1	1	0	69	69	69.00	111	62.16	0	1	0	10	0
DJ Cullinan	1993-2001	8	13	0	882	168	67.84	1720	51.27	4	4	1	91	7
IJ Siedle	1931-1936	2	3	0	201	141	67.00	-	-	1	1	0	13+	0
BM McMillan	1993-1997	5	8	3	331	103*	66.20	881	37.57	1	3	0	28	0
PGV van der Bijl	1938-1939	1	2	0	124	87	62.00	-	-	0	1	0	12	1
DJ Richardson	1993-1997	5	7	2	298	109	59.60	709	42.03	1	1	0	24	0
JA Morkel	2009-2009	1	1	0	58	58	58.00	71	81.69	0	1	0	10	1
EJ Barlow	1962-1970	4	8	0	462	138	57.75	376+	38.03	2	2	0	39+	1
KC Bland	1962-1965	2	4	0	216	78	54.00	-	-	0	2	0	15+	6
HW Taylor	1921-1931	4	7	0	376	117	53.71	-	-	1	3	0	2+	0
B Mitchell	1931-1949	4	7	1	320	123	53.33	-	-	2	0	1	-	0
ND McKenzie	2001-2008	5	6	0	316	99	52.66	640	49.37	0	3	0	38	3
AG Prince	2002-2011	11	17	4	668	150	51.38	1648	40.53	2	2	2	67	2
HE van der Dussen	2020-2022	2	4	1	147	68	49.00	476	30.88	0	1	0	12	0
GC Smith	2002-2014	17	30	2	1363	183	48.67	2049	66.52	4	6	0	172	3
AB de Villiers	2005-2018	19	30	2	1344	163	48.00	2317	58.00	3	7	0	164	14
T Bavuma	2015-2025	7	10	2	374	106	46.75	688	54.36	2	1	1	49	2
RJ Peterson	2013-2013	2	3	1	90	84	45.00	130	69.23	0	1	0	16	0
PJ Malan	2020-2020	1	2	0	89	84	44.50	305	29.18	0	1	0	4	0
HH Gibbs	1999-2007	10	16	2	611	228	43.64	915	66.77	2	0	2	80	10
HM Amla	2005-2019	19	33	2	1332	201	42.96	2707	49.20	3	6	1	181	1
D Elgar	2013-2024	12	22	4	757	141*	42.05	1552	48.77	2	3	2	91	3
GA Faulkner	1906-1910	4	7	1	251	99	41.83	-	-	0	1	0	10+	0
JA Rudolph	2004-2012	6	10	2	333	101	41.62	658	50.60	1	1	1	45	1
AC Hudson	1993-1997	4	8	1	279	102	39.85	663	42.08	1	1	1	36	0
JE Cheetham	1949-1954	2	3	0	119	89	39.66	-	-	0	1	0	9+	2
EAB Rowan	1936-1950	3	6	1	196	89*	39.20	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
MV Boucher	1998-2012	18	22	3	737	122*	38.78	1352	54.51	1	5	1	90	3
Q de Kock	2016-2020	6	10	0	383	101	38.30	526	72.81	1	3	0	49	1
G Kirsten	1994-2004	11	19	2	648	103	38.11	1421	45.60	1	5	2	84	1
AN Petersen	2011-2015	6	11	1	381	109	38.10	694	54.89	2	1	1	41	3
JW Zulch	1910-1921	3	6	1	190	50	38.00	-	-	0	1	0	10+	0
RA McLean	1954-1962	4	8	1	264	113	37.71	-	-	1	0	0	7+	1
PM Pollock	1965-1970	3	5	1	149	75*	37.25	71+	36.61	0	1	0	2+	1
F du Plessis	2013-2020	10	18	1	632	103	37.17	1392	45.40	1	4	1	81	0
JB Commins	1995-1995	1	2	1	37	27	37.00	143	25.87	0	0	0	2	0
AK Markram	2018-2025	6	11	1	364	106	36.40	516	70.54	1	2	1	58	5
NBF Mann	1949-1950	2	3	1	72	46	36.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
MJ Procter	1970-1970	1	2	0	70	48	35.00	162	43.20	0	0	0	7	0
DT Lindsay	1965-1967	2	4	0	138	81	34.50	-	-	0	2	0	7+	3
GC White	1906-1910	3	5	0	171	73	34.20	-	-	0	1	0	14+	1
PL van der Merwe	1966-1967	1	2	0	68	50	34.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
O Henry	1993-1993	1	1	0	34	34	34.00	109	31.19	0	0	0	3	0
AJ Hall	2002-2007	3	5	1	132	70	33.00	288	45.83	0	1	1	17	0
WJ Cronje	1993-2000	8	14	1	428	112	32.92	946	45.24	1	2	3	40	6
N Boje	2001-2006	6	7	2	163	76	32.60	252	64.68	0	1	1	24	0
RH Catterall	1923-1931	3	5	0	161	76	32.20	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
D Gamsy	1970-1970	1	2	1	32	30*	32.00	119	26.89	0	0	0	2	0
K Verreynne	2022-2025	3	4	0	124	100	31.00	186	66.66	1	0	1	11	5
HH Dippenaar	2003-2007	4	6	0	185	62	30.83	508	36.41	0	1	1	18	0
CJE Smith	1902-1902	1	2	0	61	45	30.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
BL Irvine	1970-1970	1	2	0	61	42	30.50	181	33.70	0	0	0	6	0
BA Richards	1970-1970	1	2	0	61	32	30.50	131	46.56	0	0	0	9	0
VD Philander	2011-2020	11	15	6	273	52*	30.33	644	42.39	0	2	2	30	2
DJ McGlew	1954-1962	4	8	0	242	86	30.25	-	-	0	2	1	1+	0
OC Dawson	1949-1949	1	2	1	30	25	30.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
OE Wynne	1949-1950	2	4	0	119	50	29.75	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
DPB Morkel	1927-1928	1	2	0	59	36	29.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DB Pithey	1966-1967	1	2	0	59	55	29.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
AB Tancred	1889-1889	1	2	1	29	26*	29.00	112	25.89	0	0	0	4	0
JD Nel	1949-1950	1	2	0	57	38	28.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
TL Goddard	1957-1970	5	10	1	252	56*	28.00	100+	33.00	0	1	0	6+	0
HR Lance	1966-1967	1	2	0	55	53	27.50	-	-	0	1	0	3	3
AEE Vogler	1906-1910	4	6	2	108	62*	27.00	-	-	0	1	1	9+	3
JN Rhodes	1993-2000	6	9	0	241	86	26.77	747	32.26	0	1	0	18	1
SM Pollock	1996-2007	11	14	3	279	92	25.36	535	52.14	0	1	0	24	3
PJR Steyn	1995-1995	1	2	0	50	38	25.00	174	28.73	0	0	0	8	0
JH Sinclair	1896-1910	7	13	0	324	106	24.92	-	-	2	0	2	1+	7
RO Schwarz	1906-1910	4	7	1	149	44	24.83	-	-	0	0	0	7+	1
PN Kirsten	1993-1994	2	4	0	99	70	24.75	340	29.11	0	1	0	10	0
SJ Snooke	1906-1910	4	7	0	172	60	24.57	-	-	0	1	1	13+	0
DG Bedingham	2024-2025	2	4	1	72	44*	24.00	78	92.30	0	0	0	8	2
CM Francois	1923-1923	1	2	0	47	28	23.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AW Seccull	1896-1896	1	2	1	23	17*	23.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
CB van Ryneveld	1954-1958	3	5	1	92	43	23.00	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
WR Endean	1954-1958	3	6	1	113	34*	22.60	-	-	0	0	0	2+	0
CN Frank	1921-1921	1	2	0	44	23	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	2	0
HJ Tayfield	1949-1958	4	7	0	154	75	22.00	-	-	0	1	1	1+	0
CE Eksteen	1995-1995	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	151	14.56	0	0	0	1	0
HB Cameron	1927-1931	2	3	0	64	26	21.33	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
GK Glover	1896-1896	1	2	1	21	18*	21.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
A Melville	1938-1949	2	3	0	62	24	20.66	-	-	0	0	0	2+	0
RJ Westcott	1954-1958	2	4	0	82	62	20.50	-	-	0	1	1	10+	0
I Khan	2009-2009	1	1	0	20	20	20.00	64	31.25	0	0	0	1	0
M Jansen	2022-2025	3	4	0	80	62	20.00	92	86.95	0	1	1	10	3
PW Sherwell	1906-1906	2	3	1	39	30	19.50	-	-	0	0	0	4	0
GD Varnals	1965-1965	1	2	0	39	20	19.50	-	-	0	0	0	3	0
F Hearne	1892-1896	2	4	0	77	30	19.25	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
A Bacher	1966-1970	2	4	0	77	57	19.25	152+	48.02	0	1	1	9+	0
JMM Commaille	1910-1928	3	6	0	114	47	19.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
PR Adams	1996-2004	7	7	2	95	35	19.00	217	43.77	0	0	1	7	3
KA Maharaj	2017-2025	7	12	2	187	40	18.70	273	68.49	0	0	0	19	4
KG Viljoen	1936-1936	1	2	0	37	23	18.50	-	-	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]