Batting Highest Career Batting Average - vs South Africa

Highest averages in Tests at SA: St George's Park, Gqeberha - vs South Africa

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2004	1	2	1	220	126	220.00	362	60.77	1	1	-	29	1
AL Hassett (AUS)	1950-1950	1	1	-	167	167	167.00	-	-	1	-	-	14	1
AR Morris (AUS)	1950-1950	1	1	-	157	157	157.00	-	-	1	-	-	15	1
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-1999	1	2	1	152	82	152.00	365	41.64	-	2	-	19	3
FG Mann (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	1	138	136*	138.00	-	-	1	-	-	12	1
BA Stokes (ENG)	2020-2020	1	1	-	120	120	120.00	214	56.07	1	-	-	12	2
CP Mead (ENG)	1914-1914	1	1	-	117	117	117.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2007-2007	1	2	1	112	67*	112.00	226	49.55	-	1	-	12	0
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2014-2014	1	1	-	106	106	106.00	186	56.98	1	-	-	12	0
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2007-2007	1	2	1	90	57*	90.00	118	76.27	-	1	-	14	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	2001-2001	1	1	-	89	89	89.00	121	73.55	-	1	-	12	0
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2000-2000	1	2	-	167	150	83.50	365	45.75	1	-	-	26	1
MN Samuels (WI)	2007-2014	2	3	-	235	101	78.33	442	53.16	1	1	-	31	1
BOP Fernando (SL)	2019-2019	1	2	1	75	75*	75.00	115	65.21	-	1	1	10	2
GA Hick (ENG)	1995-1995	1	2	1	73	62	73.00	181	40.33	-	1	-	10	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1965-1965	1	1	-	72	72	72.00	-	-	-	1	-	9	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1992-1992	1	2	-	141	129	70.50	198	71.21	1	-	-	16	1
R Abel (ENG)	1889-1889	1	2	1	69	46	69.00	-	-	-	-	-	7	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	1	2	-	136	116	68.00	264	51.51	1	-	-	20	1
TD Paine (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	1	64	36	64.00	118	54.23	-	-	-	7	0
BJ Watling (NZ)	2013-2013	1	2	-	126	63	63.00	204	61.76	-	2	-	24	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1965-1965	1	2	-	124	117	62.00	-	-	1	-	-	12	0
ATW Grout (AUS)	1958-1958	1	2	1	60	35*	60.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
RM Cowper (AUS)	1967-1967	1	2	-	114	60	57.00	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
AP Sheahan (AUS)	1970-1970	1	2	-	113	67	56.50	201	56.21	-	1	-	13	1
CJL Rogers (AUS)	2014-2014	1	2	-	112	107	56.00	249	44.97	1	-	-	13	0
PT Barton (NZ)	1962-1962	1	2	-	111	109	55.50	-	-	1	-	-	20	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1995-1999	2	4	-	217	108	54.25	662	32.77	1	1	-	24	0
FE Woolley (ENG)	1914-1914	1	1	-	54	54	54.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
P Nissanka (SL)	2024-2024	1	2	-	107	89	53.50	201	53.23	-	1	-	15	1
DA Warner (AUS)	2014-2018	2	4	-	212	70	53.00	272	77.94	-	3	-	31	1
RN Harvey (AUS)	1950-1958	2	3	-	153	116	51.00	-	-	1	-	-	14+	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1958-1958	1	2	1	49	43	49.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2007-2007	1	2	-	95	66	47.50	71	133.80	-	1	-	18	1
JR Reid (NZ)	1954-1962	2	4	-	187	73	46.75	-	-	-	2	-	14+	2
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	1	46	42	46.00	64	71.87	-	-	-	7	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1954-1954	1	2	-	90	52	45.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	2
ER Dexter (ENG)	1965-1965	1	2	1	45	40	45.00	-	-	-	-	-	6	0
R Dravid (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	-	89	87	44.50	252	35.31	-	1	-	12	0
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1914-1914	1	2	1	44	33	44.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2024	3	6	1	220	84*	44.00	328	67.07	-	2	1	31	2
SM Curran (ENG)	2020-2020	1	1	-	44	44	44.00	50	88.00	-	-	-	6	1
Z Crawley (ENG)	2020-2020	1	1	-	44	44	44.00	137	32.11	-	-	-	5	0
AD Mathews (SL)	2016-2024	2	4	-	174	59	43.50	338	51.47	-	1	-	22	1
SJE Loxton (AUS)	1950-1950	1	1	-	43	43	43.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
MH Richardson (NZ)	2000-2000	1	2	-	86	60	43.00	226	38.05	-	1	-	11	0
N Dickwella (SL)	2019-2019	1	1	-	42	42	42.00	36	116.66	-	-	-	6	1
MA Wood (ENG)	2020-2020	1	1	-	42	42	42.00	23	182.60	-	-	-	2	5
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2024-2024	1	2	-	83	48	41.50	127	65.35	-	-	-	8	1
GT Dowling (NZ)	1962-1962	1	2	-	80	78	40.00	-	-	-	1	-	8	0
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	-	79	75	39.50	151	52.31	-	1	-	14	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	-	78	46	39.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
NI Thomson (ENG)	1965-1965	1	1	-	39	39	39.00	-	-	-	-	-	5	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	1999-1999	1	2	1	39	35	39.00	102	38.23	-	-	-	5	0
D Ganga (WI)	2007-2007	1	2	-	78	45	39.00	182	42.85	-	-	-	10	0
C Washbrook (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	-	76	40	38.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
D Dasgupta (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	-	76	63	38.00	341	22.28	-	1	-	7	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1995-2004	2	4	2	74	31*	37.00	175	42.28	-	-	-	7	0
IR Redpath (AUS)	1967-1970	2	4	-	146	55	36.50	225+	40.88	-	1	-	13+	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	-	73	55	36.50	129	56.58	-	1	-	11	0
DP Sibley (ENG)	2020-2020	1	1	-	36	36	36.00	95	37.89	-	-	-	5	0
JM Parks (ENG)	1965-1965	1	1	-	35	35	35.00	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	1	35	30*	35.00	59	59.32	-	-	-	6	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1998-2007	2	4	1	103	92*	34.33	188	54.78	-	1	-	15	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1992-1992	1	2	-	67	60	33.50	97	69.07	-	1	-	8	0
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	1	2	-	67	44	33.50	212	31.60	-	-	-	12	0
AJ Fothergill (ENG)	1889-1889	1	1	-	32	32	32.00	-	-	-	-	-	3	1
JW Hearne (ENG)	1914-1914	1	1	-	32	32	32.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
MW Booth (ENG)	1914-1914	1	1	-	32	32	32.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1995-1999	2	4	-	128	81	32.00	354	36.15	-	1	-	20	1
JK Silva (SL)	2016-2016	1	2	-	64	48	32.00	177	36.15	-	-	-	10	0
DG Brownlie (NZ)	2013-2013	1	2	-	63	53	31.50	163	38.65	-	1	-	10	0
AJL Hill (ENG)	1896-1896	1	2	-	62	37	31.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1958-1958	1	2	-	62	58	31.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
CT Bancroft (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	-	62	38	31.00	161	38.50	-	-	-	8	0
SMJ Woods (ENG)	1896-1896	1	2	-	60	53	30.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1914-1914	1	1	-	30	30	30.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
JF Crapp (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	1	30	26*	30.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
JEF Beck (NZ)	1954-1954	1	2	-	60	48	30.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
RC Russell (ENG)	1995-1995	1	1	-	30	30	30.00	114	26.31	-	-	-	3	0
Tamim Iqbal (BAN)	2022-2022	1	2	-	60	47	30.00	79	75.94	-	-	-	10	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2004	2	3	-	89	42	29.66	126	70.63	-	-	-	15	1
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2024	3	5	-	148	50	29.60	249	59.43	-	1	-	21	0
MB Poore (NZ)	1954-1954	1	2	-	59	41	29.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1957-1957	1	2	-	59	41	29.50	-	-	-	-	-	6	0
CB Fry (ENG)	1896-1896	1	2	-	58	43	29.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
RO Jenkins (ENG)	1949-1949	1	1	-	29	29	29.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	-	58	41	29.00	123	47.15	-	-	-	9	0
RK Illingworth (ENG)	1995-1995	1	1	-	28	28	28.00	91	30.76	-	-	-	5	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1998-2014	3	5	-	139	104	27.80	376	36.96	1	-	-	15	0
HB Taber (AUS)	1967-1970	2	4	1	83	30*	27.66	123+	26.82	-	-	-	6+	0
LD Chandimal (SL)	2016-2024	2	4	-	109	44	27.25	256	42.57	-	-	-	15	0
F Hearne (ENG)	1889-1889	1	1	-	27	27	27.00	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
W Rhodes (ENG)	1914-1914	1	2	1	27	27	27.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
JR Hazlewood (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	1	27	17	27.00	27	100.00	-	-	-	4	1
JE Root (ENG)	2020-2020	1	1	-	27	27	27.00	46	58.69	-	-	-	4	0
CW Wright (ENG)	1896-1896	1	2	-	52	33	26.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1965-1965	1	1	-	26	26	26.00	-	-	-	-	-	2	0
AF Giles (ENG)	2004-2004	1	1	-	26	26	26.00	39	66.66	-	-	-	3	0
Mushfiqur Rahim (BAN)	2022-2022	1	2	-	52	51	26.00	144	36.11	-	1	-	8	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Birmingham Phoenix (Men) vs Trent Rockets (Men) at Birmingham, The Hundred Men's Competition 4th Match, Aug 8, 2025 [Twenty20]

SLC Greys vs SLC Blues at Colombo (SSC), SLC T20 League 2nd Match, Aug 8, 2025 [Twenty20]

Sweden vs Austria at Stockholm, Viking Cup 4th Match, Aug 8, 2025 [T20I # 3399]