Batting Highest Career Batting Average - South Africa

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

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
WW Wade	1949-1949	1	2	1	159	125	159.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
BA Richards	1970-1970	1	2	-	207	126	103.50	390	53.07	1	1	-	26	3
KC Wessels	1992-1992	1	2	1	95	95*	95.00	173	54.91	-	1	1	12	0
RG Pollock	1965-1970	3	6	2	357	137	89.25	342+	64.03	2	1	-	24+	2
SC Cook	2016-2016	1	2	-	176	117	88.00	303	58.08	1	1	-	18	0
K Verreynne	2022-2024	2	4	2	175	105*	87.50	238	73.52	1	-	-	23	3
B Mitchell	1949-1949	1	2	-	155	99	77.50	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
JP Duminy	2014-2016	2	4	1	229	123	76.33	380	60.26	1	1	-	28	0
PAM Hands	1914-1914	1	2	-	132	83	66.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	2
AD Nourse	1949-1950	2	4	1	195	73	65.00	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
HW Taylor	1914-1914	1	2	-	129	87	64.50	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
BL Irvine	1970-1970	1	2	-	127	102	63.50	205	61.95	1	-	-	12	3
F du Plessis	2013-2020	7	12	3	553	137	61.44	1087	50.87	2	3	-	62	6
JA Rudolph	2004-2004	1	2	-	121	93	60.50	237	51.05	-	1	-	18	0
L Klusener	1999-2001	3	4	-	218	174	54.50	278	78.41	1	-	-	31	4
AB de Villiers	2004-2018	8	13	1	591	126*	49.25	1006	58.74	2	4	-	78	4
D Elgar	2013-2022	9	15	1	667	121	47.64	1362	48.97	2	4	-	85	4
ND McKenzie	2000-2001	2	4	1	141	120	47.00	269	52.41	1	-	-	20	1
RD Rickelton	2022-2024	2	4	-	179	101	44.75	395	45.31	1	-	-	18	1
EJ Barlow	1962-1970	4	8	-	356	73	44.50	263+	38.02	-	3	-	19+	1
AK Markram	2017-2024	4	7	-	310	125	44.28	506	61.26	1	2	-	39	2
CGD Burger	1958-1958	1	2	1	40	37*	40.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
JN Rhodes	1992-1999	4	7	1	239	64	39.83	543	44.01	-	3	1	27	2
KD Petersen	2022-2022	1	2	-	78	64	39.00	149	52.34	-	1	-	11	0
OR Dunell	1889-1889	1	2	1	37	26*	37.00	-	-	-	-	-	3	0
PL van der Merwe	1965-1967	2	2	-	74	66	37.00	-	-	-	1	-	4+	1
HM Amla	2007-2019	9	15	1	516	127*	36.85	991	52.06	2	1	2	56	0
JH Kallis	1997-2013	10	19	2	617	91	36.29	1488	41.46	-	6	3	61	1
TL Goddard	1957-1967	4	8	-	289	74	36.12	-	-	-	3	-	5+	1
WR Endean	1954-1958	3	6	-	215	87	35.83	-	-	-	2	-	4+	1
JW Zulch	1914-1914	1	2	-	71	60	35.50	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
WJ Cronje	1992-1999	6	12	2	354	135	35.40	907	39.02	1	1	1	35	4
HH Dippenaar	2000-2004	3	6	-	212	110	35.33	614	34.52	1	-	1	24	0
PM Pollock	1962-1970	4	6	3	104	54*	34.66	127+	22.83	-	1	-	3+	0
DT Lindsay	1967-1970	2	3	-	104	60	34.66	197+	52.28	-	1	-	14	1
DJ Richardson	1992-1997	3	5	1	135	84	33.75	344	39.24	-	1	1	10	1
Q de Kock	2014-2020	6	10	-	333	86	33.30	546	60.98	-	3	-	40	0
A Bacher	1967-1970	2	4	-	133	73	33.25	204+	44.11	-	1	-	10+	0
SJ Erwee	2022-2022	1	2	-	65	41	32.50	106	61.32	-	-	-	9	0
T Bavuma	2014-2024	6	10	-	312	78	31.20	605	51.57	-	3	1	28	3
D Paterson	2020-2024	2	4	2	62	39*	31.00	64	96.87	-	-	-	10	1
G Kirsten	1995-2001	7	14	1	398	69	30.61	998	39.87	-	2	1	56	1
DJ McGlew	1954-1962	3	6	1	153	38	30.60	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
GB Lawrence	1962-1962	1	2	-	60	43	30.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
MV Boucher	1998-2007	7	11	1	298	68*	29.80	572	52.09	-	2	1	36	3
HH Gibbs	1997-2007	6	12	-	352	196	29.33	747	47.12	1	-	2	46	1
AB Tancred	1889-1889	1	2	-	58	29	29.00	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
JC Watkins	1954-1954	1	2	-	58	45	29.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
S van Zyl	2014-2014	1	1	-	29	29	29.00	49	59.18	-	-	-	5	0
SR Harmer	2022-2022	1	1	-	29	29	29.00	59	49.15	-	-	-	2	0
KC Bland	1962-1965	2	4	-	114	48	28.50	-	-	-	-	-	5+	2
AC Hudson	1992-1998	3	6	-	166	52	27.66	518	32.04	-	1	-	21	0
A Nel	2007-2007	2	4	1	83	34	27.66	136	61.02	-	-	-	11	1
DJ Cullinan	1995-2000	5	10	-	275	91	27.50	601	45.75	-	2	-	37	1
AH McKinnon	1965-1965	1	2	1	27	27	27.00	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
HD Ackerman	1998-1998	1	2	-	53	42	26.50	123	43.08	-	-	-	6	0
BM McMillan	1992-1997	3	5	-	132	55	26.40	348	37.93	-	1	-	13	1
PL Symcox	1998-1998	1	2	-	52	36	26.00	92	56.52	-	-	-	2	0
N Boje	2000-2001	2	2	-	52	51	26.00	170	30.58	-	1	-	8	0
T Stubbs	2024-2024	1	2	-	51	47	25.50	130	39.23	-	-	-	2	0
JE Cheetham	1949-1954	2	4	1	75	42	25.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
DW Steyn	2004-2019	6	9	4	120	58	24.00	120	100.00	-	1	1	10	8
SM Pollock	1995-2007	9	16	1	356	55*	23.73	666	53.45	-	1	2	43	2
CB van Ryneveld	1954-1958	3	6	1	118	40	23.60	-	-	-	-	-	2+	0
KA Maharaj	2016-2024	7	10	1	210	84	23.33	284	73.94	-	2	4	24	9
GC Smith	2004-2014	5	9	-	209	55	23.22	347	60.23	-	2	1	24	0
HR Lance	1962-1970	3	6	1	107	28*	21.40	114+	35.08	-	-	-	4+	1
GM Fullerton	1950-1950	1	2	-	42	24	21.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
DG Bedingham	2024-2024	1	2	-	41	35	20.50	74	55.40	-	-	-	3	0
OC Dawson	1949-1949	1	1	-	20	20	20.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
EAB Rowan	1949-1950	2	4	-	80	40	20.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
RJ Westcott	1954-1954	1	2	-	40	29	20.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
VD Philander	2014-2020	6	7	1	118	36	19.66	314	37.57	-	-	-	18	0
NBF Mann	1949-1950	2	3	-	58	41	19.33	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
RA McLean	1957-1962	2	4	-	77	25	19.25	-	-	-	-	-	6+	1
AN Petersen	2013-2014	2	2	-	38	21	19.00	75	50.66	-	-	-	6	0
AM Bacher	1997-1998	2	4	-	74	49	18.50	184	40.21	-	-	-	11	0
HE van der Dussen	2020-2020	1	2	-	34	24	17.00	77	44.15	-	-	-	4	1
PR Carlstein	1958-1958	1	2	-	33	32	16.50	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
MJ Macaulay	1965-1965	1	2	-	33	21	16.50	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
MJ Procter	1967-1970	2	3	-	49	26	16.33	85	57.64	-	-	1	6	1
O Henry	1992-1992	1	1	-	16	16	16.00	31	51.61	-	-	-	2	1
TB de Bruyn	2018-2018	1	2	1	16	15*	16.00	22	72.72	-	-	-	2	0
PJ Malan	2020-2020	1	2	-	30	18	15.00	111	27.02	-	-	-	3	0
AJ Pithey	1957-1965	2	3	-	44	23	14.66	122+	18.85	-	-	-	2	0
F Hearne	1896-1896	1	2	-	28	23	14.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
HJ Tayfield	1950-1958	4	7	-	97	66	13.85	-	-	-	1	-	0+	0
AA Donald	1992-2000	7	10	2	110	34	13.75	260	42.30	-	-	-	9	0
AG Prince	2007-2007	2	4	-	54	22	13.50	176	30.68	-	-	-	6	0
PWA Mulder	2019-2022	2	4	-	53	33	13.25	109	48.62	-	-	-	7	1
AW Nourse	1914-1914	1	2	-	26	26	13.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
LB Williams	2022-2022	1	1	-	13	13	13.00	39	33.33	-	-	-	2	0
Z de Bruyn	2004-2004	1	2	-	25	19	12.50	65	38.46	-	-	-	3	0
K Rabada	2016-2024	6	9	1	100	29	12.50	200	50.00	-	-	1	17	1
CR Matthews	1992-1995	2	3	-	37	17	12.33	123	30.08	-	-	-	2	0
TW Routledge	1896-1896	1	2	-	24	22	12.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
AJ Hall	2004-2004	1	2	-	23	17	11.50	61	37.70	-	-	-	3	0
A Nortje	2020-2020	1	2	-	23	18	11.50	155	14.83	-	-	-	3	0
HD Bromfield	1962-1965	2	3	1	22	21	11.00	-	-	-	-	1	0+	0
TL Tsolekile	2004-2004	1	2	-	22	22	11.00	93	23.65	-	-	1	1	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh Under-19s vs Zimbabwe Under-19s at Harare, Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in Zimbabwe 9th Match, Aug 8, 2025 [Youth ODI # 1578]

South Africa Under-19s vs Bangladesh Under-19s at Harare, Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in Zimbabwe 8th Match, Aug 6, 2025 [Youth ODI # 1577]

South Africa Under-19s vs Zimbabwe Under-19s at Harare, Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in Zimbabwe 7th Match, Aug 4, 2025 [Youth ODI # 1576]