Batting Highest Career Batting Average - vs South Africa

Highest averages in Tests at SA: The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg - vs South Africa

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GS Blewett (AUS)	1997-1997	1	1	-	214	214	214.00	421	50.83	1	-	-	33	0
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2011	2	4	3	175	96*	175.00	239	73.22	-	1	-	22	5
KD Mackay (AUS)	1957-1958	2	3	2	151	83*	151.00	-	-	-	2	-	-	1
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1998	1	1	-	136	136	136.00	215	63.25	1	-	-	16	2
R Benaud (AUS)	1957-1958	2	2	-	222	122	111.00	-	-	2	-	-	20+	1
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2002-2006	2	3	1	216	204*	108.00	238	90.75	1	-	1	22	8
JR Reid (NZ)	1961-1962	2	4	1	316	142	105.33	-	-	1	2	-	48	3
JO Holder (WI)	2023-2023	1	2	1	100	81*	100.00	136	73.52	-	1	-	12	4
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1964-1965	2	3	1	196	122*	98.00	-	-	1	1	-	28	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2005-2005	1	2	-	196	180	98.00	295	66.44	1	-	-	27	4
B Lee (AUS)	2002-2006	2	3	2	92	64	92.00	121	76.03	-	1	-	11	2
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	1	1	-	85	85	85.00	113	75.22	-	1	-	13	1
DR Martyn (AUS)	2002-2006	2	3	-	255	133	85.00	438	58.21	2	-	-	32	1
RW Barber (ENG)	1964-1965	2	2	-	158	97	79.00	111+	87.38	-	2	-	15	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	3	4	1	237	160	79.00	547	43.32	1	-	1	33	0
V Kohli (IND)	2013-2018	2	4	-	310	119	77.50	559	55.45	1	2	-	42	0
JE Root (ENG)	2016-2020	2	4	1	231	110	77.00	356	64.88	1	2	-	28	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1964-1965	2	3	-	225	121	75.00	-	-	1	1	-	29	2
ER Dexter (ENG)	1964-1965	2	3	-	210	172	70.00	-	-	1	-	1	32	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1997-2006	2	4	1	209	73	69.66	370	56.48	-	3	-	32	3
R Dravid (IND)	1997-2006	2	4	-	262	148	65.50	600	43.66	1	1	-	37	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1995-1999	2	4	1	194	185*	64.66	509	38.11	1	-	2	31	0
MJ North (AUS)	2009-2009	1	2	-	122	117	61.00	240	50.83	1	-	-	13	0
GH Vihari (IND)	2022-2022	1	2	1	60	40*	60.00	137	43.79	-	-	-	9	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2010-2010	1	2	-	118	71	59.00	149	79.19	-	1	-	17	3
MP Vaughan (ENG)	1999-2005	2	4	1	174	82*	58.00	392	44.38	-	2	-	24	1
SA Thomson (NZ)	1994-1994	1	2	-	113	84	56.50	281	40.21	-	1	-	19	0
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2003	2	4	-	225	202	56.25	326	69.01	1	-	-	35	2
JW Burke (AUS)	1957-1958	2	4	2	107	81	53.50	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
MA Wood (ENG)	2020-2020	1	2	1	53	35*	53.00	51	103.92	-	-	-	5	3
Shadab Khan (PAK)	2019-2019	1	2	1	52	47*	52.00	81	64.19	-	-	-	8	0
RWT Key (ENG)	2005-2005	1	2	-	102	83	51.00	191	53.40	-	1	-	15	1
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2006	2	3	1	101	73	50.50	225	44.88	-	1	-	17	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1994-1994	1	2	-	100	83	50.00	212	47.16	-	1	-	11	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1995-1995	1	2	-	100	99	50.00	157	63.69	-	1	-	16	0
RA Smith (ENG)	1995-1995	1	2	-	96	52	48.00	220	43.63	-	1	-	16	1
CA Pujara (IND)	2013-2022	3	6	-	285	153	47.50	676	42.15	1	2	-	41	0
MH Richardson (NZ)	2000-2000	1	1	-	46	46	46.00	119	38.65	-	-	-	6	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1998-2003	2	4	-	183	74	45.75	436	41.97	-	2	-	26	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2016-2016	1	1	-	45	45	45.00	84	53.57	-	-	-	5	0
Z Crawley (ENG)	2020-2020	1	2	-	90	66	45.00	172	52.32	-	1	-	13	0
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1957	2	4	-	177	117	44.25	-	-	1	-	-	13	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1998-1998	1	1	-	44	44	44.00	44	100.00	-	-	-	8	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2011-2011	1	2	-	88	88	44.00	142	61.97	-	1	1	14	2
DP Sibley (ENG)	2020-2020	1	2	-	88	44	44.00	200	44.00	-	-	-	14	0
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2011	2	4	-	174	88	43.50	246	70.73	-	2	1	27	1
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	2	2	-	86	62	43.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2009-2011	2	4	-	171	63	42.75	288	59.37	-	2	-	20	2
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1965	2	3	1	85	76*	42.50	-	-	-	1	-	14	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1957-1958	2	4	1	127	75	42.33	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
RB Simpson (AUS)	1957-1967	4	7	1	254	65	42.33	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1995-1999	2	4	-	169	86	42.25	329	51.36	-	1	1	25	1
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2005-2010	2	4	-	169	147	42.25	300	56.33	1	-	2	26	1
PK Amre (IND)	1992-1992	1	2	1	42	35*	42.00	160	26.25	-	-	-	4	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1994-1994	1	2	-	83	83	41.50	214	38.78	-	1	1	10	0
RC Russell (ENG)	1995-1995	1	2	1	41	29*	41.00	258	15.89	-	-	-	4	0
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1970	1	2	-	79	64	39.50	166	47.59	-	1	-	7	0
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1992-1992	1	2	1	39	32*	39.00	144	27.08	-	-	-	3	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1998-1998	1	2	-	78	44	39.00	194	40.20	-	-	-	8	1
Imam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2019-2019	1	2	-	78	43	39.00	170	45.88	-	-	-	8	0
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2017-2021	2	4	-	155	103	38.75	242	64.04	1	1	1	24	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	2002-2002	1	2	-	77	43	38.50	209	36.84	-	-	-	13	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2006-2007	2	4	1	115	60	38.33	163	70.55	-	1	-	13	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1995-1998	2	3	-	114	95	38.00	212	53.77	-	1	1	20	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2013-2013	1	2	-	76	64	38.00	212	35.84	-	1	-	14	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2002-2011	4	7	-	263	83	37.57	434	60.59	-	2	1	33	3
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2011	3	6	-	225	89	37.50	476	47.26	-	2	1	31	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	3	4	-	149	53	37.25	244	61.06	-	1	-	20	1
GT Dowling (NZ)	1961-1962	2	4	-	146	74	36.50	-	-	-	2	1	-	0
DJ Insole (ENG)	1956-1957	2	4	-	145	68	36.25	-	-	-	1	-	12	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2006	3	6	-	214	111	35.66	452	47.34	1	-	-	38	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1997-1997	1	2	-	71	50	35.50	193	36.78	-	1	-	9	0
D Ganga (WI)	2003-2003	1	2	-	70	60	35.00	224	31.25	-	1	-	11	0
Babar Azam (PAK)	2019-2019	1	2	-	70	49	35.00	84	83.33	-	-	-	15	0
TD Paine (AUS)	2018-2018	1	2	-	69	62	34.50	124	55.64	-	1	-	7	2
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2011-2018	2	4	-	137	65	34.25	263	52.09	-	2	-	19	1
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1994-1994	1	2	-	68	68	34.00	127	53.54	-	1	1	11	2
MJ Slater (AUS)	1994-1994	1	2	-	67	41	33.50	128	52.34	-	-	-	9	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2020-2020	1	2	-	67	56	33.50	91	73.62	-	1	-	10	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1994-1994	1	2	1	33	26*	33.00	75	44.00	-	-	-	3	0
D Gough (ENG)	1995-1999	2	3	2	33	16*	33.00	83	39.75	-	-	-	4	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1956-1957	2	4	-	128	59	32.00	-	-	-	2	-	8	1
B Kumar (IND)	2018-2018	1	2	-	63	33	31.50	125	50.40	-	-	-	6	0
IR Redpath (AUS)	1966-1970	3	6	-	188	66	31.33	219+	30.13	-	1	1	11+	0
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1966-1966	1	2	1	31	18*	31.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2007	4	7	-	217	48	31.00	375	57.86	-	-	-	35	1
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2006	4	6	-	185	122	30.83	373	49.59	1	-	1	24	2
Asad Shafiq (PAK)	2013-2019	2	4	-	122	65	30.50	247	49.39	-	2	1	20	0
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2021-2021	1	2	-	61	60	30.50	74	82.43	-	1	-	11	0
NI Thomson (ENG)	1964-1965	2	2	1	30	27*	30.00	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
J Da Silva (WI)	2023-2023	1	2	-	60	34	30.00	115	52.17	-	-	-	9	1
AM Rahane (IND)	2013-2022	3	6	-	177	58	29.50	338	52.36	-	1	1	25	1
BA Stokes (ENG)	2016-2020	2	3	-	88	58	29.33	88	100.00	-	1	-	15	1
A Jadeja (IND)	1992-1992	1	2	-	57	43	28.50	170	33.52	-	-	-	5	0
V Rathour (IND)	1997-1997	1	2	-	57	44	28.50	180	31.66	-	-	-	6	0
AF Giles (ENG)	2005-2005	1	2	-	57	31	28.50	78	73.07	-	-	-	8	1
TR Veivers (AUS)	1966-1967	2	4	-	113	55	28.25	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
JL Langer (AUS)	2002-2006	2	2	1	28	28	28.00	32	87.50	-	-	-	6	0
WM Lawry (AUS)	1966-1970	3	6	-	162	98	27.00	45+	40.00	-	1	-	1+	1
R Ashwin (IND)	2013-2022	2	4	1	80	46	26.66	89	89.88	-	-	-	10	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Colombo Cricket Club vs Police Sports Club at Colombo (CCC), Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament Final, Jul 30, 2025 [List A]

First Class Counties XI vs Pakistan Shaheens at Hove, Pakistan Shaheens in England 3rd Match, Jul 27, 2025 [List A]

Colombo Cricket Club vs Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club at Colombo (CCC), Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament 2nd Semi-Final, Jul 27, 2025 [List A]