Batting Highest Career Batting Average - South Africa

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

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
BL Irvine	1970-1970	1	2	-	152	79	76.00	212	71.69	-	2	-	14	3
DT Lindsay	1964-1970	4	7	1	402	182	67.00	335+	76.71	2	1	1	49	9
PL Symcox	1998-1998	2	2	-	133	108	66.50	214	62.14	1	-	-	19	0
DJ Cullinan	1994-2000	9	15	3	649	122*	54.08	1261	51.46	2	4	2	90	2
HM Amla	2006-2019	13	24	2	1144	176*	52.00	2423	47.21	3	7	1	152	1
KC Bland	1961-1966	5	9	2	350	144*	50.00	-	-	1	1	2	30+	5
BA Richards	1970-1970	1	2	-	100	65	50.00	169	59.17	-	1	-	15	1
DJ McGlew	1957-1962	4	7	-	348	120	49.71	-	-	2	1	-	10+	2
RG Pollock	1964-1970	5	9	1	392	90	49.00	266+	52.25	-	5	-	57+	3
HH Gibbs	1998-2007	8	14	1	635	161	48.84	1226	51.79	1	5	2	99	2
GC Smith	2002-2013	11	20	1	910	132	47.89	1380	65.94	2	7	1	138	1
EJ Barlow	1961-1970	7	12	-	566	110	47.16	522+	48.65	1	4	-	66+	3
PS de Villiers	1994-1995	3	5	3	93	66*	46.50	177	52.54	-	1	-	12	3
T Bavuma	2016-2023	8	14	3	510	172	46.36	875	58.28	1	2	2	66	1
D Elgar	2013-2023	10	18	3	694	127	46.26	1537	45.15	1	3	-	94	3
BM McMillan	1992-1997	6	12	1	504	113	45.81	1036	48.64	2	1	1	56	3
AK Markram	2018-2023	6	12	1	499	152	45.36	755	66.09	1	2	-	73	1
KD Petersen	2022-2022	1	2	-	90	62	45.00	162	55.55	-	1	-	13	0
KJ Funston	1957-1958	3	6	1	216	70	43.20	-	-	-	2	-	5+	1
T de Zorzi	2023-2023	1	2	-	86	85	43.00	164	52.43	-	1	-	11	0
AJ Pithey	1957-1965	3	6	-	253	95	42.16	-	-	-	2	-	26	0
HE van der Dussen	2020-2022	3	5	-	206	98	41.20	381	54.06	-	2	1	32	2
WJ Cronje	1992-1999	9	17	-	683	122	40.17	1465	46.62	1	2	-	89	2
WS Farrer	1962-1962	1	1	-	40	40	40.00	-	-	-	-	-	8	0
JH Kallis	1997-2013	18	31	2	1148	186	39.58	2501	45.90	2	6	2	151	8
JHB Waite	1956-1965	7	12	-	469	115	39.08	-	-	2	3	1	14+	0
PL van der Merwe	1965-1967	3	4	1	112	76	37.33	-	-	-	1	-	0+	0
AG Prince	2002-2011	8	14	2	447	97	37.25	975	45.84	-	3	-	56	0
MJ Procter	1967-1970	2	3	1	74	36*	37.00	87+	66.66	-	-	-	4+	2
AN Petersen	2013-2013	2	4	-	144	76	36.00	316	45.56	-	1	-	20	0
JP Duminy	2009-2017	4	6	-	215	155	35.83	389	55.26	1	-	-	26	0
TL Goddard	1956-1970	9	17	-	609	112	35.82	50+	16.00	1	4	1	46+	4
Q de Kock	2017-2021	6	10	-	357	129	35.70	506	70.55	1	1	1	48	2
AB de Villiers	2005-2018	13	24	2	775	104*	35.22	1398	55.43	3	4	1	90	4
F du Plessis	2013-2021	8	13	-	417	134	32.07	959	43.48	2	-	1	48	2
L Klusener	1997-2000	5	6	1	158	72	31.60	248	63.70	-	1	1	19	2
HR Lance	1962-1970	4	6	-	189	70	31.50	107+	35.51	-	1	-	16+	2
GB Lawrence	1961-1962	2	2	-	61	39	30.50	-	-	-	-	-	6+	0
JN Rhodes	1992-1999	8	15	-	456	91	30.40	968	47.10	-	4	1	48	1
M van Jaarsveld	2002-2003	2	3	-	91	73	30.33	145	62.75	-	1	-	15	0
G Kirsten	1994-2002	12	21	1	569	110	28.45	1322	43.04	1	3	-	85	0
MK Elgie	1961-1961	1	2	-	56	56	28.00	-	-	-	1	1	8	0
TB de Bruyn	2019-2019	1	2	-	56	49	28.00	99	56.56	-	-	-	10	0
WR Endean	1956-1958	4	8	-	223	77	27.87	-	-	-	2	-	2+	0
A Bacher	1966-1970	3	5	-	135	63	27.00	116+	38.79	-	1	-	4+	0
MV Boucher	1998-2011	15	23	2	565	95	26.90	1018	55.50	-	4	3	69	1
ND McKenzie	2000-2009	5	7	2	131	36	26.20	323	40.55	-	-	1	21	0
GC Viljoen	2016-2016	1	2	1	26	20*	26.00	31	83.87	-	-	-	4	0
DJ Richardson	1992-1997	7	14	1	326	93	25.07	603	54.06	-	3	3	45	1
RA McLean	1956-1964	7	13	-	319	93	24.53	-	-	-	3	4	37+	3
R Dumbrill	1966-1966	1	2	-	48	29	24.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
SM Pollock	1995-2006	13	21	3	426	79	23.66	726	58.67	-	1	2	51	3
WD Parnell	2010-2017	2	1	-	23	23	23.00	47	48.93	-	-	-	4	0
HH Dippenaar	2000-2006	5	9	-	206	100	22.88	430	47.90	1	-	2	39	0
PN Kirsten	1992-1994	2	4	-	91	53	22.75	258	35.27	-	1	1	12	0
HJ Keith	1956-1956	1	2	-	44	42	22.00	-	-	-	-	-	5	0
S O'Linn	1961-1961	1	2	1	22	17	22.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
GD Varnals	1964-1964	1	2	-	44	23	22.00	-	-	-	-	-	5	0
AM Bacher	1997-1998	3	6	1	109	46	21.80	208	52.40	-	-	-	20	0
RJ Peterson	2003-2013	2	3	1	43	25	21.50	58	74.13	-	-	1	4	0
KC Wessels	1992-1994	2	4	-	84	50	21.00	229	36.68	-	1	-	8	0
K Verreynne	2022-2022	1	1	-	21	21	21.00	72	29.16	-	-	-	2	0
M Jansen	2022-2022	1	1	-	21	21	21.00	34	61.76	-	-	-	3	0
Zubayr Hamza	2019-2019	1	2	-	41	41	20.50	70	58.57	-	-	1	5	1
PWA Mulder	2021-2023	2	3	-	61	42	20.33	118	51.69	-	-	-	10	0
N Boje	2000-2006	4	7	-	140	48	20.00	234	59.82	-	-	1	22	0
DW Steyn	2005-2019	10	16	9	139	41	19.85	286	48.60	-	-	-	11	7
D Pretorius	2020-2020	1	2	-	39	37	19.50	81	48.14	-	-	-	7	0
AC Hudson	1992-1998	7	13	-	252	60	19.38	625	40.32	-	2	2	31	1
CR Matthews	1992-1994	3	6	1	96	31*	19.20	247	38.86	-	-	-	13	1
VD Philander	2011-2020	8	14	2	227	59	18.91	428	53.03	-	1	2	27	2
PJ Malan	2020-2020	1	2	-	37	22	18.50	114	32.45	-	-	-	4	0
AJ Hall	2002-2006	2	2	-	36	31	18.00	56	64.28	-	-	-	5	0
DJ Vilas	2016-2016	1	2	-	34	26	17.00	51	66.66	-	-	-	6	0
PM Pollock	1961-1970	6	9	3	101	37	16.83	16+	6.25	-	-	1	1+	0
SJ Cook	1992-1992	1	2	-	33	31	16.50	126	26.19	-	-	-	2	0
JA Rudolph	2003-2011	4	8	-	131	44	16.37	282	46.45	-	-	1	17	0
S van Zyl	2016-2016	1	2	-	32	21	16.00	85	37.64	-	-	-	5	0
RD Rickelton	2023-2023	1	2	-	32	22	16.00	78	41.02	-	-	-	4	0
KA Maharaj	2018-2023	4	5	-	79	45	15.80	119	66.38	-	-	-	8	2
H Klaasen	2023-2023	1	2	-	31	17	15.50	83	37.34	-	-	-	3	0
MW Pringle	1992-1995	2	3	2	15	10*	15.00	34	44.11	-	-	-	2	0
CB van Ryneveld	1956-1958	3	6	1	74	36	14.80	-	-	-	-	1	5	0
CH Morris	2016-2016	1	2	-	29	28	14.50	66	43.93	-	-	-	4	0
HJ Tayfield	1956-1958	4	8	1	96	27	13.71	-	-	-	-	1	5+	1
PS Heine	1956-1962	5	9	2	96	31	13.71	-	-	-	-	1	6+	3
K Rabada	2016-2023	7	11	2	113	30	12.55	271	41.69	-	-	4	14	3
AA Donald	1992-2002	10	16	8	95	21	11.87	270	35.18	-	-	4	10	0
CGD Burger	1958-1958	1	2	-	22	21	11.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
KA Walter	1961-1961	1	1	-	10	10	10.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
SC Cook	2017-2017	1	1	-	10	10	10.00	41	24.39	-	-	-	0	0
SR Harmer	2023-2023	1	2	-	20	19	10.00	64	31.25	-	-	-	2	0
G Coetzee	2023-2023	1	2	1	10	9*	10.00	23	43.47	-	-	-	0	0
M Ntini	2000-2009	10	14	5	89	26	9.88	147	60.54	-	-	3	14	1
A Nel	2002-2007	5	8	1	67	21	9.57	118	56.77	-	-	3	10	1
AI Taylor	1956-1956	1	2	-	18	12	9.00	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
PJR Steyn	1995-1995	1	2	-	18	17	9.00	61	29.50	-	-	-	2	0
BE Hendricks	2020-2020	1	2	1	9	5*	9.00	18	50.00	-	-	-	1	0
JC Watkins	1956-1956	1	2	-	17	9	8.50	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
RP Snell	1994-1994	1	2	-	17	16	8.50	39	43.58	-	-	-	3	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Bangladesh Under-19s vs South Africa Under-19s at Harare, Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in Zimbabwe 5th Match, Jul 31, 2025 [Youth ODI # 1574]

South Africa Under-19s vs Zimbabwe Under-19s at Harare, Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in Zimbabwe 4th Match, Jul 29, 2025 [Youth ODI # 1573]

Bangladesh Under-19s vs Zimbabwe Under-19s at Harare, Tri-Nation Under-19s Tournament in Zimbabwe 3rd Match, Jul 28, 2025 [Youth ODI # 1572]