Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records in SL: Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
M Amarnath (IND)	1985-1985	1	2	1	146	116*	146.00	-	0.00	1	-	-	-	0
KC Wessels (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	-	141	141	141.00	188	75.00	1	-	-	21	0
L Klusener (SA)	2000-2000	1	2	1	122	118*	122.00	236	51.69	1	-	-	13	2
SC Ganguly (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	1	116	98*	116.00	170	68.23	-	1	-	17	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1994-2006	3	2	1	115	100*	115.00	163	70.55	1	-	-	14	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2006	2	2	1	108	73*	108.00	155	69.67	-	1	-	19	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	-	98	98	98.00	238	41.17	-	1	-	14	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1986-1986	1	1	-	81	81	81.00	239	33.89	-	1	-	9	0
DR Martyn (AUS)	2004-2004	1	2	-	162	161	81.00	355	45.63	1	-	-	21	1
IR Bell (ENG)	2007-2007	1	2	-	157	83	78.50	334	47.00	-	2	-	18	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1994-1994	1	1	-	74	74	74.00	98	75.51	-	1	-	11	1
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2004-2004	1	2	-	144	144	72.00	187	77.00	1	-	1	19	3
GS Chappell (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	-	66	66	66.00	103	64.07	-	1	-	7	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1985-1985	1	2	1	64	49	64.00	-	0.00	-	-	-	-	0
GJ Batty (ENG)	2003-2003	1	2	1	63	38	63.00	233	27.03	-	-	-	8	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1984-1984	1	2	-	122	62	61.00	225	54.22	-	2	-	11	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1984-1984	1	2	1	61	31*	61.00	43	141.86	-	-	-	11	0
C White (ENG)	2001-2001	1	2	1	60	39	60.00	187	32.08	-	-	-	8	0
BC Lara (WI)	2001-2001	1	2	-	119	74	59.50	264	45.07	-	1	-	12	2
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2007	12	22	3	1126	222*	59.26	1897	59.35	3	3	-	158	0
MH Richardson (NZ)	2003-2003	1	2	-	110	55	55.00	286	38.46	-	2	-	15	1
Basit Ali (PAK)	1994-1994	1	1	-	53	53	53.00	83	63.85	-	1	-	4	1
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2000	1	2	-	103	87	51.50	250	41.20	-	1	-	8	1
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2001-2003	2	4	-	203	59	50.75	541	37.52	-	2	-	22	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	2001-2001	1	2	1	50	33*	50.00	167	29.94	-	-	-	5	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2003-2007	2	4	-	199	105	49.75	543	36.64	1	1	-	25	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1998-2005	12	21	3	850	223	47.22	1829	46.47	3	1	3	102	2
Shahriar Nafees (BAN)	2007-2007	1	2	-	93	64	46.50	192	48.43	-	1	-	13	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2004	2	4	-	184	96	46.00	338	54.43	-	2	-	18	3
R Dravid (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	-	90	75	45.00	142	63.38	-	1	-	15	0
TCB Fernando (SL)	2002-2002	1	1	-	45	45	45.00	143	31.46	-	-	-	6	0
JDP Oram (NZ)	2003-2003	1	2	-	90	74	45.00	227	39.64	-	1	-	17	0
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2001	1	1	-	44	44	44.00	32	137.50	-	-	-	9	0
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2006-2006	1	2	-	88	65	44.00	167	52.69	-	1	-	15	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1985-1985	1	2	-	87	81	43.50	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1985-1985	1	2	-	87	47	43.50	-	0.00	-	-	-	-	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1993-2004	9	13	2	474	93	43.09	1082	43.80	-	3	-	59	1
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2007	14	25	1	957	165	39.87	1690	56.62	3	4	-	120	6
S Ramesh (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	-	78	47	39.00	200	39.00	-	-	-	9	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1986-1994	2	2	-	76	54	38.00	29+	75.86	-	1	-	4+	0
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2003	2	4	-	151	109	37.75	380	39.73	1	-	-	17	3
TM Dilshan (SL)	2001-2007	6	11	1	377	100	37.70	555	67.92	1	1	2	56	1
MV Boucher (SA)	2000-2000	1	2	-	75	60	37.50	130	57.69	-	1	-	10	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1998-2007	14	25	-	908	188	36.32	1495	60.73	3	3	3	117	7
GJ Rennie (ZIM)	1998-2002	2	4	-	145	68	36.25	434	33.41	-	2	1	14	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1985-1985	1	2	-	72	62	36.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	0
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	1998-1998	1	2	-	72	70	36.00	154	46.75	-	1	-	4	0
M Kaif (IND)	2001-2001	1	2	1	36	19*	36.00	87	41.37	-	-	-	4	0
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2007	3	2	-	71	51	35.50	148	47.97	-	1	-	11	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1983-2000	10	17	2	521	90	34.73	662+	65.25	-	4	2	66+	6
N Deonarine (WI)	2005-2005	1	2	-	69	40	34.50	139	49.64	-	-	-	10	1
LRD Mendis (SL)	1983-1986	4	8	-	272	124	34.00	126+	67.46	1	2	1	13+	2
AMJG Amerasinghe (SL)	1984-1984	1	2	1	34	34	34.00	44	77.27	-	-	-	5	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1993	2	2	-	68	43	34.00	0+	0.00	-	-	-	0+	0
RS Kalpage (SL)	1994-1994	1	2	-	68	62	34.00	89	76.40	-	1	-	10	2
PA Strang (ZIM)	1998-1998	1	2	-	68	35	34.00	173	39.30	-	-	-	8	0
TL Best (WI)	2005-2005	1	2	1	34	26*	34.00	50	68.00	-	-	-	6	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	1998-2002	2	4	-	135	72	33.75	326	41.41	-	1	-	14	0
MG Vandort (SL)	2007-2007	2	3	-	100	49	33.33	235	42.55	-	-	-	11	0
RR Sarwan (WI)	2001-2001	1	2	-	65	48	32.50	161	40.37	-	-	-	6	0
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2007	1	2	-	63	63	31.50	153	41.17	-	1	1	8	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1994-2000	2	1	-	31	31	31.00	67	46.26	-	-	-	2	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2006	2	2	1	31	17	31.00	65	47.69	-	-	-	4	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	2001-2001	1	2	-	61	54	30.50	196	31.12	-	1	-	9	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	2004-2004	1	2	-	59	54	29.50	108	54.62	-	1	-	8	1
TJ Friend (ZIM)	2002-2002	1	2	1	29	29*	29.00	91	31.86	-	-	1	4	0
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2006-2006	1	2	-	57	33	28.50	79	72.15	-	-	-	9	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2003-2007	2	4	-	113	45	28.25	300	37.66	-	-	-	9	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1984-1984	1	2	-	56	29	28.00	78	71.79	-	-	-	6	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1984-1984	1	2	1	28	25	28.00	54	51.85	-	-	-	3	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1984-1984	1	2	-	56	30	28.00	164	34.14	-	-	-	7	0
SS Dighe (IND)	2001-2001	1	1	-	28	28	28.00	79	35.44	-	-	-	5	0
RL Dias (SL)	1983-1986	3	6	-	165	106	27.50	41+	34.14	1	-	-	2+	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2003-2003	1	2	-	55	55	27.50	78	70.51	-	1	1	10	0
VB John (SL)	1984-1984	1	2	1	27	27*	27.00	51	52.94	-	-	1	2	1
MN Samuels (WI)	2001-2001	1	2	-	54	54	27.00	127	42.51	-	1	1	8	0
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2006	5	9	2	181	65	25.85	443	40.85	-	1	1	23	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1985-2001	8	14	3	284	78	25.81	413+	55.93	-	2	1	34+	2
RP Arnold (SL)	1999-2002	7	11	-	283	71	25.72	669	42.30	-	2	-	38	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1984-1984	1	2	-	49	45	24.50	159	30.81	-	-	-	2	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2007-2007	1	2	-	49	31	24.50	90	54.44	-	-	-	10	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1994-2007	14	22	4	427	72*	23.72	826	51.69	-	2	3	58	2
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1998-1998	1	2	-	47	40	23.50	174	27.01	-	-	-	5	0
A Flower (ZIM)	1998-2002	2	4	-	94	67	23.50	334	28.14	-	1	-	3	0
HMCM Bandara (SL)	2006-2006	1	2	-	47	43	23.50	74	63.51	-	-	-	6	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	2000-2000	1	2	-	45	33	22.50	88	51.13	-	-	-	2	1
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2007-2007	1	2	-	45	26	22.50	99	45.45	-	-	-	5	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2001	1	2	-	44	44	22.00	75	58.66	-	-	1	6	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2003	2	4	-	86	36	21.50	162	53.08	-	-	-	12	0
RG Hart (NZ)	2003-2003	1	2	-	43	31	21.50	181	23.75	-	-	-	6	0
LPC Silva (SL)	2007-2007	2	3	-	64	37	21.33	89	71.91	-	-	-	10	0
RS Bopara (ENG)	2007-2007	1	2	-	42	34	21.00	64	65.62	-	-	-	7	0
TR Gripper (ZIM)	2002-2002	1	2	-	41	21	20.50	78	52.56	-	-	-	6	0
D Ramdin (WI)	2005-2005	1	2	-	41	28	20.50	92	44.56	-	-	-	7	0
PB Dassanayake (SL)	1994-1994	1	2	1	20	19*	20.00	35	57.14	-	-	-	3	0
Waqar Younis (PAK)	1994-2000	2	1	-	20	20	20.00	26	76.92	-	-	-	2	1
AR Whittall (ZIM)	1998-1998	1	2	1	20	14	20.00	64	31.25	-	-	-	0	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1999-2004	2	3	-	60	41	20.00	171	35.08	-	-	-	7	0
PR Adams (SA)	2000-2000	1	2	1	20	14*	20.00	86	23.25	-	-	-	2	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1985-1985	1	1	-	19	19	19.00	-	0.00	-	-	-	-	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v England at Kandy, 1st Test, Dec 1-5, 2007 [Test # 1851]

Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Kandy, 3rd Test, Jul 11-14, 2007 [Test # 1839]

Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Kandy, 2nd Test, Apr 3-5, 2006 [Test # 1796]