Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for Australia vs Sri Lanka in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
KR Patterson (AUS)	2019-2019	2	2	1	144	114*	144.00	274	52.55	1	0	0	17	1
KC Wessels (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	0	141	141	141.00	188	75.00	1	0	0	21	0
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2007-2013	8	13	4	994	142	110.44	1674	59.37	5	2	0	95	12
PA Jaques (AUS)	2007-2007	2	3	0	318	150	106.00	535	59.43	2	1	0	38	0
GN Yallop (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	0	98	98	98.00	238	41.17	0	1	0	14	0
AT Carey (AUS)	2022-2025	4	5	2	291	156	97.00	393	74.04	1	0	0	26	2
SR Waugh (AUS)	1988-1999	8	11	3	701	170	87.62	1351	51.88	3	3	0	61	0
SE Marsh (AUS)	2011-2016	3	5	0	393	141	78.60	925	42.48	2	1	0	46	0
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2007-2013	8	12	2	746	145*	74.60	1224	60.94	3	5	0	81	7
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1995-1996	2	3	2	74	56	74.00	152	48.68	0	1	0	9	0
SPD Smith (AUS)	2016-2025	7	11	1	670	145*	67.00	1270	52.75	4	1	1	57	4
GS Chappell (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	0	66	66	66.00	103	64.07	0	1	0	7	0
MS Wade (AUS)	2012-2013	3	5	2	191	102*	63.66	331	57.70	1	1	0	16	0
S Ranatunga (SL)	1996-1996	1	2	0	125	65	62.50	345	36.23	0	2	0	9	0
MJ Slater (AUS)	1995-1999	6	9	1	491	219	61.37	930	52.79	1	3	2	40	7
DM Jones (AUS)	1988-1992	6	11	2	537	118*	59.66	959	55.99	3	2	0	48	2
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2004-2004	5	10	0	554	153	55.40	904	61.28	2	4	0	67	4
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1992-1992	3	6	0	329	96	54.83	710	46.33	0	5	0	27	1
AR Border (AUS)	1983-1992	7	11	1	543	106	54.30	1031	52.66	1	4	0	49	1
DR Martyn (AUS)	2004-2004	5	10	0	536	161	53.60	1036	51.73	2	2	0	63	2
TM Head (AUS)	2019-2025	6	9	1	425	161	53.12	627	67.78	1	3	0	56	2
GR Marsh (AUS)	1988-1988	1	1	0	53	53	53.00	116	45.68	0	1	0	5	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	2004-2007	7	13	0	664	132	51.07	1051	63.17	3	1	0	71	6
JP Inglis (AUS)	2025-2025	2	2	0	102	102	51.00	96	106.25	1	0	1	10	1
UT Khawaja (AUS)	2011-2025	10	17	4	659	232	50.69	1162	56.71	2	1	2	61	3
S Wettimuny (SL)	1983-1983	1	2	0	96	96	48.00	148	64.86	0	1	1	13	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1988-1999	12	19	2	803	167	47.23	1712	46.90	1	6	0	100	7
RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-2011	14	23	2	975	105*	46.42	1830	53.27	1	7	0	100	7
LD Chandimal (SL)	2013-2025	10	19	2	768	206*	45.17	1586	48.42	2	3	2	80	7
TD Paine (AUS)	2019-2019	2	2	1	45	45*	45.00	115	39.13	0	0	1	3	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2004-2012	11	21	1	878	192	43.90	1809	48.53	1	7	1	110	2
MA Taylor (AUS)	1989-1996	8	15	1	611	164	43.64	1329	45.97	2	1	0	61	3
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2011-2013	6	10	0	435	126	43.50	845	51.47	1	2	1	48	3
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2004-2007	7	11	2	383	144	42.55	525	72.95	1	2	4	40	10
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1989-1996	8	14	2	510	143	42.50	1339	38.08	2	0	2	52	1
A Ranatunga (SL)	1983-1999	12	19	3	673	127	42.06	1349	49.88	1	3	1	74	7
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1988-1989	3	5	0	202	75	40.40	416	48.55	0	2	0	31	0
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2025	9	17	1	645	176	40.31	1033	62.43	1	4	0	70	9
LRD Mendis (SL)	1983-1983	1	2	0	80	74	40.00	113	70.79	0	1	0	12	0
A Symonds (AUS)	2004-2007	4	6	2	156	53*	39.00	251	62.15	0	2	1	17	1
AD Mathews (SL)	2011-2025	13	23	2	817	105*	38.90	1682	48.57	1	6	0	85	7
GC Dyer (AUS)	1988-1988	1	1	0	38	38	38.00	84	45.23	0	0	0	3	0
GS Blewett (AUS)	1999-1999	3	4	0	146	70	36.50	481	30.35	0	2	1	17	0
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2019-2025	6	9	1	290	104	36.25	513	56.53	1	1	0	28	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1989-2004	8	15	1	505	119	36.07	1280	39.45	1	3	1	49	0
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2004	8	14	0	502	166	35.85	1075	46.69	2	0	0	55	2
DA Warner (AUS)	2012-2022	8	15	1	499	85	35.64	608	82.07	0	5	2	61	5
HDRL Thirimanne (SL)	2011-2019	4	8	1	245	91	35.00	574	42.68	0	1	0	26	1
C Green (AUS)	2022-2022	2	3	0	104	77	34.66	155	67.09	0	1	0	8	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1988-1995	8	14	0	483	85	34.50	1128	42.81	0	4	0	49	1
IA Healy (AUS)	1989-1999	11	16	3	445	71	34.23	942	47.23	0	3	1	38	0
JA Burns (AUS)	2016-2019	4	7	0	238	180	34.00	389	61.18	1	0	1	33	1
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2013	16	29	0	969	105	33.41	2208	43.88	2	5	2	127	3
DC Boon (AUS)	1988-1996	9	15	0	493	110	32.86	1229	40.11	1	2	3	52	0
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2025	8	16	1	484	129	32.26	877	55.18	1	1	1	65	1
MS Atapattu (SL)	1992-2007	11	21	1	625	133	31.25	1510	41.39	2	2	2	79	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2007	13	24	2	686	131	31.18	1044	65.70	2	2	2	89	7
TM Dilshan (SL)	2004-2013	11	21	1	618	147	30.90	1146	53.92	2	1	3	86	1
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1992-2004	9	14	1	397	132*	30.53	556	71.40	1	2	1	62	1
N Dickwella (SL)	2019-2022	4	7	0	206	64	29.42	260	79.23	0	2	0	21	1
D Ranatunga (SL)	1989-1989	2	3	0	87	45	29.00	250	34.80	0	0	0	4	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1988-1989	3	5	1	113	30	28.25	151	74.83	0	0	0	13	1
UC Hathurusingha (SL)	1992-1996	6	11	0	301	67	27.36	757	39.76	0	1	0	30	0
EJM Cowan (AUS)	2012-2013	3	5	0	136	56	27.20	333	40.84	0	1	0	16	0
MR Marsh (AUS)	2016-2016	3	6	0	163	53	27.16	277	58.84	0	1	0	20	3
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2022-2025	3	5	0	135	61	27.00	257	52.52	0	1	0	15	2
BJ Webster (AUS)	2025-2025	2	2	0	54	31	27.00	112	48.21	0	0	0	4	0
NT Paranavitana (SL)	2011-2011	3	6	1	132	55	26.40	378	34.92	0	1	2	14	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2011-2012	5	8	0	205	83	25.62	404	50.74	0	1	1	27	1
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2016-2019	4	8	1	177	49	25.28	255	69.41	0	0	1	22	1
SCG MacGill (AUS)	2004-2007	4	3	2	25	17*	25.00	29	86.20	0	0	1	6	0
MG Vandort (SL)	2007-2007	2	4	0	100	82	25.00	236	42.37	0	1	1	11	0
EAR de Silva (SL)	1989-1989	2	3	0	74	50	24.66	321	23.05	0	1	0	4	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1992-1999	9	14	0	345	111	24.64	698	49.42	1	3	5	24	1
DW Fleming (AUS)	1999-1999	2	2	0	48	32	24.00	99	48.48	0	0	0	5	0
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2004-2013	10	20	1	446	70	23.47	1224	36.43	0	2	3	47	0
MG Johnson (AUS)	2007-2013	7	8	2	140	92*	23.33	283	49.46	0	1	1	12	0
MS Harris (AUS)	2019-2019	2	3	0	69	44	23.00	119	57.98	0	0	0	9	0
JK Silva (SL)	2016-2016	3	6	0	133	115	22.16	363	36.63	1	0	1	11	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1989-1989	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	25	88.00	0	0	0	3	0
TM Moody (AUS)	1989-1992	5	10	0	218	106	21.80	540	40.37	1	1	1	21	0
LPC Silva (SL)	2007-2007	2	4	0	87	43	21.75	134	64.92	0	0	1	11	0
MRJ Veletta (AUS)	1988-1988	1	1	0	21	21	21.00	57	36.84	0	0	0	3	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1995-2007	12	20	6	294	68*	21.00	555	52.97	0	1	2	43	2
SM Katich (AUS)	2004-2004	3	6	0	126	86	21.00	376	33.51	0	1	0	11	1
UDU Chandana (SL)	1999-2004	4	7	0	146	43	20.85	320	45.62	0	0	0	17	2
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2012-2025	12	23	0	469	86	20.39	963	48.70	0	3	3	51	1
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1988-1996	7	6	1	100	40	20.00	149	67.11	0	0	0	10	1
AC Voges (AUS)	2016-2016	3	6	0	118	47	19.66	325	36.30	0	0	0	10	0
PL Taylor (AUS)	1988-1988	1	1	0	18	18	18.00	38	47.36	0	0	0	2	0
MAR Samarasekera (SL)	1989-1989	1	1	0	18	18	18.00	33	54.54	0	0	0	3	0
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2011-2011	3	5	0	90	35	18.00	175	51.42	0	0	1	13	1
N Pradeep (SL)	2013-2016	2	4	2	36	17*	18.00	60	60.00	0	0	1	7	0
JDF Vandersay (SL)	2022-2025	2	4	0	71	53	17.75	77	92.20	0	1	0	10	2
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2007-2012	7	12	0	209	47	17.41	400	52.25	0	0	4	25	3
RP Arnold (SL)	1999-2004	4	5	0	86	50	17.20	223	38.56	0	1	1	9	0
RJ Harris (AUS)	2011-2011	2	3	1	33	23	16.50	62	53.22	0	0	0	5	0
PADLR Sandakan (SL)	2016-2016	3	5	3	33	19*	16.50	37	89.18	0	0	0	7	0
PM Siddle (AUS)	2011-2013	4	5	0	81	38	16.20	132	61.36	0	0	1	9	0
KMDN Kulasekara (SL)	2012-2012	1	2	0	32	23	16.00	75	42.66	0	0	0	2	2

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]