Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for England vs South Africa in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
H Wood (ENG)	1889-1892	3	3	1	196	134*	98.00	89+	66.29	1	1	0	11+	0
R Abel (ENG)	1889-1889	2	3	1	189	120	94.50	241+	49.79	1	0	0	18	0
E Paynter (ENG)	1938-1939	5	8	0	653	243	81.62	-	-	3	2	0	50+	1
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1938-1947	9	12	1	792	219	72.00	0+	0.00	3	2	1	59+	4
SC Cook (SA)	2016-2016	1	2	0	140	115	70.00	287	48.78	1	0	0	18	0
BH Valentine (ENG)	1938-1939	5	6	2	275	112	68.75	0+	0.00	1	1	0	23+	1
L Klusener (SA)	1998-2000	8	9	2	478	174	68.28	639	74.80	1	3	0	70	3
R Howorth (ENG)	1947-1947	1	2	1	68	45*	68.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2020-2022	6	10	3	445	135*	63.57	700	63.57	1	4	0	58	1
AJL Hill (ENG)	1896-1896	3	4	0	251	124	62.75	-	-	1	1	0	-	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	24	42	7	2188	181	62.51	-	-	6	14	1	52+	4
CAG Russell (ENG)	1923-1923	4	7	0	436	140	62.28	-	-	2	1	0	-	0
RH Spooner (ENG)	1912-1912	3	4	0	248	119	62.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	1
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1965	8	16	2	858	144*	61.28	-	-	2	5	0	76+	13
AN Petersen (SA)	2012-2012	3	5	1	244	182	61.00	521	46.83	1	0	1	33	0
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1910-1929	18	29	3	1562	211	60.07	-	-	2	12	1	15+	4
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1924-1928	6	10	1	535	122	59.44	-	-	2	3	1	-	0
PA Gibb (ENG)	1938-1939	5	8	0	473	120	59.12	-	-	2	2	0	2+	0
R Kilner (ENG)	1924-1924	2	1	0	59	59	59.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
G Pullar (ENG)	1960-1960	3	6	1	293	175	58.60	-	-	1	1	0	24+	1
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2008-2010	7	12	2	576	135	57.60	1187	48.52	1	4	0	76	5
RE Grieveson (SA)	1939-1939	2	2	0	114	75	57.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	21	39	3	2051	277	56.97	3524	58.20	7	7	3	261	2
A Mitchell (ENG)	1935-1935	2	3	0	170	72	56.66	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1935	17	27	3	1336	122	55.66	0+	0.00	6	5	0	5+	2
C Washbrook (ENG)	1947-1949	10	19	2	938	195	55.17	119+	50.42	1	5	0	24+	2
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1951	24	43	6	2037	208	55.05	108+	63.88	7	9	1	64+	6
EH Hendren (ENG)	1924-1931	14	18	2	876	142	54.75	0+	0.00	2	6	1	37+	3
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1949	30	57	7	2732	189*	54.64	158+	29.11	7	16	0	21+	0
DP Sibley (ENG)	2019-2020	4	7	1	324	133*	54.00	784	41.32	1	0	0	51	1
DCS Compton (ENG)	1947-1957	24	42	1	2205	208	53.78	345+	28.98	7	11	1	113+	0
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	8	16	2	750	137	53.57	313+	68.37	2	6	1	97+	2
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2017	21	38	2	1903	311*	52.86	3754	50.69	6	7	1	250	3
A Melville (SA)	1938-1949	11	19	2	894	189	52.58	-	-	4	3	2	58+	1
SJ Rhodes (ENG)	1994-1994	3	4	2	105	65*	52.50	247	42.51	0	1	0	15	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1938-1951	19	34	4	1564	158	52.13	243+	36.21	4	7	0	40+	3
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2003-2005	10	20	2	935	219	51.94	1724	54.23	3	3	3	141	8
PGV van der Bijl (SA)	1938-1939	5	9	0	460	125	51.11	-	-	1	2	0	30+	3
SK Coen (SA)	1927-1928	2	4	2	101	41*	50.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
R Subba Row (ENG)	1960-1960	4	6	1	251	90	50.20	-	-	0	2	0	9+	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1994-1998	9	13	2	549	100*	49.90	1161	47.28	1	3	0	63	6
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1965	14	23	3	989	148*	49.45	5+	0.00	2	6	1	69+	5
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1994-2000	16	23	1	1081	120	49.13	2217	48.75	2	9	1	139	1
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2003	22	35	2	1608	275	48.72	3908	41.14	5	7	2	207	2
LEG Ames (ENG)	1929-1939	10	15	4	530	148*	48.18	-	-	2	1	2	27+	2
CP Mead (ENG)	1913-1923	10	16	0	770	181	48.12	-	-	3	2	2	-	0
W Chatterton (ENG)	1892-1892	1	1	0	48	48	48.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
M Leyland (ENG)	1929-1935	14	21	1	936	161	46.80	-	-	2	6	1	27+	3
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2022	15	27	1	1210	190	46.53	1923	62.92	2	9	0	155	4
RJ Burns (ENG)	2019-2019	1	2	0	93	84	46.50	169	55.02	0	1	0	13	0
EJ Barlow (SA)	1964-1965	8	16	0	742	138	46.37	244+	56.55	1	6	1	76+	0
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1964-1965	7	10	1	414	122*	46.00	3+	0.00	1	2	2	52	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2022	12	22	2	915	150*	45.75	1360	67.27	1	6	2	120	7
AH Bakewell (ENG)	1935-1935	2	3	0	137	63	45.66	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1951	18	35	5	1364	236	45.46	77+	29.87	2	8	3	6+	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2012	10	18	0	817	152	45.38	1208	67.63	3	2	1	113	4
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2022	15	26	0	1177	258	45.26	1589	74.07	4	4	1	140	30
RDB Croft (ENG)	1998-1998	3	6	4	90	37*	45.00	232	38.79	0	0	0	9	0
HW Taylor (SA)	1912-1931	30	54	3	2287	176	44.84	-	-	7	13	0	11+	5
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2012	31	51	3	2141	182*	44.60	4669	45.85	8	8	4	237	12
BT Foakes (ENG)	2022-2022	3	4	1	133	113*	44.33	271	49.07	1	0	1	11	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1998-2003	14	26	3	1010	146*	43.91	2802	36.04	3	5	2	136	5
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-2000	18	32	2	1315	185*	43.83	3672	35.81	3	8	5	172	1
GA Hick (ENG)	1994-1998	10	17	3	606	141	43.28	1193	50.79	2	2	0	87	6
HH Gibbs (SA)	1999-2005	14	24	0	1037	183	43.20	1913	54.20	3	2	1	168	2
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1957	12	22	1	906	138	43.14	-	-	3	4	3	70+	2
D Paterson (SA)	2020-2020	2	4	3	43	39*	43.00	49	87.75	0	0	0	7	0
FE Woolley (ENG)	1910-1929	26	37	5	1354	154	42.31	0+	0.00	3	10	6	8+	9
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2016	20	34	1	1393	174	42.21	2649	52.58	2	7	3	180	5
HGO Owen-Smith (SA)	1929-1929	5	8	2	252	129	42.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	2
Q de Kock (SA)	2016-2020	10	19	2	708	129*	41.64	1027	68.93	1	6	0	96	6
IR Bell (ENG)	2008-2012	11	20	1	789	199	41.52	1823	43.28	2	4	0	92	3
ND McKenzie (SA)	2003-2008	7	14	1	529	138	40.69	1337	39.56	1	2	0	71	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1994-2000	16	22	2	809	117	40.45	1759	45.99	1	5	1	81	6
BAF Grieve (ENG)	1889-1889	2	3	2	40	14*	40.00	36+	38.88	0	0	0	6	0
WW Read (ENG)	1892-1892	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JT Hearne (ENG)	1892-1892	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	2
KC Wessels (SA)	1994-1994	3	6	0	238	105	39.66	556	42.80	1	0	0	34	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1955-1965	14	27	1	1021	155	39.26	-	-	3	7	1	91+	3
RW Barber (ENG)	1960-1965	8	12	0	471	97	39.25	111+	87.38	0	5	0	32+	1
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1994-2003	23	39	2	1450	164	39.18	2975	48.73	1	8	2	213	3
ER Dexter (ENG)	1960-1965	10	16	1	585	172	39.00	-	-	1	3	2	74+	1
MA Butcher (ENG)	1998-2004	15	27	1	1007	116	38.73	2413	41.73	2	6	1	150	0
JF Crapp (ENG)	1948-1949	4	7	1	231	56	38.50	-	-	0	3	0	-	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2012	16	30	1	1113	147	38.37	2361	47.14	3	3	5	145	3
WW Wade (SA)	1938-1949	8	13	1	459	125	38.25	233+	30.47	1	3	2	7+	1
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1913-1924	6	7	0	266	119	38.00	0+	0.00	1	1	1	0+	0
RH Catterall (SA)	1922-1931	24	43	2	1555	120	37.92	6+	0.00	3	11	3	20+	8
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1965	7	12	2	373	117	37.30	284+	25.70	1	2	1	31+	0
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1957	5	10	0	369	117	36.90	-	-	1	1	1	28	0
EL Dalton (SA)	1929-1939	10	16	2	513	117	36.64	-	-	2	2	1	12+	2
A Bacher (SA)	1965-1965	3	6	0	218	70	36.33	-	-	0	2	0	17+	0
FG Mann (ENG)	1948-1949	5	8	1	254	136*	36.28	67+	47.76	1	0	0	14+	1
RA Smith (ENG)	1995-1996	5	7	0	254	66	36.28	597	42.54	0	2	0	37	2
DJ Insole (ENG)	1955-1957	6	12	2	362	110*	36.20	-	-	1	1	0	23+	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1994-2005	16	29	4	897	124	35.88	1975	45.41	2	5	4	119	0
T Bavuma (SA)	2015-2020	9	17	2	538	102*	35.86	1085	49.58	1	3	2	72	1
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1948-1949	5	9	2	251	111	35.85	63+	20.63	1	1	0	1+	0
JFW Nicolson (SA)	1928-1928	3	5	0	179	78	35.80	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
PN Kirsten (SA)	1994-1994	3	6	1	179	104	35.80	468	38.24	1	0	0	23	0

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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]