Batting Highest Career Batting Average IN England

Highest averages for England vs South Africa in Tests IN England

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1947-1947	4	6	1	552	191	110.40	-	-	2	2	0	34+	4
FE Woolley (ENG)	1912-1929	11	12	2	774	154	77.40	0+	0.00	2	6	1	8+	5
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1955	7	12	1	753	138	68.45	-	-	3	3	2	57+	0
R Howorth (ENG)	1947-1947	1	2	1	68	45*	68.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
GC Smith (SA)	2003-2012	12	22	2	1355	277	67.75	2262	59.90	5	3	1	172	2
DCS Compton (ENG)	1947-1955	14	23	0	1557	208	67.69	-	-	6	7	0	87+	0
Q McMillan (SA)	1929-1929	2	2	1	67	50*	67.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
C Gladwin (ENG)	1947-1947	2	2	1	67	51*	67.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
A Melville (SA)	1947-1947	5	10	1	569	189	63.22	-	-	3	1	1	31+	1
RH Spooner (ENG)	1912-1912	3	4	0	248	119	62.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	1
WR Hammond (ENG)	1929-1935	9	16	4	741	138*	61.75	-	-	2	5	1	-	1
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1935	12	17	2	918	122	61.20	0+	0.00	5	3	0	5+	2
AN Petersen (SA)	2012-2012	3	5	1	244	182	61.00	521	46.83	1	0	1	33	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2003-2003	5	10	2	487	219	60.87	868	56.10	1	3	1	79	2
EH Hendren (ENG)	1924-1929	9	11	2	547	142	60.77	0+	0.00	2	3	1	34+	2
HM Amla (SA)	2008-2017	11	20	2	1086	311*	60.33	1982	54.79	3	4	0	144	3
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
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2008-2012	6	11	0	640	152	58.18	852	75.11	3	1	0	92	3
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2008-2008	3	5	1	232	135	58.00	404	57.42	1	1	0	34	1
A Mitchell (ENG)	1935-1935	2	3	0	170	72	56.66	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
B Mitchell (SA)	1929-1947	15	29	5	1336	189*	55.66	-	-	4	6	0	0+	0
AG Prince (SA)	2008-2008	4	7	1	328	149	54.66	706	46.45	2	0	0	42	3
AB de Villiers (SA)	2008-2012	7	10	0	545	174	54.50	1096	49.72	1	1	0	72	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1994-1998	4	7	1	325	93	54.16	682	47.65	0	3	0	38	2
L Klusener (SA)	1998-1998	3	3	1	108	57	54.00	159	67.92	0	1	0	18	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1998-2003	8	15	1	744	116	53.14	1516	49.07	2	5	0	115	0
HH Gibbs (SA)	2003-2003	5	9	0	478	183	53.11	737	64.85	2	0	1	80	2
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1912-1929	8	12	1	580	211	52.72	-	-	1	4	0	15+	0
SJ Rhodes (ENG)	1994-1994	3	4	2	105	65*	52.50	247	42.51	0	1	0	15	0
R Subba Row (ENG)	1960-1960	4	6	1	251	90	50.20	-	-	0	2	0	9+	0
GP Swann (ENG)	2012-2012	2	4	2	100	41	50.00	116	86.20	0	0	0	13	2
C Washbrook (ENG)	1947-1947	5	10	2	396	75	49.50	-	-	0	3	0	-	0
M Leyland (ENG)	1929-1935	9	13	0	636	161	48.92	-	-	2	4	1	22+	2
RG Pollock (SA)	1965-1965	3	6	0	291	125	48.50	-	-	1	2	0	35+	0
RES Wyatt (ENG)	1929-1935	7	10	1	436	149	48.44	-	-	2	1	1	17+	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1947-1951	10	19	4	722	100	48.13	-	-	2	3	0	17+	1
KC Bland (SA)	1965-1965	3	6	0	286	127	47.66	-	-	1	1	0	21+	3
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1951	14	24	1	1079	208	46.91	-	-	3	6	0	45+	3
MA Atherton (ENG)	1994-1998	8	16	1	700	103	46.66	1917	36.51	1	5	2	94	1
RT Simpson (ENG)	1951-1951	3	5	1	185	137	46.25	-	-	1	0	0	3+	1
A Sandham (ENG)	1924-1924	2	1	0	46	46	46.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
DPB Morkel (SA)	1929-1929	5	8	1	321	88	45.85	-	-	0	3	0	-	0
MJ Prior (ENG)	2012-2012	3	6	0	275	73	45.83	458	60.04	0	3	0	35	0
AH Bakewell (ENG)	1935-1935	2	3	0	137	63	45.66	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2003	12	21	1	909	210	45.45	2160	42.08	3	4	1	124	2
RH Catterall (SA)	1924-1929	10	17	1	727	120	45.43	6+	0.00	2	5	3	15+	3
JN Rhodes (SA)	1994-1998	8	12	1	495	117	45.00	895	55.30	1	2	0	51	5
RDB Croft (ENG)	1998-1998	3	6	4	90	37*	45.00	232	38.79	0	0	0	9	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2022-2022	3	5	1	179	73	44.75	231	77.48	0	2	0	23	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-1998	8	13	2	491	126	44.63	1084	45.29	1	4	3	57	2
BT Foakes (ENG)	2022-2022	3	4	1	133	113*	44.33	271	49.07	1	0	1	11	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1998-2003	8	12	4	351	66*	43.87	586	59.89	0	3	1	39	2
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1965-1965	2	4	0	174	86	43.50	-	-	0	1	0	18	0
IJL Trott (ENG)	2012-2012	3	6	1	217	71	43.40	492	44.10	0	2	0	28	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1955-1965	9	17	1	690	155	43.12	-	-	2	4	1	64+	1
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1994-1998	6	10	1	388	94	43.11	812	47.78	0	4	1	48	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1994-2003	6	11	1	426	124	42.60	739	57.64	1	3	3	60	0
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1951	10	20	2	761	236	42.27	-	-	1	4	2	5+	0
JE Root (ENG)	2017-2022	7	12	0	507	190	42.25	767	66.10	1	3	0	67	1
HGO Owen-Smith (SA)	1929-1929	5	8	2	252	129	42.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	2
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2022	7	13	0	546	99	42.00	831	65.70	0	5	1	76	2
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1994-2003	13	23	2	873	164	41.57	1713	50.96	1	4	1	127	0
ND McKenzie (SA)	2003-2008	7	14	1	529	138	40.69	1337	39.56	1	2	0	71	0
KC Wessels (SA)	1994-1994	3	6	0	238	105	39.66	556	42.80	1	0	0	34	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2008-2012	7	13	1	476	199	39.66	1133	42.01	1	3	0	57	2
MW Tate (ENG)	1924-1935	9	10	2	314	100*	39.25	0+	0.00	1	1	1	7+	2
GA Hick (ENG)	1994-1998	5	9	1	313	110	39.12	559	55.99	1	1	0	40	3
PF Warner (ENG)	1912-1912	1	1	0	39	39	39.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
NWD Yardley (ENG)	1947-1947	5	7	0	273	99	39.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
HB Cameron (SA)	1929-1935	9	14	1	501	90	38.53	-	-	0	5	0	19+	7
JP Duminy (SA)	2012-2017	4	6	2	152	61	38.00	400	38.00	0	1	1	19	0
AN Cook (ENG)	2008-2017	11	21	0	792	115	37.71	1824	43.42	1	6	1	102	2
N Hussain (ENG)	1998-2003	9	18	1	640	116	37.64	1767	36.21	2	3	1	93	0
JAJ Christy (SA)	1929-1929	2	3	0	112	70	37.33	-	-	0	1	0	0+	0
BA Stokes (ENG)	2017-2022	7	12	0	448	112	37.33	739	60.62	2	2	1	48	9
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-2008	10	17	2	553	142	36.86	812	68.10	1	3	3	71	17
JW Hearne (ENG)	1912-1924	5	7	2	183	45	36.60	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
VD Philander (SA)	2012-2017	6	10	2	292	61	36.50	471	61.99	0	3	1	38	3
A Bacher (SA)	1965-1965	3	6	0	218	70	36.33	-	-	0	2	0	17+	0
MM Ali (ENG)	2017-2017	4	8	1	252	87	36.00	351	71.79	0	2	0	30	3
EL Dalton (SA)	1929-1935	5	8	1	251	117	35.85	-	-	1	1	1	-	0
PN Kirsten (SA)	1994-1994	3	6	1	179	104	35.80	468	38.24	1	0	0	23	0
HH Dippenaar (SA)	2003-2003	3	5	1	143	92	35.75	318	44.96	0	1	1	19	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-2012	15	25	1	848	182*	35.33	1835	46.21	2	3	1	105	4
WE Russell (ENG)	1965-1965	1	2	0	70	70	35.00	-	-	0	1	1	6	0
KG Viljoen (SA)	1935-1947	9	17	1	550	124	34.37	-	-	1	3	0	-	0
RWV Robins (ENG)	1929-1935	4	5	1	136	108	34.00	0+	0.00	1	0	1	0+	0
MJ Susskind (SA)	1924-1924	5	8	0	268	65	33.50	-	-	0	4	0	-	0
Z Crawley (ENG)	2022-2022	3	5	1	134	69*	33.50	237	56.54	0	1	0	20	0
M Zondeki (SA)	2003-2003	1	2	0	66	59	33.00	160	41.25	0	1	0	10	0
S O'Linn (SA)	1960-1960	5	8	0	261	98	32.62	125+	21.60	0	2	0	23+	1
DJ McGlew (SA)	1951-1960	12	24	2	715	133	32.50	3+	0.00	2	2	3	33+	0
T Bavuma (SA)	2017-2017	4	8	0	257	59	32.12	573	44.85	0	2	0	32	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1965	9	16	1	481	91	32.06	5+	0.00	0	4	1	15+	3
D Smith (ENG)	1935-1935	2	4	0	128	57	32.00	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
PM Walker (ENG)	1960-1960	3	4	0	128	52	32.00	-	-	0	1	0	8+	2
CR Matthews (SA)	1994-1994	3	5	1	128	62*	32.00	178	71.91	0	1	2	21	1
LEG Ames (ENG)	1929-1935	5	7	1	191	148*	31.83	-	-	1	0	2	14+	2
LC Braund (ENG)	1907-1907	3	5	0	157	104	31.40	-	-	1	0	1	12+	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]