Batting Highest Career Batting Average IN South Africa

Highest averages for England vs South Africa in Tests IN South Africa

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
KF Barrington (ENG)	1964-1965	5	7	2	508	148*	101.60	-	-	2	2	0	54	2
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
OJ Pope (ENG)	2020-2020	3	5	2	266	135*	88.66	469	56.71	1	2	0	35	1
E Paynter (ENG)	1938-1939	5	8	0	653	243	81.62	-	-	3	2	0	50+	1
L Klusener (SA)	1999-2000	5	6	1	370	174	74.00	480	77.08	1	2	0	52	3
RW Barber (ENG)	1964-1965	4	4	0	290	97	72.50	111+	87.38	0	4	0	24	1
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	2	572	144*	71.50	-	-	1	4	0	55	10
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1965-1965	2	2	1	71	66	71.00	-	-	0	1	0	4	1
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
AD Nourse (SA)	1938-1949	10	19	5	958	129*	68.42	108+	63.88	4	3	1	19+	3
LEG Ames (ENG)	1938-1939	5	8	3	339	115	67.80	-	-	1	1	0	13+	0
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1910-1914	10	17	2	982	187	65.46	-	-	1	8	1	0+	4
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1927-1928	5	9	1	520	122	65.00	-	-	2	3	1	-	0
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	15	26	3	1447	181	62.91	-	-	4	9	0	52+	3
AJL Hill (ENG)	1896-1896	3	4	0	251	124	62.75	-	-	1	1	0	-	0
CAG Russell (ENG)	1923-1923	4	7	0	436	140	62.28	-	-	2	1	0	-	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2000	5	8	2	370	146*	61.66	1035	35.74	1	2	1	43	5
C Washbrook (ENG)	1948-1949	5	9	0	542	195	60.22	119+	50.42	1	2	0	24+	2
PA Gibb (ENG)	1938-1939	5	8	0	473	120	59.12	-	-	2	2	0	2+	0
Q de Kock (SA)	2016-2020	6	11	2	523	129*	58.11	768	68.09	1	4	0	69	6
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	2	459	137	57.37	313+	68.37	1	4	1	62	2
ER Dexter (ENG)	1964-1965	5	7	1	344	172	57.33	-	-	1	1	1	49	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2009-2010	4	7	1	344	91	57.33	783	43.93	0	3	0	42	4
RE Grieveson (SA)	1939-1939	2	2	0	114	75	57.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
L Hutton (ENG)	1938-1949	9	15	0	842	158	56.13	243+	36.21	2	4	0	23+	2
EJ Barlow (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	0	558	138	55.80	244+	56.55	1	4	1	62	0
DP Sibley (ENG)	2019-2020	4	7	1	324	133*	54.00	784	41.32	1	0	0	51	1
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2010	16	26	2	1293	162	53.87	2834	45.62	6	5	3	132	8
G Kirsten (SA)	1995-2000	10	14	1	699	275	53.76	1748	39.98	2	3	1	83	0
B Mitchell (SA)	1930-1949	15	28	2	1396	123	53.69	158+	29.11	3	10	0	21+	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1995-2000	10	13	0	693	120	53.30	1405	49.32	2	5	0	91	1
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2015-2019	5	9	2	369	150*	52.71	529	69.75	1	1	1	44	5
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2020	8	14	0	729	258	52.07	850	85.76	2	2	0	92	21
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2010	9	17	1	826	147	51.62	1624	50.86	3	2	3	110	3
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1931	19	36	1	1801	176	51.45	-	-	6	10	0	11+	3
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
EAB Rowan (SA)	1938-1949	8	15	3	603	156*	50.25	77+	29.87	1	4	1	1+	0
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2020	8	15	1	703	110	50.21	1156	60.81	1	6	0	88	3
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1965	5	8	2	298	117	49.66	284+	25.70	1	2	0	30	0
GA Hick (ENG)	1995-1996	5	8	2	293	141	48.83	634	46.21	1	1	0	47	3
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
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1964-1965	5	6	1	240	122*	48.00	3+	0.00	1	1	2	34	0
JM Parks (ENG)	1964-1965	5	6	1	238	108*	47.60	-	-	1	1	1	24	1
MA Wood (ENG)	2020-2020	2	3	1	95	42	47.50	74	128.37	0	0	0	7	8
TW Hayward (ENG)	1896-1896	3	4	0	189	122	47.25	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
EH Hendren (ENG)	1930-1931	5	7	0	329	93	47.00	0+	0.00	0	3	0	3+	1
RJ Burns (ENG)	2019-2019	1	2	0	93	84	46.50	169	55.02	0	1	0	13	0
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1927-1928	5	10	1	418	102	46.44	-	-	1	2	0	-	0
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2016	10	18	0	817	201	45.38	1772	46.10	3	3	1	106	0
GC White (SA)	1906-1910	9	17	1	721	147	45.06	-	-	2	3	1	53+	4
BM McMillan (SA)	1995-1996	5	6	1	224	100*	44.80	479	46.76	1	0	0	25	4
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	0	448	180	44.80	856	52.33	2	0	2	62	6
IR Bell (ENG)	2009-2010	4	7	0	313	140	44.71	690	45.36	1	1	0	35	1
GC Smith (SA)	2004-2010	9	17	1	696	183	43.50	1262	55.15	2	4	2	89	0
MV Boucher (SA)	1999-2010	11	17	2	648	108	43.20	1163	55.71	1	4	2	79	3
D Paterson (SA)	2020-2020	2	4	3	43	39*	43.00	49	87.75	0	0	0	7	0
M Leyland (ENG)	1930-1931	5	8	1	300	91	42.85	-	-	0	2	0	5+	1
MJK Smith (ENG)	1964-1965	5	6	0	257	121	42.83	-	-	1	0	0	26	1
GA Faulkner (SA)	1906-1910	10	18	2	674	123	42.12	-	-	1	3	0	19+	2
MA Atherton (ENG)	1995-2000	10	16	1	615	185*	41.00	1755	35.04	2	3	3	78	0
CB Fry (ENG)	1896-1896	2	3	0	122	64	40.66	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
A Melville (SA)	1938-1949	6	9	1	325	103	40.62	-	-	1	2	1	27+	0
T Bavuma (SA)	2015-2020	5	9	2	281	102*	40.14	512	54.88	1	1	2	40	1
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
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1938-1939	5	6	0	240	219	40.00	0+	0.00	1	0	1	25+	0
JT Tyldesley (ENG)	1899-1899	2	4	0	159	112	39.75	-	-	1	0	0	-	0
SJ Pegler (SA)	1910-1910	1	2	1	39	28	39.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
DJ Insole (ENG)	1956-1957	5	10	2	312	110*	39.00	-	-	1	1	0	23	0
JF Crapp (ENG)	1948-1949	4	7	1	231	56	38.50	-	-	0	3	0	-	0
WW Wade (SA)	1938-1949	8	13	1	459	125	38.25	233+	30.47	1	3	2	7+	1
JWHT Douglas (ENG)	1913-1914	5	7	0	266	119	38.00	-	-	1	1	1	0+	0
D Elgar (SA)	2015-2020	8	15	1	528	118*	37.71	1093	48.30	1	1	1	66	2
EL Dalton (SA)	1931-1939	5	8	1	262	102	37.42	-	-	1	1	0	12+	2
HH Gibbs (SA)	1999-2005	9	15	0	559	161	37.26	1176	47.53	1	2	0	88	0
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1957	5	10	0	369	117	36.90	-	-	1	1	1	28	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1965	10	20	0	738	112	36.90	-	-	1	5	0	58	3
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2016	13	24	1	848	109	36.86	1553	54.60	1	6	3	108	5
IJ Siedle (SA)	1928-1931	6	11	0	405	141	36.81	-	-	1	2	1	23+	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
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1995-2000	10	16	0	577	95	36.06	1262	45.72	0	4	1	86	3
DCS Compton (ENG)	1948-1957	10	19	1	648	114	36.00	345+	28.98	1	4	1	26+	0
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
AJ Pithey (SA)	1957-1965	8	15	0	536	154	35.73	122+	18.85	1	2	1	49	2
FT Mann (ENG)	1922-1923	5	9	1	281	84	35.12	-	-	0	2	0	11+	6
JN Rhodes (SA)	1995-2000	8	10	1	314	57*	34.88	864	36.34	0	3	1	30	1
HH Dippenaar (SA)	2004-2005	3	6	0	207	110	34.50	565	36.63	1	0	1	21	0
HE van der Dussen (SA)	2019-2020	4	8	0	274	98	34.25	650	42.15	0	3	1	34	3
DJ Richardson (SA)	1995-1996	5	6	1	168	84	33.60	339	49.55	0	2	2	15	0
P Holmes (ENG)	1927-1928	5	10	1	302	88	33.55	-	-	0	4	3	0+	0
GJ Thompson (ENG)	1910-1910	5	9	1	267	63	33.37	-	-	0	2	0	-	1
RH Catterall (SA)	1922-1931	14	26	1	828	119	33.12	-	-	1	6	0	5+	5
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1956-1957	5	10	0	331	101	33.10	-	-	1	3	0	27	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]