Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for England vs Sri Lanka in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
JP Crawley (ENG)	1998-2002	2	4	2	242	156*	121.00	535	45.23	1	0	0	29	1
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1984-1988	2	4	3	103	59*	103.00	230	44.78	0	1	0	14	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1984	2	3	1	186	89	93.00	428	43.45	0	2	0	23	1
BC Broad (ENG)	1984-1984	1	1	0	86	86	86.00	242	35.53	0	1	0	8	0
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2016-2021	6	10	2	651	167*	81.37	1039	62.65	3	0	0	59	3
P Nissanka (SL)	2024-2024	2	4	1	217	127*	72.33	217	100.00	1	1	0	26	2
BT Foakes (ENG)	2018-2018	3	6	2	277	107	69.25	492	56.30	1	1	0	21	5
RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1993	3	6	2	269	128	67.25	594	45.28	1	1	0	33	0
GS Ballance (ENG)	2014-2014	2	4	1	201	104*	67.00	386	52.07	1	1	1	24	1
GA Gooch (ENG)	1982-1991	3	6	0	376	174	62.66	690	54.49	1	1	0	46	0
JE Root (ENG)	2014-2024	13	24	2	1376	228	62.54	2145	64.14	6	2	1	125	3
RC Russell (ENG)	1988-1991	2	3	1	123	94	61.50	263	46.76	0	1	0	14	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1984-1988	2	3	0	178	107	59.33	285	62.45	1	1	0	17	2
AD Hales (ENG)	2016-2016	3	5	0	292	94	58.40	619	47.17	0	3	0	35	2
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-2014	23	41	3	2212	213*	58.21	4552	48.59	8	10	2	247	12
IR Bell (ENG)	2007-2014	10	17	3	812	119*	58.00	1420	57.18	2	8	0	94	3
IJL Trott (ENG)	2011-2012	5	8	0	460	203	57.50	952	48.31	2	2	0	46	0
EJG Morgan (ENG)	2011-2011	3	4	1	168	79	56.00	260	64.61	0	2	0	20	2
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1984	2	4	0	218	190	54.50	570	38.24	1	0	0	24	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1988	3	6	0	326	111	54.33	501	65.06	1	2	0	35	7
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2016	16	28	4	1290	133	53.75	2808	45.94	3	7	2	140	1
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2024-2024	3	5	0	267	113	53.40	424	62.97	1	2	0	31	4
RT Robinson (ENG)	1988-1988	1	2	1	53	34*	53.00	167	31.73	0	0	0	5	0
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2006-2012	11	19	2	874	158	51.41	1249	69.97	3	2	0	107	15
GF Labrooy (SL)	1988-1988	1	2	1	51	42	51.00	106	48.11	0	0	0	7	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2001-2003	9	16	2	699	123	49.92	1654	42.26	2	3	0	71	0
JC Buttler (ENG)	2018-2021	5	9	1	381	64	47.62	547	69.65	0	3	0	36	1
ARS Silva (SL)	2018-2018	2	4	0	190	85	47.50	439	43.28	0	2	0	12	1
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2024	3	6	0	280	111	46.66	368	76.08	1	1	0	31	3
KK Jennings (ENG)	2018-2018	3	6	1	233	146*	46.60	431	54.06	1	0	0	18	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2006	12	22	1	957	161	45.57	1896	50.47	3	4	2	135	5
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1982-1982	1	2	1	45	45	45.00	103	43.68	0	0	0	3	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1998-2003	7	12	0	539	123	44.91	1383	38.97	2	3	0	67	1
AD Mathews (SL)	2012-2024	14	27	1	1128	160	43.38	2276	49.56	3	7	1	112	5
MS Atapattu (SL)	1998-2003	10	17	3	603	201*	43.07	1507	40.01	2	1	2	66	0
SD Robson (ENG)	2014-2014	2	4	0	171	127	42.75	371	46.09	1	0	0	19	1
SAR Silva (SL)	1984-1988	2	4	1	127	102*	42.33	329	38.60	1	0	0	17	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	2001-2012	13	21	0	889	193	42.33	1421	62.56	2	6	3	105	3
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2001-2007	10	19	1	755	115	41.94	1650	45.75	2	4	0	99	0
MG Vandort (SL)	2006-2007	5	8	0	333	138	41.62	791	42.09	2	0	0	35	1
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1998	5	9	0	373	84	41.44	754	49.46	0	5	1	42	2
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1991-2002	9	16	3	536	123	41.23	1410	38.01	2	2	1	61	0
RM Ellison (ENG)	1984-1984	1	1	0	41	41	41.00	79	51.89	0	0	0	7	0
UC Hathurusingha (SL)	1991-1993	2	4	0	164	66	41.00	493	33.26	0	2	0	18	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2001-2014	22	40	1	1568	152	40.20	3313	47.32	3	9	3	200	1
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2002	11	19	0	739	152	38.89	1548	47.73	2	2	0	86	4
UDU Chandana (SL)	2003-2003	2	3	0	116	76	38.66	192	60.41	0	1	0	14	2
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2014	10	15	2	493	126	37.92	892	55.26	1	3	2	57	1
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2003-2012	10	19	3	590	142	36.87	1452	40.63	1	3	2	65	0
RL Dias (SL)	1982-1984	2	4	0	147	77	36.75	319	46.08	0	1	1	19	0
HAPW Jayawardene (SL)	2007-2014	9	16	3	473	112	36.38	957	49.42	1	3	1	50	4
MM Ali (ENG)	2014-2018	8	14	2	429	155*	35.75	849	50.53	2	0	2	49	4
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2007	14	25	2	819	213	35.60	1278	64.08	1	3	1	120	6
RP Arnold (SL)	2001-2002	6	10	1	314	109	34.88	651	48.23	1	3	2	47	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1991-1991	1	2	0	69	52	34.50	89	77.52	0	1	0	10	0
DM de Silva (SL)	2018-2024	6	11	0	372	74	33.81	629	59.14	0	5	2	41	1
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1991-2003	9	15	4	371	93*	33.72	971	38.20	0	1	2	41	0
CJ Tavare (ENG)	1982-1984	2	3	0	99	85	33.00	283	34.98	0	1	1	13	0
KJ Barnett (ENG)	1988-1988	1	2	0	66	66	33.00	130	50.76	0	1	1	7	0
NT Paranavitana (SL)	2011-2011	3	6	0	196	66	32.66	552	35.50	0	2	1	25	0
H Morris (ENG)	1991-1991	1	2	0	65	42	32.50	168	38.69	0	0	0	8	0
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1998-1998	1	2	1	32	32	32.00	58	55.17	0	0	0	3	2
OJ Pope (ENG)	2024-2024	3	6	0	191	154	31.83	245	77.95	1	0	0	22	2
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1991-1998	2	3	0	95	53	31.66	374	25.40	0	1	1	7	0
AAP Atkinson (ENG)	2024-2024	3	5	0	158	118	31.60	218	72.47	1	0	0	17	4
BM Duckett (ENG)	2024-2024	3	6	0	186	86	31.00	206	90.29	0	1	0	19	2
SP James (ENG)	1998-1998	1	2	0	61	36	30.50	261	23.37	0	0	0	4	0
RMMP Rathnayake (SL)	2024-2024	3	5	0	151	72	30.20	241	62.65	0	1	0	19	2
LD Chandimal (SL)	2012-2024	11	20	0	602	126	30.10	1086	55.43	1	3	1	71	4
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2001-2007	15	25	7	541	90	30.05	1240	43.62	0	2	0	69	2
HC Brook (ENG)	2024-2024	3	6	0	180	56	30.00	275	65.45	0	1	0	17	1
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2014-2024	11	22	1	620	83	29.52	1207	51.36	0	5	1	70	0
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2016-2021	3	5	0	144	62	28.80	249	57.83	0	1	0	17	1
MAR Samarasekera (SL)	1988-1988	1	2	0	57	57	28.50	129	44.18	0	1	1	7	1
GA Hick (ENG)	1993-2001	4	8	0	228	107	28.50	482	47.30	1	1	2	25	3
BA Stokes (ENG)	2016-2018	4	7	0	199	62	28.42	301	66.11	0	2	1	19	5
AU Rashid (ENG)	2018-2018	3	5	1	113	35	28.25	182	62.08	0	0	0	9	3
KADM Fernando (SL)	2003-2003	2	3	1	56	51*	28.00	129	43.41	0	1	0	8	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2003-2007	8	15	1	390	57	27.85	1076	36.24	0	2	1	36	1
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1991-1993	2	4	0	110	43	27.50	252	43.65	0	0	0	15	0
JK Silva (SL)	2014-2018	7	14	0	380	79	27.14	866	43.87	0	4	0	45	0
N Dickwella (SL)	2018-2021	5	10	0	268	92	26.80	435	61.60	0	1	0	25	0
PJ Newport (ENG)	1988-1988	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	38	68.42	0	0	0	3	0
CC Lewis (ENG)	1991-1993	2	3	0	78	45	26.00	112	69.64	0	0	0	12	1
RJ Burns (ENG)	2018-2018	3	6	0	155	59	25.83	285	54.38	0	1	0	17	0
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2024	9	18	1	427	86	25.11	678	62.97	0	2	3	57	3
G Fowler (ENG)	1984-1984	1	1	0	25	25	25.00	41	60.97	0	0	0	4	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1998-1998	1	1	0	25	25	25.00	50	50.00	0	0	0	2	0
SM Curran (ENG)	2018-2021	4	6	1	125	64	25.00	268	46.64	0	1	2	2	10
N Hussain (ENG)	2001-2003	8	14	0	345	109	24.64	866	39.83	1	2	1	45	4
DW Lawrence (ENG)	2021-2024	5	10	1	219	73	24.33	415	52.77	0	1	0	17	3
DSBP Kuruppu (SL)	1988-1991	2	4	0	97	46	24.25	176	55.11	0	0	0	15	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1993-1993	1	2	0	47	29	23.50	75	62.66	0	0	0	8	0
GJ Batty (ENG)	2003-2003	3	6	1	117	38	23.40	448	26.11	0	0	1	11	2
CJ Jordan (ENG)	2014-2014	2	4	0	92	35	23.00	161	57.14	0	0	0	12	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2006-2012	8	13	0	297	61	22.84	644	46.11	0	2	2	32	0
LPC Silva (SL)	2007-2007	3	4	0	89	49	22.25	186	47.84	0	0	0	10	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1998-2003	5	7	1	133	54	22.16	413	32.20	0	1	0	17	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1991-1993	2	4	0	87	64	21.75	154	56.49	0	1	0	12	0
CR Woakes (ENG)	2016-2024	5	9	2	151	66	21.57	348	43.39	0	1	1	20	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]