Batting Highest Career Batting Average - England

Highest averages for England vs Sri Lanka in Tests - England

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
JP Crawley	1998-2002	2	4	2	242	156*	121.00	535	45.23	1	-	-	29	1
DI Gower	1982-1984	2	3	1	186	89	93.00	428	43.45	-	2	-	23	1
BC Broad	1984-1984	1	1	-	86	86	86.00	242	35.53	-	1	-	8	0
JM Bairstow	2016-2021	6	10	2	651	167*	81.37	1039	62.65	3	-	-	59	3
BT Foakes	2018-2018	3	6	2	277	107	69.25	492	56.30	1	1	-	21	5
RA Smith	1988-1993	3	6	2	269	128	67.25	594	45.28	1	1	-	33	0
GS Ballance	2014-2014	2	4	1	201	104*	67.00	386	52.07	1	1	1	24	1
GA Gooch	1982-1991	3	6	-	376	174	62.66	690	54.49	1	1	-	46	0
JE Root	2014-2024	13	24	2	1376	228	62.54	2145	64.14	6	2	1	125	3
RC Russell	1988-1991	2	3	1	123	94	61.50	263	46.76	-	1	-	14	0
AJ Lamb	1984-1988	2	3	-	178	107	59.33	285	62.45	1	1	-	17	2
AD Hales	2016-2016	3	5	-	292	94	58.40	619	47.17	-	3	-	35	2
IR Bell	2007-2014	10	17	3	812	119*	58.00	1420	57.18	2	8	-	94	3
IJL Trott	2011-2012	5	8	-	460	203	57.50	952	48.31	2	2	-	46	0
EJG Morgan	2011-2011	3	4	1	168	79	56.00	260	64.61	-	2	-	20	2
AN Cook	2006-2016	16	28	4	1290	133	53.75	2808	45.94	3	7	2	140	1
RT Robinson	1988-1988	1	2	1	53	34*	53.00	167	31.73	-	-	-	5	0
KP Pietersen	2006-2012	11	19	2	874	158	51.41	1249	69.97	3	2	-	107	15
GP Thorpe	2001-2003	9	16	2	699	123	49.92	1654	42.26	2	3	-	71	0
JC Buttler	2018-2021	5	9	1	381	64	47.62	547	69.65	-	3	-	36	1
JL Smith	2024-2024	3	6	-	280	111	46.66	368	76.08	1	1	-	31	3
KK Jennings	2018-2018	3	6	1	233	146*	46.60	431	54.06	1	-	-	18	0
ME Trescothick	2001-2006	12	22	1	957	161	45.57	1896	50.47	3	4	2	135	5
KWR Fletcher	1982-1982	1	2	1	45	45	45.00	103	43.68	-	-	-	3	0
MA Butcher	1998-2003	7	12	-	539	123	44.91	1383	38.97	2	3	-	67	1
SD Robson	2014-2014	2	4	-	171	127	42.75	371	46.09	1	-	-	19	1
MP Vaughan	2001-2007	10	19	1	755	115	41.94	1650	45.75	2	4	-	99	0
AJ Stewart	1991-2002	9	16	3	536	123	41.23	1410	38.01	2	2	1	61	0
RM Ellison	1984-1984	1	1	-	41	41	41.00	79	51.89	-	-	-	7	0
MJ Prior	2007-2014	10	15	2	493	126	37.92	892	55.26	1	3	2	57	1
MM Ali	2014-2018	8	14	2	429	155*	35.75	849	50.53	2	-	2	49	4
CJ Tavare	1982-1984	2	3	-	99	85	33.00	283	34.98	-	1	1	13	0
KJ Barnett	1988-1988	1	2	-	66	66	33.00	130	50.76	-	1	1	7	0
H Morris	1991-1991	1	2	-	65	42	32.50	168	38.69	-	-	-	8	0
ARC Fraser	1998-1998	1	2	1	32	32	32.00	58	55.17	-	-	-	3	2
OJ Pope	2024-2024	3	6	-	191	154	31.83	245	77.95	1	-	-	22	2
MR Ramprakash	1991-1998	2	3	-	95	53	31.66	374	25.40	-	1	1	7	0
AAP Atkinson	2024-2024	3	5	-	158	118	31.60	218	72.47	1	-	-	17	4
BM Duckett	2024-2024	3	6	-	186	86	31.00	206	90.29	-	1	-	19	2
SP James	1998-1998	1	2	-	61	36	30.50	261	23.37	-	-	-	4	0
HC Brook	2024-2024	3	6	-	180	56	30.00	275	65.45	-	1	-	17	1
GA Hick	1993-2001	4	8	-	228	107	28.50	482	47.30	1	1	2	25	3
BA Stokes	2016-2018	4	7	-	199	62	28.42	301	66.11	-	2	1	19	5
AU Rashid	2018-2018	3	5	1	113	35	28.25	182	62.08	-	-	-	9	3
PD Collingwood	2003-2007	8	15	1	390	57	27.85	1076	36.24	-	2	1	36	1
PJ Newport	1988-1988	1	1	-	26	26	26.00	38	68.42	-	-	-	3	0
CC Lewis	1991-1993	2	3	-	78	45	26.00	112	69.64	-	-	-	12	1
RJ Burns	2018-2018	3	6	-	155	59	25.83	285	54.38	-	1	-	17	0
G Fowler	1984-1984	1	1	-	25	25	25.00	41	60.97	-	-	-	4	0
SM Curran	2018-2021	4	6	1	125	64	25.00	268	46.64	-	1	2	2	10
N Hussain	2001-2003	8	14	-	345	109	24.64	866	39.83	1	2	1	45	4
DW Lawrence	2021-2024	5	10	1	219	73	24.33	415	52.77	-	1	-	17	3
MW Gatting	1993-1993	1	2	-	47	29	23.50	75	62.66	-	-	-	8	0
GJ Batty	2003-2003	3	6	1	117	38	23.40	448	26.11	-	-	1	11	2
CJ Jordan	2014-2014	2	4	-	92	35	23.00	161	57.14	-	-	-	12	0
AJ Strauss	2006-2012	8	13	-	297	61	22.84	644	46.11	-	2	2	32	0
CR Woakes	2016-2024	5	9	2	151	66	21.57	348	43.39	-	1	1	20	0
DE Malcolm	1993-1993	1	2	1	21	13	21.00	38	55.26	-	-	-	1	2
DP Sibley	2021-2021	2	4	1	62	56*	20.66	178	34.83	-	1	1	2	0
JE Emburey	1982-1993	3	4	1	60	59	20.00	228	26.31	-	1	2	6	0
A Flintoff	2002-2006	9	14	2	232	77	19.33	432	53.70	-	1	2	34	7
RDB Croft	2001-2001	3	5	1	77	33*	19.25	297	25.92	-	-	-	8	0
C White	2001-2001	3	6	1	96	39	19.20	262	36.64	-	-	1	11	0
MA Atherton	1993-2001	4	8	-	144	44	18.00	512	28.12	-	-	-	12	0
DM Bess	2021-2021	2	2	-	32	32	16.00	99	32.32	-	-	1	4	0
OP Stone	2024-2024	2	4	1	47	15*	15.66	90	52.22	-	-	-	4	1
RJ Sidebottom	2007-2007	3	5	1	60	31	15.00	253	23.71	-	-	-	5	0
LE Plunkett	2006-2014	5	7	2	74	39	14.80	183	40.43	-	-	2	9	0
RL Johnson	2003-2003	1	2	-	29	26	14.50	64	45.31	-	-	-	1	2
SCJ Broad	2007-2021	12	16	2	202	54	14.42	250	80.80	-	1	3	31	1
DR Pringle	1988-1988	1	1	-	14	14	14.00	38	36.84	-	-	-	2	0
IT Botham	1982-1991	3	3	-	41	22	13.66	86	47.67	-	-	-	8	0
J Lewis	2006-2006	1	2	-	27	20	13.50	45	60.00	-	-	-	5	0
JM Vince	2016-2016	3	4	-	54	35	13.50	104	51.92	-	-	1	7	0
AF Giles	2001-2003	8	13	3	134	45	13.40	471	28.45	-	-	2	12	2
GO Jones	2006-2006	3	4	1	40	19	13.33	104	38.46	-	-	-	3	0
SR Patel	2012-2012	2	3	-	40	29	13.33	118	33.89	-	-	-	1	0
MJ Potts	2024-2024	2	3	-	40	21	13.33	75	53.33	-	-	-	6	0
NRD Compton	2016-2016	3	5	1	51	22*	12.75	121	42.14	-	-	1	7	0
ST Finn	2011-2016	5	6	1	62	19	12.40	169	36.68	-	-	-	10	0
CMW Read	2003-2003	3	6	2	49	18*	12.25	228	21.49	-	-	3	2	2
GP Swann	2011-2012	5	4	-	46	24	11.50	73	63.01	-	-	-	8	1
JM Anderson	2003-2021	14	19	8	125	27	11.36	280	44.64	-	-	2	19	0
AJ Tudor	2002-2002	2	2	-	22	19	11.00	80	27.50	-	-	-	3	0
NH Fairbrother	1993-1993	1	2	-	21	18	10.50	55	38.18	-	-	-	2	0
PR Downton	1984-1984	1	1	-	10	10	10.00	53	18.86	-	-	-	1	0
MJ Hoggard	2002-2007	9	12	4	77	17*	9.62	334	23.05	-	-	1	5	0
SJ Harmison	2007-2007	2	2	1	9	9*	9.00	10	90.00	-	-	1	1	0
J Hull	2024-2024	1	2	1	9	7*	9.00	16	56.25	-	-	-	0	1
Z Crawley	2021-2021	2	4	-	35	13	8.75	90	38.88	-	-	-	4	0
D Gough	1998-2001	4	6	1	43	15	8.60	212	20.28	-	-	1	7	0
MS Panesar	2006-2012	7	9	4	43	26	8.60	74	58.10	-	-	3	5	1
RS Bopara	2007-2007	3	5	-	42	34	8.40	73	57.53	-	-	3	7	0
MA Wood	2021-2024	3	3	-	25	22	8.33	28	89.28	-	-	-	3	1
RJ Kirtley	2003-2003	2	3	1	16	12	8.00	47	34.04	-	-	-	0	1
Shoaib Bashir	2024-2024	3	5	3	16	7*	8.00	26	61.53	-	-	-	2	0
BC Hollioake	1998-1998	1	2	-	14	14	7.00	54	25.92	-	-	1	1	0
G Cook	1982-1982	1	2	-	11	11	5.50	32	34.37	-	-	1	2	0
TT Bresnan	2012-2012	1	1	-	5	5	5.00	17	29.41	-	-	-	0	0
DG Cork	1998-2002	2	3	-	14	8	4.66	73	19.17	-	-	1	2	0

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India vs England at The Oval, India in England 5th Test, Jul 31-Aug 4, 2025 [Test # 2598]

India vs England at Manchester, India in England 4th Test, Jul 23-27, 2025 [Test # 2596]

England vs India at Lord's, India in England 3rd Test, Jul 10-14, 2025 [Test # 2594]