Highest averages Held in England for Tests
Highest averages
Player | Span | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 0 | 4s | 6s |
1930-1948 | 19 | 30 | 4 | 2674 | 334 | 102.84 | 4570 | 58.51 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 236+ | 4 | |
1986-2001 | 31 | 47 | 14 | 2154 | 177* | 65.27 | 4410 | 48.84 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 251 | 3 | |
1924-1935 | 33 | 47 | 7 | 2584 | 161 | 64.60 | 2110+ | 35.07 | 9 | 14 | - | 67+ | 6 | |
1957-1973 | 29 | 50 | 7 | 2719 | 198 | 63.23 | 2305+ | 55.09 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 254+ | 9+ | |
2004-2017 | 21 | 37 | 4 | 2027 | 311* | 61.42 | 4211 | 48.13 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 249 | 4 | |
1994-2013 | 23 | 42 | 9 | 2023 | 140 | 61.30 | 4224 | 47.89 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 244 | 6 | |
2001-2016 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 1578 | 267 | 60.69 | 2829 | 55.77 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 202 | 7 | |
1979-1993 | 34 | 59 | 12 | 2848 | 200* | 60.59 | 6381+ | 44.13 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 342 | 8 | |
1937-1956 | 47 | 76 | 10 | 3963 | 278 | 60.04 | 939+ | 44.40 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 243+ | 2 | |
1935-1948 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 1067 | 205* | 59.27 | 562+ | 40.39 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 84+ | 2 | |
1946-1952 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 1569 | 164* | 58.11 | - | - | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3+ | 1 | |
1937-1954 | 44 | 77 | 9 | 3930 | 364 | 57.79 | 1282+ | 42.90 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 182+ | 3 | |
1951-1961 | 39 | 57 | 7 | 2865 | 285* | 57.30 | - | - | 9 | 14 | 5 | 251+ | 8 | |
1948-1957 | 14 | 23 | - | 1312 | 194 | 57.04 | - | - | 5 | 6 | 3 | 130+ | 0 | |
1974-1991 | 39 | 58 | 5 | 3011 | 291 | 56.81 | 3276+ | 71.79 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 366+ | 25 | |
2003-2012 | 19 | 34 | 2 | 1786 | 277 | 55.81 | 3018 | 59.17 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 233 | 4 | |
1929-1947 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 1336 | 189* | 55.66 | - | - | 4 | 6 | - | 0+ | 0 | |
1955-1968 | 52 | 83 | 10 | 4021 | 256 | 55.08 | 3719+ | 41.51 | 9 | 23 | 3 | 348+ | 15 | |
1966-1984 | 34 | 52 | 5 | 2580 | 242* | 54.89 | 2559+ | 58.03 | 6 | 13 | - | 241+ | 27 | |
2024-2025 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 925 | 184* | 54.41 | 1205 | 76.76 | 2 | 5 | - | 101 | 19 | |
1996-2011 | 83 | 143 | 14 | 6974 | 222 | 54.06 | 16288 | 42.81 | 21 | 31 | 3 | 867 | 12 | |
1977-1990 | 67 | 103 | 16 | 4685 | 166 | 53.85 | 7767+ | 42.39 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 378+ | 15 | |
2012-2025 | 99 | 177 | 17 | 8601 | 254 | 53.75 | 14813 | 58.06 | 27 | 39 | 6 | 966 | 25 | |
2024-2025 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 1502 | 214* | 53.64 | 2028 | 74.06 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 186 | 36 | |
2010-2025 | 33 | 63 | 4 | 3139 | 215 | 53.20 | 5756 | 54.53 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 367 | 21 | |
1984-2000 | 55 | 82 | 6 | 4037 | 199 | 53.11 | 6390+ | 57.18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 475+ | 17 | |
1949-1965 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 1487 | 230* | 53.10 | - | - | 4 | 8 | 2 | 92+ | 0 | |
1990-2013 | 111 | 183 | 17 | 8791 | 217 | 52.95 | 16469+ | 53.31 | 26 | 40 | 4 | 1170+ | 41 | |
1909-1930 | 27 | 40 | 3 | 1935 | 211 | 52.29 | 851+ | 35.37 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 89+ | 1 | |
1985-1993 | 19 | 33 | 5 | 1446 | 164* | 51.64 | 3513 | 41.16 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 185 | 2 | |
1928-1938 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 1491 | 187 | 51.41 | 1870+ | 41.06 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 74+ | 6 | |
2001-2013 | 58 | 99 | 3 | 4934 | 319 | 51.39 | 6012 | 82.06 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 694 | 59 | |
2005-2013 | 62 | 105 | 3 | 5240 | 226 | 51.37 | 8022 | 65.32 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 672 | 47 | |
1974-1988 | 33 | 55 | 4 | 2612 | 223 | 51.21 | 3796+ | 53.31 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 310+ | 22 | |
2000-2006 | 45 | 81 | 8 | 3712 | 219 | 50.84 | 6505 | 57.06 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 549 | 20 | |
1969-1972 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 853 | 114 | 50.17 | 949+ | 51.10 | 2 | 6 | - | 53+ | 2 | |
1928-1946 | 44 | 68 | 8 | 3004 | 240 | 50.06 | 2153+ | 40.45 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 113+ | 8 | |
1909-1926 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 1300 | 193* | 50.00 | 1+ | - | 5 | 4 | 3 | 92+ | 3 | |
1994-2000 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 900 | 174* | 50.00 | 2353 | 38.24 | 2 | 6 | - | 93 | 1 | |
1989-1998 | 22 | 39 | 2 | 1837 | 219 | 49.64 | 4174 | 44.01 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 212 | 4 | |
1959-1962 | 16 | 26 | 2 | 1186 | 175 | 49.41 | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | 78+ | 2 | |
1937-1956 | 20 | 35 | 6 | 1431 | 143 | 49.34 | 53+ | 13.20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 39+ | 2 | |
2013-2024 | 41 | 69 | 7 | 3059 | 212 | 49.33 | 5044 | 60.64 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 351 | 60 | |
1951-1969 | 52 | 78 | 7 | 3478 | 258 | 48.98 | 3350+ | 43.34 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 301+ | 6 | |
2008-2015 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 1175 | 217* | 48.95 | 2343 | 50.14 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 138 | 3 | |
2011-2024 | 72 | 120 | 9 | 5432 | 254* | 48.93 | 9422 | 57.65 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 603 | 17 | |
1958-1969 | 21 | 36 | 3 | 1613 | 209* | 48.87 | 1441+ | 49.20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 123+ | 3+ | |
1893-1905 | 20 | 33 | 4 | 1415 | 144* | 48.79 | - | - | 5 | 6 | 3 | 51+ | 0 | |
2018-2025 | 26 | 45 | 2 | 2096 | 146 | 48.74 | 2636 | 79.51 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 239 | 62 | |
2009-2013 | 29 | 52 | 4 | 2337 | 226 | 48.68 | 4804 | 48.64 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 278 | 0 | |
1996-2011 | 68 | 110 | 20 | 4353 | 281 | 48.36 | 8953 | 48.62 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 557 | 2 | |
1964-1982 | 62 | 110 | 12 | 4733 | 246* | 48.29 | 11895+ | 37.83 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 439+ | 8 | |
1971-1987 | 81 | 136 | 7 | 6219 | 236* | 48.20 | 10214+ | 44.18 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 601+ | 20 | |
1978-1992 | 29 | 45 | 5 | 1927 | 260 | 48.17 | 3503+ | 47.07 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 171+ | 5 | |
1983-1998 | 26 | 38 | 1 | 1782 | 131 | 48.16 | 3799+ | 45.88 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 199+ | 28 | |
1984-1989 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 1344 | 175 | 48.00 | 3094 | 43.43 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 156 | 0 | |
1930-1938 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1055 | 232 | 47.95 | 1632 | 64.64 | 2 | 4 | - | 103+ | 3 | |
1993-2001 | 24 | 41 | 6 | 1667 | 153* | 47.62 | 3026 | 55.08 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 194 | 12 | |
1994-2003 | 17 | 30 | 1 | 1380 | 210 | 47.58 | 3149 | 43.82 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 179 | 2 | |
1961-1964 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 941 | 311 | 47.05 | 1142+ | 40.10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 95+ | 1 | |
1988-1995 | 39 | 72 | 11 | 2862 | 148* | 46.91 | 5959 | 48.02 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 375 | 0 | |
1935-1951 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 1079 | 208 | 46.91 | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | 45+ | 3 | |
1950-1963 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1031 | 261 | 46.86 | 119+ | 63.02 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 116+ | 2 | |
1957-1973 | 26 | 44 | 1 | 2015 | 256 | 46.86 | 1525+ | 46.36 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 188+ | 5+ | |
1934-1948 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 885 | 206* | 46.57 | 2094+ | 39.58 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 65+ | 0 | |
1996-2008 | 59 | 99 | 11 | 4095 | 239 | 46.53 | 7983 | 51.29 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 508 | 38 | |
1992-2006 | 18 | 32 | 3 | 1344 | 184 | 46.34 | 2256 | 59.57 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 178 | 4 | |
1968-1975 | 19 | 34 | 3 | 1435 | 192 | 46.29 | 2742+ | 40.51 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 160+ | 3 | |
2000-2008 | 47 | 78 | 5 | 3377 | 197 | 46.26 | 6221 | 54.28 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 441 | 5 | |
1969-1976 | 16 | 29 | 1 | 1295 | 150 | 46.25 | 2131+ | 45.61 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 142+ | 3 | |
1963-1969 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 786 | 111 | 46.23 | 1388+ | 40.99 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 95+ | 0 | |
1929-1938 | 22 | 30 | 6 | 1106 | 148* | 46.08 | 1037+ | 38.18 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 64+ | 4 | |
2021-2025 | 25 | 47 | 3 | 2019 | 269 | 45.88 | 3278 | 61.59 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 216 | 37 | |
1975-1994 | 83 | 147 | 5 | 6508 | 333 | 45.83 | 12650 | 51.44 | 16 | 30 | 11 | 825 | 19 | |
1994-2004 | 18 | 33 | 1 | 1466 | 179 | 45.81 | 2282 | 64.24 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 209 | 3 | |
2010-2023 | 67 | 112 | 9 | 4709 | 206* | 45.71 | 10045 | 46.87 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 591 | 12 | |
2001-2005 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 1004 | 118 | 45.63 | 1735 | 57.86 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 129 | 2 | |
1969-1982 | 61 | 105 | 9 | 4360 | 222 | 45.41 | 5979+ | 43.18 | 11 | 24 | 4 | 441+ | 6 | |
2006-2018 | 102 | 181 | 9 | 7803 | 294 | 45.36 | 16493 | 47.31 | 20 | 36 | 4 | 957 | 6 | |
2004-2015 | 73 | 124 | 18 | 4802 | 235 | 45.30 | 9030 | 53.17 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 599 | 19 | |
1955-1971 | 58 | 92 | 7 | 3846 | 182 | 45.24 | 2046+ | 37.24 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 364+ | 10 | |
1993-2005 | 50 | 87 | 11 | 3428 | 138 | 45.10 | 6837 | 50.13 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 417 | 2 | |
1973-1980 | 22 | 36 | 3 | 1486 | 187 | 45.03 | 1473+ | 46.23 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 127+ | 4 | |
1961-1969 | 22 | 40 | 6 | 1530 | 135 | 45.00 | 1654+ | 35.48 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 148+ | 7 | |
1958-1968 | 37 | 63 | 5 | 2604 | 180 | 44.89 | 1651+ | 45.24 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 261+ | 13 | |
1971-1983 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 1154 | 274 | 44.38 | 2278+ | 48.50 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 115+ | 3 | |
1921-1934 | 23 | 32 | 5 | 1196 | 142 | 44.29 | 1127+ | 38.33 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 102+ | 2 | |
1998-2014 | 18 | 33 | 1 | 1416 | 275 | 44.25 | 2781 | 50.91 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 173 | 3 | |
1948-1957 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 928 | 168* | 44.19 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 43+ | 3 | |
1999-2010 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 1321 | 202 | 44.03 | 2467 | 53.54 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 181 | 5 | |
1926-1934 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 879 | 155 | 43.95 | 1812+ | 31.62 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 44+ | 0 | |
2001-2008 | 21 | 40 | 4 | 1579 | 203 | 43.86 | 2720 | 58.05 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 197 | 21 | |
1977-1981 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 1096 | 117 | 43.84 | 2327+ | 44.90 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 119 | 8 | |
1963-1976 | 47 | 79 | 5 | 3231 | 310* | 43.66 | 8131+ | 38.16 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 373+ | 9 | |
1998-2012 | 24 | 40 | 3 | 1608 | 182* | 43.45 | 3742 | 42.97 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 174 | 9 | |
2022-2025 | 19 | 31 | 1 | 1300 | 158 | 43.33 | 1637 | 79.41 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 144 | 16 | |
2008-2018 | 37 | 63 | 1 | 2685 | 167 | 43.30 | 5736 | 46.80 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 324 | 24 | |
2005-2014 | 54 | 84 | 11 | 3158 | 224 | 43.26 | 5426 | 58.20 | 5 | 23 | 6 | 340 | 50 | |
1956-1963 | 20 | 31 | - | 1337 | 126 | 43.12 | 37+ | 43.24 | 4 | 6 | - | 109+ | 0 | |
1909-1926 | 21 | 29 | 3 | 1118 | 151 | 43.00 | 0+ | - | 4 | 4 | - | 70+ | 2 |
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