Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages Held in Pakistan for Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	14	26	4	1513	274	68.77	1273+	57.42	4	9	1	154+	7
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1939	15	26	3	1447	181	62.91	-	-	4	9	-	52+	3
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1993	60	86	13	4481	280*	61.38	7057+	46.25	14	17	-	389+	34
RN Harvey (AUS)	1949-1959	13	22	4	1070	178	59.44	-	-	4	4	-	14+	0
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1950	20	38	6	1881	231	58.78	108+	63.88	6	8	3	70+	3
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-2007	37	62	5	3328	223	58.38	6202	53.66	12	13	3	410	28
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1969-1985	36	51	9	2444	235*	58.19	2619+	61.51	8	5	1	184+	14
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	93	152	21	7617	224	58.14	15965	47.71	26	36	9	878	47
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1994	12	21	5	895	153	55.93	2145	41.72	3	3	-	99	7
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1977-1988	35	52	6	2467	231	53.63	4962+	42.34	8	10	2	214+	1
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2012	13	25	1	1267	230	52.79	2274	55.71	4	6	1	169	5
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1984-1995	26	41	5	1831	203*	50.86	4577+	39.28	4	9	2	199+	4
Saud Shakeel (PAK)	2022-2025	14	27	2	1271	141	50.84	2627	48.38	3	8	2	125	2
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2013	27	49	2	2387	313	50.78	4537	52.61	8	7	4	276	13
Imam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2018-2023	10	20	1	963	157	50.68	2037	47.27	3	5	2	109	9
RT Ponting (AUS)	1998-2011	12	23	2	1056	116	50.28	1751	60.30	3	6	3	130	9
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1993-2007	57	94	11	4154	329	50.04	7799	53.26	11	23	10	505	29
Babar Azam (PAK)	2018-2025	23	43	2	2049	196	49.97	3432	59.70	6	12	1	262	9
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1998	51	72	11	3008	237	49.31	5478+	51.75	10	15	5	384+	4
JE Root (ENG)	2015-2024	14	25	1	1180	262	49.16	1824	64.69	2	7	1	120	3
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1931	22	42	1	2001	176	48.80	-	-	6	11	-	32+	3
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2001-2004	11	21	1	974	135	48.70	2116	46.03	3	5	-	145	2
B Mitchell (SA)	1930-1949	20	38	4	1647	123	48.44	158+	29.11	3	11	1	21+	1
V Sehwag (IND)	2001-2011	14	23	-	1114	309	48.43	1415	78.72	3	2	3	180	10
MA Atherton (ENG)	1995-2000	13	22	2	956	185*	47.80	2744	34.83	3	5	3	104	0
BC Lara (WI)	1990-2006	16	31	-	1467	216	47.32	2550	57.52	4	6	1	215	15
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	68	113	9	4919	163	47.29	8530	57.66	13	29	6	595	39
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2007	14	26	1	1177	262	47.08	2224	52.92	1	8	1	161	6
D Elgar (SA)	2013-2024	50	87	9	3598	199	46.12	7083	50.79	9	18	4	473	15
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1955-1969	24	40	5	1613	203*	46.08	0+	-	7	4	1	108+	1
ME Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	15	24	1	1059	117	46.04	2070	51.15	3	4	1	121	7
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	71	121	7	5233	208	45.90	10247	51.06	16	27	9	689	6
SR Waugh (AUS)	1988-2002	17	27	3	1101	160	45.87	2436	45.19	2	7	5	139	1
IR Redpath (AUS)	1964-1970	10	20	4	728	80	45.50	919+	30.79	-	6	2	39+	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2004	57	96	10	3913	275	45.50	8886	44.03	10	20	6	499	5
Imran Khan (PAK)	1976-1992	38	47	13	1540	123	45.29	2423+	52.08	3	8	3	123+	31
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2002-2009	21	33	5	1263	158*	45.10	1918	65.84	4	5	3	161	7
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1950	16	30	3	1204	156*	44.59	77+	29.87	2	8	2	9+	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1989-2011	25	41	4	1644	194*	44.43	3312	49.63	6	5	2	230	5
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2025	38	63	11	2309	172	44.40	4490	51.42	4	14	7	273	10
DJ McGlew (SA)	1953-1962	16	29	3	1152	127*	44.30	-	-	4	5	1	20+	2
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2025	31	57	2	2429	152	44.16	3909	62.13	7	11	2	359	12
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1990-2001	31	49	1	2099	149	43.72	3885	54.02	5	15	5	287	7
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2010	11	21	1	870	147	43.50	1741	49.97	3	2	4	115	3
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	42	66	11	2386	162*	43.38	5193	45.94	7	7	6	270	7
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1978	20	33	3	1301	157	43.36	0+	-	4	7	1	96+	1
Majid Khan (PAK)	1964-1983	27	40	3	1602	112	43.29	976+	42.62	3	8	3	109+	6
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1969	16	29	2	1161	172	43.00	0+	-	2	5	1	49+	2
JR Reid (NZ)	1953-1965	16	30	1	1238	142	42.68	-	-	3	8	3	115+	13
KC Bland (SA)	1961-1966	11	21	2	809	144*	42.57	-	-	1	4	2	55+	16
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1991-2002	12	20	4	676	115	42.25	1742	38.80	2	2	2	86	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	39	63	6	2395	168	42.01	4803	49.86	7	11	5	295	13
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	17	31	3	1174	270	41.92	2735	42.92	4	2	1	159	1
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	65	111	7	4344	200	41.76	6905	62.91	11	20	6	586	9
BA Stokes (ENG)	2015-2024	13	24	1	955	258	41.52	1108	86.19	2	2	1	114	25
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1978-1986	24	39	4	1449	135	41.40	2427+	51.21	4	9	1	137+	4
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	24	37	6	1283	113	41.38	2998	42.79	3	8	1	128	7
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2021	42	71	7	2647	199	41.35	5440	48.65	8	10	5	317	13
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	51	87	5	3360	228	40.97	6144	54.68	9	13	7	477	28
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	19	35	-	1434	138	40.97	1174+	42.41	3	9	2	126+	5
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2005	11	22	-	893	193	40.59	1786	50.00	3	2	4	114	10
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1964-1978	21	35	2	1331	166	40.33	0+	-	3	7	3	89+	4
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-2004	15	28	1	1076	253	39.85	1720	62.55	2	5	4	150	8
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	33	54	4	1973	129*	39.46	2683	73.53	3	13	3	255	15
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2011	16	27	6	828	96	39.42	1695	48.84	-	6	-	110	2
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	2019-2025	20	34	5	1139	171*	39.27	2067	55.10	3	2	2	116	8
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	23	32	4	1081	174	38.60	1533	70.51	3	5	1	145	14
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1998-2006	13	23	1	841	156	38.22	983	85.55	2	6	3	99	26
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2003-2013	15	30	1	1101	128	37.96	2311	47.64	2	7	1	162	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1995-2005	13	24	4	755	118*	37.75	1948	38.75	2	4	2	74	0
Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2003-2007	13	26	3	859	170	37.34	1486	57.80	2	3	-	129	1
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2000	27	41	3	1415	103*	37.23	3154	44.86	1	11	2	145	13
PA de Silva (SL)	1985-2001	13	23	-	843	122	36.65	1302+	45.54	4	1	2	96+	4
Agha Salman (PAK)	2022-2025	14	27	3	872	104*	36.33	1429	61.02	2	5	1	100	8
Shan Masood (PAK)	2018-2025	18	34	1	1192	151	36.12	1928	61.82	4	4	1	118	11
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1984-1986	14	24	1	827	210	35.95	1385+	40.64	2	1	2	71+	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1997-2015	20	37	2	1248	109	35.65	2872	43.45	2	9	3	165	2
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2012	17	33	1	1130	240	35.31	2231	50.64	1	4	2	157	3
IJ Siedle (SA)	1928-1936	11	21	-	737	141	35.09	-	-	1	4	2	32+	1
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2009	26	38	4	1190	120	35.00	2696	44.13	2	5	4	153	11
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2001-2009	19	28	4	836	73	34.83	2018	41.42	-	6	2	110	5
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1969-1981	16	29	2	940	119	34.81	465+	29.24	2	3	1	68+	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1990-1999	11	22	2	694	134	34.70	1300	53.38	2	2	3	72	12
Abdullah Shafique (PAK)	2022-2024	13	26	2	827	136*	34.45	1923	43.00	3	2	3	87	11
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	16	26	2	823	109	34.29	1496	55.01	2	4	1	104	5
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	39	64	4	2045	135	34.08	4504	45.40	3	10	5	231	24
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1973-1984	23	36	9	915	112	33.88	1515+	47.98	2	5	6	88+	7
RH Catterall (SA)	1922-1931	14	26	1	828	119	33.12	-	-	1	6	-	5+	5
MV Boucher (SA)	1997-2012	80	111	14	3205	122*	33.04	6078	52.73	4	22	9	394	13
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1984-1995	27	43	3	1320	98	33.00	2969+	42.70	-	13	3	151+	1
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1993-2000	25	43	1	1381	160	32.88	2721	50.75	4	3	4	190	3
Alimuddin (PAK)	1955-1962	13	23	2	690	109	32.85	-	-	2	5	2	33+	0
AW Nourse (SA)	1902-1923	26	48	4	1445	111	32.84	-	-	1	11	3	62+	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1970	23	43	1	1374	112	32.71	210+	27.61	1	9	1	67+	5
Azhar Ali (PAK)	2013-2022	16	29	1	907	185	32.39	2086	43.48	2	3	5	96	5
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1987-2000	29	41	1	1291	155	32.27	2845	45.37	5	3	5	171	9
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1995-2000	13	22	1	676	95	32.19	1557	43.41	-	4	1	101	3
JP Duminy (SA)	2009-2017	19	33	3	963	155	32.10	1934	49.79	2	4	4	127	4
DJ Richardson (SA)	1992-1997	24	36	6	960	109	32.00	2219	43.26	1	6	6	101	2
HE van der Dussen (SA)	2019-2022	11	20	1	602	98	31.68	1439	41.83	-	5	2	73	3

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Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Ireland vs Afghanistan at Harare, Cricket WC Qualifier 33rd Match, Super Sixes, Mar 23, 2018 [ODI # 4006]

Ireland vs Scotland at Harare, Cricket WC Qualifier 28th Match, Super Sixes, Mar 18, 2018 [ODI # 4001]

Zimbabwe vs Ireland at Harare, Cricket WC Qualifier 25th Match, Super Sixes, Mar 16, 2018 [ODI # 3999]