Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records for South Africa (Host) in ODI matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
A Symonds (AUS)	1999-2006	23	20	10	842	143*	84.20	927	90.83	1	5	1	83	13
V Kohli (IND)	2008-2023	48	44	10	2021	160*	59.44	2283	88.52	8	8	3	197	19
T Bavuma (SA)	2016-2023	26	26	3	1346	144	58.52	1466	91.81	5	4	1	126	20
KIC Asalanka (SL)	2021-2024	31	28	7	1201	110	57.19	1314	91.40	2	9	2	94	21
HM Amla (SA)	2008-2019	80	79	5	4012	154	54.21	4396	91.26	16	19	4	416	30
P Nissanka (SL)	2022-2024	22	22	2	1060	210*	53.00	1102	96.18	3	5	0	123	15
HE van der Dussen (SA)	2019-2023	37	35	9	1362	129*	52.38	1575	86.47	3	9	1	113	23
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)	2005-2018	105	101	15	4406	176	51.23	4344	101.42	10	27	0	404	95
Q de Kock (SA)	2013-2023	74	74	2	3646	178	50.63	3615	100.85	12	15	2	418	75
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1998	80	71	21	2446	131*	48.92	2819	86.76	3	18	3	176+	25+
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1998	41	38	7	1476	111*	47.61	1945	75.88	1	13	0	71	16
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-2011	56	54	8	2163	164	47.02	2626	82.36	5	14	3	189	35
DA Miller (SA)	2010-2023	88	76	25	2377	130*	46.60	2228	106.68	3	17	4	179	74
JH Kallis (Afr/SA)	1996-2014	160	153	25	5803	139	45.33	7875	73.68	7	46	9	470	76
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2005	65	60	6	2392	127	44.29	3215	74.40	8	12	3	217	48
MS Atapattu (SL)	1992-2006	99	95	16	3479	124	44.03	5087	68.39	5	27	2	323	7
BC Lara (WI)	1993-2004	30	30	4	1130	128	43.46	1449	77.98	4	5	2	119	14
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2004	86	65	25	1725	92	43.12	1887	91.41	0	11	4	127	43
F du Plessis (SA)	2011-2019	61	58	7	2171	185	42.56	2353	92.26	5	11	3	212	22
H Klaasen (SA)	2018-2023	34	31	4	1147	174	42.48	1005	114.12	3	4	2	106	37
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2018	59	51	13	1610	94	42.36	2015	79.90	0	12	0	114	24
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2002-2014	29	27	5	921	83*	41.86	1286	71.61	0	7	1	61	11
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	74	69	12	2343	112	41.10	3047	76.89	1	18	2	156	44
G Gambhir (IND)	2008-2012	21	20	0	822	150	41.10	929	88.48	2	6	2	76	4
DA Warner (AUS)	2011-2023	27	27	0	1107	173	41.00	1092	101.37	4	4	2	132	14
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2009	72	61	10	2086	104	40.90	3118	66.90	1	18	2	158	7
TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2016	133	123	15	4398	144	40.72	5136	85.63	10	20	6	504	19
HH Dippenaar (Afr/SA)	2000-2006	49	42	4	1537	101	40.44	2296	66.94	1	12	1	156	6
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2011	84	79	5	2984	152	40.32	3700	80.64	9	12	2	289	23
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2011	24	22	5	681	83*	40.05	809	84.17	0	6	1	54	12
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2002	28	24	6	721	131*	40.05	973	74.10	2	2	2	59	5
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1999-2011	29	28	1	1081	150	40.03	1545	69.96	1	8	0	115	8
HDRL Thirimanne (SL)	2012-2019	48	36	7	1146	90	39.51	1473	77.80	0	9	1	82	12
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2000-2019	46	42	7	1376	143	39.31	1642	83.80	3	4	1	127	19
SR Waugh (AUS)	1994-2000	30	28	3	979	91	39.16	1187	82.47	0	10	1	72	12
KC Sangakkara (Asia/SL)	2000-2014	173	159	18	5509	169	39.07	7189	76.63	5	37	3	529	33
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-2003	98	92	12	3112	145	38.90	3700	84.10	5	22	5	238+	41+
GC Smith (Afr/SA)	2002-2013	105	104	4	3885	141	38.85	4714	82.41	7	27	5	433	27
JP Duminy (SA)	2004-2019	99	91	19	2778	129	38.58	3174	87.52	2	17	4	204	41
Umar Akmal (PAK)	2009-2014	27	26	6	766	102*	38.30	878	87.24	1	5	3	68	14
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2023	39	39	5	1294	175	38.05	1294	100.00	2	5	2	129	35
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2003	68	68	7	2304	133*	37.77	3218	71.59	5	17	4	229	7
HH Gibbs (SA)	1997-2009	114	110	7	3885	175	37.71	4517	86.00	12	14	11	457	62
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2024	66	66	7	2215	119	37.54	2594	85.38	2	18	4	221	29
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2003	119	108	28	2986	98	37.32	3653	81.74	0	19	6	209	23
MG Bevan (AUS)	1994-2004	42	35	8	1006	103	37.25	1408	71.44	1	6	3	71	6
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1986-1997	28	25	5	745	93*	37.25	1048	71.08	0	8	0	53	4
RP Arnold (SL)	1998-2006	67	52	16	1341	91*	37.25	1925	69.66	0	10	3	96	2
WIA Fernando (SL)	2016-2024	23	23	0	855	127	37.17	936	91.34	2	6	3	83	17
JM Kemp (Afr/SA)	2001-2007	40	30	9	775	100*	36.90	760	101.97	1	6	4	48	41
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2003-2009	25	23	3	735	105*	36.75	959	76.64	1	3	1	53	16
SB Styris (NZ)	2000-2011	34	28	4	879	141	36.62	1102	79.76	1	5	1	63	13
EJG Morgan (ENG/IRE)	2009-2020	29	28	7	765	92	36.42	863	88.64	0	8	2	72	21
ML Hayden (AUS)	1994-2004	25	25	2	822	93	35.73	1094	75.13	0	5	2	82	13
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2023	110	90	21	2465	97*	35.72	2974	82.88	0	19	8	204	29
SR Watson (AUS)	2002-2011	24	22	4	639	136*	35.50	743	86.00	2	2	2	59	22
DR Martyn (AUS)	1999-2006	32	29	3	922	88*	35.46	1198	76.96	0	8	2	72	3
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2011	25	23	4	673	66	35.42	940	71.59	0	5	2	55	6
AG Prince (Afr/SA)	2002-2007	25	21	7	484	78*	34.57	695	69.64	0	2	3	33	2
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1992-2003	46	31	12	649	81*	34.15	1134	57.23	0	3	2	49	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1997-2006	43	42	1	1399	105	34.12	1443	96.95	1	11	2	180	19
NJ Astle (NZ)	1998-2005	30	28	2	883	117	33.96	1234	71.55	3	5	4	88	9
N Dickwella (SL)	2017-2022	30	29	0	979	116	33.75	1051	93.14	2	6	0	124	4
SO Tikolo (Afr/KENYA)	1996-2011	26	26	2	802	96	33.41	1094	73.30	0	7	2	86	8
V Sehwag (Asia/IND)	2001-2012	61	60	5	1837	126	33.40	1838	99.94	4	8	4	262	22
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1992-2009	163	159	11	4899	140	33.10	5602	87.45	9	30	12	535	73
WU Tharanga (SL)	2005-2019	102	96	8	2906	133	33.02	3718	78.16	6	15	5	345	23
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1993-1998	22	22	0	725	100	32.95	1041	69.64	1	6	3	79	2
MDKJ Perera (SL)	2013-2023	43	41	1	1317	116	32.92	1345	97.91	2	8	5	150	22
RR Singh (IND)	1997-1999	25	20	3	554	100	32.58	631	87.79	1	2	1	35	12
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1998	61	53	10	1380	107	32.09	2223	62.07	1	9	4	87+	4+
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	1998-2014	181	163	20	4577	123	32.00	5985	76.47	4	32	14	382	24
LD Chandimal (SL)	2011-2022	66	59	9	1591	102	31.82	2142	74.27	1	9	4	117	9
CL Cairns (NZ)	1998-2003	23	21	4	540	84	31.76	654	82.56	0	2	1	37	16
KC Wessels (AUS/SA)	1983-1994	27	26	1	793	78	31.72	1561	50.80	0	3	0	58	0
DA Gunawardene (SL)	1998-2005	33	33	1	1015	90	31.71	1422	71.37	0	8	3	120	3
F Behardien (SA)	2013-2018	33	29	10	593	70	31.21	591	100.33	0	3	1	44	13
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1986-1996	32	31	4	841	87	31.14	1406	59.81	0	5	3	63+	14+
AC Parore (NZ)	1992-2001	25	23	7	494	108	30.87	664	74.39	1	3	3	23	8
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2001-2013	64	54	6	1472	117	30.66	1865	78.92	2	9	5	156	13
AC Hudson (SA)	1992-1997	38	38	0	1152	108	30.31	1943	59.28	1	8	2	115	5
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2015	26	26	1	757	152*	30.28	934	81.04	2	3	4	92	15
DS Lehmann (AUS)	1996-2003	24	20	3	513	91	30.17	653	78.56	0	2	1	46	4
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2014	56	54	4	1504	144	30.08	2192	68.61	1	8	1	104	6
A Flower (ZIM)	1996-2003	27	27	1	780	145	30.00	1138	68.54	1	4	3	52	1
ME Waugh (AUS)	1992-2000	30	29	2	803	115*	29.74	1094	73.40	1	6	3	56	7
N Boje (Afr/SA)	1996-2005	63	46	12	999	129	29.38	1106	90.32	2	1	1	99	7
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/PAK)	1993-2007	56	52	6	1345	116*	29.23	1975	68.10	1	8	6	103	20
CL Hooper (WI)	1993-2003	30	28	5	668	108	29.04	878	76.08	1	3	1	43	11
SM Pollock (Afr/SA)	1996-2008	143	95	34	1770	75	29.01	1975	89.62	0	9	9	140	23
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2000	55	52	5	1362	89	28.97	2002	68.03	0	9	4	96	9
MV Boucher (Afr/SA)	1998-2011	148	108	27	2326	147*	28.71	2621	88.74	1	8	6	189	45
Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/PAK)	1998-2009	48	45	2	1227	101*	28.53	1738	70.59	1	5	6	109	8
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1993-2003	38	38	3	995	101	28.42	1506	66.06	1	6	5	99	8
M Kaif (IND)	2002-2006	30	24	4	557	111*	27.85	807	69.02	1	2	1	49	1
RS Kalpage (SL)	1992-1998	39	26	13	358	44*	27.53	496	72.17	0	0	1	13	1
RR Hendricks (SA)	2018-2023	27	27	2	687	102	27.48	862	79.69	1	5	2	72	5
A Jadeja (IND)	1992-1999	34	31	4	735	119	27.22	1097	67.00	1	2	3	43	12
HH Streak (Afr/ZIM)	1996-2005	30	28	10	490	72*	27.22	686	71.42	0	4	3	38	5
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2005	40	38	1	1005	134*	27.16	1488	67.54	1	4	2	125	8

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Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Sri Lanka v Afghanistan at Pallekele, 3rd ODI, Feb 14, 2024 [ODI # 4729]

Sri Lanka v Afghanistan at Pallekele, 2nd ODI, Feb 11, 2024 [ODI # 4727]

Sri Lanka v Afghanistan at Pallekele, 1st ODI, Feb 9, 2024 [ODI # 4725]