Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages Held in South Africa 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
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-2013	91	147	22	7538	224	60.30	15779	47.77	26	34	9	877	56
AD Nourse (SA)	1935-1950	20	38	6	1881	231	58.78	108+	63.88	6	8	3	70+	3
A Flower (ZIM)	1992-2002	33	58	8	2539	199*	50.78	5607	45.28	6	13	1	283	9
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	22	35	8	1369	113	50.70	3146	43.51	3	9	1	140	8
MS Atapattu (SL)	1998-2004	12	21	1	991	249	49.55	2086	47.50	3	2	3	128	1
HW Taylor (SA)	1913-1931	22	42	1	2001	176	48.80	-	-	6	11	-	32+	3
B Mitchell (SA)	1930-1949	20	38	4	1647	123	48.44	158+	29.11	3	11	1	21+	1
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2004	11	22	-	1063	202	48.31	1796	59.18	3	5	-	159	11
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2018	67	110	8	4795	163	47.00	8369	57.29	13	28	6	585	38
D Elgar (SA)	2013-2024	49	85	9	3561	199	46.85	7061	50.43	9	18	4	463	16
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1992-1997	14	22	1	974	266	46.38	2298	42.38	3	1	-	106	9
HM Amla (SA)	2004-2019	70	118	7	5139	208	46.29	10031	51.23	16	26	8	680	5
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2011	12	22	1	968	116	46.09	1598	60.57	3	5	3	124	9
SC Williams (ZIM)	2014-2025	14	28	3	1139	154	45.56	1517	75.08	4	3	-	134	11
Younis Khan (PAK)	2002-2013	13	25	3	1000	200*	45.45	2331	42.90	2	5	2	100	7
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2011	19	35	4	1401	169	45.19	2791	50.19	5	5	3	202	6
EAB Rowan (SA)	1935-1950	16	30	3	1204	156*	44.59	77+	29.87	2	8	2	9+	0
DJ McGlew (SA)	1953-1962	16	29	3	1152	127*	44.30	-	-	4	5	1	20+	2
G Kirsten (SA)	1994-2004	55	93	9	3714	275	44.21	8190	45.34	9	17	6	483	5
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2021	41	69	8	2695	199	44.18	5597	48.15	8	11	5	320	13
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-2007	17	29	-	1278	262	44.06	2415	52.91	1	9	1	173	6
T Bavuma (SA)	2014-2025	36	59	10	2147	172	43.81	4067	52.79	4	13	7	259	10
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	40	62	11	2231	162*	43.74	4821	46.27	7	6	6	259	7
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2025	29	53	2	2202	152	43.17	3366	65.41	6	10	2	328	9
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-2001	38	61	6	2374	168	43.16	4741	50.07	7	11	5	291	13
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-2008	49	81	5	3276	228	43.10	5779	56.68	10	11	7	477	30
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1995-2000	12	20	1	818	101*	43.05	1772	46.16	1	5	1	107	5
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2021	32	51	4	2008	129*	42.72	2774	72.38	3	14	2	254	16
KC Bland (SA)	1961-1966	11	21	2	809	144*	42.57	-	-	1	4	2	55+	16
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2014	61	103	7	3986	200	41.52	6228	64.00	10	19	6	543	9
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	19	35	-	1434	138	40.97	1174+	42.41	3	9	2	126+	5
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2011	14	24	4	815	140	40.75	1549	52.61	1	4	-	117	3
R Dravid (IND)	1996-2011	16	29	2	1099	148	40.70	2688	40.88	2	5	-	145	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1995-2007	15	27	1	1033	112	39.73	1847	55.92	2	6	1	149	4
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2024	12	20	1	754	127	39.68	1303	57.86	1	5	-	92	6
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2009	26	36	4	1254	120	39.18	2744	45.69	2	7	3	163	12
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1994-2002	29	49	6	1650	203*	38.37	3838	42.99	4	8	1	194	7
L Klusener (SA)	1996-2001	24	32	5	1027	174	38.03	1500	68.46	3	4	1	136	13
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2004-2025	24	48	2	1717	171	37.32	3024	56.77	4	11	2	183	19
CR Ervine (ZIM)	2011-2025	19	38	2	1317	146	36.58	2648	49.73	2	7	2	145	10
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1998-2015	18	32	2	1076	109	35.86	2594	41.48	2	7	2	144	2
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-2000	28	43	3	1429	103*	35.72	3195	44.72	1	11	2	147	14
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-2000	38	63	5	2060	135	35.51	4515	45.62	3	11	5	233	22
IJ Siedle (SA)	1928-1936	11	21	-	737	141	35.09	-	-	1	4	2	32+	1
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2012	13	22	2	699	100*	34.95	1460	47.87	1	2	1	85	4
AN Petersen (SA)	2010-2015	17	28	3	872	109	34.88	1584	55.05	2	4	1	109	6
GW Flower (ZIM)	1992-2004	36	63	3	2088	201*	34.80	5996	34.82	4	9	5	199	11
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-2012	78	105	14	3140	125	34.50	5947	52.79	5	20	8	387	13
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-2007	13	23	2	720	101	34.28	1428	50.42	1	4	3	98	5
MA Atherton (ENG)	1995-2000	12	20	1	649	185*	34.15	1860	34.89	2	3	3	80	1
RH Catterall (SA)	1922-1931	14	26	1	828	119	33.12	-	-	1	6	-	5+	5
AW Nourse (SA)	1902-1923	26	48	4	1445	111	32.84	-	-	1	11	3	62+	0
JP Duminy (SA)	2009-2017	20	34	3	1018	155	32.83	2068	49.22	2	5	4	128	4
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-2004	12	23	6	557	78	32.76	1253	44.45	-	4	-	79	4
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1970	23	43	1	1374	112	32.71	210+	27.61	1	9	1	67+	5
DJ Richardson (SA)	1992-1997	23	34	5	920	109	31.72	2101	43.78	1	6	5	97	2
H Masakadza (ZIM)	2001-2017	25	50	2	1483	147	30.89	3399	43.63	4	4	7	180	17
AC Hudson (SA)	1992-1998	22	39	1	1169	135	30.76	2818	41.48	2	8	4	157	4
JA Rudolph (SA)	2003-2012	19	32	2	920	101	30.66	1929	47.69	1	3	2	127	2
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2016-2024	13	26	1	757	110	30.28	1523	49.70	2	3	1	89	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1995-2005	12	22	4	541	118*	30.05	1451	37.28	1	3	1	68	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1997-2006	12	20	-	600	128	30.00	1190	50.42	1	3	2	84	3
T Taibu (ZIM)	2001-2011	19	36	2	1020	83	30.00	2352	43.36	-	10	3	116	5
JW Zulch (SA)	1910-1921	11	22	1	629	82	29.95	-	-	-	4	-	20+	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-2008	62	86	18	2024	111	29.76	3550	57.01	1	8	6	232	20
RA McLean (SA)	1953-1964	20	36	1	1041	113	29.74	-	-	3	4	6	77+	8
JHB Waite (SA)	1953-1965	22	37	3	1008	134	29.64	-	-	3	5	4	20+	1
BKG Mendis (SL)	2016-2024	13	25	2	669	116*	29.08	1213	55.15	1	3	7	93	7
Sikandar Raza (ZIM)	2013-2025	11	22	-	635	89	28.86	1259	50.43	-	5	2	64	5
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2001-2005	15	28	2	748	92	28.76	1065	70.23	-	6	5	77	22
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1992-2002	35	63	3	1706	103	28.43	4071	41.90	1	10	8	200	2
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1953-1958	14	24	6	507	68*	28.16	-	-	-	2	1	15+	0
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1970	17	26	10	438	75*	27.37	285+	32.28	-	2	2	12+	1
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	1995-2005	18	31	5	711	103*	27.34	1975	36.00	1	3	3	69	6
N Boje (SA)	2000-2006	22	30	4	711	82	27.34	1217	58.42	-	3	2	109	3
WR Endean (SA)	1953-1958	15	27	1	704	93	27.07	-	-	-	5	-	22+	1
Azhar Ali (PAK)	2011-2021	11	20	-	536	126	26.80	1362	39.35	1	3	4	72	1
JH Sinclair (SA)	1896-1910	17	32	-	853	106	26.65	-	-	3	2	5	17+	13
FE Woolley (ENG)	1910-1923	15	25	3	580	115*	26.36	-	-	1	4	5	0+	4
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1994-2004	12	20	1	479	157	25.21	714	67.08	1	1	4	66	4
KG Viljoen (SA)	1930-1949	13	23	-	566	74	24.60	-	-	-	5	2	25+	0
HH Dippenaar (SA)	1999-2007	22	34	-	836	110	24.58	2082	40.15	2	2	6	120	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1994-2005	35	57	7	1224	127*	24.48	3218	38.03	1	9	9	121	9
DT Tiripano (ZIM)	2014-2023	11	22	7	367	52	24.46	1145	32.05	-	1	3	45	1
SJ Snooke (SA)	1906-1923	13	22	1	503	60	23.95	-	-	-	3	1	19+	0
RW Chakabva (ZIM)	2011-2021	11	22	3	454	80	23.89	1166	38.93	-	2	2	43	4
GJ Rennie (ZIM)	1997-2000	10	20	-	476	84	23.80	1444	32.96	-	3	1	39	2
CB Wishart (ZIM)	1995-2005	11	22	-	521	96	23.68	1098	47.44	-	3	3	65	7
V Sibanda (ZIM)	2003-2014	10	20	-	465	93	23.25	968	48.03	-	2	2	62	5
DD Ebrahim (ZIM)	2001-2005	20	38	-	870	72	22.89	2171	40.07	-	7	5	107	0
KJ Funston (SA)	1953-1958	11	20	1	427	70	22.47	-	-	-	2	2	10+	1
VD Philander (SA)	2011-2020	37	53	11	927	74	22.07	2102	44.10	-	4	5	106	5
AM Bacher (SA)	1996-1999	12	22	1	462	96	22.00	1158	39.89	-	2	3	68	2
D Denton (ENG)	1906-1910	10	20	1	412	104	21.68	-	-	1	1	3	23+	0
D Ganga (WI)	1998-2008	14	27	-	571	89	21.14	1679	34.00	-	3	2	79	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	1994-2001	13	20	3	342	47*	20.11	712	48.03	-	-	2	36	2
KA Maharaj (SA)	2016-2025	30	45	4	786	84	19.17	1175	66.89	-	4	6	84	22
AC Parore (NZ)	1992-2000	12	20	2	340	51	18.88	826	41.16	-	1	-	43	1

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Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England Women vs India Women at The Oval, India Women in England 3rd T20I, Jul 4, 2025 [Women T20I # 2387]

New Zealand Women vs England Women at The Oval, New Zealand Women in England 4th T20I, Jul 13, 2024 [Women T20I # 1955]

England Women vs Australia Women at The Oval, Australia Women in England 2nd T20I, Jul 5, 2023 [Women T20I # 1505]