Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Canterbury vs other countries FC+LA+T20s Batting Records - Highest Batting Averages in Career

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
B Sutcliffe (OTAGO)	1952-1952	1	1	0	385	385	385.00	-	-	1	0	0	46	3
MP Vaughan (ENGXI)	2002-2002	1	1	0	156	156	156.00	198	78.78	1	0	0	23	0
PA de Silva (AUCK)	1996-1997	2	2	1	153	106*	153.00	106	144.33	1	0	0	25	3
Javed Miandad (Pak)	1989-1989	1	2	1	145	101*	145.00	245	59.18	1	0	0	22	1
LOS Poidevin (NSW)	1895-1895	1	2	1	122	64	122.00	-	-	0	2	0	8	0
A Mann (ND)	2025-2025	1	2	1	120	66	120.00	126	95.23	0	2	0	11	3
W Barber (MCC)	1935-1935	1	1	0	116	116	116.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
VJ Scott (AUCK)	1953-1953	1	2	1	111	60*	111.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
JR Reid (WELL)	1953-1953	1	1	0	108	108	108.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
OA Shah (WELL)	2010-2010	2	2	1	90	65*	90.00	48	187.50	0	1	0	2	9
Saleem Malik (Pak)	1989-1989	1	2	1	82	69	82.00	184	44.56	0	1	0	12	0
CJ Lyttelton (MCC)	1935-1935	1	1	0	80	80	80.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
BF Smith (CD)	2001-2002	10	11	2	689	201*	76.55	1088	63.32	2	2	0	102	0
Tamim Iqbal (WELL)	2013-2013	1	1	0	74	74	74.00	47	157.44	0	1	0	8	3
C White (ENGXI)	2002-2002	1	1	0	73	73	73.00	151	48.34	0	1	0	9	1
Azhar Mahmood (AUCK)	2012-2012	3	3	1	145	100*	72.50	95	152.63	1	0	0	17	3
ADR Campbell (Zmbns)	2000-2000	1	1	0	72	72	72.00	104	69.23	0	1	0	7	0
N Hussain (ENGXI)	2002-2002	1	1	0	69	69	69.00	121	57.02	0	1	0	11	0
TE Blain (CD)	1994-1994	3	2	1	67	36*	67.00	82	81.70	0	0	0	7	1
N McAndrew (AUCK)	2016-2016	1	1	0	65	65	65.00	93	69.89	0	1	0	9	0
JE Cheetham (SA)	1953-1953	1	1	0	64	64	64.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
Aamer Malik (Pak)	1989-1989	1	2	0	128	80	64.00	208	61.53	0	1	0	21	1
RE Levi (SA)	2012-2012	1	1	0	63	63	63.00	32	196.87	0	1	0	10	3
SL Morgan (WELL)	2026-2026	2	2	0	126	71	63.00	73	172.60	0	2	0	14	5
HJW Robinson (NSW)	1890-1890	1	2	1	61	61*	61.00	-	-	0	1	1	-	-
LJ Johnson (AUS)	1950-1950	1	1	0	61	61	61.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
Sandeep Patel (ND)	2024-2024	2	4	2	120	56	60.00	198	60.60	0	1	0	14	0
C Munro (AUCK)	2006-2026	34	35	7	1675	174*	59.82	1546	108.34	6	7	2	156	62
SM Mills (WELL)	2006-2007	5	5	1	234	171	58.50	475	49.26	1	0	1	28	4
L Vincent (AUCK)	1999-2013	27	29	2	1549	159*	57.37	1762+	83.20	4	8	2	176+	12+
DP Conway (WELL)	2017-2024	21	26	4	1232	327*	56.00	1544	79.79	1	10	4	163	13
RS Bopara (AUCK)	2009-2010	5	6	1	279	90	55.80	418	66.74	0	3	0	27	4
MJ Guptill (AUCK)	2006-2026	37	42	6	1988	195*	55.22	2255	88.15	5	10	2	215	57
MS Sinclair (CD)	1996-2013	59	73	13	3305	171	55.08	4596+	70.62	5	28	5	349+	34+
D Smith (MCC)	1935-1935	1	2	1	55	39	55.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
MA Sigley (CD)	1998-2003	5	6	2	213	74*	53.25	288+	36.45	0	2	0	12+	0+
JW Burke (AUS)	1950-1950	1	2	1	53	41	53.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
JM Aiken (AUCK/WELL)	1990-2000	4	5	1	211	156*	52.75	514	41.05	1	0	1	23	0
IH Ching (CD)	1953-1953	1	2	1	52	39*	52.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
JD Ryder (CD/OTAGO/WELL)	2002-2018	40	46	7	2018	136	51.74	2017+	94.39	7	9	2	233+	47+
JFA Field (CD)	2020-2022	7	4	3	51	34*	51.00	137	37.22	0	0	0	4	0
NS Mitchell-Innes (MCC)	1935-1935	1	1	0	50	50	50.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
RM ter Braak (AUCK)	2021-2023	9	5	2	149	58	49.66	306	48.69	0	2	0	17	3
AE Liddicut (AUS)	1921-1921	1	2	1	49	44	49.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
WM Wallace (AUCK)	1953-1953	1	2	0	98	90	49.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
OB Cox (OTAGO)	2019-2019	1	1	0	49	49	49.00	40	122.50	0	0	0	3	2
AR Knight (OTAGO)	1940-1940	1	2	0	97	54	48.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
TG McIntosh (AUCK)	2000-2013	28	41	2	1881	268	48.23	3841	48.97	6	8	2	227	14
SA Thomson (ND)	1994-1996	3	3	1	93	61	46.50	138	67.39	0	1	0	9	1
MJ Santner (ND)	2011-2025	20	23	4	880	118	46.31	1201	73.27	1	5	0	89	22
JH Parks (MCC)	1935-1935	1	2	1	46	34*	46.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
TC Crabb (AUCK)	1998-1998	1	2	1	45	24	45.00	145	31.03	0	0	0	4	0
B Cachopa (AUCK)	2010-2016	20	22	6	717	131*	44.81	1184	60.55	2	4	1	90	7
MJ Nofal (WELL)	2018-2019	6	7	2	224	51*	44.80	261	85.82	0	2	0	24	1
MD Bell (ND/WELL)	1996-2010	37	47	4	1923	188*	44.72	3277+	50.32	5	10	3	204+	5+
AC Parore (AUCK)	1993-2002	5	6	2	178	63	44.50	188	94.68	0	2	2	21	3
JAH Marshall (ND)	1998-2013	56	70	8	2748	235	44.32	4501+	60.87	7	10	6	306+	18+
DJG Sales (WELL)	2002-2002	2	2	0	88	62	44.00	123	71.54	0	1	0	10	0
AD Mascarenhas (OTAGO)	2009-2012	5	3	1	88	57*	44.00	66	133.33	0	1	0	8	3
DS Robinson (CD)	2012-2016	6	10	1	392	130*	43.55	807	48.57	1	2	0	41	0
SM Mycock (WELL)	2025-2025	2	4	0	172	73	43.00	467	36.83	0	2	0	20	0
BJ Barnett (CD/WELL)	2012-2015	3	4	1	126	40*	42.00	226	55.75	0	0	0	17	0
MJ Horne (AUCK/OTAGO)	1993-2005	19	24	0	1006	187	41.91	1653	60.85	2	6	2	132	5
MS Chapman (AUCK)	2015-2026	32	33	4	1214	276	41.86	1311	92.60	2	6	3	115	31
JEC Franklin (WELL)	2000-2015	36	44	8	1506	162	41.83	2266+	65.31	3	7	1	161+	22+
GJ Robertson (OTAGO)	1940-1940	1	2	0	83	56	41.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
RR Sherlock (AUCK/CD)	2008-2010	4	3	1	83	64	41.50	216	38.42	0	1	0	10	0
PJ Ingram (CD)	2002-2012	38	54	5	2013	166*	41.08	3310+	57.03	5	8	4	239+	11+
GAS Innes (SA)	1953-1953	1	1	0	41	41	41.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
LJ Wright (AUCK/WELL)	2010-2014	5	5	1	163	64	40.75	94	173.40	0	1	0	16	9
BJ Hatwell (ND)	2011-2011	2	4	0	163	73	40.75	347	46.97	0	2	0	16	1
Bharat Popli (ND)	2014-2025	21	35	2	1341	125	40.63	2507	53.49	2	9	3	154	9
DA Marillier (Zmbns)	2000-2000	2	3	1	81	73	40.50	182	44.50	0	1	0	13	0
DJ Nash (AUCK/OTAGO)	1993-2001	5	5	2	121	68*	40.33	196	61.73	0	1	0	16	2
CG Heaphy (CD)	2023-2026	13	17	3	562	119	40.14	1054	53.32	1	4	2	53	1
AJ Hore (OTAGO)	1997-2003	9	13	1	481	100	40.08	666+	68.76	1	4	1	55+	11+
TI Weston (CD)	2006-2011	23	32	8	962	89*	40.08	1655	58.12	0	6	2	134	4
C de Grandhomme (AUCK/ND)	2007-2022	53	64	16	1919	125	39.97	2108	91.03	5	8	2	173	65
LRPL Taylor (CD)	2003-2022	29	34	2	1279	95	39.96	1276+	94.90	0	13	1	137+	39+
RJ Nicol (AUCK/OTAGO)	2002-2018	44	54	10	1750	104	39.77	3510	49.85	1	14	2	161	24
SF Duncan (OTAGO)	1940-1940	1	2	0	79	52	39.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
AJ Redmond (OTAGO)	2004-2015	43	54	4	1972	135*	39.44	3137	62.86	3	15	2	255	23
SG Borthwick (WELL)	2015-2017	5	7	1	236	110*	39.33	470	50.21	1	0	0	25	2
MJG Rippon (OTAGO)	2017-2023	29	36	12	943	78	39.29	1568	60.14	0	5	3	96	10
VY Richardson (AUS)	1921-1921	1	2	1	39	22*	39.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
MA Butcher (ENGXI)	2002-2002	1	1	0	39	39	39.00	56	69.64	0	0	0	7	0
CJ Jordan (ND)	2018-2019	2	2	1	39	22*	39.00	18	216.66	0	0	0	5	2
MJ Taylor (WELL)	2014-2017	10	10	5	192	48*	38.40	165	116.36	0	0	1	11	12
SJ Murdoch (WELL)	2009-2018	30	44	6	1454	155*	38.26	2433	59.76	5	7	2	169	16
CD Cumming (OTAGO)	2000-2012	49	64	5	2256	173	38.23	3829+	56.38	6	9	4	292+	14+
RR O'Donnell (AUCK/ND)	2015-2026	59	68	10	2210	223	38.10	3344	66.08	5	12	3	231	39
RA Young (AUCK)	1999-2012	30	32	8	913	126*	38.04	1613	56.60	2	4	1	123	4
RN ten Doeschate (OTAGO)	2012-2014	7	7	0	264	63	37.71	210	125.71	0	2	0	16	10
MHW Papps (WELL)	2011-2018	34	48	7	1541	206*	37.58	2416	63.78	3	5	5	211	10
GD Phillips (AUCK/OTAGO)	2016-2025	30	34	2	1201	147	37.53	1470	81.70	3	8	3	127	45
CJ Nevin (WELL)	1996-2010	46	55	13	1576	143*	37.52	2502+	58.55	2	6	2	170+	6+
GL Cowper (NSW)	1890-1890	1	2	0	75	54	37.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
IJL Trott (OTAGO)	2005-2006	4	5	1	150	83*	37.50	195	76.92	0	1	1	9	0
CFK van Wyk (CD)	2010-2015	26	31	7	897	131	37.37	1602	55.99	2	4	0	92	2
GS Milnes (CD)	1998-1999	2	3	0	112	107	37.33	303+	36.30	1	0	0	11+	0+

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Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures
Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

Western Province vs Titans at Cape Town, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 26th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class]

North West vs Boland at Paarl, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 25th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 160/2 (42.0 ov, LC Ngoepe 83*, KJ Dudgeon 0/27) - Stumps

Warriors vs Dolphins at Durban, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 27th Match, Feb 9-12, 2026 [First-class]