Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Gauteng (Transvaal) 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
R van Tonder (FS)	2018-2019	3	3	2	332	250*	332.00	439	75.62	1	1	0	35	3
WR Landsdale (GriqW)	2013-2013	2	3	2	230	203*	230.00	289	79.58	1	0	0	26	10
NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2000	1	1	0	137	137	137.00	167	82.03	1	0	0	12	2
SP Summers (FS)	2004-2004	2	3	2	132	74	132.00	109	121.10	0	2	0	19	4
L Hutton (MCC)	1948-1949	2	2	0	258	174	129.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
RT Bailey (FS/NWEST)	2003-2007	4	5	2	382	186*	127.33	488	78.27	1	2	0	43	8
JC Adams (FS)	2002-2002	3	3	1	231	124*	115.50	403	57.32	1	1	0	22	1
PH Williams (Natal)	1980-1980	1	1	0	114	114	114.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
Younis Ahmed ()	1975-1975	1	2	1	109	72*	109.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
MN van Wyk (FS)	2000-2002	6	6	2	415	150*	103.75	494	84.00	2	1	0	46	3
JH Edrich ()	1963-1963	1	2	0	207	136	103.50	-	-	1	1	0	-	-
T Taibu (NAM)	2006-2006	2	3	1	193	95*	96.50	269	71.74	0	2	0	22	1
WW Wade (Natal)	1938-1938	1	2	1	95	76*	95.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
T Walbrugh (WPR)	2020-2020	1	1	0	95	95	95.00	104	91.34	0	1	0	7	2
SB Smith (AUSXI)	1985-1985	1	1	0	93	93	93.00	104	89.42	0	1	0	13	0
AA Metcalfe (OFS)	1989-1989	2	2	1	93	75*	93.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
WJ Smit (BOL/FS)	2000-2006	7	8	2	517	108*	86.16	807	64.06	3	2	1	62	3
PGV van der Bijl (WPR)	1937-1937	1	2	0	167	138	83.50	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
AW Stovold (OFS)	1975-1975	1	1	0	83	83	83.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
GS le Roux (WPR)	1980-1987	2	2	1	83	71*	83.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
AJ Pienaar (FS/SWD)	2015-2018	4	5	3	166	58*	83.00	336	49.40	0	1	1	16	2
RJ Peterson (EPR)	2000-2004	6	5	2	248	130	82.66	271	91.51	1	1	0	37	2
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2000	1	1	0	82	82	82.00	104	78.84	0	1	0	8	0
Z de Bruyn (EASTN)	2002-2006	5	8	1	570	159	81.42	974	58.52	2	4	0	71	4
J Botha (BOR/EPR)	2001-2005	7	6	3	240	80	80.00	572	41.95	0	3	0	33	2
GH Roderick (KZN)	2012-2012	2	2	1	79	53*	79.00	163	48.46	0	1	0	7	2
T Stubbs (EPR)	2021-2021	2	2	0	148	132	74.00	177	83.61	1	0	0	14	5
SC Pope (BOR)	1999-2004	7	11	3	585	84	73.12	1254	46.65	0	6	0	63	2
PH Barnard (GriqW)	1999-1999	1	2	1	73	73*	73.00	-	-	0	1	1	-	-
R Trumpelmann (NTHNS)	2019-2019	1	1	0	73	73	73.00	69	105.79	0	1	0	6	5
ND McKenzie (NTHNS)	1999-2004	7	10	1	639	175	71.00	1095	58.35	3	2	1	73	8
JT Smuts (EPR)	2008-2016	4	5	1	284	102*	71.00	349	81.37	1	2	0	29	5
D Bennie (EASTN)	2012-2012	2	3	2	71	43*	71.00	95	74.73	0	0	0	10	0
LA Schlemmer (KZNIN)	2017-2019	6	8	1	497	119	71.00	771	64.46	3	1	0	60	5
MJD Doherty (GriqW)	1983-1983	1	1	0	70	70	70.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
HG Kuhn (NTHNS)	2005-2015	5	7	2	348	113*	69.60	463	75.16	2	2	1	32	2
N van Woerkom (NTHNS)	2004-2005	3	5	0	346	146	69.20	556	62.23	1	2	1	47	4
RT Simpson (MCC)	1948-1949	2	3	1	135	57	67.50	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
MV Boucher (BOR)	2000-2000	1	2	0	130	112	65.00	242	53.71	1	0	0	19	0
D Bestall (Natal)	1980-1980	1	1	0	63	63	63.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
DF Haasbroek (FS)	2010-2010	2	2	1	63	56*	63.00	141	44.68	0	1	0	4	0
AC Vlok (NTHNS)	1937-1937	1	2	1	62	56*	62.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
TR Kumalo (NTHNS)	2012-2012	1	2	1	62	62*	62.00	114	54.38	0	1	1	9	1
AJ Watkins (MCC)	1948-1948	1	1	0	61	61	61.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
Zubayr Hamza (SWD/WPR)	2015-2018	3	4	1	183	103*	61.00	241	75.93	1	1	0	33	0
JH Kallis (WPR)	1999-2003	2	2	0	120	105	60.00	229	52.40	1	0	0	14	3
F du Plessis (NTHNS)	2004-2006	3	4	0	239	156	59.75	345	69.27	1	0	0	28	2
MI Gidley (GriqW)	1999-2003	9	12	1	651	151	59.18	1135+	48.37	2	5	1	50+	8+
B Wallace (WPR)	1937-1937	1	2	1	59	40*	59.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
JA Rudolph (NTHNS)	2000-2002	2	4	0	236	100	59.00	399	59.14	1	2	0	32	5
LJ Burger (NAM)	2006-2006	2	3	0	175	69	58.33	316	55.37	0	2	0	24	0
M Arnold (EASTN)	2016-2019	7	9	4	290	70*	58.00	388	74.74	0	1	1	32	5
APF Chapman (MCC)	1930-1930	2	3	0	172	87	57.33	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
EO Simons (WPR)	1987-1989	3	3	2	57	27	57.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
MG Francis (OFS)	1938-1938	1	2	0	112	99	56.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
SF Viljoen (GriqW)	1938-1938	1	2	1	56	43*	56.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
JC Newton (OFS)	1938-1938	1	2	0	112	112	56.00	-	-	1	0	1	-	-
AJ Lamb (WPR)	1980-1980	1	1	0	56	56	56.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
JF Venter (FS)	2000-2000	4	5	1	224	112*	56.00	428	52.33	1	1	1	16	1
PJ Koortzen (FS/GriqW)	2000-2006	11	14	2	671	122	55.91	913	73.49	3	3	0	85	6
AB de Villiers (NTHNS)	2003-2004	4	5	0	279	99	55.80	345	80.86	0	4	0	34	2
GC Smith (WPR)	2000-2003	5	5	0	278	156	55.60	471	59.02	1	1	0	28	0
JM Henderson (BOL/NWEST)	1999-2003	5	10	2	442	143*	55.25	860+	49.65	3	0	1	56+	4+
B Hector (BOL/FS/GriqW)	2001-2006	7	9	1	441	200*	55.12	552	79.89	1	2	1	51	8
D Jordaan (EASTN)	1999-2001	3	4	2	110	73*	55.00	275+	40.00	0	1	1	14+	0+
K Smit (KZN)	2004-2004	1	1	0	55	55	55.00	87	63.21	0	1	0	5	0
BC Francis ()	1975-1975	1	2	0	108	96	54.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
L Seeff (WPR)	1980-1989	4	5	1	216	122*	54.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	-
C Chetty (KZN)	2010-2012	3	4	1	161	67	53.66	333	48.34	0	2	0	18	1
BM McMillan (WPR)	1999-2000	2	3	1	107	54	53.50	255	41.96	0	1	0	6	3
JP Stephenson (BOL)	1988-1988	2	2	0	106	80	53.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
HE van der Dussen (NTHNS/NWEST)	2010-2014	7	9	1	424	103*	53.00	685	61.89	2	1	0	48	6
VB Mahlangu (NTHNS)	2015-2019	3	4	1	159	100	53.00	244	65.16	1	0	0	21	1
HH Dippenaar (FS)	2000-2002	3	5	1	210	100*	52.50	547	38.39	1	1	0	30	0
P Joubert (NTHNS)	2000-2006	10	11	6	262	53*	52.40	287	91.28	0	2	1	27	4
P de Bruyn (EASTN/KZN/NTHNS)	1999-2009	15	21	6	770	159*	51.33	1209+	63.68	2	5	4	75+	16+
SJ Bezuidenhout (EPR)	1975-1975	1	1	0	51	51	51.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
FM Mehl (BOL)	2017-2017	2	2	0	102	80	51.00	218	46.78	0	1	0	12	0
T de Zorzi (NTHNS)	2017-2019	2	2	1	51	44*	51.00	59	86.44	0	0	0	4	0
WJ Cronje (OFS)	1989-1991	6	6	1	254	82*	50.80	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
HO von Rauenstein (FS)	2007-2009	3	3	0	152	112	50.66	217	70.04	1	0	0	16	0
MD Sanders (BOL/KZN)	2003-2004	3	5	1	202	96	50.50	464	43.53	0	2	0	26	0
D Klein (NWEST)	2012-2015	4	4	2	101	64	50.50	117	86.32	0	1	1	13	2
JM Arthur (GriqW/OFS)	1990-2000	7	8	0	403	165	50.37	265+	65.28	2	0	0	28+	1+
RG Arendse (BOL/FS)	2002-2009	5	3	0	151	91	50.33	381	39.63	0	1	0	15	0
M Jansen (NWEST)	2018-2018	3	4	1	151	87	50.33	161	93.78	0	1	0	25	1
DJ Watson (KZN)	1999-2004	6	9	1	401	99	50.12	848	47.28	0	4	1	43	3
LS Brown (NTHNS)	1937-1937	1	2	0	100	63	50.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
K Sharp (GriqW)	1983-1983	1	1	0	50	50	50.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
CJ Bowes (KZN)	2012-2014	6	8	1	350	127	50.00	568	61.61	1	2	1	28	7
GA Edmeades (WPR)	2013-2013	1	1	0	50	50	50.00	83	60.24	0	1	0	6	0
JJE Hardy (WPR)	1989-1989	2	2	0	99	80	49.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
EAE Baptiste (KZN)	1999-2001	4	3	1	99	57	49.50	146	67.80	0	1	0	10	0
M Strydom (NWEST)	2001-2002	2	3	1	99	45*	49.50	155	63.87	0	0	0	11	0
JD Vandiar (KZN/NTHNS)	2013-2019	9	12	2	493	107*	49.30	625	78.88	1	3	1	67	8
JN Shepherd ()	1975-1975	1	1	0	49	49	49.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
CT Radley ()	1975-1975	1	2	0	98	66	49.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
G Kirsten (WPR)	1999-2004	3	3	0	145	125	48.33	207	70.04	1	0	0	24	0
WE September (BOL)	2006-2006	1	1	0	48	48	48.00	58	82.75	0	0	0	7	1
ZW Elkin (WPR)	2018-2020	3	4	0	191	96	47.75	351	54.41	0	1	0	18	0

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

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 Boland at Paarl, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 22nd Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class]

Dolphins vs North West at Potchefstroom, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 21st Match, Jan 31-Feb 3, 2026 [First-class]

KwaZulu-Natal Inland vs Titans at Pietermaritzburg, CSA 4-Day Series Division 1 24th Match, Feb 1-4, 2026 [First-class - Live]
>> 156/4 (49.0 ov, A Mokgakane 79*, SM Gilson 4*, Tsepo Ndwandwa 0/19) - Stumps