Batting Highest Career Batting Average

New Zealand vs other countries Tests Batting Records - Highest Batting Averages in Career

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Ahmed Shehzad (PAK)	2014-2014	1	1	-	176	176	176.00	371	47.43	1	-	-	17	1
PHKD Mendis (SL)	2024-2024	2	3	1	309	182*	154.50	435	71.03	2	-	-	30	4
MH Denness (ENG)	1969-1975	3	4	2	297	181	148.50	726	40.90	1	2	-	38	1
CA Milton (ENG)	1958-1958	2	2	1	140	104*	140.00	-	-	1	-	-	16	0
JR Murray (WI)	1995-1995	2	2	1	129	101*	129.00	151	85.43	1	-	-	13	3
XC Balaskas (SA)	1932-1932	2	2	1	127	122*	127.00	-	-	1	-	-	-	0
Imran Nazir (PAK)	2002-2002	1	1	-	127	127	127.00	203	62.56	1	-	-	18	3
DN Sardesai (IND)	1965-1965	3	6	3	360	200*	120.00	-	-	2	-	-	51	0
Saud Shakeel (PAK)	2022-2023	2	4	2	234	125*	117.00	629	37.20	1	1	-	30	1
FMM Worrell (WI)	1952-1952	2	3	1	233	100	116.50	-	-	1	2	-	13+	0
Sohag Gazi (BAN)	2013-2013	2	2	1	115	101*	115.00	182	63.18	1	-	-	11	4
WR Hammond (ENG)	1931-1947	9	11	2	1015	336*	112.77	-	-	4	1	1	77+	11
SM Nurse (WI)	1969-1969	3	5	-	558	258	111.60	-	-	2	1	-	67+	4
M Morkel (SA)	2012-2017	8	6	5	107	40	107.00	132	81.06	-	-	-	16	2
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1984-1990	7	10	2	854	203*	106.75	2087	40.91	5	-	-	106	3
MJ North (AUS)	2010-2010	2	3	1	211	112*	105.50	390	54.10	1	1	-	28	3
MH Mankad (IND)	1955-1956	4	5	-	526	231	105.20	-	-	2	-	-	43+	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1955-1956	4	3	1	199	100*	99.50	0+	-	1	1	-	0+	0
AF Rae (WI)	1952-1952	1	1	-	99	99	99.00	-	-	-	1	-	9	1
KF Barrington (ENG)	1963-1965	5	6	-	594	163	99.00	-	-	3	1	-	70	3
RB McCosker (AUS)	1977-1977	2	3	1	198	84	99.00	374	52.94	-	2	-	18	1
AC Voges (AUS)	2015-2016	5	9	3	594	239	99.00	1048	56.67	2	2	-	78	3
KG Viljoen (SA)	1932-1932	1	2	1	97	81	97.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
J Overton (ENG)	2022-2022	1	1	-	97	97	97.00	136	71.32	-	1	-	13	2
MS Nichols (ENG)	1930-1930	4	6	4	185	78*	92.50	-	-	-	2	-	0+	0
DL Amiss (ENG)	1973-1975	5	7	2	433	164*	86.60	937	46.21	2	1	-	51	0
JDC Goddard (WI)	1952-1956	5	5	3	173	83*	86.50	0+	-	-	1	-	7+	0
WKM Benjamin (WI)	1995-1995	1	1	-	85	85	85.00	87	97.70	-	1	-	6	2
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1955-1965	6	8	2	507	177	84.50	-	-	3	1	1	55+	0
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1931-1933	4	4	1	250	117	83.33	1+	-	2	-	1	9+	1
IR Redpath (AUS)	1974-1974	3	6	1	413	159*	82.60	968	42.66	1	3	-	48	0
SM Katich (AUS)	2005-2010	7	10	2	643	131*	80.37	1383	46.49	3	2	-	84	2
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1993	18	29	5	1919	271	79.95	2303+	48.54	7	6	-	216	14
C Green (AUS)	2024-2024	2	4	1	238	174*	79.33	416	57.21	1	-	-	32	6
AME Roberts (WI)	1980-1980	2	3	2	78	35*	78.00	127	61.41	-	-	-	6	3
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2005	11	15	3	923	162	76.91	1128	81.82	4	5	1	126	21
HC Brook (ENG)	2023-2024	5	9	-	679	186	75.44	678	100.14	3	3	2	77	16
P Roy (IND)	1955-1956	3	4	-	301	173	75.25	-	-	2	-	1	12+	0
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1949-1949	1	2	-	147	121	73.50	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
JAJ Christy (SA)	1932-1932	2	3	-	218	103	72.66	-	-	1	2	-	-	1
JA Rudolph (SA)	2004-2012	6	10	3	505	154*	72.14	1107	45.61	2	3	2	76	3
M van Jaarsveld (SA)	2004-2004	1	2	1	72	59	72.00	161	44.72	-	1	-	10	0
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1955-1955	3	4	-	284	209	71.00	-	-	1	1	1	32+	0
LPC Silva (SL)	2006-2006	2	4	1	213	152*	71.00	307	69.38	1	1	2	27	1
KS Duleepsinhji (ENG)	1930-1931	7	10	2	566	117	70.75	-	-	2	3	-	26+	1
PR Umrigar (IND)	1955-1956	5	6	1	351	223	70.20	-	-	1	1	-	26+	0
F du Plessis (SA)	2013-2017	7	10	3	491	137	70.14	1098	44.71	2	3	-	61	5
J Hardstaff (ENG)	1937-1937	3	5	-	350	114	70.00	-	-	2	2	-	16+	1
RS Morton (WI)	2006-2006	2	3	1	140	70*	70.00	294	47.61	-	2	-	19	1
KJ Arnott (ZIM)	1992-1992	2	4	1	209	101*	69.66	522	40.03	1	1	-	19	1
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1994-2000	10	16	4	823	275*	68.58	1550	53.09	2	2	-	102	7
DJ Richardson (SA)	1994-1995	4	6	2	273	109	68.25	517	52.80	1	1	-	29	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1990-1999	11	17	1	1088	151	68.00	2767	39.32	4	6	1	130	0
DA Warner (AUS)	2011-2020	10	19	3	1081	253	67.56	1467	73.68	5	-	-	108	5
PJ Sharpe (ENG)	1969-1969	3	5	1	270	111	67.50	610	44.26	1	-	-	35	0
GOB Allen (ENG)	1931-1933	5	2	-	134	122	67.00	0+	-	1	-	-	14+	1
WA Brown (AUS)	1946-1946	1	1	-	67	67	67.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
PBH May (ENG)	1955-1959	9	11	2	603	124*	67.00	143+	49.65	3	2	-	54+	6
DG Bedingham (SA)	2024-2024	2	4	-	268	110	67.00	397	67.50	1	1	-	37	5
SL Campbell (WI)	1995-1999	6	10	1	598	208	66.44	1165	51.33	2	2	2	83	4
CL Walcott (WI)	1952-1952	2	3	-	199	115	66.33	-	-	1	1	-	13+	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2002-2014	12	21	2	1258	204	66.21	2020	62.27	3	7	-	164	26
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1993-2003	12	19	3	1059	329	66.18	1772	59.76	3	4	2	139	12
M Labuschagne (AUS)	2019-2024	5	10	-	648	215	64.80	1135	57.09	2	4	-	62	3
JC Adams (WI)	1995-1999	6	9	2	453	208*	64.71	961	47.13	2	-	-	62	1
DJ McGlew (SA)	1953-1962	12	21	4	1100	255*	64.70	-	-	3	5	-	38+	1
KD Walters (AUS)	1973-1980	11	16	2	901	250	64.35	1489	60.51	3	4	-	100	5
Aamer Malik (PAK)	1989-1989	2	2	1	64	56	64.00	180	35.55	-	1	-	6	1
R Dravid (IND)	1998-2010	15	28	2	1659	222	63.80	3668	45.22	6	6	1	223	2
Shakib Al Hasan (BAN)	2008-2017	8	15	3	763	217	63.58	1145	66.63	2	4	1	110	6
Umar Akmal (PAK)	2009-2009	3	6	-	379	129	63.16	570	66.49	1	3	1	44	7
JL Langer (AUS)	1993-2005	14	23	4	1196	215	62.94	2026	59.03	4	5	3	152	9
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1952-1952	2	3	-	188	152	62.66	-	-	1	-	-	14+	0
K Verreynne (SA)	2022-2022	2	4	1	188	136*	62.66	287	65.50	1	-	-	21	1
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2005-2012	6	10	-	625	159	62.50	1174	53.23	2	3	-	77	4
EL Dalton (SA)	1932-1932	2	2	-	124	82	62.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1969-1969	3	4	3	62	29*	62.00	0+	-	-	-	-	6+	0
AR Patel (IND)	2021-2021	2	4	2	124	52	62.00	230	53.91	-	1	-	10	6
JH Kallis (SA)	1999-2013	18	28	3	1543	186	61.72	3127	49.34	6	6	2	212	13
M Azharuddin (IND)	1988-1999	12	14	1	796	192	61.23	1334	59.67	2	3	-	97	1
TM Moody (AUS)	1989-1989	1	1	-	61	61	61.00	135	45.18	-	1	-	8	0
AFG Griffith (WI)	1999-1999	2	4	-	244	114	61.00	796	30.65	1	1	-	24	1
HM Amla (SA)	2006-2017	14	22	3	1154	176*	60.73	2201	52.43	4	7	-	164	3
RJ Burns (ENG)	2019-2021	4	7	-	422	132	60.28	990	42.62	2	2	1	55	1
JH Edrich (ENG)	1965-1975	11	15	1	840	310*	60.00	1700+	47.05	3	2	-	122	5
K Srikkanth (IND)	1988-1988	3	6	2	240	94	60.00	361	66.48	-	3	1	25	6
GB Legge (ENG)	1930-1930	4	6	1	299	196	59.80	-	-	1	-	1	23+	0
ED Weekes (WI)	1952-1956	6	8	-	478	156	59.75	-	-	3	1	-	58+	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1955-1971	18	24	5	1133	128*	59.63	450+	44.44	2	8	1	107+	2
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1965	8	10	2	477	141	59.62	292+	48.28	1	4	-	73	2
DR Jardine (ENG)	1931-1933	4	5	3	118	45	59.00	-	-	-	-	-	4+	0
JT Murray (ENG)	1963-1966	2	2	1	59	50	59.00	-	-	-	1	-	3	2
MJ Prior (ENG)	2013-2013	5	9	3	354	110*	59.00	558	63.44	1	2	2	59	2
WJ Cronje (SA)	1994-1999	7	9	1	471	112	58.87	927	50.80	2	2	-	50	5
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2011	11	14	-	823	168	58.78	1505	54.68	4	2	1	103	4
LEG Ames (ENG)	1931-1937	8	10	3	410	137	58.57	0+	-	2	-	-	19+	3
GS Ramchand (IND)	1955-1956	5	6	2	234	106*	58.50	-	-	1	1	-	25+	1
Majid Khan (PAK)	1965-1979	11	17	1	936	119*	58.50	-	-	3	5	-	104+	4
SJ Rhodes (ENG)	1994-1994	3	4	2	117	49	58.50	442	26.47	-	-	-	8	2
VVS Laxman (IND)	2002-2010	10	17	3	818	124*	58.42	1810	45.19	2	6	2	112	1

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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:

England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Chelmsford, India Under-19s in England 2nd Youth test, Jul 20-23, 2025 [Youth Test # 305]

India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Beckenham, India Under-19s in England 1st Youth test, Jul 12-15, 2025 [Youth Test # 304]

South Africa Under-19s vs England Under-19s (Young Cricketers) at Cape Town, England Under-19s in South Africa 2nd unofficial Test, Feb 3-6, 2025 [Youth Test # 303]