Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Zimbabwe 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
LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2011-2016	4	6	4	638	173*	319.00	1046	60.99	3	3	0	59	7
Abid Ali (PAK)	2021-2021	2	2	1	275	215*	275.00	547	50.27	1	1	0	39	0
PWA Mulder (SA)	2025-2025	2	3	1	531	367*	265.50	587	90.45	2	0	0	67	6
ML Hayden (AUS)	2003-2003	2	3	1	501	380	250.50	561	89.30	2	0	0	52	14
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1993	1	1	0	227	227	227.00	301	75.41	1	0	0	28	0
OJ Pope (ENG)	2025-2025	1	1	0	171	171	171.00	166	103.01	1	0	0	24	2
JH Kallis (SA)	1999-2005	6	7	3	679	189*	169.75	1385	49.02	3	3	0	72	18
R Ravindra (NZ)	2025-2025	2	2	1	167	165*	167.00	149	112.08	1	0	0	21	2
SR Waugh (AUS)	1999-2003	3	3	1	290	151*	145.00	573	50.61	1	2	0	37	1
BM Duckett (ENG)	2025-2025	1	1	0	140	140	140.00	134	104.47	1	0	0	20	2
C Bosch (SA)	2025-2025	2	2	1	136	100*	136.00	165	82.42	1	0	0	14	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2003-2003	2	2	1	133	113*	133.00	119	111.76	1	0	0	14	5
T Chanderpaul (WI)	2023-2023	2	3	1	258	207*	129.00	610	42.29	1	0	0	20	3
AK Markram (SA)	2017-2017	1	1	0	125	125	125.00	204	61.27	1	0	0	14	2
Z Crawley (ENG)	2025-2025	1	1	0	124	124	124.00	171	72.51	1	0	0	14	0
BJ Watling (NZ)	2011-2016	4	5	2	334	107	111.33	581	57.48	2	1	0	39	0
SB Bangar (IND)	2002-2002	2	3	2	107	100*	107.00	191	56.02	1	0	0	13	2
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1992-1992	1	1	0	104	104	104.00	422	24.64	1	0	0	7	0
F du Plessis (SA)	2014-2014	1	2	1	103	98	103.00	270	38.14	0	1	0	12	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1998-1998	1	2	0	200	192	100.00	442	45.24	1	0	0	23	0
R Dravid (IND)	1998-2005	9	13	3	979	200*	97.90	1981	49.41	3	5	0	126	1
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2003	3	4	1	290	169	96.66	467	62.09	1	1	0	40	2
MS Atapattu (SL)	1998-2004	10	15	3	1145	249	95.41	2028	56.45	5	1	2	145	2
AR McBrine (IRE)	2024-2025	2	4	2	189	90*	94.50	294	64.28	0	2	0	19	0
CL Hooper (WI)	2001-2001	2	2	0	188	149	94.00	261	72.03	1	0	0	22	2
HH Gibbs (SA)	2001-2005	4	4	1	276	147	92.00	370	74.59	1	1	0	47	5
UDU Chandana (SL)	2002-2002	1	1	0	92	92	92.00	167	55.08	0	1	0	10	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	2003-2003	2	2	0	184	137	92.00	372	49.46	1	0	0	28	1
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1992-1992	2	4	2	181	89	90.50	328	55.18	0	2	0	14	2
ME Waugh (AUS)	1999-1999	1	1	0	90	90	90.00	154	58.44	0	1	0	13	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2001-2004	5	6	0	536	270	89.33	745	71.94	2	1	0	76	4
DAS Gunaratne (SL)	2016-2017	3	6	2	350	116	87.50	670	52.23	1	2	0	41	1
SD Hope (WI)	2017-2017	2	3	1	174	90*	87.00	424	41.03	0	1	0	16	1
AD Mathews (SL)	2017-2020	3	5	1	343	200*	85.75	872	39.33	1	1	0	23	6
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2004	5	5	2	254	123*	84.66	503	50.49	1	1	0	24	1
TWM Latham (NZ)	2016-2016	2	3	0	254	136	84.66	499	50.90	2	0	0	24	1
JP Crawley (ENG)	1996-1996	2	3	1	166	112	83.00	476	34.87	1	0	0	13	1
G Kirsten (SA)	1995-2001	3	5	1	330	220	82.50	551	59.89	1	1	0	47	1
N Boje (SA)	2005-2005	2	1	0	82	82	82.00	94	87.23	0	1	0	15	1
DP Conway (NZ)	2025-2025	2	3	0	245	153	81.66	421	58.19	1	1	0	31	0
GC Smith (SA)	2005-2005	2	2	0	162	121	81.00	153	105.88	1	0	0	21	3
CD McMillan (NZ)	1998-2000	5	7	1	483	142	80.50	777	62.16	2	2	0	60	11
DJ Mitchell (NZ)	2025-2025	2	1	0	80	80	80.00	119	67.22	0	1	0	5	1
KS Williamson (NZ)	2011-2016	4	6	1	393	113	78.60	673	58.39	1	3	0	39	1
LG Pretorius (SA)	2025-2025	2	3	0	235	153	78.33	253	92.88	1	1	0	18	7
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1992-2002	9	14	2	918	201*	76.50	1597	57.48	3	3	1	126	2
A McGrath (ENG)	2003-2003	2	2	0	150	81	75.00	304	49.34	0	2	0	19	1
Taskin Ahmed (BAN)	2021-2021	1	1	0	75	75	75.00	134	55.97	0	1	0	11	0
D Ramdin (WI)	2013-2013	2	2	0	148	86	74.00	277	53.42	0	2	0	16	1
HM Nicholls (NZ)	2016-2025	4	5	2	221	150*	73.66	365	60.54	1	0	0	27	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2002-2013	5	9	2	511	200*	73.00	1234	41.41	1	3	0	49	4
JC Adams (WI)	2000-2000	2	3	1	145	101*	72.50	537	27.00	1	0	0	8	0
Fawad Alam (PAK)	2021-2021	2	2	0	145	140	72.50	216	67.12	1	0	0	21	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2011-2013	3	6	2	289	79*	72.25	670	43.13	0	4	0	34	1
G Gambhir (IND)	2005-2005	2	3	1	144	97	72.00	183	78.68	0	1	0	23	0
Hashmatullah Shahidi (AFG)	2021-2025	5	9	2	501	246	71.57	1030	48.64	2	0	0	52	1
AH Jones (NZ)	1992-1992	2	4	2	142	67*	71.00	356	39.88	0	1	0	13	0
MV Boucher (SA)	1999-2005	6	4	1	212	125	70.66	384	55.20	1	1	0	26	1
ND McKenzie (SA)	2001-2001	2	2	0	140	88	70.00	311	45.01	0	2	0	17	2
AC Hudson (SA)	1995-1995	1	2	0	139	135	69.50	242	57.43	1	0	0	18	2
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1996-2003	6	9	2	483	124*	69.00	1038	46.53	2	2	0	60	2
Shadman Islam (BAN)	2021-2025	3	5	1	274	120	68.50	474	57.80	2	0	0	31	1
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-2002	6	10	1	616	159	68.44	1261	48.85	2	5	1	87	2
Rahmat Shah (AFG)	2021-2025	4	7	0	479	234	68.42	898	53.34	2	1	1	52	4
S Ranatunga (SL)	1994-1994	3	5	1	273	118	68.25	874	31.23	2	0	0	37	0
DW Fleming (AUS)	1999-1999	1	1	0	65	65	65.00	94	69.14	0	1	0	10	0
Asghar Afghan (AFG)	2021-2021	2	3	0	191	164	63.66	308	62.01	1	0	0	18	2
MD Crowe (NZ)	1992-1992	2	4	0	249	140	62.25	336	74.10	1	1	0	29	4
SS Das (IND)	2000-2002	6	10	1	560	110	62.22	1305	42.91	2	4	0	77	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1995-1999	3	4	1	183	64	61.00	382	47.90	0	3	0	23	1
JA Rudolph (SA)	2005-2005	2	2	1	61	49*	61.00	92	66.30	0	0	0	9	1
WU Tharanga (SL)	2016-2017	3	6	1	305	110*	61.00	562	54.27	1	2	0	35	1
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1992-1992	2	4	0	243	88	60.75	310	78.38	0	3	0	24	4
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2004	8	10	3	420	100*	60.00	745	56.37	1	3	0	47	2
V Sehwag (IND)	2002-2005	3	4	1	176	74	58.66	221	79.63	0	1	0	32	1
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1994-1996	5	7	0	408	128	58.28	1290	31.62	1	4	0	46	2
Nasir Hossain (BAN)	2013-2013	2	4	1	174	77	58.00	297	58.58	0	2	0	17	1
HC Brook (ENG)	2025-2025	1	1	0	58	58	58.00	50	116.00	0	1	0	6	3
A Ranatunga (SL)	1994-1998	7	9	2	404	87*	57.71	871	46.38	0	4	0	47	2
WA Young (NZ)	2025-2025	2	3	1	115	74	57.50	177	64.97	0	1	0	15	0
DN Patel (NZ)	1992-1996	4	5	3	113	58*	56.50	226	50.00	0	1	0	11	2
J Da Silva (WI)	2023-2023	2	3	2	56	44	56.00	121	46.28	0	0	0	7	0
KC Brathwaite (WI)	2017-2023	4	6	0	335	182	55.83	827	40.50	1	1	0	28	1
Mominul Haque (BAN)	2013-2025	10	17	1	893	161	55.81	1585	56.34	3	4	1	100	2
BC Lara (WI)	2003-2003	2	4	0	222	191	55.50	260	85.38	1	0	0	28	4
JP Duminy (SA)	2014-2014	1	1	0	55	55	55.00	134	41.04	0	1	0	1	0
DM de Silva (SL)	2016-2020	4	6	0	330	127	55.00	632	52.21	1	2	0	35	2
TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2004	5	5	1	219	163*	54.75	459	47.71	1	0	1	27	0
Manjural Islam Rana (BAN)	2004-2004	2	3	1	105	39	52.50	303	34.65	0	0	0	9	0
L Vincent (NZ)	2005-2005	2	2	0	105	92	52.50	154	68.18	0	1	0	17	1
Q de Kock (SA)	2014-2017	2	2	0	105	81	52.50	190	55.26	0	1	0	9	1
SM Katich (AUS)	2003-2003	1	1	0	52	52	52.00	86	60.46	0	1	0	8	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1994-1998	7	11	3	412	143*	51.50	829	49.69	1	1	1	55	5
Nafees Iqbal (BAN)	2005-2005	2	4	0	205	121	51.25	550	37.27	1	1	1	31	0
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2017	4	4	0	205	98	51.25	290	70.68	0	2	0	32	2
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2003-2003	2	2	0	102	59	51.00	221	46.15	0	1	0	13	1
AF Giles (ENG)	2003-2003	2	2	0	102	52	51.00	179	56.98	0	2	0	11	1
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-2005	11	17	1	813	141	50.81	1766	46.03	3	3	2	109	7
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2016-2020	5	10	1	457	110	50.77	933	48.98	1	2	0	36	0
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2002-2011	3	6	1	253	111	50.60	487	51.95	1	1	0	34	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 vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]