Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
R Subba Row (ENG)	1959-1959	1	1	0	94	94	94.00	-	-	0	1	0	11	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1959-1959	3	3	2	70	38	70.00	-	-	0	0	0	2+	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	0	207	100	69.00	-	-	1	1	0	14+	0
G Pullar (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	0	242	131	60.50	-	-	1	1	0	0+	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1959-1959	5	6	0	357	87	59.50	-	-	0	4	0	29+	4
R Illingworth (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	1	118	50	59.00	-	-	0	1	0	7+	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1959-1959	5	7	1	344	160	57.33	-	-	1	2	0	15+	6
R Swetman (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	2	114	65	57.00	-	-	0	1	0	10+	0
PBH May (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	1	150	106	50.00	-	-	1	0	0	18+	0
WGA Parkhouse (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	0	144	78	48.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
AA Baig (IND)	1959-1959	2	4	0	165	112	41.25	-	-	1	0	0	3+	0
TG Evans (ENG)	1959-1959	2	2	0	73	73	36.50	73+	100.00	0	1	1	12	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1959-1959	2	4	0	134	61	33.50	-	-	0	1	0	5+	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1959-1959	4	8	1	233	81	33.28	-	-	0	2	1	3+	1
MJ Horton (ENG)	1959-1959	2	2	0	60	58	30.00	-	-	0	1	0	6	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1959-1959	4	8	0	230	118	28.75	-	-	1	0	1	15+	0
DB Close (ENG)	1959-1959	1	1	0	27	27	27.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1959-1959	4	8	0	195	76	24.37	-	-	0	1	0	9+	0
NS Tamhane (IND)	1959-1959	2	4	1	70	32	23.33	-	-	0	0	0	4+	0
CG Borde (IND)	1959-1959	4	7	1	140	75	23.33	-	-	0	1	2	10+	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	0	41	41	20.50	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	0	58	45	19.33	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
AE Moss (ENG)	1959-1959	3	2	0	37	26	18.50	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	1
P Roy (IND)	1959-1959	5	10	0	179	54	17.90	-	-	0	1	2	12+	0
JM Ghorpade (IND)	1959-1959	3	6	0	100	41	16.66	-	-	0	0	1	6+	0
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1959-1959	4	8	0	128	33	16.00	-	-	0	0	1	9+	0
JB Mortimore (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	0	43	29	14.33	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
K Taylor (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	0	33	24	11.00	-	-	0	0	0	2+	0
FS Trueman (ENG)	1959-1959	5	6	0	61	28	10.16	-	-	0	0	1	3+	0
Surendranath (IND)	1959-1959	5	10	3	70	27	10.00	-	-	0	0	2	7+	0
CA Milton (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	0	26	14	8.66	-	-	0	0	0	0+	1
AL Apte (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	0	15	8	7.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
PG Joshi (IND)	1959-1959	3	6	0	42	21	7.00	-	-	0	0	0	4+	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1959-1959	5	10	1	58	21	6.44	-	-	0	0	1	2+	0
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1959	5	10	4	38	8	6.33	-	-	0	0	2	0+	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	0	9	8	4.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
T Greenhough (ENG)	1959-1959	3	3	1	2	2	1.00	-	-	0	0	1	0	0
HJ Rhodes (ENG)	1959-1959	2	1	1	0	0*	-	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0	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:

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]