Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
CG Borde (IND)	1960-1961	5	6	2	330	177*	82.50	-	-	1	0	1	34	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1960-1961	5	6	0	382	117	63.66	-	-	3	0	0	28+	0
FCM Alexander (WI)	1960-1961	5	10	2	484	108	60.50	602+	44.68	1	5	1	42	1
PJP Burge (AUS)	1961-1961	2	4	0	215	68	53.75	389+	31.10	0	2	0	25	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1960-1961	5	6	0	319	92	53.16	-	-	0	3	0	29+	0
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1960-1961	5	10	0	522	181	52.20	596+	40.10	1	3	1	60	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1960-1961	5	9	1	410	160	51.25	-	-	1	3	1	24+	0
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1960-1961	5	10	1	460	121	51.11	-	-	2	0	0	15+	1
RB Kanhai (WI)	1960-1961	5	10	0	503	117	50.30	399+	50.62	2	2	0	65	2
RB Simpson (AUS)	1960-1961	5	10	1	445	92	49.44	642+	41.27	0	4	1	33	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1960-1961	5	6	1	247	73	49.40	-	-	0	2	0	4+	0
Javed Burki (PAK)	1960-1961	5	9	2	325	79	46.42	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1960-1961	4	6	1	226	99	45.20	-	-	0	1	0	15+	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1960-1961	5	7	1	263	101	43.83	-	-	1	1	0	6+	0
GS Sobers (WI)	1960-1961	5	10	0	430	168	43.00	508+	51.77	2	1	1	55	1
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1960-1961	5	10	1	375	135	41.66	-	-	1	2	0	-	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1960-1961	5	9	2	289	74	41.28	456+	29.60	0	2	1	21	0
CC Hunte (WI)	1960-1961	5	10	0	377	110	37.70	588+	38.94	1	2	0	36	0
FMM Worrell (WI)	1960-1961	5	10	0	375	82	37.50	369+	32.79	0	5	2	50	1
RF Surti (IND)	1960-1961	2	2	0	75	64	37.50	-	-	0	1	0	7+	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1960-1961	5	10	0	337	91	33.70	447+	42.72	0	3	0	21	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1960-1961	4	7	0	212	80	30.28	241+	36.51	0	1	0	20	1
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1961	3	6	0	181	70	30.16	451+	28.15	0	1	0	10	0
JS Solomon (WI)	1960-1961	5	10	1	250	65	27.77	435+	22.98	0	1	1	20	0
RB Desai (IND)	1960-1961	5	5	0	134	85	26.80	-	-	0	1	0	7+	0
AG Milkha Singh (IND)	1961-1961	2	2	0	53	35	26.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
W Mathias (PAK)	1960-1961	5	8	2	158	49	26.33	-	-	0	0	1	6+	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1960-1961	4	4	1	79	70*	26.33	-	-	0	1	1	8+	0
CW Smith (WI)	1960-1961	4	8	0	206	55	25.75	200+	59.50	0	1	0	31	1
BK Kunderan (IND)	1961-1961	2	3	2	25	12*	25.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Alimuddin (PAK)	1960-1960	1	1	0	24	24	24.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
P Roy (IND)	1960-1960	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1960-1961	3	5	1	90	56	22.50	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1960-1961	5	9	0	194	77	21.55	176+	21.59	0	2	0	18	0
LE Favell (AUS)	1960-1961	4	8	1	150	51	21.42	204+	45.58	0	1	0	10	2
AL Valentine (WI)	1960-1961	5	9	8	21	10*	21.00	40+	35.00	0	0	1	2	0
PD Lashley (WI)	1960-1961	2	4	0	78	41	19.50	151+	39.07	0	0	1	7	1
JW Martin (AUS)	1960-1961	3	5	1	76	55	19.00	140	54.28	0	1	1	6	1
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1960-1961	4	4	0	72	34	18.00	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1960-1961	4	8	0	143	85	17.87	297+	41.41	0	1	1	13	0
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1960-1961	5	5	0	89	35	17.80	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	1
WW Hall (WI)	1960-1961	5	9	0	158	50	17.55	203+	41.87	0	1	0	14	1
DE Hoare (AUS)	1961-1961	1	2	0	35	35	17.50	-	-	0	0	1	2	0
VM Muddiah (IND)	1960-1960	1	1	0	11	11	11.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Surendranath (IND)	1960-1961	2	2	1	11	6	11.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1961-1961	3	5	0	55	18	11.00	168+	22.02	0	0	1	5	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1960-1961	5	6	0	60	18	10.00	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AA Baig (IND)	1960-1961	3	4	0	34	19	8.50	-	-	0	0	0	2+	0
ATW Grout (AUS)	1960-1961	5	9	0	72	42	8.00	68+	35.29	0	0	3	6	0
FM Misson (AUS)	1960-1961	3	4	2	13	12*	6.50	66+	18.18	0	0	1	1	0
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1960-1961	5	5	1	25	13	6.25	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	1
I Meckiff (AUS)	1960-1961	2	4	2	12	6*	6.00	15+	40.00	0	0	0	0	0
VV Kumar (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
S Ramadhin (WI)	1960-1961	2	4	0	21	12	5.25	19+	15.78	0	0	1	3	0
CD Watson (WI)	1960-1961	1	2	0	9	5	4.50	32	28.12	0	0	0	0	0
NS Tamhane (IND)	1960-1961	2	2	0	3	3	1.50	-	-	0	0	1	0	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1960-1961	3	2	1	1	1*	1.00	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0	0
PG Joshi (IND)	1960-1960	1	1	1	52	52*	-	-	-	0	1	0	3	0
LF Kline (AUS)	1960-1961	2	4	4	18	15*	-	-	-	0	0	0	2	0
Mohammad Farooq (PAK)	1960-1961	2	3	3	16	14*	-	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
BP Gupte (IND)	1961-1961	1	1	1	17	17*	-	-	-	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]