Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
KC Bland (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	2	572	144*	71.50	-	-	1	4	-	55	10
Hanif Mohammad (Pak)	1964-1965	10	15	3	858	203*	71.50	423+	46.57	4	2	-	78+	1
RB Simpson (AUS/NSW)	1964-1965	16	29	4	1678	201	67.12	68+	70.58	6	7	-	81+	0+
WM Lawry (AUS/VIC)	1964-1965	17	29	5	1529	246	63.70	132+	45.45	5	5	-	42+	3+
SC Trimble (QLD)	1964-1965	9	16	1	924	220	61.60	-	-	3	3	2	-	-
CC Hunte (WI)	1965-1965	5	10	1	550	89	61.11	-	-	-	6	-	-	0
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	2	459	137	57.37	313+	68.37	1	4	1	62	2
CG Borde (IND/WEZ)	1964-1965	9	13	2	629	109	57.18	-	-	1	5	1	75+	1+
RM Cowper (AUS/VIC)	1964-1965	17	24	1	1300	192	56.52	155+	53.54	4	6	-	43+	0+
EJ Barlow (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	-	558	138	55.80	244+	56.55	1	4	1	62	0
KD Walters (NSW)	1964-1965	9	14	3	609	253	55.36	-	-	1	4	1	23+	1+
G Thomas (AUS/NSW)	1964-1965	12	18	1	934	162	54.94	-	-	5	1	1	17+	0+
BA Rothwell (NSW)	1964-1965	7	10	2	438	93	54.75	-	-	-	4	-	3+	0+
MAK Pataudi (IND/NOZ)	1964-1965	8	13	1	649	153	54.08	-	-	3	3	-	87+	2+
PJP Burge (AUS/QLD)	1964-1965	13	22	2	1071	242*	53.55	-	-	2	5	1	25+	1+
BK Shepherd (AUS/WA)	1964-1965	9	14	2	628	215*	52.33	144+	68.05	1	3	1	13+	0+
IM Chappell (AUS/SOA)	1964-1965	9	15	2	678	127	52.15	30+	36.66	3	2	-	2+	0+
NJN Hawke (AUS/SOA)	1964-1965	16	23	9	711	141*	50.78	1+	100.00	1	4	4	5+	0+
DN Sardesai (IND/WEZ)	1964-1965	8	13	3	502	200*	50.20	-	-	2	1	1	62+	0+
NCL O'Neill (AUS/NSW)	1964-1965	11	16	2	653	133*	46.64	0+	-	1	4	2	5+	2+
RB Kanhai (WI)	1965-1965	5	10	-	462	129	46.20	-	-	2	2	1	-	3
VL Manjrekar (CEZ/IND)	1964-1965	7	11	1	456	113	45.60	-	-	2	1	1	35+	0+
IR Redpath (AUS/VIC)	1964-1965	11	18	3	681	101	45.40	-	-	1	5	1	5+	0+
Hanumant Singh (CEZ/IND)	1964-1965	10	16	3	567	210	43.61	-	-	1	3	4	53+	1+
Saeed Ahmed (Pak)	1964-1965	11	20	1	817	172	43.00	148+	70.27	2	3	-	55+	2+
TR Veivers (AUS/QLD)	1964-1965	13	21	3	773	88	42.94	219+	82.64	-	8	2	35+	6+
Mohammad Ilyas (Pak)	1964-1965	10	18	-	768	154	42.66	35+	25.71	3	2	-	53+	2
KR Stackpole (VIC)	1964-1965	8	11	-	458	113	41.63	-	-	1	3	1	-	-
HN Dansie (SOA)	1964-1965	6	10	-	415	115	41.50	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
D Chadwick (WA)	1964-1965	7	12	1	455	130	41.36	-	-	1	1	1	-	-
TL Goddard (SA)	1964-1965	5	10	-	405	112	40.50	-	-	1	3	-	39	3
BF Butcher (WI)	1965-1965	5	10	-	405	117	40.50	-	-	1	1	-	-	1
JR Reid (NZ)	1965-1965	10	18	-	723	128	40.16	-	-	1	5	1	64+	13
DJ Anderson (VIC)	1964-1965	8	11	1	401	136	40.10	-	-	1	3	3	-	-
GS Sobers (WI)	1965-1965	5	10	1	352	69	39.11	-	-	-	2	-	-	1
RJ Inverarity (WA)	1964-1965	6	12	1	385	144	35.00	-	-	2	-	3	-	-
BW Sinclair (NZ)	1965-1965	7	12	1	385	130	35.00	-	-	1	1	1	18+	0
BR Taylor (NZ)	1965-1965	6	11	3	275	105	34.37	-	-	1	1	-	22+	5
RW Morgan (NZ)	1965-1965	9	16	-	541	97	33.81	-	-	-	5	1	45+	0
LE Favell (SOA)	1964-1965	9	16	-	540	88	33.75	-	-	-	5	1	-	-
PC Kelly (WA)	1964-1965	5	10	2	268	82*	33.50	-	-	-	2	2	-	-
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1965-1965	7	12	2	335	151*	33.50	-	-	1	2	1	46+	0
BC Booth (AUS/NSW)	1964-1965	15	22	1	688	117	32.76	98+	58.16	2	4	3	30+	2+
Abdul Kadir (Pak)	1964-1965	5	10	-	320	95	32.00	128+	27.34	-	2	2	6+	0+
PI Philpott (AUS/NSW)	1964-1965	11	15	1	437	125	31.21	0+	-	1	2	-	0+	0+
GT Dowling (NZ)	1965-1965	8	15	1	434	129	31.00	-	-	1	2	4	42+	0
GC Becker (WA)	1964-1965	7	13	2	340	130	30.90	-	-	1	2	1	-	-
SA Durani (CEZ/IND)	1964-1965	9	15	1	428	119	30.57	-	-	1	1	-	16+	1+
RG Nadkarni (IND/WEZ)	1964-1965	9	11	2	273	75	30.33	-	-	-	2	2	22+	0+
Intikhab Alam (Pak)	1964-1965	10	17	5	363	61	30.25	107+	69.15	-	3	-	7+	2
DFE Bull (QLD)	1964-1965	9	16	1	453	89	30.20	-	-	-	4	2	-	-
RC Jordon (VIC)	1964-1965	8	11	2	252	55	28.00	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Javed Burki (Pak)	1964-1965	11	20	1	502	63	26.42	240+	31.66	-	2	2	18+	0+
BM Hurn (SOA)	1964-1965	8	13	2	290	77	26.36	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
DJ Sincock (AUS/SOA)	1964-1965	10	14	3	288	61*	26.18	21+	33.33	-	2	1	1+	0+
Asif Iqbal (Pak)	1964-1965	10	18	2	417	67*	26.06	44+	36.36	-	3	1	24+	1+
DE Hoare (WA)	1964-1965	8	14	2	299	64	24.91	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
DA Sharpe (SOA)	1964-1965	7	11	-	267	45	24.27	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
JW Martin (AUS/NSW)	1964-1965	11	15	1	337	87	24.07	-	-	-	2	3	11+	2+
ML Jaisimha (IND/SOZ)	1964-1965	8	15	-	351	66	23.40	-	-	-	3	4	50+	1+
AN Connolly (AUS/VIC)	1964-1965	10	13	9	93	40	23.25	0+	-	-	-	1	0+	0+
HB Taber (NSW)	1964-1965	9	13	4	203	64*	22.55	0+	-	-	2	3	2+	0+
PW Wishart (WA)	1964-1964	5	10	1	199	40	22.11	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
BN Jarman (AUS/SOA)	1964-1965	10	15	-	329	78	21.93	61+	54.09	-	2	3	23+	1+
BE Congdon (NZ)	1965-1965	7	14	-	307	57	21.92	-	-	-	1	1	11+	4
JRE Mackay (QLD)	1964-1965	9	14	1	280	69	21.53	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
JF Parker (WA)	1964-1965	7	13	1	251	83	20.91	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
Naushad Ali (Pak)	1964-1965	8	14	-	286	51	20.42	-	-	-	1	-	8+	0
ATW Grout (AUS/QLD)	1964-1965	16	24	-	487	117	20.29	0+	-	1	3	2	14+	1+
JW Grant (VIC)	1964-1965	7	10	1	171	64	19.00	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
GAR Lock (WA)	1964-1965	8	13	2	208	41	18.90	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Nasim-ul-Ghani (Pak)	1964-1965	7	13	-	228	31	17.53	166+	22.28	-	-	-	3+	0+
V Pollard (NZ)	1965-1965	7	12	1	168	43	15.27	-	-	-	-	1	27+	0
Pervez Sajjad (Pak)	1964-1965	9	11	6	71	18	14.20	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	1+
GD McKenzie (AUS/WA)	1964-1965	15	20	2	246	56	13.66	3+	33.33	-	1	2	8+	2+
PJ Allan (QLD)	1964-1965	9	13	3	135	35	13.50	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
BW Yuile (NZ)	1965-1965	7	13	3	134	42	13.40	-	-	-	-	2	4+	0
LC Mayne (AUS/WA)	1964-1965	10	16	8	101	13*	12.62	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0+
GM Bizzell (QLD)	1964-1965	8	13	1	126	28	10.50	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
RC Motz (NZ)	1965-1965	7	11	1	104	31	10.40	-	-	-	-	4	11+	1
RW Rayson (VIC)	1964-1965	8	10	2	75	36	9.37	0+	-	-	-	-	0+	0+
JRF Duncan (QLD)	1964-1965	9	11	5	13	4*	2.16	0+	-	-	-	2	0+	0+

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Minimum of 10 innings
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:

Colombo Cricket Club vs Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (PSS), Major League Tournament Group A, Dec 27-29, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 119/4 (48.0 ov, D Lakshan 8*, AD Mathews 2*, KN Peiris 2/30) - Stumps

Badureliya Sports Club vs Burgher Recreation Club at Kurunegala, Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 27-29, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 99/4 (53.0 ov, P Maduwantha 26*, Y Rodrigo 14*, BB Sanjeewa 1/36) - Stumps

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club vs Nugegoda Sports Welfare Club at Colombo (CCC), Major League Tournament Group A, Dec 27-29, 2025 [First-class - Live]
>> 35/1 (10.0 ov, M Premaratne 13*, TN Guruge 13*, TN Sampath 0/11) - Stumps