Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1979-1979	4	7	0	542	221	77.42	1199	45.20	1	4	0	55	0
G Miller (ENG)	1979-1979	3	3	1	152	63*	76.00	329	46.20	0	2	0	12	0
G Boycott (ENG)	1979-1979	4	5	0	378	155	75.60	881	42.90	2	0	0	31	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1979-1979	4	5	1	289	200*	72.25	407	71.00	1	1	2	34	2
IT Botham (ENG)	1979-1979	4	5	0	244	137	48.80	312	78.20	1	0	1	21	7
GR Viswanath (IND)	1979-1979	4	7	0	341	113	48.71	853	39.97	1	3	0	39	0
Yajurvindra Singh (IND)	1979-1979	1	2	1	44	43*	44.00	122	36.06	0	0	0	1	0
P Willey (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	0	83	52	41.50	175	47.42	0	1	0	12	0
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1979-1979	4	7	1	249	103	41.50	713	34.92	1	2	2	28	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1979-1979	4	5	0	207	83	41.40	442	46.83	0	2	0	24	2
DL Bairstow (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	0	68	59	34.00	148	45.94	0	1	0	8	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1979-1979	3	2	0	65	64	32.50	127	51.18	0	1	0	9	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1979-1979	3	3	0	83	57	27.66	223	37.21	0	1	0	11	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1979-1979	4	4	1	81	27*	27.00	174	46.55	0	0	0	12	1
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1979-1979	4	7	0	179	80	25.57	541	33.08	0	2	1	21	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1979-1979	3	5	1	102	40	25.50	277	36.82	0	0	0	7	0
JM Brearley (ENG)	1979-1979	4	5	0	96	34	19.20	315	30.47	0	0	0	8	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1979-1979	2	4	1	54	25	18.00	280	19.28	0	0	0	7	0
AR Butcher (ENG)	1979-1979	1	2	0	34	20	17.00	156	21.79	0	0	0	3	0
KD Ghavri (IND)	1979-1979	4	6	3	43	20*	14.33	184	23.36	0	0	0	2	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1979-1979	2	3	0	41	31	13.66	134	30.59	0	0	1	7	0
B Reddy (IND)	1979-1979	4	5	1	38	21	9.50	100	38.00	0	0	2	6	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1979-1979	4	6	0	45	21	7.50	80	56.25	0	0	1	6	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1979-1979	4	5	0	36	28	7.20	63	57.14	0	0	2	3	2
BS Bedi (IND)	1979-1979	3	2	0	1	1	0.50	9	11.11	0	0	1	0	0
M Hendrick (ENG)	1979-1979	4	2	0	0	0	0.00	17	0.00	0	0	2	0	0
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1979-1979	1	2	2	0	0*	-	3	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1979-1979	1	1	1	6	6*	-	8	75.00	0	0	0	1	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1979-1979	3	2	2	14	10*	-	39	35.89	0	0	0	2	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]