Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DI Gower (ENG)	1983-1983	13	13	1	702	158	58.50	804	87.31	3	3	1	65	6
GM Turner (NZ)	1983-1983	17	17	0	731	140	43.00	912	80.15	1	4	1	75	5
J Dyson (AUS/NSW)	1982-1983	14	13	2	407	78*	37.00	842	48.33	0	2	0	30	1
DW Hookes (AUS/SOA)	1982-1983	18	17	2	538	76	35.86	663	81.14	0	4	1	54	11
KC Wessels (AUS/QLD)	1982-1983	13	13	2	394	79	35.81	715	55.10	0	4	1	40	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1983	12	10	0	345	74	34.50	553+	53.16	0	2	0	11+	0+
MC Snedden (NZ)	1983-1983	19	10	6	126	35	31.50	154	81.81	0	0	1	10	1
BA Edgar (NZ)	1983-1983	15	15	0	471	74	31.40	1013	46.49	0	3	0	40	1
JV Coney (NZ)	1983-1983	17	16	6	312	58*	31.20	492	63.41	0	1	0	15	3
DW Randall (ENG)	1983-1983	13	12	1	342	57	31.09	507	67.45	0	2	0	24	1
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1983-1983	13	13	1	370	108*	30.83	532	69.54	1	1	2	39	3
JG Wright (NZ)	1983-1983	17	17	0	515	84	30.29	844	61.01	0	3	0	54	2
GM Wood (AUS/WA)	1982-1983	14	13	1	348	91	29.00	561	62.03	0	3	0	35	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1983	14	14	3	305	56	27.72	490	62.24	0	2	1	19	2
GS Chappell (AUS/QLD)	1982-1983	19	18	4	373	71	26.64	505	73.86	0	2	1	30	4
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1982-1983	10	10	1	216	72	24.00	147	146.93	0	1	1	13+	8+
CJ Tavare (ENG)	1983-1983	12	12	1	244	83*	22.18	569	42.88	0	1	1	21	1
AR Border (AUS/QLD)	1982-1983	22	19	2	367	56*	21.58	507	72.38	0	2	1	38	1
TE Jesty (ENG)	1983-1983	10	10	4	127	52*	21.16	182	69.78	0	1	2	10	2
IT Botham (ENG)	1983-1983	13	12	0	235	65	19.58	319	73.66	0	1	2	26	7
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1983	12	10	1	173	46	19.22	192+	58.33	0	0	0	9+	1+
KJ Hughes (AUS/WA)	1982-1983	20	18	1	319	64	18.76	475	67.15	0	3	2	27	2
BL Cairns (NZ)	1983-1983	19	17	0	319	52	18.76	235	135.74	0	1	2	23	21
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1983-1983	14	12	0	222	79	18.50	235	94.46	0	1	1	20	3
GF Lawson (AUS/NSW)	1982-1983	15	10	4	100	33*	16.66	113	88.49	0	0	3	5	1
RW Marsh (AUS/WA)	1982-1983	19	14	2	194	35*	16.16	276	70.28	0	0	0	19	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1983	12	10	1	145	28	16.11	172+	68.60	0	0	0	4+	0+
GP Howarth (NZ)	1983-1983	18	17	2	204	30	13.60	320	63.75	0	0	0	16	1
IJ Gould (ENG)	1983-1983	11	10	1	89	42	9.88	141	63.12	0	0	2	2	0
WK Lees (NZ)	1983-1983	15	11	4	50	12	7.14	75	66.66	0	0	0	2	1

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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:

Queensland vs Victoria at Melbourne, One-Day Cup (AUS) 16th Match, Feb 3, 2026 [List A]

England vs Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 3rd ODI, Jan 27, 2026 [ODI # 4942]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 2nd ODI, Jan 24, 2026 [ODI # 4941]