Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
BM Laird (AUS)	1982-1982	2	2	1	135	91*	135.00	189	71.42	-	1	-	13	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1983-1983	3	3	2	116	66	116.00	120	96.66	-	1	-	8	1
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1982-1983	7	7	1	486	118	81.00	410	118.53	4	-	-	46	10
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1983	6	2	1	78	49	78.00	79	98.73	-	-	-	3	1
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1983-1983	2	2	1	78	52	78.00	121	64.46	-	1	-	3+	1+
GN Yallop (AUS)	1983-1983	4	4	1	209	60*	69.66	269	77.69	-	3	-	23	3
A Ranatunga (SL)	1983-1983	4	2	1	65	55*	65.00	61	106.55	-	1	-	3	2
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1982-1983	10	5	4	60	27*	60.00	100	60.00	-	-	-	2	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1983-1983	13	13	1	702	158	58.50	804	87.31	3	3	1	65	6
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1982-1983	7	7	2	273	117*	54.60	307	88.92	2	-	1	29	1
RL Dias (SL)	1982-1983	7	5	-	269	121	53.80	319	84.32	2	-	-	19+	0+
K Srikkanth (IND)	1982-1983	7	7	-	345	95	49.28	333	103.60	-	3	-	33+	5+
CG Greenidge (WI)	1983-1983	3	3	-	146	66	48.66	198	73.73	-	2	-	9	7
AO Malhotra (IND)	1982-1983	6	6	3	140	44*	46.66	199	70.35	-	-	-	3+	0+
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1982-1983	10	9	2	315	54	45.00	387	81.39	-	2	-	13+	4+
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1982-1983	10	9	4	220	56*	44.00	271	81.18	-	1	-	10+	2+
SM Patil (IND)	1982-1982	6	5	-	218	84	43.60	189	115.34	-	3	-	10+	5+
GM Turner (NZ)	1983-1983	17	17	-	731	140	43.00	912	80.15	1	4	1	75	5
IVA Richards (WI)	1983-1983	3	3	-	124	64	41.33	117	105.98	-	1	-	15+	1+
J Dyson (AUS)	1982-1983	12	11	2	358	78*	39.77	707	50.63	-	2	-	26	1
DL Haynes (WI)	1983-1983	3	3	-	118	97	39.33	142	83.09	-	1	-	12+	0+
GB Troup (NZ)	1983-1983	4	1	-	39	39	39.00	41	95.12	-	-	-	4	1
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1983	10	8	-	294	74	36.75	553	53.16	-	2	-	11+	0+
DW Hookes (AUS)	1983-1983	17	16	2	508	76	36.28	629	80.76	-	4	1	51	11
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1982-1983	6	6	-	211	90	35.16	291	72.50	-	2	-	19	2
GM Wood (AUS)	1982-1983	11	10	1	308	91	34.22	464	66.37	-	3	-	31	0
KC Wessels (AUS)	1983-1983	11	11	1	337	79	33.70	595	56.63	-	3	-	31	0
SB Smith (AUS)	1983-1983	6	6	1	164	117	32.80	218	75.22	1	-	-	13	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1983-1983	19	10	6	126	35	31.50	154	81.81	-	-	1	10	1
BA Edgar (NZ)	1983-1983	15	15	-	471	74	31.40	1013	46.49	-	3	-	40	1
JV Coney (NZ)	1983-1983	17	16	6	312	58*	31.20	492	63.41	-	1	-	15	3
DW Randall (ENG)	1983-1983	13	12	1	342	57	31.09	507	67.45	-	2	-	24	1
RD Woolley (AUS)	1983-1983	4	3	2	31	16	31.00	38	81.57	-	-	-	2	0
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	-	515	84	30.29	844	61.01	-	3	-	54	2
Mansoor Akhtar (PAK)	1982-1983	7	2	1	29	21*	29.00	35	82.85	-	-	-	2	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1983	14	14	3	305	56	27.72	490	62.24	-	2	1	19	2
AN Ranasinghe (SL)	1982-1982	2	2	-	55	35	27.50	44	125.00	-	-	-	-	-
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1982-1983	7	7	1	160	61*	26.66	264	60.60	-	1	-	9	0
JFM Morrison (NZ)	1983-1983	10	8	3	130	35	26.00	203	64.03	-	-	-	12	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1983-1983	3	1	-	26	26	26.00	28	92.85	-	-	-	0	1
RJ Shastri (IND)	1982-1983	5	3	1	50	30	25.00	101	49.50	-	-	-	1+	0+
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1982-1983	10	10	1	216	72	24.00	147	146.93	-	1	1	13+	8+
Y Goonasekera (SL)	1983-1983	3	3	-	69	35	23.00	104	66.34	-	-	-	8	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1983-1983	17	16	4	274	54*	22.83	376	72.87	-	1	1	18	2
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1983	8	7	3	90	37*	22.50	134	67.16	-	-	-	6+	0+
CJ Tavare (ENG)	1983-1983	12	12	1	244	83*	22.18	569	42.88	-	1	1	21	1
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1982-1983	7	4	3	22	15	22.00	46	47.82	-	-	-	2+	0+
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1983	1	1	-	22	22	22.00	52	42.30	-	-	-	2	0
TE Jesty (ENG)	1983-1983	10	10	4	127	52*	21.16	182	69.78	-	1	2	10	2
M Amarnath (IND)	1982-1983	10	8	1	147	51	21.00	221	66.51	-	1	-	4+	0+
ERNS Fernando (SL)	1983-1983	7	5	-	101	36	20.20	216	46.75	-	-	2	7	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1983-1983	13	12	-	235	65	19.58	319	73.66	-	1	2	26	7
S Madan Lal (IND)	1982-1983	8	2	1	19	13*	19.00	41	46.34	-	-	-	1+	0+
AR Border (AUS)	1982-1983	20	17	1	302	54	18.87	427	70.72	-	1	1	29	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1983-1983	19	17	-	319	52	18.76	235	135.74	-	1	2	23	21
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1983-1983	14	12	-	222	79	18.50	235	94.46	-	1	1	20	3
KH MacLeay (AUS)	1983-1983	3	3	-	54	41	18.00	51	105.88	-	-	-	4	2
VJ Marks (ENG)	1983-1983	12	9	3	100	27	16.66	149	67.11	-	-	-	7	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1982-1983	16	14	1	211	64	16.23	322	65.52	-	2	2	17	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1983	10	8	1	112	37	16.00	192	58.33	-	-	-	9+	1+
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1982-1983	7	6	2	63	27	15.75	128	49.21	-	-	-	4+	0+
RG de Alwis (SL)	1983-1983	6	3	1	31	13*	15.50	89	34.83	-	-	-	3	0
TG Hogan (AUS)	1983-1983	4	2	-	31	27	15.50	36	86.11	-	-	-	4	1
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1983	10	8	-	118	28	14.75	172	68.60	-	-	-	4+	0+
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1983	9	7	-	102	33	14.57	167	61.07	-	-	-	1+	0+
RMH Binny (IND)	1982-1982	3	3	-	41	16	13.66	59	69.49	-	-	-	-	-
GP Howarth (NZ)	1983-1983	18	17	2	204	30	13.60	320	63.75	-	-	-	16	1
GF Lawson (AUS)	1982-1983	13	8	2	79	33*	13.16	97	81.44	-	-	3	3	1
RM Hogg (AUS)	1983-1983	16	7	6	13	8	13.00	18	72.22	-	-	-	2	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1983-1983	3	1	-	12	12	12.00	10	120.00	-	-	-	1	1
RW Marsh (AUS)	1982-1983	16	11	1	116	32	11.60	175	66.28	-	-	-	12	0
J Arun Lal (IND)	1982-1983	2	2	-	22	16	11.00	44	50.00	-	-	-	0	1
DR Pringle (ENG)	1983-1983	2	1	-	11	11	11.00	11	100.00	-	-	-	1	0
G Miller (ENG)	1983-1983	9	6	-	64	46	10.66	108	59.25	-	-	-	7	0
RGD Willis (ENG)	1983-1983	13	6	4	21	7*	10.50	50	42.00	-	-	1	1	0
PN Webb (NZ)	1983-1983	4	4	1	30	10*	10.00	89	33.70	-	-	-	2	0
IJ Gould (ENG)	1983-1983	11	10	1	89	42	9.88	141	63.12	-	-	2	2	0
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1983	6	1	-	8	8	8.00	5	160.00	-	-	-	2	0
WK Lees (NZ)	1983-1983	15	11	4	50	12	7.14	75	66.66	-	-	-	2	1
RW Taylor (ENG)	1983-1983	2	2	1	7	5*	7.00	21	33.33	-	-	-	0	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1982-1983	13	8	1	39	12*	5.57	64	60.93	-	-	1	3	0
CH Lloyd (WI)	1983-1983	3	2	-	11	8	5.50	11	100.00	-	-	-	0	1
MD Marshall (WI)	1983-1983	3	1	-	5	5	5.00	6	83.33	-	-	-	0	0
RD Jackman (ENG)	1983-1983	7	5	1	18	9	4.50	39	46.15	-	-	1	1	0
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1982-1982	2	1	-	4	4	4.00	14	28.57	-	-	-	1	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1983-1983	8	3	1	8	5	4.00	13	61.53	-	-	-	0	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1983-1983	19	6	3	12	10	4.00	42	28.57	-	-	2	0	0
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1983-1983	3	1	-	3	3	3.00	11	27.27	-	-	-	0	0
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1983-1983	3	1	-	3	3	3.00	4	75.00	-	-	-	0	0
NG Cowans (ENG)	1983-1983	8	3	1	5	4	2.50	19	26.31	-	-	1	0	0
MA Holding (WI)	1983-1983	3	1	-	2	2	2.00	8	25.00	-	-	-	0	0
G Cook (ENG)	1983-1983	1	1	-	2	2	2.00	9	22.22	-	-	-	0	0
MD Wettimuny (SL)	1983-1983	1	1	-	2	2	2.00	11	18.18	-	-	-	0	0
B Warnapura (SL)	1982-1982	3	3	-	5	4	1.66	28	17.85	-	-	1	0+	0
JN Maguire (AUS)	1983-1983	6	2	-	3	2	1.50	11	27.27	-	-	-	0	0
MR Whitney (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	-	1	1	1.00	2	50.00	-	-	-	0	0
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1983-1983	7	4	1	2	2	0.66	10	20.00	-	-	2	0	0
IW Callen (AUS)	1982-1982	3	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	0	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1982-1983	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	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:

South Africa vs India at Visakhapatnam, South Africa in India 3rd ODI, Dec 6, 2025 [ODI # 4936]

India vs South Africa at Raipur, South Africa in India 2nd ODI, Dec 3, 2025 [ODI # 4935]

India vs South Africa at Ranchi, South Africa in India 1st ODI, Nov 30, 2025 [ODI # 4934]