Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1982-1983	9	9	1	919	215	114.87	1227	74.89	4	2	-	110	6
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1982-1983	9	13	4	959	231	106.55	1881	50.98	4	3	-	89	1
GN Yallop (AUS)	1983-1983	1	1	-	98	98	98.00	238	41.17	-	1	-	14	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1982-1983	9	9	1	770	280*	96.25	1381	55.75	3	1	-	64	9
CG Greenidge (WI)	1983-1983	5	7	2	393	154*	78.60	292+	23.97	1	3	1	18+	3
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1983	2	4	-	290	105	72.50	113+	70.79	2	1	-	12+	1
DW Hookes (AUS)	1982-1983	6	9	2	487	143*	69.57	714	68.20	1	4	-	58	2
M Amarnath (IND)	1982-1983	11	19	2	1182	120	69.52	1304+	44.78	5	7	-	89+	7
CH Lloyd (WI)	1983-1983	5	6	-	407	143	67.83	113+	71.68	2	2	-	34+	4
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1982-1983	9	13	3	638	135	63.80	1198	53.25	2	4	-	75	2
Imran Khan (PAK)	1982-1983	9	8	3	311	117	62.20	403	77.17	1	-	-	30	8
KC Wessels (AUS)	1982-1983	5	9	-	527	162	58.55	938	56.18	2	1	-	60	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1983-1983	5	7	1	333	136	55.50	113+	40.70	1	1	1	17+	2
PJL Dujon (WI)	1983-1983	5	6	1	259	110	51.80	-	-	1	-	-	14+	2
GS Chappell (AUS)	1982-1983	6	11	2	455	117	50.55	732	62.15	2	2	1	54	2
BA Edgar (NZ)	1983-1983	2	3	1	96	47*	48.00	219	43.83	-	-	-	13	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1982-1983	8	14	1	623	137	47.92	1634	38.12	1	4	1	61	6
IVA Richards (WI)	1983-1983	5	6	-	282	109	47.00	-	-	1	2	-	9+	7
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1982-1983	12	21	3	833	155	46.27	977+	44.42	3	3	1	73+	2
DW Randall (ENG)	1982-1983	4	8	-	365	115	45.62	664	54.96	1	2	1	37	0
WK Lees (NZ)	1983-1983	2	2	-	89	89	44.50	182	48.90	-	1	1	8	1
DI Gower (ENG)	1982-1983	5	10	-	441	114	44.10	888	49.66	1	3	-	49	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1982-1983	7	11	2	388	128	43.11	402+	37.81	2	-	-	19+	0
RL Dias (SL)	1982-1983	2	4	-	171	97	42.75	41+	34.14	-	2	-	2+	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1982-1983	8	14	5	381	63*	42.33	322+	28.26	-	3	-	9+	1
SM Patil (IND)	1982-1983	5	9	1	333	114*	41.62	213+	81.22	1	2	1	29+	2
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1983	5	10	-	414	83	41.40	744	55.64	-	4	1	56	2
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1982-1982	3	6	1	205	106*	41.00	532	38.53	1	-	-	13	3
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1983	2	4	-	162	90	40.50	184+	66.30	-	1	-	18+	1
AR Border (AUS)	1982-1983	9	16	4	482	89	40.16	1129	42.69	-	4	1	51	1
AN Ranasinghe (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	-	77	77	38.50	-	-	-	1	1	-	0
Mansoor Akhtar (PAK)	1982-1983	6	9	3	223	111	37.16	425	52.47	1	-	1	33	1
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1982-1983	4	4	-	148	82	37.00	277	53.42	-	2	1	23	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1983-1983	3	6	1	183	96	36.60	378	48.41	-	2	1	22	0
J Dyson (AUS)	1982-1983	8	16	2	503	87	35.92	1204	41.77	-	4	-	53	3
HA Gomes (WI)	1983-1983	5	5	-	178	123	35.60	333+	36.93	1	-	-	12+	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1982-1983	6	10	4	213	54	35.50	184+	68.47	-	2	1	21+	1
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1983	4	8	1	246	61	35.14	434+	34.79	-	2	1	13+	0
G Fowler (ENG)	1982-1982	3	6	-	207	83	34.50	517	40.03	-	2	-	23	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1983-1983	2	3	-	103	84	34.33	198	52.02	-	1	-	10	0
BS Sandhu (IND)	1983-1983	7	9	3	206	71	34.33	185+	62.16	-	2	1	17+	3
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1982-1983	12	20	2	615	94	34.16	494+	48.78	-	6	2	45+	1
EE Hemmings (ENG)	1982-1983	3	6	1	157	95	31.40	389	40.35	-	1	2	9	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1982-1983	12	18	2	493	100*	30.81	211+	84.36	1	2	1	35+	7
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1983	6	4	-	122	107	30.50	227	53.74	1	-	-	15	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1983-1983	2	3	1	59	30	29.50	49	120.40	-	-	-	8	1
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1982-1983	5	4	2	57	20	28.50	90	63.33	-	-	-	8	0
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1983	5	6	-	167	130	27.83	-	-	1	-	1	14+	3
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1982	3	6	2	108	47*	27.00	319	33.85	-	-	1	15	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1982-1983	5	10	-	270	58	27.00	440	61.36	-	1	1	39	1
GM Wood (AUS)	1982-1983	5	9	-	236	85	26.22	729	32.37	-	1	2	21	2
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1983	4	8	-	208	79	26.00	372+	42.47	-	1	1	24+	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1983-1983	2	2	-	48	45	24.00	75	64.00	-	-	-	3	2
GM Turner (NZ)	1983-1983	2	3	-	71	32	23.66	94	75.53	-	-	-	9	0
J Arun Lal (IND)	1982-1983	4	7	-	164	63	23.42	268+	37.31	-	2	1	16+	0
BM Laird (AUS)	1982-1982	3	6	-	137	60	22.83	403	33.99	-	1	-	7	0
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1983	5	9	-	200	72	22.22	-	-	-	2	1	-	0
CJ Tavare (ENG)	1982-1983	5	10	-	218	89	21.80	733	29.74	-	2	3	27	0
G Miller (ENG)	1982-1983	5	10	1	193	60	21.44	468	41.23	-	1	2	18	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1982-1983	2	4	1	59	29	19.66	75+	38.66	-	-	1	3+	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1983	2	3	-	59	36	19.66	174	33.90	-	-	-	6	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1982-1983	5	10	3	135	37	19.28	326	41.41	-	-	1	16	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1982-1983	8	11	-	202	53	18.36	395	51.13	-	1	4	20	1
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1982-1983	8	5	1	68	38*	17.00	97	70.10	-	-	2	9	0
L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1983-1983	1	1	-	17	17	17.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
AME Roberts (WI)	1983-1983	5	6	1	84	36	16.80	-	-	-	-	-	1+	3
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1982-1983	6	5	1	67	26	16.75	106	63.20	-	-	-	8	1
GF Lawson (AUS)	1982-1983	8	14	2	189	57*	15.75	386	48.96	-	2	3	17	1
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1982-1983	3	6	1	77	29*	15.40	142+	33.80	-	-	1	3+	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1982-1983	8	13	-	196	53	15.07	458	42.79	-	1	2	17	1
MD Marshall (WI)	1983-1983	5	6	1	74	27	14.80	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1982-1982	1	2	-	29	29	14.50	52	55.76	-	-	1	5	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1982-1983	7	10	-	145	53	14.50	335+	40.00	-	1	2	18+	0
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1983	1	1	-	14	14	14.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1982-1983	12	16	-	216	66	13.50	288+	39.23	-	1	1	13+	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1983-1983	2	2	-	27	14	13.50	62	43.54	-	-	-	3	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1983-1983	2	2	-	27	22	13.50	51	52.94	-	-	-	4	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1982-1983	4	5	3	26	14*	13.00	82	31.70	-	-	1	2	0
GP Howarth (NZ)	1983-1983	2	3	-	37	36	12.33	163	22.69	-	-	1	2	0
ERNS Fernando (SL)	1983-1983	3	6	-	73	46	12.16	297	24.57	-	-	2	7	0
Y Goonasekera (SL)	1983-1983	2	4	-	48	23	12.00	145	33.10	-	-	-	3	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1982-1982	2	4	1	34	32*	11.33	100	34.00	-	-	2	0	1
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1982-1983	9	6	-	68	30	11.33	180	37.77	-	-	1	7	0
NG Cowans (ENG)	1982-1983	4	7	1	68	36	11.33	115	59.13	-	-	-	9	1
RGD Willis (ENG)	1982-1983	5	9	3	63	26	10.50	182	34.61	-	-	1	7	0
JR Thomson (AUS)	1982-1983	7	12	3	91	21	10.11	202	45.04	-	-	2	7	1
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1983-1983	1	1	-	10	10	10.00	47	21.27	-	-	-	1	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1983-1983	3	6	-	58	30	9.66	156	37.17	-	-	1	8	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1983-1983	2	3	-	28	21	9.33	57	49.12	-	-	-	2	1
G Cook (ENG)	1982-1983	3	6	-	54	26	9.00	171	31.57	-	-	-	3	0
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1983-1983	1	1	-	9	9	9.00	9	100.00	-	-	-	1	0
GRA de Silva (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	-	14	14	7.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
MD Wettimuny (SL)	1983-1983	2	4	-	28	17	7.00	103	27.18	-	-	1	2	0
VB John (SL)	1983-1983	2	4	2	11	8*	5.50	24	45.83	-	-	2	0	0
MA Holding (WI)	1983-1983	5	5	-	27	24	5.40	-	-	-	-	2	0+	1
B Warnapura (SL)	1982-1982	1	2	-	10	6	5.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
S Jeganathan (SL)	1983-1983	2	4	-	19	8	4.75	50	38.00	-	-	1	3	0
Maninder Singh (IND)	1982-1983	8	9	2	30	12*	4.28	83+	28.91	-	-	2	3	0
CG Rackemann (AUS)	1982-1982	1	1	-	4	4	4.00	30	13.33	-	-	-	0	0
SAR Silva (SL)	1983-1983	1	2	-	8	8	4.00	10	80.00	-	-	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:

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]

Australia vs England at Adelaide, The Ashes 3rd Test, Dec 17-21, 2025 [Test # 2613]

West Indies vs New Zealand at Wellington, West Indies in New Zealand 2nd Test, Dec 10-12, 2025 [Test # 2612]