Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GN Yallop (AUS)	1983-1984	5	6	-	554	268	92.33	1018	54.42	2	1	-	57	0
AR Border (AUS)	1983-1984	10	16	4	950	118	79.16	2209+	40.92	3	6	-	99	1
GS Chappell (AUS)	1983-1984	5	6	1	364	182	72.80	731	49.79	2	-	-	36	1
JV Coney (NZ)	1984-1984	6	9	3	421	174*	70.16	934	45.07	1	1	-	50	1
AME Roberts (WI)	1983-1983	2	2	1	68	68	68.00	181+	37.56	-	1	-	5	3
CH Lloyd (WI)	1983-1984	10	12	2	666	161*	66.60	745+	58.25	2	3	-	37+	7
DI Gower (ENG)	1984-1984	6	9	1	518	173*	64.75	1085	47.74	2	2	-	49	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1983-1984	11	18	5	804	194	61.84	858+	59.79	3	2	1	77+	4
IDS Smith (NZ)	1984-1984	6	8	3	308	113*	61.60	470	65.53	1	-	-	37	2
RS Madugalle (SL)	1984-1984	3	6	2	242	89*	60.50	572	42.30	-	1	-	32	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1984	6	7	1	353	154	58.83	766+	42.68	2	-	2	43+	1
Imran Khan (PAK)	1983-1984	2	4	1	170	83	56.66	357	47.61	-	2	-	19	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1983-1983	9	16	2	769	236*	54.92	434+	57.83	3	3	2	61+	2
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1983-1983	6	10	-	486	159	48.60	136+	73.52	2	2	1	13+	1
JF Reid (NZ)	1984-1984	3	5	-	243	180	48.60	632	38.44	1	-	1	24	0
PJL Dujon (WI)	1983-1984	11	12	-	571	130	47.58	687+	50.94	1	4	1	50+	3
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1983-1984	11	18	3	674	85	44.93	1300+	48.07	-	6	2	69+	5
RL Dias (SL)	1984-1984	2	3	-	134	108	44.66	289	46.36	1	-	-	20	0
DW Randall (ENG)	1984-1984	6	9	-	396	164	44.00	899	44.04	2	1	2	44	3
GM Wood (AUS)	1984-1984	1	2	-	88	68	44.00	-	-	-	1	-	12	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1983-1984	8	12	-	527	131	43.91	1243	42.39	1	4	1	43+	2
IT Botham (ENG)	1984-1984	4	6	-	258	138	43.00	403	64.01	1	1	1	34	5
DL Haynes (WI)	1983-1984	11	18	3	644	145	42.93	607+	51.40	2	4	-	55+	2
IVA Richards (WI)	1983-1984	11	14	-	576	178	41.14	470+	57.44	2	2	-	50+	2
AO Malhotra (IND)	1983-1983	3	5	1	163	72*	40.75	-	-	-	1	-	-	0
CL Smith (ENG)	1984-1984	5	8	1	280	91	40.00	954	29.35	-	2	-	29	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1983-1983	9	14	6	318	63*	39.75	156+	40.38	-	1	-	6+	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1983-1983	6	10	4	238	74	39.66	186+	39.78	-	2	2	10+	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1983-1984	8	14	1	514	116	39.53	1053+	48.33	1	4	1	59+	0
JG Wright (NZ)	1984-1984	6	10	1	353	130	39.22	959	36.80	1	-	-	42	0
WB Phillips (AUS)	1983-1984	10	17	1	620	159	38.75	1142+	43.69	2	2	1	66	4
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1984-1984	6	9	-	343	128	38.11	736	46.60	1	2	-	53	0
VJ Marks (ENG)	1984-1984	4	6	-	224	83	37.33	451	49.66	-	3	-	21	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1983-1984	3	4	1	111	75	37.00	341	32.55	-	1	-	11	0
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1983-1984	10	16	-	590	106	36.87	1156+	47.14	1	3	1	60	4
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1983-1984	6	10	4	218	90	36.33	403	54.09	-	1	-	22	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1983-1984	11	19	1	649	152	36.05	1064+	54.60	3	1	1	55+	2
RMH Binny (IND)	1983-1983	8	13	1	407	83*	33.91	233+	35.62	-	4	-	11+	2
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1983-1983	9	16	1	487	201	32.46	436+	46.10	1	1	1	24+	0
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1983-1984	8	12	1	357	125	32.45	727+	46.90	2	-	2	40+	5
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1984	9	16	1	484	113	32.26	1094+	42.87	1	2	1	46+	0
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1984	4	5	-	160	97	32.00	354+	45.19	-	2	3	17	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1983-1983	8	14	1	414	77	31.84	-	-	-	3	2	13+	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1984-1984	6	9	1	246	100	30.75	766	32.11	1	-	1	39	1
Tahir Naqqash (PAK)	1983-1983	4	6	2	117	37	29.25	58+	94.82	-	-	-	8+	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1983-1984	9	14	-	404	84	28.85	783+	45.33	-	2	-	29+	0
KC Wessels (AUS)	1983-1984	7	11	1	288	179	28.80	510	56.47	1	-	-	35	1
A Ranatunga (SL)	1984-1984	3	6	-	171	51	28.50	308	55.51	-	2	-	23	2
GP Howarth (NZ)	1984-1984	6	9	-	256	62	28.44	572	44.75	-	2	-	27	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1984-1984	5	8	1	196	75	28.00	555	35.31	-	2	2	18	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1984-1984	6	8	-	219	99	27.37	292	75.00	-	1	1	34	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1983-1984	3	5	1	108	80	27.00	158+	55.06	-	1	-	11+	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1983-1984	10	11	-	289	92	26.27	422+	54.26	-	2	-	28+	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1983-1984	8	12	3	236	38	26.22	49+	26.53	-	-	-	0+	0
DW Hookes (AUS)	1984-1984	5	10	-	248	51	24.80	411+	50.85	-	1	-	29	1
G Fowler (ENG)	1984-1984	4	6	-	148	58	24.66	360	41.11	-	2	1	18	0
J Garner (WI)	1984-1984	5	5	2	66	24*	22.00	108	61.11	-	-	-	4	2
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1984-1984	5	10	-	207	78	20.70	256+	58.59	-	2	1	26	2
RW Marsh (AUS)	1983-1984	5	6	2	75	33*	18.75	134	55.97	-	-	1	10	0
TG Hogan (AUS)	1983-1984	6	12	1	205	42*	18.63	379+	43.00	-	-	1	22	0
MA Holding (WI)	1983-1984	9	10	2	144	58	18.00	71+	52.11	-	1	2	1+	7
CJ Tavare (ENG)	1984-1984	2	4	1	54	36*	18.00	206	26.21	-	-	-	4	0
AMJG Amerasinghe (SL)	1984-1984	2	4	1	54	34	18.00	84	64.28	-	-	-	8	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1984-1984	6	9	-	160	49	17.77	497	32.19	-	-	-	17	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1984-1984	3	6	-	102	65	17.00	390	26.15	-	1	1	9	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1983-1984	10	15	3	201	49	16.75	410+	46.09	-	-	1	25	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1983-1984	8	12	-	199	50	16.58	476	41.80	-	1	1	19	3
DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1984	2	4	-	65	48	16.25	190	34.21	-	-	-	6	0
RM Hogg (AUS)	1983-1984	8	10	3	113	52	16.14	327+	32.11	-	1	-	12	1
BL Cairns (NZ)	1984-1984	5	7	-	113	64	16.14	205	55.12	-	1	1	16	1
DK Lillee (AUS)	1983-1984	5	4	2	31	25	15.50	105	29.52	-	-	1	4	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1983-1983	9	15	-	230	69	15.33	-	-	-	1	3	11+	3
RG de Alwis (SL)	1984-1984	3	6	-	87	28	14.50	131	66.41	-	-	-	10	2
VB John (SL)	1984-1984	3	6	3	42	27*	14.00	96	43.75	-	-	2	3	1
Mohammad Nazir (PAK)	1983-1983	6	7	3	55	18	13.75	56+	71.42	-	-	-	5+	0
SMS Kaluperuma (SL)	1984-1984	3	6	-	82	23	13.66	286	28.67	-	-	-	10	0
SM Patil (IND)	1983-1983	5	8	-	109	26	13.62	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1984-1984	1	2	-	27	16	13.50	85	31.76	-	-	-	4	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1983-1984	8	10	2	107	64	13.37	68+	61.76	-	1	3	11	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1983-1983	2	3	-	39	20	13.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Anil Dalpat (PAK)	1984-1984	3	4	1	38	16*	12.66	125	30.40	-	-	-	2	0
WW Davis (WI)	1983-1984	7	8	4	50	19	12.50	24+	45.83	-	-	1	0+	1
EAE Baptiste (WI)	1983-1984	4	4	-	50	27	12.50	107+	41.12	-	-	-	5+	1
SL Boock (NZ)	1984-1984	5	5	1	50	35	12.50	156	32.05	-	-	-	3	0
ACS Pigott (ENG)	1984-1984	1	2	1	12	8*	12.00	36	33.33	-	-	-	1	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1984-1984	3	6	-	71	36	11.83	133	53.38	-	-	1	13	0
NA Foster (ENG)	1984-1984	4	4	1	34	18*	11.33	135	25.18	-	-	1	5	1
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1984-1984	2	4	1	34	26	11.33	129	26.35	-	-	-	7	0
RD Woolley (AUS)	1984-1984	1	2	-	21	13	10.50	52	40.38	-	-	-	3	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1984-1984	5	6	4	20	9*	10.00	63	31.74	-	-	2	3	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1984-1984	3	5	1	40	30	10.00	201	19.90	-	-	1	3	0
NG Cowans (ENG)	1984-1984	4	7	3	39	21	9.75	121	32.23	-	-	-	6	0
ERNS Fernando (SL)	1984-1984	2	4	-	39	29	9.75	192	20.31	-	-	1	3	0
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1983-1983	4	6	-	56	16	9.33	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
RA Harper (WI)	1983-1984	6	6	-	56	27	9.33	106+	52.83	-	-	3	5	3
TM Alderman (AUS)	1984-1984	3	6	3	28	21*	9.33	94+	27.65	-	-	1	3	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1984-1984	6	9	-	83	23	9.22	307	27.03	-	-	1	10	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1983-1983	1	1	-	9	9	9.00	85	10.58	-	-	-	-	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1984-1984	2	4	-	36	22	9.00	97	37.11	-	-	1	4	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1984-1984	1	2	-	18	12	9.00	52	34.61	-	-	-	3	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:

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]

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