Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
IVA Richards (WI)	1985-1986	11	10	4	529	82	88.16	401	131.92	0	7	0	49	21
RB Richardson (WI)	1985-1986	11	11	3	534	99*	66.75	735	72.65	0	5	0	61	7
GA Gooch (ENG)	1986-1986	4	4	1	181	129*	60.33	223	81.16	1	0	0	22	1
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1985-1986	21	19	7	723	116*	60.25	830	87.10	1	5	0	42+	4+
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1985-1986	15	15	2	687	92*	52.84	1100	62.45	0	8	1	39	6
DL Haynes (WI)	1985-1986	11	11	2	452	77*	50.22	718	62.95	0	4	1	47	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1986	5	5	2	143	53	47.66	178	80.33	0	1	0	3	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1985-1986	12	11	3	300	74*	37.50	348	86.20	0	2	0	19+	2+
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1985-1986	11	11	1	366	77*	36.60	627	58.37	0	2	0	19	2
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1985-1985	4	3	0	108	61	36.00	122	88.52	0	1	0	5	0
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1985-1985	5	5	1	144	72*	36.00	255	56.47	0	2	0	16	1
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1985-1986	19	19	2	612	95	36.00	1103	55.48	0	3	0	39+	2+
DC Boon (AUS)	1986-1986	17	16	0	563	83	35.18	905	62.20	0	4	0	48	1
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1985-1986	17	17	2	525	86*	35.00	840	62.50	0	3	0	45+	2+
CS Pandit (IND)	1986-1986	3	3	2	35	33*	35.00	41	85.36	0	0	0	4	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-1986	17	15	3	403	81	33.58	588	68.53	0	3	0	21	3
GR Marsh (AUS)	1986-1986	15	15	0	486	125	32.40	896	54.24	1	2	1	35	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1985-1986	4	2	1	32	27	32.00	41	78.04	0	0	0	4	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1986-1986	14	14	2	382	64	31.83	530	72.07	0	2	0	24	0
AL Logie (WI)	1985-1985	7	5	2	93	78*	31.00	135	68.88	0	1	2	13	0
Shaheedur Rahman (BAN)	1986-1986	2	2	0	62	37	31.00	108	57.40	0	0	0	-	-
DM Wellham (AUS)	1986-1986	3	3	1	61	43	30.50	111	54.95	0	0	0	2	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1985-1986	21	9	4	152	37	30.40	163	93.25	0	0	0	7	4
BA Edgar (NZ)	1986-1986	14	14	0	412	75	29.42	782	52.68	0	3	1	22	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1986-1986	8	8	0	235	79	29.37	464	50.64	0	2	0	15	1
MD Crowe (NZ)	1986-1986	18	18	0	520	76	28.88	734	70.84	0	4	0	35	1
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1985-1986	19	13	4	255	72*	28.33	284	89.78	0	1	0	22	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1986-1986	14	14	4	278	71	27.80	298	93.28	0	1	0	17	7
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1985-1986	6	6	1	138	68	27.60	277	49.81	0	1	1	1+	1+
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1985-1986	21	20	3	462	66	27.17	661	69.89	0	3	2	30+	0+
M Amarnath (IND)	1985-1986	13	13	1	320	74	26.66	582	54.98	0	3	2	27	1
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1986-1986	12	11	1	260	68	26.00	409	63.56	0	3	0	15	0
RT Robinson (ENG)	1986-1986	3	3	0	78	55	26.00	153	50.98	0	1	1	7	0
AR Border (AUS)	1986-1986	16	15	1	356	65*	25.42	520	68.46	0	3	1	29	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1986-1986	3	3	0	76	45	25.33	137	55.47	0	0	1	9	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1986-1986	13	13	2	273	63	24.81	470	58.08	0	1	1	16	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1985-1986	17	13	2	261	55	23.72	406	64.28	0	1	1	13	1
Minhajul Abedin (BAN)	1986-1986	2	2	0	46	40	23.00	86	53.48	0	0	0	-	-
LRD Mendis (SL)	1985-1986	12	10	2	183	46	22.87	250	73.20	0	0	2	10	0
C Sharma (IND)	1985-1986	15	10	4	135	38*	22.50	142	95.07	0	0	1	10	1
RS Madugalle (SL)	1985-1985	4	4	0	89	73	22.25	121	73.55	0	1	1	3	4
K Srikkanth (IND)	1985-1986	17	17	0	374	75	22.00	573	65.27	0	3	2	38	4
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1986	17	15	3	262	69*	21.83	499	52.50	0	1	0	18	0
WN Slack (ENG)	1986-1986	2	2	0	43	34	21.50	85	50.58	0	0	0	5	1
SAR Silva (SL)	1985-1985	3	3	0	63	25	21.00	142	44.36	0	0	0	4	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1985-1986	18	13	4	189	45	21.00	260	72.69	0	0	0	10+	4+
PA de Silva (SL)	1985-1986	12	10	0	210	86	21.00	265	79.24	0	2	2	4+	5+
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1986-1986	16	14	2	252	54	21.00	335	75.22	0	1	0	9	2
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1986	7	6	1	104	25	20.80	241	43.15	0	0	0	1+	0+
HA Gomes (WI)	1985-1986	10	7	1	120	32	20.00	280	42.85	0	0	0	6	0
RA Harper (WI)	1985-1986	11	6	4	40	24*	20.00	48	83.33	0	0	0	1	2
JG Wright (NZ)	1986-1986	13	13	0	260	61	20.00	523	49.71	0	1	0	22	2
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1986-1986	4	4	0	80	30	20.00	183	43.71	0	0	0	4	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1985-1986	17	16	3	250	54*	19.23	276	90.57	0	1	3	13	2
RG de Alwis (SL)	1986-1986	1	1	0	19	19	19.00	13	146.15	0	0	0	1	1
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1986-1986	7	5	1	76	37	19.00	85	89.41	0	0	0	4	3
WB Phillips (AUS)	1986-1986	14	13	2	207	53	18.81	230	90.00	0	1	0	25	3
DSBP Kuruppu (SL)	1986-1986	6	5	0	94	34	18.80	197	47.71	0	0	0	11+	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1985-1986	8	6	3	55	22*	18.33	93	59.13	0	0	1	4	0
SK Ranasinghe (SL)	1986-1986	4	3	0	55	41	18.33	81	67.90	0	0	1	3+	0+
RGCE Wijesuriya (SL)	1985-1985	4	3	2	18	12*	18.00	48	37.50	0	0	1	0	0
AO Malhotra (IND)	1986-1986	8	7	0	125	39	17.85	233	53.64	0	0	0	9	1
PJL Dujon (WI)	1985-1986	10	5	2	51	23	17.00	81	62.96	0	0	0	3	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1986-1986	3	3	0	51	29	17.00	78	65.38	0	0	0	6	0
Golam Faruq (BAN)	1986-1986	2	2	1	17	14	17.00	43	39.53	0	0	0	0+	0+
JF Reid (NZ)	1986-1986	8	8	0	133	37	16.62	259	51.35	0	0	0	4	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1985-1986	4	4	1	48	27	16.00	104	46.15	0	0	0	4	0
Zulqarnain (PAK)	1985-1986	12	4	3	16	11*	16.00	24	66.66	0	0	1	0	1
ALF de Mel (SL)	1985-1986	11	8	2	89	36	14.83	110	80.90	0	0	2	4+	1+
BR Blair (NZ)	1986-1986	12	12	2	143	29*	14.30	183	78.14	0	0	2	10	1
RR Kulkarni (IND)	1986-1986	3	2	1	14	9	14.00	15	93.33	0	0	0	1	0
TE Blain (NZ)	1986-1986	8	8	3	68	26*	13.60	95	71.57	0	0	3	7	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1986-1986	14	12	3	116	25	12.88	147	78.91	0	0	4	8	2
P Willey (ENG)	1986-1986	4	4	0	51	26	12.75	82	62.19	0	0	0	6	0
Rafiqul Alam (BAN)	1986-1986	2	2	0	24	14	12.00	63	38.09	0	0	0	-	-
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1985-1986	6	5	0	57	26	11.40	58	98.27	0	0	0	7	1
SR Gillespie (NZ)	1986-1986	12	7	3	45	18*	11.25	80	56.25	0	0	1	3	1
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1986-1986	17	14	5	101	37	11.22	103	98.05	0	0	3	10	2
JE Emburey (ENG)	1986-1986	4	3	1	22	15	11.00	48	45.83	0	0	0	2	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1985-1986	14	7	0	75	24	10.71	90	83.33	0	0	0	5	0
KBJ Azad (IND)	1986-1986	3	3	0	31	30	10.33	66	46.96	0	0	1	0	2
RL Dias (SL)	1985-1986	11	10	1	92	43	10.22	174	52.87	0	0	2	2	0
VB John (SL)	1985-1985	4	2	1	10	7	10.00	15	66.66	0	0	0	1	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1985-1986	11	3	0	30	20	10.00	27	111.11	0	0	0	2	1
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1986	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	37	27.02	0	0	0	0	0
CA Best (WI)	1986-1986	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	44	22.72	0	0	0	1	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1986-1986	7	5	2	29	26	9.66	89	32.58	0	0	1	1	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-1986	17	7	1	57	24	9.50	58	98.27	0	0	1	2+	4+
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1986-1986	17	7	5	18	7*	9.00	55	32.72	0	0	1	1	0
KN Amalean (SL)	1986-1986	6	1	0	9	9	9.00	19	47.36	0	0	0	0	0
SM Patil (IND)	1986-1986	2	2	0	17	10	8.50	32	53.12	0	0	0	1	0
Raqibul Hasan (BAN)	1986-1986	2	2	0	17	12	8.50	65	26.15	0	0	0	-	0+
TJ Zoehrer (AUS)	1986-1986	3	2	0	16	11	8.00	21	76.19	0	0	0	0	0
Hafizur Rahman (BAN)	1986-1986	2	1	0	8	8	8.00	24	33.33	0	0	0	0+	0+
AM de Silva (SL)	1986-1986	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	18	44.44	0	0	0	0	0
EB McSweeney (NZ)	1986-1986	13	11	4	51	18*	7.28	78	65.38	0	0	1	1	2
DI Gower (ENG)	1986-1986	4	4	0	29	20	7.25	53	54.71	0	0	2	3	0
DR Gilbert (AUS)	1986-1986	11	7	2	36	8	7.20	93	38.70	0	0	0	1	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1985-1986	9	1	0	7	7	7.00	6	116.66	0	0	0	0	1
EJ Gray (NZ)	1986-1986	5	4	0	27	17	6.75	110	24.54	0	0	0	1	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 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]

Sri Lanka vs England at Colombo (RPS), England in Sri Lanka 1st ODI, Jan 22, 2026 [ODI # 4940]