Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1985-1986	3	4	1	352	172	117.33	875	40.22	2	0	0	35	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1986-1986	5	9	3	469	131	78.16	985	47.61	1	3	0	55	2
M Amarnath (IND)	1985-1986	3	4	1	223	138	74.33	565	39.46	1	0	0	20	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1985-1986	3	4	0	291	116	72.75	347	83.86	1	2	0	46	1
MD Crowe (NZ)	1985-1986	6	9	2	488	188	69.71	1044	46.74	2	1	2	61	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1985-1986	4	5	3	137	83*	68.50	261	52.49	0	1	0	15	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1986-1986	5	6	1	331	110*	66.20	323	102.47	1	2	0	35	12
AR Border (AUS)	1985-1986	9	16	2	867	163	61.92	1972	43.96	4	2	0	84	5
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1985-1986	6	7	1	369	203*	61.50	-	-	1	1	1	-	1
A Ranatunga (SL)	1985-1986	6	10	2	485	135*	60.62	175+	44.00	1	3	0	11+	4
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1985-1986	3	4	2	120	75	60.00	383	31.33	0	1	0	8	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1986	3	3	1	113	59*	56.50	279	40.50	0	1	0	8	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1986-1986	5	9	2	387	160	55.28	680	56.91	2	0	0	53	2
C Sharma (IND)	1985-1986	2	1	0	54	54	54.00	112	48.21	0	1	0	7	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1985-1986	3	6	2	216	116*	54.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	1
JV Coney (NZ)	1985-1986	6	8	1	364	101*	52.00	771	47.21	1	2	0	38	2
RA Harper (WI)	1986-1986	2	3	1	100	60	50.00	141	70.92	0	1	0	8	3
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1985-1986	6	9	2	346	81	49.42	239+	33.89	0	4	0	9+	0
NS Yadav (IND)	1985-1986	3	2	1	47	41	47.00	150	31.33	0	0	0	3	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1985-1986	4	5	0	230	122	46.00	242+	50.41	1	1	0	17+	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1985-1986	3	2	0	91	49	45.50	259	35.13	0	0	0	7	0
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1985-1986	3	3	0	135	55	45.00	172	78.48	0	1	0	17	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1985-1986	9	17	2	674	131	44.93	1707	39.48	2	4	1	67	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1985-1986	9	16	1	586	130	39.06	1233	47.52	3	1	0	49	3
JG Wright (NZ)	1985-1986	5	9	1	311	59	38.87	1060	29.33	0	2	0	33	0
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1985-1986	8	14	1	503	128	38.69	1453	34.61	1	3	0	44	1
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1986-1986	3	4	1	115	65	38.33	395	29.11	0	2	2	16	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1986-1986	5	5	1	153	76	38.25	212	72.16	0	2	0	16	2
GR Marsh (AUS)	1985-1986	6	11	1	380	118	38.00	1121	33.89	1	1	1	36	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1985-1986	6	8	0	303	206	37.87	-	-	1	1	0	8+	0
DI Gower (ENG)	1986-1986	5	10	0	370	90	37.00	586	63.13	0	3	0	50	2
KC Wessels (AUS)	1985-1985	1	2	0	73	70	36.50	196	37.24	0	1	0	6	1
CG Greenidge (WI)	1986-1986	5	6	0	217	58	36.16	302	71.85	0	1	0	35	3
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1985-1986	6	7	1	216	72*	36.00	342	63.15	0	2	1	23	5
PA de Silva (SL)	1985-1986	6	11	1	345	122	34.50	-	-	2	0	0	17+	3
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1985-1985	1	1	0	33	33	33.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1986-1986	5	6	0	191	56	31.83	562	33.98	0	1	1	21	0
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1985-1985	2	3	1	63	27	31.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MA Holding (WI)	1986-1986	4	4	0	124	73	31.00	131	94.65	0	1	0	11	6
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1985-1986	6	6	0	181	54	30.16	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1985-1986	6	10	0	289	74	28.90	1060	27.26	0	3	0	17	0
SR Gillespie (NZ)	1986-1986	1	1	0	28	28	28.00	81	34.56	0	0	0	2	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1986-1986	5	10	0	276	53	27.60	707	39.03	0	4	2	24	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1985-1986	5	8	1	193	50	27.57	-	-	0	1	0	0+	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1985-1986	6	9	1	219	108	27.37	630	34.76	1	0	0	27	0
CA Best (WI)	1986-1986	3	4	1	78	35	26.00	205	38.04	0	0	0	9	1
VR Brown (NZ)	1985-1985	2	3	1	51	36*	25.50	164	31.09	0	0	1	3	0
WB Phillips (AUS)	1985-1986	9	16	0	379	63	23.68	1196	31.68	0	2	0	36	0
DW Hookes (AUS)	1985-1985	4	7	1	135	42	22.50	297	45.45	0	0	2	11	1
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1986-1986	5	10	0	224	62	22.40	387	57.88	0	1	0	37	1
PJL Dujon (WI)	1986-1986	4	4	0	85	54	21.25	167	50.89	0	1	0	12	0
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1985-1986	3	2	0	42	35	21.00	64	65.62	0	0	0	4	0
SL Boock (NZ)	1985-1985	1	2	0	40	37	20.00	103	38.83	0	0	0	3	0
DM Smith (ENG)	1986-1986	2	4	0	80	47	20.00	140	57.14	0	0	1	13	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1985-1986	6	6	0	117	63	19.50	0+	0.00	0	1	1	0+	1
RMH Binny (IND)	1985-1985	2	2	0	38	38	19.00	116	32.75	0	0	1	1	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1985-1986	4	7	1	110	56	18.33	-	-	0	1	0	0+	2
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1985-1985	3	5	1	73	35	18.25	235	31.06	0	0	0	8	1
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1985-1986	6	9	1	146	38	18.25	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
RL Dias (SL)	1985-1986	4	7	0	124	48	17.71	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1985-1986	6	11	0	190	52	17.27	-	-	0	1	3	-	0
P Willey (ENG)	1986-1986	4	8	0	136	71	17.00	344	39.53	0	1	1	17	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1986-1986	5	10	0	168	38	16.80	267	62.92	0	0	0	24	2
SAR Silva (SL)	1985-1986	3	4	0	67	35	16.75	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1985-1986	6	6	1	79	28	15.80	170	46.47	0	0	0	8	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1986	2	4	0	63	41	15.75	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
WN Slack (ENG)	1986-1986	2	4	0	62	52	15.50	184	33.69	0	1	1	7	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1985-1985	3	5	0	75	65	15.00	-	-	0	1	2	-	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1985-1986	5	4	0	60	20	15.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
L Sivaramakrishnan (IND)	1985-1986	2	1	0	15	15	15.00	28	53.57	0	0	0	2	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1985-1986	6	10	3	104	28	14.85	371	28.03	0	0	1	9	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1985-1986	6	9	0	128	58	14.22	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
TJ Zoehrer (AUS)	1986-1986	3	5	0	71	30	14.20	211	33.64	0	0	0	6	0
RG de Alwis (SL)	1986-1986	2	2	0	28	18	14.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
RM Ellison (ENG)	1986-1986	3	6	0	82	36	13.66	309	26.53	0	0	0	9	0
J Garner (WI)	1986-1986	5	5	1	52	24	13.00	117	44.44	0	0	1	5	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1985-1986	5	9	0	113	74	12.55	347	32.56	0	1	2	10	0
GK Robertson (NZ)	1986-1986	1	1	0	12	12	12.00	35	34.28	0	0	0	2	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1985-1985	2	4	0	47	21	11.75	127	37.00	0	0	0	2	0
JG Thomas (ENG)	1986-1986	4	8	4	45	31*	11.25	133	33.83	0	0	3	4	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1985-1986	6	9	1	87	23	10.87	-	-	0	0	2	0+	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1986-1986	4	8	2	64	35*	10.66	123	52.03	0	0	4	10	0
PR Downton (ENG)	1986-1986	5	10	1	91	26	10.11	324	28.08	0	0	0	7	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1986-1986	2	1	0	10	10	10.00	14	71.42	0	0	0	1	0
DR Gilbert (AUS)	1985-1986	6	9	3	55	15	9.16	270	20.37	0	0	1	4	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1986-1986	3	6	2	36	13	9.00	142	25.35	0	0	0	2	0
RT Robinson (ENG)	1986-1986	4	8	0	72	43	9.00	197	36.54	0	0	2	8	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1985-1986	3	4	1	25	23*	8.33	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
CJ McDermott (AUS)	1985-1986	6	10	0	81	36	8.10	194	41.75	0	0	1	6	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	16	15	8.00	73	21.91	0	0	0	0	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1985-1986	6	6	1	39	19	7.80	0+	0.00	0	0	2	0+	0
RB Kerr (AUS)	1985-1985	2	4	0	31	17	7.75	103	30.09	0	0	1	0	0
RGCE Wijesuriya (SL)	1985-1985	3	5	2	19	8	6.33	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
AMJ Hilditch (AUS)	1985-1985	1	2	0	12	12	6.00	20	60.00	0	0	1	1	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1985-1986	5	3	2	6	3	6.00	28	21.42	0	0	0	0	0
BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1986	5	5	3	12	9	6.00	20	60.00	0	0	0	2	0
Zulqarnain (PAK)	1986-1986	3	4	0	24	13	6.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
SD Anurasiri (SL)	1986-1986	2	2	0	12	8	6.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1986	6	8	3	29	13	5.80	131	22.13	0	0	0	1	0
TRO Payne (WI)	1986-1986	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	6	83.33	0	0	0	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:

England vs Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

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]