Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1986-1986	3	6	2	360	126*	90.00	742	48.51	2	1	1	38	1
MD Crowe (NZ)	1986-1986	3	5	2	206	106	68.66	441	46.71	1	0	0	22	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1986-1986	3	3	1	114	110	57.00	226	50.44	1	0	0	10	0
KS More (IND)	1986-1986	3	5	2	156	48	52.00	374	41.71	0	0	0	17	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1986	6	11	2	463	183*	51.44	948	48.83	2	0	1	52	3
JV Coney (NZ)	1986-1986	3	4	1	133	51	44.33	224	59.37	0	1	0	14	1
DA Stirling (NZ)	1986-1986	2	2	1	44	26	44.00	133	33.08	0	0	0	4	2
DI Gower (ENG)	1986-1986	5	9	0	394	131	43.77	790	49.87	1	2	0	48	1
P Willey (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	86	44	43.00	252	34.12	0	0	0	10	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1986-1986	2	4	0	172	79	43.00	575	29.91	0	2	0	22	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1986-1986	6	11	0	443	183	40.27	904	49.00	2	0	1	56	1
JG Wright (NZ)	1986-1986	3	6	1	191	119	38.20	498	38.35	1	1	2	18	1
TE Blain (NZ)	1986-1986	1	1	0	37	37	37.00	141	26.24	0	0	0	3	0
M Azharuddin (IND)	1986-1986	3	6	1	157	64	31.40	398	39.44	0	1	0	18	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1986-1986	3	3	0	93	68	31.00	199	46.73	0	1	0	9	0
EJ Gray (NZ)	1986-1986	3	3	0	91	50	30.33	366	24.86	0	1	0	6	0
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1986-1986	3	6	0	175	54	29.16	452	38.71	0	1	0	22	0
MD Moxon (ENG)	1986-1986	2	4	0	111	74	27.75	281	39.50	0	1	0	11	0
MR Benson (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	51	30	25.50	162	31.48	0	0	0	4	0
CWJ Athey (ENG)	1986-1986	5	9	0	216	55	24.00	503	42.94	0	1	1	24	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1986-1986	1	2	1	24	24*	24.00	52	46.15	0	0	1	5	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1986-1986	5	9	2	166	75	23.71	406	40.88	0	1	1	18	0
RT Robinson (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	46	35	23.00	98	46.93	0	0	0	5	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1986-1986	3	5	1	92	83	23.00	369	24.93	0	1	1	8	0
S Madan Lal (IND)	1986-1986	1	2	0	42	22	21.00	110	38.18	0	0	0	6	0
DR Pringle (ENG)	1986-1986	4	8	0	166	63	20.75	600	27.66	0	1	0	16	1
RMH Binny (IND)	1986-1986	3	4	0	81	40	20.25	168	48.21	0	0	0	10	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1986-1986	3	5	1	81	31	20.25	58	139.65	0	0	1	13	2
CS Pandit (IND)	1986-1986	1	2	0	40	23	20.00	109	36.69	0	0	0	5	0
JG Thomas (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	38	28	19.00	93	40.86	0	0	0	3	1
K Srikkanth (IND)	1986-1986	3	6	0	105	31	17.50	210	50.00	0	0	1	15	0
CL Smith (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	34	28	17.00	87	39.08	0	0	0	5	0
PR Downton (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	34	29	17.00	142	23.94	0	0	0	4	0
RM Ellison (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	31	19	15.50	138	22.46	0	0	0	3	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1986-1986	3	6	1	74	32	14.80	191	38.74	0	0	1	7	1
GC Small (ENG)	1986-1986	2	2	1	14	12	14.00	40	35.00	0	0	0	1	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1986-1986	3	5	0	65	39	13.00	143	45.45	0	0	1	11	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1986-1986	5	8	2	77	20	12.83	253	30.43	0	0	1	8	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1986-1986	3	4	0	51	23	12.75	151	33.77	0	0	0	8	0
BN French (ENG)	1986-1986	5	7	2	55	21	11.00	171	32.16	0	0	0	7	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1986-1986	2	2	0	20	18	10.00	50	40.00	0	0	0	1	0
WN Slack (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	19	19	9.50	53	35.84	0	0	1	2	0
W Watson (NZ)	1986-1986	2	2	1	9	8*	9.00	33	27.27	0	0	0	1	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1986-1986	4	5	1	35	17	8.75	203	17.24	0	0	0	2	0
NA Foster (ENG)	1986-1986	2	3	0	25	17	8.33	50	50.00	0	0	1	4	0
NV Radford (ENG)	1986-1986	2	3	1	13	12*	6.50	60	21.66	0	0	1	1	0
C Sharma (IND)	1986-1986	2	2	0	11	9	5.50	22	50.00	0	0	0	2	0
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1986-1986	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	10	50.00	0	0	0	0	0
Maninder Singh (IND)	1986-1986	3	4	1	10	6	3.33	87	11.49	0	0	0	1	0
JK Lever (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	13	0.00	0	0	1	0	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1986-1986	1	1	1	59	59*	-	36	163.88	0	1	0	8	2

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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]