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)	1986-1987	10	13	4	966	166	107.33	1057+	50.14	4	3	-	56+	3
Ijaz Faqih (PAK)	1987-1987	1	1	-	105	105	105.00	272	38.60	1	-	-	7	4
BC Broad (ENG)	1986-1987	5	9	2	487	162	69.57	1116	43.63	3	-	-	57	1
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1987	8	15	2	882	210	67.84	1981	44.52	2	4	-	87	4
MD Crowe (NZ)	1987-1987	3	6	1	328	119	65.60	816	40.19	2	1	-	37	1
J Arun Lal (IND)	1987-1987	1	2	-	122	70	61.00	-	-	-	2	-	-	0
AR Border (AUS)	1986-1987	8	14	2	718	125	59.83	1671	42.96	3	2	-	89	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1986-1987	11	11	2	536	163	59.55	505+	81.18	2	4	-	49+	3
M Azharuddin (IND)	1986-1987	9	11	-	640	199	58.18	541+	51.75	3	1	-	60+	2
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1986-1987	10	13	-	755	176	58.07	1284+	49.45	2	5	1	61+	5
DI Gower (ENG)	1986-1987	5	8	1	404	136	57.71	645	62.63	1	2	-	54	0
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1986-1986	7	10	4	306	73*	51.00	626	48.88	-	2	1	39	1
CS Pandit (IND)	1986-1986	2	3	1	100	39	50.00	128	78.12	-	-	-	12	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1986-1987	8	13	4	439	135*	48.77	789+	46.51	1	3	-	49+	6
CG Greenidge (WI)	1986-1987	6	11	1	476	213	47.60	972	48.97	1	2	-	48	11
RJ Shastri (IND)	1986-1987	11	12	2	465	125	46.50	504+	50.99	2	1	-	31+	10
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-1987	8	12	4	369	79*	46.12	725	50.89	-	3	2	29	1
Younis Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1987	2	3	1	88	40	44.00	382+	19.37	-	-	-	5+	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1987	5	9	-	393	100	43.66	745	52.75	1	3	2	51	1
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1986-1987	3	5	-	206	93	41.20	-	-	-	2	-	14+	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1987-1987	3	6	2	163	66	40.75	423	38.53	-	1	-	12	2
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1986-1987	7	13	1	478	94	39.83	497+	40.24	-	5	-	15+	3
JG Wright (NZ)	1987-1987	3	6	-	239	138	39.83	736	32.47	1	1	-	26	0
GR Marsh (AUS)	1986-1987	8	15	-	594	110	39.60	1733	34.27	2	2	-	71	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1986-1987	10	13	1	470	131	39.16	622+	38.26	1	2	1	28+	3
CJ Richards (ENG)	1986-1987	5	7	-	264	133	37.71	649	40.67	1	-	1	29	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1987-1987	3	4	2	74	35*	37.00	168	44.04	-	-	1	5	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1987-1987	3	4	2	74	52*	37.00	77+	20.77	-	1	-	0+	1
DC Boon (AUS)	1986-1986	7	13	-	469	122	36.07	1089	43.06	2	1	2	65	1
JE Emburey (ENG)	1986-1987	5	7	2	179	69	35.80	412	43.44	-	1	-	21	0
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1986-1987	7	11	2	316	46*	35.11	911	34.68	-	-	-	28	4
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1987-1987	3	5	-	175	101	35.00	-	-	1	-	1	0+	0
DL Haynes (WI)	1986-1987	6	11	2	309	121	34.33	825	37.45	1	1	2	36	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1986-1987	11	15	-	515	123	34.33	422+	74.40	1	2	-	44+	6
CWJ Athey (ENG)	1986-1987	5	9	-	303	96	33.66	779	38.89	-	3	-	31	0
R Lamba (IND)	1986-1987	3	3	-	101	53	33.66	138+	38.40	-	1	-	5+	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1986-1987	8	15	-	501	114	33.40	995+	36.68	1	2	1	31+	1
IT Botham (ENG)	1986-1987	4	6	-	189	138	31.50	270	70.00	1	-	2	19	5
RB Richardson (WI)	1986-1987	6	10	1	282	54	31.33	673	41.90	-	1	-	32	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1986-1987	2	4	2	60	32*	30.00	-	-	-	-	1	-	2
A Ranatunga (SL)	1986-1987	3	5	-	148	59	29.60	36+	144.44	-	2	-	8+	3
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1987-1987	3	6	1	143	55	28.60	528	27.08	-	1	-	12	0
IVA Richards (WI)	1986-1987	6	9	-	252	70	28.00	301	83.72	-	1	1	25	4
C Sharma (IND)	1986-1986	4	2	-	53	30	26.50	93	56.98	-	-	-	5	1
PL Taylor (AUS)	1987-1987	1	2	-	53	42	26.50	218	24.31	-	-	-	2	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1986-1987	6	11	4	179	33	25.57	350+	35.42	-	-	1	15+	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1986-1986	1	1	-	25	25	25.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
TJ Zoehrer (AUS)	1986-1987	7	9	2	175	52*	25.00	370	47.29	-	1	-	24	2
RL Dias (SL)	1986-1987	3	5	-	116	50	23.20	59+	84.74	-	1	-	7+	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1986-1987	3	5	-	113	40	22.60	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1986-1987	3	5	-	109	79	21.80	-	-	-	1	-	13+	0
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1986-1987	8	13	1	248	61	20.66	379+	41.42	-	1	2	18+	0
Rizwan-uz-Zaman (PAK)	1986-1987	6	11	1	200	60	20.00	364+	18.40	-	3	1	1+	0
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1987-1987	2	3	-	60	52	20.00	150	40.00	-	1	1	5	2
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1986	4	5	1	77	40	19.25	146	52.73	-	-	-	11	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1986-1986	3	2	-	38	30	19.00	91	41.75	-	-	-	3	1
PJL Dujon (WI)	1986-1987	6	9	-	171	77	19.00	470	36.38	-	1	2	19	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1987-1987	3	4	1	57	40*	19.00	84	67.85	-	-	1	8	1
PA de Silva (SL)	1986-1987	3	5	-	94	33	18.80	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1986-1987	5	9	1	144	43	18.00	386	37.30	-	-	1	20	0
GC Small (ENG)	1986-1987	2	3	1	35	21*	17.50	86	40.69	-	-	1	3	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1986-1987	7	10	1	156	66	17.33	238+	60.50	-	2	3	11+	8
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1986-1986	2	4	-	69	26	17.25	177	38.98	-	-	-	6	0
Iqbal Qasim (PAK)	1987-1987	3	4	-	65	26	16.25	78+	57.69	-	-	1	6+	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1986-1987	7	11	6	81	15*	16.20	276+	21.01	-	-	2	3+	0
AL Logie (WI)	1987-1987	3	4	-	62	34	15.50	146	42.46	-	-	-	6	0
HA Gomes (WI)	1986-1987	6	10	1	139	33	15.44	423	32.86	-	-	-	13	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1986-1987	3	5	-	76	38	15.20	-	-	-	-	-	0+	0
MD Marshall (WI)	1986-1987	6	9	1	115	45	14.37	248	46.37	-	-	1	11	1
CG Butts (WI)	1986-1987	3	4	1	43	17	14.33	117	36.75	-	-	-	4	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1986-1986	3	6	1	71	48	14.20	236	30.08	-	-	-	7	0
KS More (IND)	1986-1987	10	10	2	110	28	13.75	192+	28.12	-	-	2	5+	1
GF Lawson (AUS)	1986-1986	1	1	-	13	13	13.00	27	48.14	-	-	-	0	0
JV Coney (NZ)	1987-1987	3	6	-	77	36	12.83	183	42.07	-	-	-	7	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1986-1987	6	8	1	86	25	12.28	188+	33.51	-	-	-	2+	1
DN Patel (NZ)	1987-1987	3	6	-	73	21	12.16	244	29.91	-	-	1	4	0
EAR de Silva (SL)	1986-1987	3	5	-	57	21	11.40	-	-	-	-	1	-	0
JJ Whitaker (ENG)	1986-1986	1	1	-	11	11	11.00	34	32.35	-	-	-	1	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1986-1987	5	5	1	44	19	11.00	102	43.13	-	-	1	3	0
RA Harper (WI)	1986-1986	3	5	-	49	28	9.80	251	19.52	-	-	-	3	0
DM Wellham (AUS)	1987-1987	1	2	-	18	17	9.00	66	27.27	-	-	-	2	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1986-1986	3	6	-	48	40	8.00	210	22.85	-	-	1	2	0
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1986-1986	2	4	-	32	12	8.00	155	20.64	-	-	-	2	0
NS Yadav (IND)	1986-1987	9	8	2	48	19	8.00	84+	36.90	-	-	2	4+	1
AH Gray (WI)	1986-1987	5	8	2	48	12*	8.00	134	35.82	-	-	2	5	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1987-1987	2	4	-	29	12	7.25	103	28.15	-	-	-	2	0
CD Matthews (AUS)	1986-1986	2	3	-	21	11	7.00	76	27.63	-	-	1	2	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1986-1987	6	8	3	35	14	7.00	83	42.16	-	-	2	3	0
MC Snedden (NZ)	1987-1987	1	1	-	7	7	7.00	11	63.63	-	-	-	0	0
PR Sleep (AUS)	1986-1987	3	4	-	25	10	6.25	73	34.24	-	-	1	4	0
BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1986	1	2	1	6	6*	6.00	15	40.00	-	-	1	1	0
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1986-1987	3	4	1	17	9	5.66	70+	24.28	-	-	1	0	0
BA Reid (AUS)	1986-1987	7	8	5	16	4	5.33	61	26.22	-	-	-	1	0
MG Hughes (AUS)	1986-1987	4	6	-	31	16	5.16	167	18.56	-	-	2	3	0
PA Horne (NZ)	1987-1987	1	2	-	9	9	4.50	18	50.00	-	-	1	1	0
B Arun (IND)	1986-1987	2	2	1	4	2*	4.00	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
J Garner (WI)	1987-1987	2	3	-	11	11	3.66	26	42.30	-	-	2	2	0
GR Dilley (ENG)	1986-1987	4	4	2	6	4*	3.00	20	30.00	-	-	2	1	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1987	1	1	-	3	3	3.00	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
Maninder Singh (IND)	1986-1987	10	8	3	14	7*	2.80	48+	4.16	-	-	3	0+	1

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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]