Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GA Gooch (ENG)	1987-1987	11	11	-	713	142	64.81	941	75.77	2	4	-	70	0
M Amarnath (IND)	1987-1988	9	9	2	444	102*	63.42	666	66.66	2	3	-	28	3
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1987-1987	8	7	2	299	76	59.80	315	94.92	-	2	-	20	3
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-1988	19	15	8	374	113*	53.42	452	82.74	1	1	-	32	4
CG Greenidge (WI)	1987-1988	8	7	1	318	84	53.00	361	88.08	-	2	-	28	9
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1987-1988	12	12	2	521	103	52.10	687	75.83	2	2	-	35	4
NS Sidhu (IND)	1987-1988	10	8	-	414	88	51.75	517	80.07	-	5	-	26	13
DM Jones (AUS)	1987-1988	19	19	3	805	92	50.31	1048	76.81	-	8	-	38	12
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1987-1987	7	7	1	300	103*	50.00	379	79.15	1	2	-	36	4
PV Simmons (WI)	1987-1988	14	14	1	625	104*	48.07	764	81.80	1	5	-	69	8
IVA Richards (WI)	1987-1988	15	14	1	620	181	47.69	599	103.50	2	3	-	44	22
RB Richardson (WI)	1987-1988	19	19	2	788	110	46.35	1102	71.50	1	6	1	81	4
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1987-1988	15	15	-	695	113	46.33	966	71.94	1	5	-	56	1
Moin-ul-Atiq (PAK)	1988-1988	1	1	-	46	46	46.00	56	82.14	-	-	-	4	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1987-1988	19	19	-	873	122	45.94	1174	74.36	1	6	-	89	3
RL Dias (SL)	1987-1987	2	2	-	85	80	42.50	126	67.46	-	1	-	6	3
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1987-1988	18	16	4	505	87	42.08	420	120.23	-	3	-	40	12
AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1988	19	19	1	755	90	41.94	1253	60.25	-	8	1	46	4
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1987-1988	15	15	1	571	100	40.78	664	85.99	1	4	2	56	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1987-1988	16	16	1	610	60	40.66	727	83.90	-	4	-	43	2
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1987-1987	8	7	2	203	63	40.60	269	75.46	-	1	1	11	5
MRJ Veletta (AUS)	1987-1988	15	15	4	444	68*	40.36	571	77.75	-	2	1	28	0
GR Marsh (AUS)	1987-1988	19	19	1	726	126*	40.33	1211	59.95	3	2	1	51	4
SR Waugh (AUS)	1987-1988	19	17	7	393	68	39.30	435	90.34	-	1	2	29	4
AL Logie (WI)	1987-1988	19	17	3	547	109*	39.07	683	80.08	1	2	-	37	1
RH Vance (NZ)	1988-1988	5	5	-	191	96	38.20	325	58.76	-	1	-	8	3
PL Taylor (AUS)	1987-1988	12	7	5	76	27*	38.00	77	98.70	-	-	-	3	0
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1987-1987	6	6	-	226	142	37.66	274	82.48	1	1	1	19	6
KJ Arnott (ZIM)	1987-1987	4	3	-	112	60	37.33	215	52.09	-	2	-	6	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1988-1988	13	12	4	291	52	36.37	383	75.97	-	1	-	11	4
A Ranatunga (SL)	1987-1988	16	16	2	494	86*	35.28	682	72.43	-	4	-	43	3
BC Broad (ENG)	1987-1988	11	11	-	388	106	35.27	665	58.34	1	2	-	25	2
AJ Pycroft (ZIM)	1987-1987	6	6	1	174	61	34.80	254	68.50	-	2	-	9	1
JG Wright (NZ)	1987-1988	22	22	-	761	101	34.59	1183	64.32	1	4	1	73	5
DL Haynes (WI)	1987-1988	15	15	1	476	142*	34.00	719	66.20	2	-	1	41	2
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1988-1988	3	3	2	33	19*	33.00	37	89.18	-	-	1	4	0
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1988-1988	8	8	1	231	64*	33.00	326	70.85	-	1	-	18	2
DJ Capel (ENG)	1987-1988	8	8	2	194	50*	32.33	248	78.22	-	1	-	13	4
PA de Silva (SL)	1987-1988	17	17	2	470	88	31.33	628	74.84	-	4	-	32	3
MD Crowe (NZ)	1987-1988	18	18	-	553	72	30.72	703	78.66	-	4	-	49	1
M Azharuddin (IND)	1987-1988	16	14	2	364	64	30.33	451	80.70	-	2	-	31	3
CWJ Athey (ENG)	1987-1988	11	10	2	241	86	30.12	411	58.63	-	2	1	11	2
NH Fairbrother (ENG)	1987-1988	8	8	2	180	54	30.00	258	69.76	-	2	-	17	1
K Srikkanth (IND)	1987-1988	18	18	-	525	101	29.16	721	72.81	1	3	-	60	8
PWE Rawson (ZIM)	1987-1987	4	4	2	56	24*	28.00	70	80.00	-	-	-	4	1
RS Mahanama (SL)	1987-1988	16	16	-	437	89	27.31	784	55.73	-	5	2	32	2
LRD Mendis (SL)	1987-1987	6	6	1	136	58	27.20	209	65.07	-	1	-	13	0
RJ Shastri (IND)	1987-1988	18	15	1	377	73*	26.92	486	77.57	-	2	-	25	7
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1987-1988	14	14	2	317	88*	26.41	445	71.23	-	1	2	25	1
AIC Dodemaide (AUS)	1988-1988	11	7	4	79	30	26.33	95	83.15	-	-	-	2	0
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1987-1988	12	11	4	184	56	26.28	187	98.39	-	1	-	13	2
AC Waller (ZIM)	1987-1987	6	6	1	125	39	25.00	210	59.52	-	-	-	9	2
NA Foster (ENG)	1987-1987	10	7	5	49	20*	24.50	46	106.52	-	-	1	4	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1987-1988	17	16	1	362	75	24.13	521	69.48	-	2	1	30	4
CA Best (WI)	1987-1988	4	4	1	72	32*	24.00	106	67.92	-	-	-	6	1
RT Robinson (ENG)	1987-1988	12	12	-	287	55	23.91	488	58.81	-	1	1	32	0
Imran Khan (PAK)	1987-1988	12	11	-	260	58	23.63	337	77.15	-	2	-	17	1
CM Kuggeleijn (NZ)	1988-1988	8	7	2	117	40	23.40	177	66.10	-	-	-	7	1
WV Raman (IND)	1988-1988	8	8	1	160	95	22.85	295	54.23	-	1	-	10	0
AR Border (AUS)	1987-1988	19	18	2	364	67	22.75	442	82.35	-	2	1	29	2
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1987-1988	13	8	4	86	21	21.50	76	113.15	-	-	1	4	4
MC Snedden (NZ)	1987-1988	19	14	4	215	64	21.50	332	64.75	-	1	-	12	0
TE Blain (NZ)	1988-1988	12	12	5	150	49*	21.42	244	61.47	-	-	-	11	1
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1987-1988	15	15	-	317	60	21.13	662	47.88	-	1	3	20	3
EA Brandes (ZIM)	1987-1987	4	3	2	21	18*	21.00	15	140.00	-	-	1	1	2
CPH Ramanayake (SL)	1988-1988	9	6	4	42	11*	21.00	54	77.77	-	-	-	3	0
KS More (IND)	1987-1988	15	13	6	141	42*	20.14	142	99.29	-	-	1	16	1
RG de Alwis (SL)	1988-1988	9	9	3	118	44	19.66	130	90.76	-	-	1	10	1
IP Butchart (ZIM)	1987-1987	6	5	-	98	54	19.60	144	68.05	-	1	-	6	1
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1987-1988	15	15	1	270	59	19.28	312	86.53	-	1	-	25	2
SL Boock (NZ)	1987-1987	4	3	2	19	12	19.00	16	118.75	-	-	-	1	1
MA Meman (ZIM)	1987-1987	1	1	-	19	19	19.00	22	86.36	-	-	-	2	0
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1987-1987	4	4	1	56	21	18.66	57	98.24	-	-	-	4	2
PA Horne (NZ)	1987-1987	1	1	-	18	18	18.00	35	51.42	-	-	-	1	0
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1987-1988	17	16	2	249	41	17.78	376	66.22	-	-	-	15	1
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1987-1988	6	5	-	88	40	17.60	160	55.00	-	-	-	7	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1987-1988	12	10	1	157	43	17.44	223	70.40	-	-	-	10	0
Arshad Ayub (IND)	1987-1988	9	6	2	67	31*	16.75	98	68.36	-	-	-	6	0
DSBP Kuruppu (SL)	1987-1988	14	14	-	232	47	16.57	423	54.84	-	-	2	13	1
Mansoor Akhtar (PAK)	1987-1987	6	6	-	99	33	16.50	200	49.50	-	-	-	8	0
EAE Baptiste (WI)	1987-1988	7	6	2	65	31	16.25	83	78.31	-	-	-	3	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1988	16	12	3	146	23	16.22	137	106.56	-	-	1	13	4
PJL Dujon (WI)	1987-1988	17	12	4	127	46	15.87	204	62.25	-	-	-	11	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1987-1988	13	12	2	155	40	15.50	118	131.35	-	-	2	9	4
KM Curran (ZIM)	1987-1987	5	5	-	75	30	15.00	115	65.21	-	-	1	4	3
CS Pandit (IND)	1987-1987	3	2	-	30	24	15.00	38	78.94	-	-	-	4	0
RS Madugalle (SL)	1987-1988	16	15	-	225	44	15.00	439	51.25	-	-	1	9	2
C Sharma (IND)	1987-1988	9	4	2	30	16*	15.00	46	65.21	-	-	1	4	0
Saleem Jaffar (PAK)	1987-1988	10	6	5	15	8*	15.00	39	38.46	-	-	1	0	0
VR Brown (NZ)	1988-1988	3	3	-	44	32	14.66	85	51.76	-	-	-	3	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1987-1988	16	14	3	158	30*	14.36	155	101.93	-	-	-	10	3
J Arun Lal (IND)	1987-1988	6	6	-	84	51	14.00	141	59.57	-	1	2	8	0
MD Moxon (ENG)	1988-1988	3	3	-	42	19	14.00	78	53.84	-	-	-	4	0
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1987-1987	3	3	1	27	14*	13.50	38	71.05	-	-	-	1	0
AH Omarshah (ZIM)	1987-1987	6	6	-	80	41	13.33	206	38.83	-	-	2	6	0
Naved Anjum (PAK)	1988-1988	3	3	1	26	17*	13.00	50	52.00	-	-	-	1	0
SR Gillespie (NZ)	1988-1988	7	4	2	25	9*	12.50	26	96.15	-	-	-	1	0
GC Dyer (AUS)	1987-1988	19	11	1	123	38	12.30	177	69.49	-	-	1	3	3
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1987-1988	11	10	-	117	39	11.70	124	94.35	-	-	2	5	4
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1987-1988	7	6	1	57	37	11.40	119	47.89	-	-	2	5	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:

South Africa vs India at Visakhapatnam, South Africa in India 3rd ODI, Dec 6, 2025 [ODI # 4936]

India vs South Africa at Raipur, South Africa in India 2nd ODI, Dec 3, 2025 [ODI # 4935]

India vs South Africa at Ranchi, South Africa in India 1st ODI, Nov 30, 2025 [ODI # 4934]