Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
AP Kuiper (SA)	1995-1996	3	3	2	125	61*	125.00	147	85.03	0	2	0	8	1
MG Bevan (AUS)	1995-1996	17	15	9	514	78*	85.66	644	79.81	0	4	0	33	1
MD Crowe (NZ)	1995-1995	4	4	1	187	107*	62.33	239	78.24	1	1	0	16	3
G Kirsten (SA)	1995-1996	19	19	3	981	188*	61.31	1160	84.56	4	2	1	78	8
BC Lara (WI)	1995-1996	17	17	2	899	169	59.93	899	100.00	4	3	0	90	14
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1996-1996	13	13	4	526	110*	58.44	650	80.92	1	3	0	40	6
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1995-1996	18	15	5	568	68	56.80	723	78.56	0	5	0	37+	8+
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1995-1996	19	19	1	988	137	54.88	1153	85.68	4	5	0	104	12
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1996-1996	12	12	3	487	89	54.11	659	73.89	0	5	1	33	1
ME Waugh (AUS)	1995-1996	17	17	1	841	130	52.56	1042	80.71	4	4	2	64	9
AC Hudson (SA)	1995-1996	14	14	1	664	161	51.07	763	87.02	1	5	2	71	10
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1995-1996	23	23	1	1003	111	45.59	1255	79.92	2	7	0	104+	3+
Saleem Elahi (PAK)	1995-1995	8	8	1	311	102*	44.42	461	67.46	1	2	1	23	3
SR Waugh (AUS)	1996-1996	11	11	3	354	102*	44.25	457	77.46	1	3	0	22	3
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1995-1996	9	6	3	126	36*	42.00	112	112.50	0	0	0	10	2
KJJ van Noortwijk (NED)	1996-1996	5	5	1	168	64	42.00	268	62.68	0	1	0	12	3
SF Dukanwala (UAE)	1996-1996	5	4	2	84	40*	42.00	139	60.43	0	0	0	6	1
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1995-1996	16	16	2	576	83*	41.14	590	97.62	0	4	0	54	8
DN Crookes (SA)	1996-1996	3	2	0	80	54	40.00	91	87.91	0	1	0	3	2
SP Fleming (NZ)	1995-1996	23	23	2	828	106*	39.42	1071	77.31	1	6	0	80	2
WJ Cronje (SA)	1995-1996	20	19	1	706	90	39.22	885	79.77	0	5	0	46	13
SO Tikolo (KENYA)	1996-1996	6	5	0	196	96	39.20	242	80.99	0	2	1	16	6
A Ranatunga (SL)	1995-1996	24	22	5	655	102*	38.52	730	89.72	1	2	2	54	4
PA Strang (ZIM)	1995-1996	11	9	5	154	28*	38.50	230	66.95	0	0	0	11	1
BM McMillan (SA)	1995-1996	17	13	4	344	127	38.22	443	77.65	1	0	0	28	6
RS Mahanama (SL)	1995-1996	27	23	4	721	101	37.94	1197	60.23	1	6	2	49	2
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1995-1996	16	16	3	491	62	37.76	743	66.08	0	3	1	32	3
GA Hick (ENG)	1996-1996	12	12	1	411	104*	37.36	531	77.40	1	2	0	34	5
RB Richardson (WI)	1995-1996	18	18	3	559	93*	37.26	860	65.00	0	3	0	39	8
VG Kambli (IND)	1995-1996	11	11	3	297	106	37.12	379	78.36	1	0	1	30	1
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1995-1996	16	15	3	437	70	36.41	596	73.32	0	3	1	22+	8+
MA Taylor (AUS)	1995-1996	17	17	0	616	90	36.23	919	67.02	0	6	1	52	2
PA de Silva (SL)	1995-1996	29	28	2	940	145	36.15	1038	90.55	2	4	1	89	12
Aamer Hanif (PAK)	1995-1995	4	3	1	72	36*	36.00	104	69.23	0	0	0	5	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1995-1996	29	26	8	647	100	35.94	1053	61.44	1	3	4	32	1
Mohammad Ishaq (UAE)	1996-1996	3	3	1	71	51*	35.50	84	84.52	0	1	0	9	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1995-1996	23	20	2	633	80	35.16	729	86.83	0	5	0	44	10
Saleem Raza (UAE)	1996-1996	4	4	0	137	84	34.25	136	100.73	0	1	0	12	8
RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-1996	17	17	0	570	123	33.52	779	73.17	2	3	2	35	3
NS Sidhu (IND)	1995-1996	14	14	0	466	101	33.28	669	69.65	1	3	0	30	3
A Jadeja (IND)	1995-1996	19	18	4	465	71*	33.21	558	83.33	0	3	2	35	12
CL Hooper (WI)	1995-1996	8	8	2	199	93*	33.16	269	73.97	0	1	1	15	0
SG Law (AUS)	1995-1996	17	16	2	455	74	32.50	591	76.98	0	3	1	26	2
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1995-1996	28	27	0	871	87	32.25	1337	65.14	0	6	1	73	12
RIC Holder (WI)	1995-1996	11	10	3	224	65	32.00	309	72.49	0	1	1	14	1
PE Cantrell (NED)	1996-1996	5	5	0	160	47	32.00	307	52.11	0	0	0	14	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-1996	18	11	6	160	66*	32.00	193	82.90	0	1	1	10	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1995-1996	18	18	3	471	104*	31.40	721	65.32	1	0	0	33	4
DK Morrison (NZ)	1995-1996	18	10	9	31	11*	31.00	44	70.45	0	0	0	2	1
JC Adams (WI)	1995-1996	13	12	5	217	59*	31.00	440	49.31	0	1	1	9	1
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1995-1996	29	28	0	864	134	30.85	858	100.69	1	5	0	93	30
RG Twose (NZ)	1995-1996	21	20	0	612	92	30.60	874	70.02	0	4	0	43	1
JH Kallis (SA)	1996-1996	14	13	4	275	67	30.55	448	61.38	0	1	1	20	1
JN Rhodes (SA)	1995-1996	16	13	3	305	53	30.50	378	80.68	0	1	0	15	4
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1995-1996	24	24	1	700	80	30.43	1169	59.88	0	6	0	47	7
CZ Harris (NZ)	1996-1996	10	10	1	272	130	30.22	332	81.92	1	0	0	21	5
GJAF Aponso (NED)	1996-1996	5	4	0	120	58	30.00	247	48.58	0	1	0	11	1
JA Samarasekera (UAE)	1996-1996	5	4	1	90	47*	30.00	132	68.18	0	0	0	8	0
KO Otieno (KENYA)	1996-1996	6	5	0	147	85	29.40	279	52.68	0	1	0	12	2
GW Flower (ZIM)	1995-1996	11	11	1	291	48	29.10	559	52.05	0	0	0	27+	0+
RA Smith (ENG)	1996-1996	7	7	0	201	75	28.71	320	62.81	0	2	1	19	1
NJ Astle (NZ)	1995-1996	23	23	1	628	120	28.54	864	72.68	3	1	1	61	6
NH Fairbrother (ENG)	1996-1996	10	10	3	198	57*	28.28	329	60.18	0	1	1	10	1
AC Parore (NZ)	1995-1996	17	17	2	422	61	28.13	554	76.17	0	2	1	16	5
NR Mongia (IND)	1995-1996	19	15	5	272	69	27.20	354	76.83	0	1	0	22	1
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1996-1996	9	9	1	217	64	27.12	381	56.95	0	1	0	23	1
CL Cairns (NZ)	1995-1996	20	19	0	513	103	27.00	606	84.65	1	2	0	35	13
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1996-1996	5	3	1	54	38	27.00	104	51.92	0	0	0	3	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1995-1996	17	12	4	214	50*	26.75	229	93.44	0	1	1	8	0
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	2	0	53	28	26.50	96	55.20	0	0	0	3	0
RP Snell (SA)	1996-1996	3	3	0	79	63	26.33	96	82.29	0	1	0	4	1
HH Streak (ZIM)	1995-1996	11	10	3	184	36*	26.28	286	64.33	0	0	0	11	1
Aaqib Javed (PAK)	1995-1996	24	12	6	156	45*	26.00	202	77.22	0	0	0	8	4
RP Lefebvre (NED)	1996-1996	4	4	1	78	45	26.00	112	69.64	0	0	0	3	1
LK Germon (NZ)	1995-1996	23	19	4	376	89	25.06	516	72.86	0	2	1	23	1
M Azharuddin (IND)	1995-1996	19	18	2	400	72*	25.00	564	70.92	0	2	1	25	3
V Rathour (IND)	1996-1996	3	3	0	75	50	25.00	138	54.34	0	1	0	5	1
SL Campbell (WI)	1995-1996	17	17	0	418	86	24.58	743	56.25	0	1	0	35	2
CM Spearman (NZ)	1995-1996	18	18	0	436	78	24.22	484	90.08	0	2	0	60	2
PV Simmons (WI)	1995-1996	19	19	1	432	103*	24.00	697	61.97	1	0	1	37	4
NMK Smith (ENG)	1996-1996	5	4	1	72	31	24.00	94	76.59	0	0	0	10	0
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1995-1996	11	11	1	238	75	23.80	406	58.62	0	2	2	22	1
PL Symcox (SA)	1995-1996	11	7	0	163	61	23.28	161	101.24	0	1	1	15	6
Basit Ali (PAK)	1995-1996	12	9	0	208	64	23.11	329	63.22	0	1	1	9	2
SA Thomson (NZ)	1995-1996	15	13	5	184	31*	23.00	307	59.93	0	0	0	16	1
LN Onyango (KENYA)	1996-1996	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	18	127.77	0	0	0	2	1
B Zuiderent (NED)	1996-1996	5	5	1	91	54	22.75	160	56.87	0	1	0	5	0
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1996-1996	12	7	3	90	34	22.50	118	76.27	0	0	0	4	0
MO Odumbe (KENYA)	1996-1996	6	5	0	112	50	22.40	206	54.36	0	1	1	8	0
M Prabhakar (IND)	1995-1996	9	8	1	156	83	22.28	317	49.21	0	1	0	15	0
AC Waller (ZIM)	1995-1996	8	8	0	177	67	22.12	298	59.39	0	1	1	19	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1996-1996	12	12	0	265	85	22.08	421	62.94	0	2	2	21	0
Arshad Laeeq (UAE)	1996-1996	4	4	1	66	43*	22.00	140	47.14	0	0	1	9	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1995-1996	27	18	7	233	51	21.18	376	61.96	0	1	0	11	0
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1996-1996	8	6	0	124	67	20.66	141	87.94	0	1	0	10	3
DN Chudasama (KENYA)	1996-1996	6	5	0	103	34	20.60	154	66.88	0	0	0	18	0
SC Williams (WI)	1995-1996	10	10	0	205	62	20.50	308	66.55	0	2	1	24	1
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1996-1996	3	3	0	60	32	20.00	116	51.72	0	0	0	2	1
Mazhar Hussain (UAE)	1996-1996	5	5	0	99	33	19.80	189	52.38	0	0	0	14	0
Saeed Azad (PAK)	1995-1995	1	1	0	19	19	19.00	35	54.28	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]