Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1996-1996	18	20	4	1036	149	64.75	1295	80.00	4	6	1	122	7
PA de Silva (SL)	1996-1997	18	22	3	1185	168	62.36	1708	69.37	5	5	2	111	13
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1996-1997	13	16	1	782	173	52.13	1365	57.28	2	3	-	88	4
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1996-1997	35	43	7	1825	153*	50.69	2795	65.29	4	11	4	172	7
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-1997	22	28	3	1248	137*	49.92	2448	50.98	2	9	-	110	2
HS Modi (KENYA)	1996-1996	3	3	1	95	78*	47.50	137	69.34	-	1	-	9	1
BC Lara (WI)	1996-1997	23	29	3	1169	132	44.96	1876	62.31	4	4	2	131	11
MG Bevan (AUS)	1996-1997	28	32	6	1142	103	43.92	2055	55.57	1	8	3	102	2
ME Waugh (AUS)	1996-1997	24	30	2	1211	116	43.25	2125	56.98	3	7	2	113	9
WJ Cronje (SA)	1996-1997	36	40	10	1288	87*	42.93	1970	65.38	-	10	2	122	14
SR Waugh (AUS)	1996-1997	26	31	3	1180	160	42.14	2306	51.17	1	10	3	96	6
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1996-1997	25	25	3	911	155	41.40	1478	61.63	1	7	3	85	4
R Dravid (IND)	1996-1997	31	38	3	1445	148	41.28	3415	42.31	1	12	1	144	3
GS Blewett (AUS)	1996-1997	22	26	4	892	214	40.54	1721	51.83	1	5	2	88	2
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1996-1997	11	14	1	521	119	40.07	1037	50.24	2	4	-	55	2
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-1997	32	40	2	1515	169	39.86	2524	60.02	3	9	2	184	6
CL Hooper (WI)	1996-1997	23	29	6	912	129	39.65	1604	56.85	3	3	1	84	5
SC Williams (WI)	1997-1997	9	12	1	434	128	39.45	794	54.65	1	2	2	48	3
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1996-1997	35	36	3	1301	125	39.42	1985	65.54	3	7	1	118	15
GW Flower (ZIM)	1996-1997	21	24	1	905	110	39.34	1733	52.22	1	7	3	91	4
G Kirsten (SA)	1996-1997	29	38	3	1374	133	39.25	2252	61.01	5	6	2	163	2
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1996-1997	5	9	1	310	85	38.75	700	44.28	-	2	1	44	1
BA Young (NZ)	1996-1997	19	25	1	913	267*	38.04	1709	53.42	1	5	-	106	1
MJ Slater (AUS)	1996-1996	4	5	1	152	53*	38.00	226	67.25	-	2	1	15	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1996-1997	28	28	7	797	121	37.95	1005	79.30	1	5	2	61	3
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-1997	20	20	7	484	79	37.23	665	72.78	-	2	3	53	2
BM McMillan (SA)	1996-1997	18	23	7	594	103*	37.12	1102	53.90	1	4	1	60	4
JP Crawley (ENG)	1996-1997	11	12	2	371	112	37.10	929	39.93	1	2	2	29	3
MA Atherton (ENG)	1996-1997	12	15	1	519	118	37.07	1248	41.58	1	2	-	54	1
M Azharuddin (IND)	1996-1997	32	38	3	1259	163*	35.97	1731	72.73	3	6	-	132	8
SP Fleming (NZ)	1996-1997	21	27	2	879	129	35.16	1634	53.79	1	6	1	102	3
A Jadeja (IND)	1996-1997	22	21	4	587	96	34.52	930	63.11	-	4	1	31	13
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1996-1997	17	21	-	723	113	34.42	981	73.70	1	7	2	76	9
JH Kallis (SA)	1997-1997	14	16	2	474	82	33.85	828	57.24	-	5	1	35	4
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-1997	21	23	6	565	106*	33.23	980	57.65	1	-	1	49	1
NS Sidhu (IND)	1996-1997	8	9	-	294	201	32.66	732	40.16	1	-	1	34	1
L Klusener (SA)	1996-1997	21	22	5	552	102*	32.47	787	70.13	1	2	2	57	6
BA Pocock (NZ)	1997-1997	5	9	-	292	85	32.44	935	31.22	-	3	1	22	0
DG Cork (ENG)	1997-1997	6	7	2	161	59	32.20	452	35.61	-	1	-	16	1
RE Bryson (SA)	1997-1997	7	4	3	32	17*	32.00	25	128.00	-	-	-	2	1
JR Murray (WI)	1996-1997	14	16	1	478	86	31.86	691	69.17	-	4	1	52	1
A Flower (ZIM)	1996-1997	21	23	1	696	112	31.63	1456	47.80	1	4	1	56	1
RP Arnold (SL)	1997-1997	2	4	-	126	50	31.50	415	30.36	-	1	-	10	1
NV Knight (ENG)	1996-1997	12	15	2	401	96	30.84	612	65.52	-	3	1	44	1
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1997	25	31	2	893	83	30.79	1766	50.56	-	6	3	105	5
Moin Khan (PAK)	1996-1997	36	34	7	827	98	30.62	1186	69.73	-	5	2	72	14
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1996-1997	16	17	2	452	109*	30.13	835	54.13	1	2	2	35	0
MJ Di Venuto (AUS)	1997-1997	5	5	-	150	89	30.00	179	83.79	-	1	-	18	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1996-1997	22	28	1	805	93	29.81	1299	61.97	-	8	-	63	20
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1996-1997	21	23	2	624	86	29.71	1000	62.40	-	5	1	53	4
MS Atapattu (SL)	1996-1997	10	13	1	353	94	29.41	697	50.64	-	3	2	27	1
AC Hudson (SA)	1996-1997	24	31	1	866	146	28.86	1728	50.11	1	5	3	118	3
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1996-1997	13	12	6	172	51	28.66	383	44.90	-	1	-	9	3
RG Samuels (WI)	1996-1997	12	13	3	285	76	28.50	663	42.98	-	1	-	38	2
IA Healy (AUS)	1996-1997	24	28	8	563	161*	28.15	936	60.14	1	-	2	60	1
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1996-1997	18	20	3	477	103	28.05	1085	43.96	1	2	-	39	1
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1996-1997	17	18	1	472	67	27.76	898	52.56	-	5	1	49	3
N Hussain (ENG)	1996-1997	13	16	3	359	113	27.61	889	40.38	1	1	2	32	1
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1996-1997	28	25	4	578	257*	27.52	737	78.42	1	2	2	47	25
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1996-1997	17	19	1	488	73	27.11	821	59.43	-	4	1	48	9
DN Chudasama (KENYA)	1996-1996	3	3	-	80	51	26.66	182	43.95	-	1	1	6+	0+
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-1997	5	7	-	185	66	26.42	448	41.29	-	1	-	16	1
A Ranatunga (SL)	1996-1997	18	22	3	500	66	26.31	985	50.76	-	3	1	48	5
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-1997	8	13	2	289	64	26.27	811	35.63	-	3	1	29	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-1997	22	28	1	705	102*	26.11	1286	54.82	1	6	4	73	6
CN Evans (ZIM)	1996-1997	8	7	1	153	43	25.50	189	80.95	-	-	-	10	6
Azam Khan (PAK)	1996-1996	6	5	-	127	72	25.40	195	65.12	-	1	-	7	0
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1997-1997	2	3	-	76	49	25.33	349	21.77	-	-	-	10	0
AM Bacher (SA)	1996-1997	12	17	-	425	96	25.00	1023	41.54	-	2	1	53	2
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1996-1997	18	21	1	497	103	24.85	626	79.39	2	1	4	67	5
SL Campbell (WI)	1996-1997	20	27	1	645	113	24.80	1675	38.50	1	2	3	65	1
MA Taylor (AUS)	1996-1997	24	31	-	766	105	24.70	1790	42.79	1	1	-	64	0
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1996-1997	6	5	3	49	19*	24.50	138	35.50	-	-	-	5	0
AC Parore (NZ)	1996-1997	22	28	-	685	93	24.46	1401	48.89	-	3	2	47	4
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1996-1997	8	7	1	145	77	24.16	158	91.77	-	1	1	11	2
ML Hayden (AUS)	1996-1997	6	10	-	241	125	24.10	549	43.89	1	-	4	28	1
RIC Holder (WI)	1996-1997	13	13	1	289	91	24.08	668	43.26	-	2	1	18	1
RS Mahanama (SL)	1996-1997	14	15	1	337	65	24.07	685	49.19	-	1	2	25	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1996-1997	21	23	1	520	64	23.63	995	52.26	-	4	1	39	6
SG Law (AUS)	1996-1997	19	18	-	425	93	23.61	593	71.66	-	3	2	29	3
NR Mongia (IND)	1996-1997	23	28	2	596	152	22.92	1591	37.46	1	2	1	59	1
PE McIntyre (AUS)	1996-1996	1	2	1	22	16	22.00	83	26.50	-	-	-	3	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1997-1997	1	2	-	43	43	21.50	84	51.19	-	-	1	6	0
RR Singh (IND)	1996-1997	15	15	2	279	48	21.46	350	79.71	-	-	1	12	6
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-1996	9	12	-	257	88	21.41	514	50.00	-	1	1	20	1
DP Viljoen (ZIM)	1997-1997	3	3	-	64	25	21.33	127	50.39	-	-	-	4	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1996-1997	28	25	-	526	102	21.04	440	119.54	1	3	2	48	26
DK Morrison (NZ)	1996-1997	5	4	3	21	14*	21.00	150	14.00	-	-	1	0	0
Zahoor Elahi (PAK)	1996-1997	16	17	1	327	86	20.43	584	55.99	-	3	3	29	7
CZ Harris (NZ)	1996-1997	17	18	3	306	48*	20.40	491	62.32	-	-	2	16	2
SS Karim (IND)	1997-1997	9	8	1	141	55	20.14	170	82.94	-	1	-	7	1
JC Adams (WI)	1996-1997	19	20	5	300	74*	20.00	706	42.49	-	1	3	17	0
DJ Richardson (SA)	1996-1997	35	30	10	390	72*	19.50	762	51.18	-	1	2	38	3
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-1997	13	17	-	330	35	19.41	621	53.14	-	-	2	41	2
Saleem Elahi (PAK)	1996-1997	6	7	-	135	54	19.28	179	75.41	-	1	2	16	3
PL Symcox (SA)	1996-1997	24	16	3	243	46	18.69	368	66.03	-	-	3	20	9
CO Browne (WI)	1996-1997	10	11	4	130	39*	18.57	348	37.35	-	-	2	18	1
AC Waller (ZIM)	1996-1997	11	12	-	222	52	18.50	443	50.11	-	2	2	26	3
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1996-1997	9	10	-	181	50	18.10	320	56.56	-	1	2	16	1
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1996-1996	8	9	-	160	52	17.77	289	55.36	-	1	1	11	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:

West Indies vs India at Ahmedabad, West Indies in India 1st Test, Oct 2-4, 2025 [Test # 2600]

Namibia vs Zimbabwe at Harare, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final Final, Oct 4, 2025 [T20I # 3503]

Uganda vs Nigeria at Harare, ICC Men's T20 World Cup Africa Region Final 5th place play-off, Oct 4, 2025 [T20I # 3502]