Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RG Twose (WELL)	1996-1997	12	11	4	475	121*	67.85	552+	82.06	2	2	0	33+	11+
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1996-1996	14	14	3	697	115	63.36	818	85.20	3	3	0	69	7
PA de Silva (AUCK/SL)	1996-1997	23	23	3	1111	134	55.55	1273	87.27	3	6	1	116	18
MH Richardson (OTAGO)	1996-1997	10	10	2	442	128*	55.25	691	63.96	2	1	0	49	5
MG Bevan (AUS)	1996-1997	21	19	4	816	103	54.40	1052	77.56	1	6	1	57	2
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1996-1997	26	25	4	1142	124	54.38	1568	72.83	2	9	2	88	3
BC Lara (WI)	1996-1997	13	12	3	482	103*	53.55	672	71.72	2	1	2	39	5
WJ Cronje (SA)	1996-1997	27	23	8	792	87*	52.80	985	80.40	0	7	1	56	10
ME Waugh (AUS)	1996-1997	16	15	2	684	115*	52.61	896	76.33	3	3	1	44	12
G Kirsten (SA)	1996-1997	20	20	3	833	118*	49.00	1096	76.00	2	6	0	91	2
JH Kallis (SA)	1997-1997	11	11	2	425	82	47.22	590	72.03	0	5	0	29	4
MJ Di Venuto (AUS/TAS)	1996-1997	10	10	1	424	129*	47.11	462	91.77	1	2	0	52	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-1997	12	11	1	461	109*	46.10	676	68.19	1	3	0	38	1
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-1997	15	10	4	273	75	45.50	255	107.05	0	1	1	21	2
PJB Chandler (WELL)	1996-1997	12	12	1	496	106	45.09	652+	76.07	1	2	2	51+	6+
JN Rhodes (SA)	1996-1997	26	24	7	753	121	44.29	885	85.08	1	5	1	57	3
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-1997	20	20	1	809	114	42.57	942	85.88	2	5	1	90	4
RG Hart (ND)	1996-1997	12	10	4	243	56	40.50	295	82.37	0	2	0	16	2
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1996-1997	29	28	3	990	117	39.60	1311	75.51	1	7	1	77	13
GW Flower (ZIM)	1996-1997	17	17	1	618	91	38.62	902	68.51	0	6	1	57	2
CL Hooper (WI)	1996-1997	13	12	4	305	110*	38.12	408	74.75	1	1	1	18	2
DJ Murray (CANT)	1996-1997	14	12	2	364	116	36.40	569	63.97	1	2	1	36	2
SR Waugh (AUS)	1996-1997	18	18	1	612	91	36.00	810	75.55	0	5	1	38	6
TM Moody (AUS/WA)	1996-1997	13	11	4	247	102*	35.28	439	56.26	1	0	1	17+	2+
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1996-1997	19	17	3	484	73*	34.57	684	70.76	0	4	3	30	3
NJ Astle (CANT/NZ)	1996-1997	27	26	1	859	114	34.36	1093	78.59	1	7	3	95	9
JR Murray (WI)	1996-1997	10	10	0	342	86	34.20	432	79.16	0	3	1	38	1
JD Wells (WELL)	1996-1997	12	12	2	341	81	34.10	621+	52.81	0	3	0	20+	0+
M Azharuddin (IND)	1996-1997	20	19	1	610	94	33.88	857	71.17	0	5	0	33	4
L Klusener (SA)	1996-1997	14	10	2	270	92	33.75	325	83.07	0	2	1	24	2
CL Cairns (CANT/NZ)	1996-1997	27	24	4	670	113	33.50	846	79.19	1	3	0	42	21
BA Young (ND/NZ)	1996-1997	22	22	0	732	97	33.27	1032	70.93	0	8	0	79	0
R Dravid (IND)	1996-1997	19	18	0	593	84	32.94	953	62.22	0	6	1	44	2
MA Taylor (AUS)	1996-1997	16	16	0	525	105	32.81	929	56.51	1	2	0	36	0
A Jadeja (IND)	1996-1997	20	19	4	483	68	32.20	650	74.30	0	3	1	23	11
SP Fleming (CANT/NZ)	1996-1997	26	23	2	665	105*	31.66	855	77.77	1	2	1	66	4
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1997	15	15	1	440	83	31.42	754	58.35	0	3	1	36	2
AC Gilchrist (AUS/WA)	1996-1997	14	12	2	301	77	30.10	348	86.49	0	2	1	29	3
A Flower (ZIM)	1996-1997	17	16	1	451	82	30.06	733	61.52	0	3	1	29	1
GS Blewett (AUS/SOA)	1996-1997	20	19	4	445	61	29.66	695	64.02	0	3	1	33	3
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1996-1997	17	16	2	405	86	28.92	591	68.52	0	3	1	24	4
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1996-1997	13	13	0	372	79	28.61	409	90.95	0	4	1	44	7
AC Parore (AUCK/NZ)	1996-1997	23	23	0	644	93	28.00	1067	60.35	0	4	3	41	6
Moin Khan (PAK)	1996-1997	30	27	7	554	61	27.70	730	75.89	0	2	1	31	11
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1996-1997	15	15	0	406	67	27.06	800	50.75	0	5	1	35	3
MD Bailey (ND)	1996-1997	12	12	1	287	76	26.09	385	74.54	0	1	1	20	5
SG Law (AUS/QLD)	1996-1997	23	22	0	574	93	26.09	752	76.32	0	4	2	37	4
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1996-1997	14	14	1	338	54	26.00	644	52.48	0	2	1	18	0
CZ Harris (CANT/NZ)	1996-1997	27	23	6	438	52*	25.76	717	61.08	0	1	2	24	4
BA Pocock (ND)	1996-1997	12	12	0	307	50	25.58	497	61.77	0	1	0	34	3
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-1997	17	16	3	330	47	25.38	500	66.00	0	0	1	26	1
MJ Lamont (OTAGO)	1996-1997	10	10	1	227	60	25.22	362	62.70	0	2	3	22	3
A Ranatunga (SL)	1996-1997	14	14	3	259	52	23.54	446	58.07	0	1	1	23	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1996-1997	17	17	0	396	64	23.29	704	56.25	0	3	0	26	6
AC Hudson (SA)	1996-1997	17	17	0	390	68	22.94	596	65.43	0	2	1	50	2
Zahoor Elahi (PAK)	1996-1997	14	14	1	297	86	22.84	507	58.57	0	3	3	25	6
CD McMillan (CANT)	1996-1997	14	11	2	203	72*	22.55	294	69.04	0	1	1	20	4
SL Campbell (WI)	1996-1997	10	10	0	225	52	22.50	447	50.33	0	1	1	16	1
ME Parlane (ND)	1996-1997	11	11	0	241	65	21.90	344	70.05	0	1	0	24	3
RR Singh (IND)	1996-1997	15	15	2	279	48	21.46	350	79.71	0	0	1	12	6
MJ Greatbatch (CD/NZ)	1996-1997	14	13	1	257	57	21.41	366	70.21	0	3	1	18	8
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1996-1997	28	25	0	526	102	21.04	440	119.54	1	3	2	48	26
JC Adams (WI)	1996-1997	14	11	3	160	35*	20.00	277	57.76	0	0	1	5	0
CM Spearman (CD/NZ)	1996-1997	14	14	0	278	80	19.85	374	74.33	0	1	3	41	2
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1996-1997	14	12	1	211	41	19.18	458	46.06	0	0	0	11	1
CB Gaffaney (OTAGO)	1996-1997	10	10	0	191	73	19.10	219	87.21	0	1	1	17	7
MN Hart (ND/NZ)	1996-1997	11	10	1	169	100	18.77	249	67.87	1	0	2	14	1
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1996-1997	13	12	1	206	57*	18.72	240	85.83	0	2	1	17	5
PL Symcox (SA)	1996-1997	20	10	2	148	46	18.50	164	90.24	0	0	2	15	5
MJ Horne (NZ/OTAGO)	1996-1997	12	12	0	216	40	18.00	336	64.28	0	0	1	17	0
RS Mahanama (SL)	1996-1997	12	11	1	180	42	18.00	292	61.64	0	0	2	10	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1996-1997	14	14	1	231	100*	17.76	253	91.30	1	0	4	34	3
MP Maynard (OTAGO)	1996-1997	10	10	0	177	40	17.70	246	71.95	0	0	1	26	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1996-1997	14	11	3	139	43*	17.37	226	61.50	0	0	0	8	1
RA Lawson (OTAGO)	1996-1997	10	10	1	150	63	16.66	265	56.60	0	1	2	10	2
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1996-1997	16	16	2	224	44	16.00	332	67.46	0	0	2	15	2
LK Germon (CANT/NZ)	1996-1997	24	18	1	270	60	15.88	485	55.67	0	2	1	13	0
J Srinath (IND)	1996-1997	15	13	2	173	53	15.72	221	78.28	0	1	1	12	3
DJ Richardson (SA)	1996-1997	26	15	7	123	43	15.37	172	71.51	0	0	1	7	1
AR Tait (ND)	1996-1997	12	11	2	138	30	15.33	232	59.48	0	0	1	5	1
RJ Kerr (WELL)	1996-1997	12	10	0	152	50	15.20	234	64.95	0	1	1	8	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1996-1997	15	12	4	121	25	15.12	189	64.02	0	0	1	4	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1996-1997	26	23	3	286	66*	14.30	327	87.46	0	2	2	18	13
RG Petrie (WELL)	1996-1997	12	10	0	139	36	13.90	260	53.46	0	0	2	8	2
GR Larsen (NZ/WELL)	1996-1997	20	16	3	175	38*	13.46	296	59.12	0	0	3	13	1
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK/UBL)	1996-1997	19	11	7	45	16*	11.25	105	42.85	0	0	1	1	0
A Kumble (IND)	1996-1997	20	14	3	118	21	10.72	180	65.55	0	0	1	7	0
SK Warne (AUS/VIC)	1996-1997	18	12	3	95	23	10.55	124	76.61	0	0	2	5	2
DN Patel (AUCK/NZ)	1996-1997	17	17	2	154	26	10.26	248	62.09	0	0	3	16	1
SB Doull (ND/NZ)	1996-1997	22	18	5	123	22	9.46	148	83.10	0	0	2	9	3
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1996-1997	30	21	6	122	30*	8.13	295	41.35	0	0	2	7	0
Waqar Younis (PAK/UBL)	1996-1997	23	15	4	85	28	7.72	120	70.83	0	0	2	5	3
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-1997	20	10	7	21	10*	7.00	30	70.00	0	0	2	1	0

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Minimum of 10 innings
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:

Queensland vs Victoria at Melbourne, One-Day Cup (AUS) 16th Match, Feb 3, 2026 [List A]

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]