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	14	14	3	697	115	63.36	818	85.20	3	3	0	69	7
PA de Silva (SL)	1996-1997	14	14	1	744	134	57.23	951	78.23	2	5	1	63	11
SC Williams (WI)	1997-1997	4	4	1	171	78*	57.00	279	61.29	0	2	0	17	1
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1996-1997	26	25	4	1142	124	54.38	1568	72.83	2	9	2	88	3
MJ Slater (AUS)	1996-1996	3	3	1	108	53*	54.00	128	84.37	0	2	0	9	0
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
IR Bishop (WI)	1997-1997	8	3	2	51	31	51.00	139	36.69	0	0	0	0	0
MG Bevan (AUS)	1996-1997	20	18	3	736	103	49.06	986	74.64	1	5	1	54	2
G Kirsten (SA)	1996-1997	20	20	3	833	118*	49.00	1096	76.00	2	6	0	91	2
ME Waugh (AUS)	1996-1997	15	14	2	583	115*	48.58	803	72.60	2	3	1	40	6
HS Modi (KENYA)	1996-1996	3	3	1	95	78*	47.50	137	69.34	0	1	0	9	1
JH Kallis (SA)	1997-1997	11	11	2	425	82	47.22	590	72.03	0	5	0	29	4
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
JN Rhodes (SA)	1996-1997	26	24	7	753	121	44.29	885	85.08	1	5	1	57	3
MS Atapattu (SL)	1996-1997	7	7	1	263	94	43.83	444	59.23	0	3	1	17	1
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-1997	20	20	1	809	114	42.57	942	85.88	2	5	1	90	4
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
SR Waugh (AUS)	1996-1997	18	18	1	612	91	36.00	810	75.55	0	5	1	38	6
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1996-1997	8	8	0	284	81	35.50	374	75.93	0	1	0	34	1
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1996-1997	19	17	3	484	73*	34.57	684	70.76	0	4	3	30	3
JR Murray (WI)	1996-1997	10	10	0	342	86	34.20	432	79.16	0	3	1	38	1
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1996-1997	6	6	0	204	82	34.00	271	75.27	0	3	0	14	2
V Rathour (IND)	1997-1997	1	1	0	34	34	34.00	53	64.15	0	0	0	3	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
R Dravid (IND)	1996-1997	19	18	0	593	84	32.94	953	62.22	0	6	1	44	2
A Jadeja (IND)	1996-1997	20	19	4	483	68	32.20	650	74.30	0	3	1	23	11
RE Bryson (SA)	1997-1997	7	4	3	32	17*	32.00	25	128.00	0	0	0	2	1
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1997	15	15	1	440	83	31.42	754	58.35	0	3	1	36	2
MA Taylor (AUS)	1996-1997	15	15	0	469	105	31.26	836	56.10	1	1	0	34	0
Saleem Elahi (PAK)	1996-1996	4	4	0	121	54	30.25	145	83.44	0	1	0	14	3
AC Parore (NZ)	1996-1997	15	15	0	453	93	30.20	736	61.54	0	2	2	23	3
A Flower (ZIM)	1996-1997	17	16	1	451	82	30.06	733	61.52	0	3	1	29	1
MJ Di Venuto (AUS)	1997-1997	5	5	0	150	89	30.00	179	83.79	0	1	0	18	0
NV Knight (ENG)	1996-1997	7	7	2	148	84*	29.60	173	85.54	0	1	1	20	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-1997	15	15	0	439	94	29.26	629	69.79	0	5	2	41	4
GS Blewett (AUS)	1996-1997	15	14	3	320	57*	29.09	490	65.30	0	2	0	20	2
WV Raman (IND)	1996-1996	1	1	0	29	29	29.00	51	56.86	0	0	0	2	1
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1996-1997	17	16	2	405	86	28.92	591	68.52	0	3	1	24	4
SP Fleming (NZ)	1996-1997	14	14	1	373	88	28.69	546	68.31	0	1	0	35	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1996-1997	13	13	0	372	79	28.61	409	90.95	0	4	1	44	7
CL Cairns (NZ)	1996-1997	15	15	1	396	79	28.28	531	74.57	0	3	0	21	12
Azam Khan (PAK)	1996-1996	5	4	0	113	72	28.25	173	65.31	0	1	0	6	0
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
DN Chudasama (KENYA)	1996-1996	3	3	0	80	51	26.66	182	43.95	0	1	1	6+	0+
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1996-1997	14	14	1	338	54	26.00	644	52.48	0	2	1	18	0
CN Evans (ZIM)	1996-1997	8	7	1	153	43	25.50	189	80.95	0	0	0	10	6
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-1997	17	16	3	330	47	25.38	500	66.00	0	0	1	26	1
CZ Harris (NZ)	1996-1997	15	14	3	275	48*	25.00	420	65.47	0	0	1	11	2
Shahid Nazir (PAK)	1996-1997	11	6	5	25	8	25.00	35	71.42	0	0	0	3	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1996-1997	8	7	1	145	77	24.16	158	91.77	0	1	1	11	2
MJ Greatbatch (NZ)	1996-1996	6	5	0	120	52	24.00	210	57.14	0	1	1	8	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1996-1997	11	8	4	95	51	23.75	166	57.22	0	1	0	4	1
SG Law (AUS)	1996-1997	19	18	0	425	93	23.61	593	71.66	0	3	2	29	3
BM McMillan (SA)	1996-1996	10	7	2	118	32	23.60	144	81.94	0	0	0	14	1
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
MA Atherton (ENG)	1996-1997	7	7	0	160	43	22.85	314	50.95	0	0	0	17	0
Zahoor Elahi (PAK)	1996-1997	14	14	1	297	86	22.84	507	58.57	0	3	3	25	6
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-1997	9	9	0	205	35	22.77	273	75.09	0	0	1	21	2
SL Campbell (WI)	1996-1997	10	10	0	225	52	22.50	447	50.33	0	1	1	16	1
N Hussain (ENG)	1996-1997	8	8	3	112	49*	22.40	217	51.61	0	0	1	6	0
BA Young (NZ)	1996-1997	12	12	0	265	58	22.08	415	63.85	0	2	0	27	0
RR Singh (IND)	1996-1997	15	15	2	279	48	21.46	350	79.71	0	0	1	12	6
DP Viljoen (ZIM)	1997-1997	3	3	0	64	25	21.33	127	50.39	0	0	0	4	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1996-1997	28	25	0	526	102	21.04	440	119.54	1	3	2	48	26
SS Karim (IND)	1997-1997	9	8	1	141	55	20.14	170	82.94	0	1	0	7	1
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-1996	6	6	0	120	44	20.00	217	55.29	0	0	1	5	0
JC Adams (WI)	1996-1997	14	11	3	160	35*	20.00	277	57.76	0	0	1	5	0
DG Cork (ENG)	1997-1997	3	3	1	40	31*	20.00	48	83.33	0	0	0	3	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1996-1997	14	12	1	211	41	19.18	458	46.06	0	0	0	11	1
JP Crawley (ENG)	1996-1997	6	5	0	94	73	18.80	150	62.66	0	1	2	6	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
RDB Croft (ENG)	1996-1997	8	7	3	74	30*	18.50	96	77.08	0	0	1	5	2
RS Mahanama (SL)	1996-1997	12	11	1	180	42	18.00	292	61.64	0	0	2	10	0
RG Samuels (WI)	1996-1997	8	5	2	54	36*	18.00	63	85.71	0	0	0	5	1
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1996-1997	14	14	1	231	100*	17.76	253	91.30	1	0	4	34	3
AM Bacher (SA)	1997-1997	7	7	0	123	45	17.57	243	50.61	0	0	0	10	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1996-1997	14	11	3	139	43*	17.37	226	61.50	0	0	0	8	1
AC Waller (ZIM)	1996-1997	9	9	0	153	52	17.00	269	56.87	0	1	2	20	1
CO Browne (WI)	1997-1997	4	2	1	17	10*	17.00	22	77.27	0	0	0	1	0
AFG Griffith (WI)	1996-1997	5	4	1	50	47	16.66	81	61.72	0	0	0	2	0
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1996-1996	5	5	0	82	32	16.40	186	44.08	0	0	1	7	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1996-1997	16	16	2	224	44	16.00	332	67.46	0	0	2	15	2
J Srinath (IND)	1996-1997	15	13	2	173	53	15.72	221	78.28	0	1	1	12	3
Sajid Ali (PAK)	1997-1997	3	3	0	47	28	15.66	76	61.84	0	0	0	4	0
DJ Richardson (SA)	1996-1997	26	15	7	123	43	15.37	172	71.51	0	0	1	7	1
Saeed Azad (PAK)	1996-1996	3	3	0	46	31	15.33	96	47.91	0	0	0	6	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1996-1997	15	12	4	121	25	15.12	189	64.02	0	0	1	4	0
C White (ENG)	1997-1997	5	5	0	74	38	14.80	150	49.33	0	0	2	3	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1996-1997	11	9	2	102	29	14.57	188	54.25	0	0	0	4	0
MH Dekker (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	2	0	29	18	14.50	43	67.44	0	0	0	5	0
SK Gupta (KENYA)	1996-1996	3	3	0	43	41	14.33	75	57.33	0	0	1	4	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]