Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1996-1996	2	2	1	292	257*	292.00	410	71.21	1	0	0	29	12
PA de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	4	8	2	441	168	73.50	757	58.25	3	0	1	48	2
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1996-1997	5	8	1	498	173	71.14	991	50.25	2	2	0	54	3
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1996-1996	4	6	1	339	149	67.80	477	71.06	1	3	1	53	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	7	3	235	106*	58.75	480	48.95	1	0	0	23	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1996-1996	2	3	1	114	109*	57.00	191	59.68	1	0	1	17	0
JP Crawley (ENG)	1996-1997	5	7	2	277	112	55.40	779	35.55	1	1	0	23	2
BA Young (NZ)	1996-1997	7	13	1	648	267*	54.00	1294	50.07	1	3	0	79	1
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1996-1997	6	8	0	427	155	53.37	794	53.77	1	3	0	55	1
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-1997	10	17	2	787	137*	52.46	1772	44.41	1	6	0	72	1
GS Blewett (AUS)	1996-1997	7	12	1	572	214	52.00	1231	46.46	1	3	2	68	0
A Jadeja (IND)	1997-1997	2	2	0	104	96	52.00	280	37.14	0	1	0	8	2
SR Waugh (AUS)	1996-1997	8	13	2	568	160	51.63	1496	37.96	1	5	2	58	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1996-1997	5	8	1	359	118	51.28	934	38.43	1	2	0	37	1
R Dravid (IND)	1996-1997	12	20	3	852	148	50.11	2462	34.60	1	6	0	100	1
NS Sidhu (IND)	1997-1997	4	6	0	276	201	46.00	675	40.88	1	0	1	32	1
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1996-1997	9	18	3	683	153*	45.53	1227	55.66	2	2	2	84	4
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1996-1997	5	8	1	317	119	45.28	766	41.38	2	1	0	41	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1997-1997	4	8	2	266	103	44.33	627	42.42	1	2	0	28	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997-1997	4	8	0	351	113	43.87	572	61.36	1	3	1	32	2
BM McMillan (SA)	1996-1997	8	16	5	476	103*	43.27	958	49.68	1	4	1	46	3
SP Fleming (NZ)	1996-1997	7	13	1	506	129	42.16	1088	46.50	1	5	1	67	3
GW Flower (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	7	0	287	110	41.00	831	34.53	1	1	2	34	2
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1996-1997	5	7	2	203	79	40.60	854	23.77	0	2	1	19	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1996-1997	10	17	2	607	129	40.46	1196	50.75	2	2	0	66	3
BC Lara (WI)	1996-1997	10	17	0	687	132	40.41	1204	57.05	2	3	0	92	6
DG Cork (ENG)	1997-1997	3	4	1	121	59	40.33	404	29.95	0	1	0	13	1
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	7	0	282	73	40.28	581	48.53	0	2	0	31	4
ME Waugh (AUS)	1996-1997	9	16	0	628	116	39.25	1322	47.50	1	4	1	73	3
RS Mahanama (SL)	1997-1997	2	4	0	157	65	39.25	393	39.94	0	1	0	15	0
Moin Khan (PAK)	1996-1997	6	7	0	273	98	39.00	456	59.86	0	3	1	41	3
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1996-1997	6	8	0	311	125	38.87	674	46.14	2	0	0	41	2
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1996-1997	5	9	1	310	85	38.75	700	44.28	0	2	1	44	1
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1997-1997	2	4	2	77	38*	38.50	217	35.48	0	0	0	5	2
M Azharuddin (IND)	1996-1997	12	19	2	649	163*	38.17	874	74.25	3	1	0	99	4
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1997-1997	4	7	0	266	103	38.00	373	71.31	1	1	0	33	2
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-1997	12	20	1	706	169	37.15	1582	44.62	1	4	1	94	2
MG Bevan (AUS)	1996-1997	8	14	3	406	87*	36.90	1069	37.97	0	3	2	48	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1996-1997	9	16	4	442	161*	36.83	747	59.17	1	0	1	56	1
AC Hudson (SA)	1996-1997	7	14	1	476	146	36.61	1132	42.04	1	3	2	68	1
RIC Holder (WI)	1997-1997	5	7	1	212	91	35.33	517	41.00	0	2	0	18	1
A Flower (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	7	0	245	112	35.00	723	33.88	1	1	0	27	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1996-1997	9	17	2	496	79*	33.06	985	50.35	0	3	1	66	4
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1996-1996	2	3	1	66	46	33.00	98	67.34	0	0	0	14	0
RG Samuels (WI)	1996-1997	4	8	1	231	76	33.00	600	38.50	0	1	0	33	1
SC Williams (WI)	1997-1997	5	8	0	263	128	32.87	515	51.06	1	0	2	31	2
BA Pocock (NZ)	1997-1997	5	9	0	292	85	32.44	935	31.22	0	3	1	22	0
NV Knight (ENG)	1996-1997	5	8	0	253	96	31.62	439	57.63	0	2	0	24	1
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-1997	3	5	0	158	66	31.60	410	38.53	0	1	0	16	1
RP Arnold (SL)	1997-1997	2	4	0	126	50	31.50	415	30.36	0	1	0	10	1
CL Cairns (NZ)	1996-1997	7	13	0	409	93	31.46	768	53.25	0	5	0	42	8
L Klusener (SA)	1996-1997	7	12	3	282	102*	31.33	462	61.03	1	0	1	33	4
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	7	0	219	84	31.28	409	53.54	0	2	0	29	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1996-1997	5	8	0	247	113	30.87	672	36.75	1	1	1	26	1
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1997	10	16	1	453	73	30.20	1012	44.76	0	3	2	69	3
AM Bacher (SA)	1996-1997	5	10	0	302	96	30.20	780	38.71	0	2	1	43	2
SM Pollock (SA)	1996-1997	5	10	3	211	79	30.14	410	51.46	0	1	2	32	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1997-1997	4	8	0	241	66	30.12	539	44.71	0	2	0	25	4
G Kirsten (SA)	1996-1997	9	18	0	541	133	30.05	1156	46.79	3	0	2	72	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1997-1997	2	3	0	86	50	28.66	122	70.49	0	1	1	9	0
JR Murray (WI)	1996-1997	4	6	1	136	53	27.20	259	52.50	0	1	0	14	0
Hasan Raza (PAK)	1996-1996	1	1	0	27	27	27.00	48	56.25	0	0	0	5	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-1997	8	13	2	289	64	26.27	811	35.63	0	3	1	29	0
SL Campbell (WI)	1996-1997	10	17	1	420	113	26.25	1228	34.20	1	1	2	49	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1996-1997	12	19	0	494	152	26.00	1403	35.21	1	2	1	55	1
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1997-1997	2	3	0	76	49	25.33	349	21.77	0	0	0	10	0
PS de Villiers (SA)	1996-1996	2	4	1	75	67*	25.00	219	34.24	0	1	1	6	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1996-1997	4	6	1	124	54*	24.80	291	42.61	0	1	1	13	0
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1996-1997	5	5	3	49	19*	24.50	138	35.50	0	0	0	5	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	1996-1997	6	10	0	241	125	24.10	549	43.89	1	0	4	28	1
A Kumble (IND)	1996-1997	12	18	4	325	88	23.21	794	40.93	0	1	0	35	1
AC Waller (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	3	0	69	50	23.00	174	39.65	0	1	0	6	2
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-1996	3	6	0	137	88	22.83	297	46.12	0	1	0	15	1
DJ Richardson (SA)	1996-1997	9	15	3	267	72*	22.25	590	45.25	0	1	1	31	2
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-1997	7	13	1	266	102*	22.16	657	40.48	1	1	2	32	2
MJ Slater (AUS)	1996-1996	1	2	0	44	44	22.00	98	44.89	0	0	1	6	0
PE McIntyre (AUS)	1996-1996	1	2	1	22	16	22.00	83	26.50	0	0	0	3	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1996-1997	4	5	0	109	42	21.80	256	42.57	0	0	0	13	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1997-1997	1	2	0	43	43	21.50	84	51.19	0	0	1	6	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	1996-1996	3	5	2	63	42	21.00	124	50.80	0	0	0	9	0
FA Rose (WI)	1997-1997	5	4	1	63	34	21.00	142	44.36	0	0	0	6	2
JC Adams (WI)	1996-1997	5	9	2	140	74*	20.00	429	32.63	0	1	2	12	0
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1996-1996	1	2	0	39	34	19.50	114	34.21	0	0	0	4	0
AR Kapoor (IND)	1996-1996	2	3	1	39	22	19.50	94	41.48	0	0	0	3	0
PL Symcox (SA)	1996-1997	4	6	1	95	32	19.00	204	46.56	0	0	1	5	4
CO Browne (WI)	1996-1997	6	9	3	113	39*	18.83	326	34.66	0	0	2	17	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1997-1997	4	7	0	130	57	18.57	395	32.91	0	1	0	15	1
MA Taylor (AUS)	1996-1997	9	16	0	297	43	18.56	954	31.13	0	0	0	30	0
AC Parore (NZ)	1996-1997	7	13	0	232	59	17.84	665	34.88	0	1	0	24	1
DL Vettori (NZ)	1997-1997	4	7	3	70	29*	17.50	215	32.55	0	0	0	8	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	3	1	34	19	17.00	118	28.81	0	0	0	2	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1996-1997	9	12	2	165	37	16.50	377	43.76	0	0	2	21	1
PIC Thompson (WI)	1997-1997	1	2	1	16	10*	16.00	24	66.66	0	0	0	2	1
SB Joshi (IND)	1996-1997	8	11	1	157	43	15.70	421	37.29	0	0	1	14	2
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-1997	4	8	0	125	31	15.62	348	35.91	0	0	1	20	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1996-1996	4	7	0	105	56	15.00	379	27.70	0	1	2	12	1
MS Atapattu (SL)	1997-1997	3	6	0	90	25	15.00	253	35.57	0	0	1	10	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-1997	5	7	5	29	16*	14.50	160	18.12	0	0	1	1	0
LK Germon (NZ)	1996-1997	4	8	0	114	55	14.25	318	35.84	0	1	2	15	1
SB Doull (NZ)	1996-1997	7	12	3	128	26	14.22	202	63.36	0	0	2	18	1

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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 Australia at Sydney, The Ashes 5th Test, Jan 4-8, 2026 [Test # 2616]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-27, 2025 [Test # 2615]

New Zealand vs West Indies at Mount Maunganui, West Indies in New Zealand 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2025 [Test # 2614]