Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
M Azharuddin (IND)	1997-1997	2	3	1	256	126	128.00	434	58.98	2	0	0	28	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997-1997	4	7	0	763	340	109.00	1122	68.00	2	2	1	88	6
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1997-1997	2	3	0	290	143	96.66	557	52.06	2	0	0	37	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	4	7	0	552	146	78.85	862	64.03	3	1	1	72	1
SC Ganguly (IND)	1997-1997	2	3	0	192	147	64.00	421	45.60	1	0	1	27	2
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1997-1997	4	6	3	179	54*	59.66	332	53.91	0	1	0	19	0
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	6	10	0	556	199	55.60	988	56.27	2	2	0	82	3
RS Mahanama (SL)	1997-1997	4	7	0	369	225	52.71	894	41.27	1	0	0	48	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1997-1997	2	3	0	156	111	52.00	314	49.68	1	0	0	19	2
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1997-1997	6	11	2	453	138	50.33	784	57.78	1	3	0	62	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1997-1997	2	4	1	148	81	49.33	248	59.67	0	1	0	18	2
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-1997	3	5	0	241	127	48.20	479	50.31	1	0	0	27	2
SL Campbell (WI)	1997-1997	2	4	0	182	79	45.50	330	55.15	0	2	0	18	0
A Ranatunga (SL)	1997-1997	4	7	1	241	86	40.16	462	52.16	0	2	0	32	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1997-1997	6	11	0	431	207	39.18	903	47.72	2	0	1	66	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	6	10	0	390	116	39.00	758	51.45	2	1	1	46	0
GS Blewett (AUS)	1997-1997	6	10	0	381	125	38.10	746	51.07	1	2	0	48	2
SC Williams (WI)	1997-1997	2	4	0	150	83	37.50	224	66.96	0	1	1	22	2
A Jadeja (IND)	1997-1997	1	2	0	74	73	37.00	194	38.14	0	1	0	8	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	1997-1997	4	6	3	105	53*	35.00	404	25.99	0	1	0	11	0
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	6	10	0	317	129	31.70	692	45.80	1	1	1	40	1
JP Crawley (ENG)	1997-1997	5	9	1	243	83	30.37	565	43.00	0	2	0	31	0
BC Lara (WI)	1997-1997	2	4	0	120	115	30.00	220	54.54	1	0	1	12	1
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-1997	2	3	0	89	66	29.66	149	59.73	0	1	0	13	0
A Kumble (IND)	1997-1997	2	2	1	27	27*	27.00	83	32.53	0	0	1	2	0
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1997-1997	1	2	0	52	48	26.00	118	44.06	0	0	0	6	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1997-1997	2	3	2	26	11*	26.00	81	32.09	0	0	0	2	0
RIC Holder (WI)	1997-1997	2	4	1	78	34	26.00	181	43.09	0	0	0	11	0
R Dravid (IND)	1997-1997	2	3	0	77	69	25.66	252	30.55	0	1	0	10	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1997-1997	5	10	0	254	87	25.40	624	40.70	0	2	0	32	0
IA Healy (AUS)	1997-1997	6	10	1	225	63	25.00	363	61.98	0	1	1	32	0
CEL Ambrose (WI)	1997-1997	2	3	1	49	31	24.50	94	52.12	0	0	0	5	2
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1997-1997	6	12	1	268	87	24.36	473	56.65	0	1	0	38	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1997-1997	6	12	1	257	77	23.36	620	41.45	0	2	0	31	1
RK Chauhan (IND)	1997-1997	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	49	46.93	0	0	0	3	1
ME Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	6	10	0	209	68	20.90	440	47.50	0	2	0	22	1
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1997-1997	2	4	0	77	31	19.25	140	55.00	0	0	0	8	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1997-1997	6	10	0	188	53	18.80	254	74.01	0	1	3	20	3
MS Atapattu (SL)	1997-1997	3	5	0	91	29	18.20	166	54.81	0	0	0	14	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1997-1997	2	3	1	32	15	16.00	145	22.06	0	0	0	2	0
BC Hollioake (ENG)	1997-1997	1	2	0	30	28	15.00	64	46.87	0	0	0	5	0
KSC de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	3	5	4	13	6	13.00	33	39.39	0	0	0	1	0
AJ Hollioake (ENG)	1997-1997	2	4	0	51	45	12.75	117	43.58	0	0	1	6	1
GD McGrath (AUS)	1997-1997	6	8	6	25	20*	12.50	64	39.06	0	0	0	1	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	1997-1997	4	5	1	49	39	12.25	96	51.04	0	0	2	7	0
FL Reifer (WI)	1997-1997	2	4	0	48	29	12.00	156	30.76	0	0	1	6	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1997-1997	4	7	1	71	23	11.83	184	38.58	0	0	0	11	0
PJ Martin (ENG)	1997-1997	1	2	0	23	20	11.50	21	109.52	0	0	0	1	1
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1997-1997	4	7	2	57	28*	11.40	147	38.77	0	0	2	6	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	1997-1997	5	8	2	59	26*	9.83	176	33.52	0	0	3	7	1
DW Headley (ENG)	1997-1997	3	6	2	39	22	9.75	106	36.79	0	0	1	5	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	1997-1997	5	8	0	75	24	9.37	160	46.87	0	0	0	9	2
MG Bevan (AUS)	1997-1997	3	5	0	43	24	8.60	101	42.57	0	0	1	7	0
RP Arnold (SL)	1997-1997	1	2	0	12	12	6.00	30	40.00	0	0	1	2	0
IR Bishop (WI)	1997-1997	2	3	0	16	11	5.33	79	20.25	0	0	1	1	0
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1997-1997	3	4	0	21	17	5.25	44	47.72	0	0	2	3	0
A Kuruvilla (IND)	1997-1997	2	2	0	9	9	4.50	15	60.00	0	0	1	0	1
S Ranatunga (SL)	1997-1997	1	2	0	9	9	4.50	43	20.93	0	0	1	0	0
S Young (AUS)	1997-1997	1	2	1	4	4*	4.00	27	14.81	0	0	1	1	0
AM Smith (ENG)	1997-1997	1	2	1	4	4*	4.00	6	66.66	0	0	1	1	0
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1997-1997	4	5	1	12	12	3.00	17	70.58	0	0	3	3	0
D Gough (ENG)	1997-1997	4	6	0	17	10	2.83	53	32.07	0	0	3	3	0
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	1997-1997	4	4	0	9	8	2.25	35	25.71	0	0	2	0	1
BKV Prasad (IND)	1997-1997	2	1	0	2	2	2.00	21	9.52	0	0	0	0	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1997-1997	2	3	1	1	1*	0.50	7	14.28	0	0	2	0	0
FA Rose (WI)	1997-1997	2	3	1	1	1	0.50	14	7.14	0	0	1	0	0
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1997-1997	1	2	0	1	1	0.50	22	4.54	0	0	1	0	0
CO Browne (WI)	1997-1997	2	3	0	0	0	0.00	27	0.00	0	0	3	0	0
KJ Silva (SL)	1997-1997	1	0	0	0	-	-	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1997-1997	1	1	1	1	1*	-	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
NM Kulkarni (IND)	1997-1997	1	0	0	0	-	-	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
DS Mohanty (IND)	1997-1997	1	1	1	0	0*	-	8	0.00	0	0	0	0	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 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]