Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
JP Crawley (ENG)	1998-1998	1	2	1	170	156*	170.00	308	55.19	1	0	0	21	1
SP Fleming (NZ)	1998-1998	3	6	1	357	174*	71.40	857	41.65	1	2	0	39	1
WJ Cronje (SA)	1998-1998	5	7	1	401	126	66.83	829	48.37	1	4	1	48	2
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1998-1998	4	7	1	348	213	58.00	472	73.72	1	1	0	51	3
MA Atherton (ENG)	1998-1998	5	10	1	493	103	54.77	1436	34.33	1	3	1	69	0
L Klusener (SA)	1998-1998	3	3	1	108	57	54.00	159	67.92	0	1	0	18	0
JN Rhodes (SA)	1998-1998	5	7	0	367	117	52.42	617	59.48	1	2	0	40	3
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-1998	4	6	0	309	167	51.50	747	41.36	1	2	0	36	0
PA de Silva (SL)	1998-1998	4	6	0	277	152	46.16	572	48.42	1	1	0	30	2
MA Butcher (ENG)	1998-1998	4	8	0	363	116	45.37	857	42.35	1	2	0	51	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1998-1998	6	12	1	499	164	45.36	1057	47.20	1	1	0	70	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	1998-1998	3	6	4	90	37*	45.00	232	38.79	0	0	0	9	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1998-1998	4	6	0	255	88	42.50	481	53.01	0	2	0	35	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-1998	5	7	0	294	132	42.00	690	42.60	1	1	1	32	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1998-1998	5	8	1	287	78	41.00	667	43.02	0	3	1	35	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1998-1998	5	8	1	257	210	36.71	691	37.19	1	0	0	30	1
A Ranatunga (SL)	1998-1998	4	6	0	213	64	35.50	378	56.34	0	2	0	25	3
N Hussain (ENG)	1998-1998	5	10	0	347	105	34.70	1082	32.07	1	2	1	50	0
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1998-1998	6	11	1	344	67*	34.40	1189	28.93	0	2	1	29	1
BM McMillan (SA)	1998-1998	1	2	0	61	54	30.50	145	42.06	0	1	0	9	0
AC Parore (NZ)	1998-1998	3	6	1	151	67	30.20	355	42.53	0	1	0	15	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1998-1998	4	6	1	146	50	29.20	288	50.69	0	1	0	13	0
S Elworthy (SA)	1998-1998	1	2	0	58	48	29.00	71	81.69	0	0	0	8	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1998-1998	3	6	0	162	53	27.00	514	31.51	0	1	0	18	2
CD McMillan (NZ)	1998-1998	3	6	0	159	142	26.50	248	64.11	1	0	1	14	6
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1998-1998	3	4	0	93	43	23.25	245	37.95	0	0	1	11	0
GA Hick (ENG)	1998-1998	3	5	0	116	107	23.20	285	40.70	1	0	1	15	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	1998-1998	4	6	3	68	30	22.66	135	50.37	0	0	1	11	0
AM Bacher (SA)	1998-1998	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	43	51.16	0	0	0	4	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1998-1998	4	7	1	128	48	21.33	342	37.42	0	0	1	14	0
BA Young (NZ)	1998-1998	3	6	0	124	46	20.66	386	32.12	0	0	0	17	0
SP James (ENG)	1998-1998	2	4	0	71	36	17.75	283	25.08	0	0	1	6	0
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-1998	1	2	1	17	16*	17.00	53	32.07	0	0	0	1	0
MJ Horne (NZ)	1998-1998	3	6	0	101	35	16.83	236	42.79	0	0	0	12	0
CZ Harris (NZ)	1998-1998	2	4	1	46	19	15.33	91	50.54	0	0	0	5	0
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-1998	5	6	0	84	35	14.00	175	48.00	0	0	1	12	0
CM Spearman (NZ)	1998-1998	1	2	0	26	22	13.00	88	29.54	0	0	0	3	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1998-1998	4	6	1	63	27	12.60	136	46.32	0	0	3	6	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1998-1998	3	6	0	74	26	12.33	160	46.25	0	0	1	5	4
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1998-1998	3	4	0	47	13	11.75	200	23.50	0	0	0	5	0
DG Cork (ENG)	1998-1998	6	11	1	113	36	11.30	383	29.50	0	0	0	17	0
RS Kalpage (SL)	1998-1998	1	2	0	22	16	11.00	39	56.41	0	0	0	4	0
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	1998-1998	3	5	2	32	23	10.66	93	34.40	0	0	0	2	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1998-1998	3	6	0	63	43	10.50	129	48.83	0	0	3	7	0
MRCN Bandaratilleke (SL)	1998-1998	3	5	0	52	20	10.40	172	30.23	0	0	0	5	0
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1998-1998	6	10	3	71	32	10.14	163	43.55	0	0	1	6	2
GFJ Liebenberg (SA)	1998-1998	4	6	0	59	21	9.83	145	40.68	0	0	1	7	0
AA Donald (SA)	1998-1998	5	6	3	29	7*	9.66	89	32.58	0	0	1	1	0
D Gough (ENG)	1998-1998	5	8	1	62	16*	8.85	285	21.75	0	0	0	7	0
BC Hollioake (ENG)	1998-1998	1	2	0	14	14	7.00	54	25.92	0	0	1	1	0
MW Priest (NZ)	1998-1998	1	2	0	14	12	7.00	89	15.73	0	0	0	2	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	1998-1998	2	4	0	24	8	6.00	88	27.27	0	0	0	3	0
NV Knight (ENG)	1998-1998	1	2	0	12	11	6.00	37	32.43	0	0	0	1	0
IDK Salisbury (ENG)	1998-1998	3	5	0	29	23	5.80	113	25.66	0	0	2	3	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	1998-1998	2	3	0	17	17	5.66	45	37.77	0	0	2	3	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	1998-1998	3	5	0	23	20	4.60	64	35.93	0	0	3	4	0
M Ntini (SA)	1998-1998	2	2	1	4	4*	4.00	14	28.57	0	0	1	1	0
PR Adams (SA)	1998-1998	4	4	1	10	6*	3.33	36	27.77	0	0	1	1	0
DW Headley (ENG)	1998-1998	1	2	0	3	2	1.50	60	5.00	0	0	0	0	0
SB O'Connor (NZ)	1998-1998	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	38	0.00	0	0	1	0	0
HMCM Bandara (SL)	1998-1998	1	2	1	0	0*	0.00	8	0.00	0	0	1	0	0
SB Doull (NZ)	1998-1998	1	1	1	1	1*	-	5	20.00	0	0	0	0	0
ASA Perera (SL)	1998-1998	1	1	1	43	43*	-	77	55.84	0	0	0	6	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]