Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
MG Bevan (AUSXI/NSW)	1998-1999	6	10	4	636	202*	106.00	1436	44.28	3	1	-	54	0
GS Blewett (AUS/AUSXI/SOA)	1998-1999	10	18	2	1347	213*	84.18	2372	56.78	6	2	-	117	9
DS Lehmann (AUS/AUSXI/SOA)	1998-1999	10	17	4	922	175	70.92	1150	80.17	4	3	1	121	6
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1998-1999	8	12	2	705	275*	70.50	1315	53.61	3	-	1	82	3
SR Waugh (AUS/NSW)	1998-1999	14	26	6	1355	199	67.75	2692	50.33	6	4	2	125	8
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-1999	8	14	4	661	148*	66.10	1707	38.72	2	4	-	64	2
R Dravid (IND)	1998-1999	7	13	1	752	190	62.66	1673	44.94	4	1	1	99	1
SM Katich (WA)	1998-1999	12	22	5	1039	154*	61.11	1969+	46.16	5	3	-	112+	3+
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1998-1999	9	15	1	823	188*	58.78	1435	57.35	3	3	2	105	4
MTG Elliott (AUS/AUSXI/VIC)	1998-1999	11	21	2	1083	161	57.00	2355	45.98	5	5	3	102	3
CJ Richards (AUSXI/NSW)	1998-1999	10	18	3	848	161	56.53	1647	51.48	4	3	2	80	3
J Cox (TAS)	1998-1999	10	17	1	863	184	53.93	1970	43.80	4	3	2	92	4
BC Lara (WI)	1998-1999	9	17	1	856	213	53.50	1431	59.81	3	4	-	126	10
JM Vaughan (SOA)	1998-1999	8	13	1	642	157*	53.50	1353	47.45	2	3	1	69	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK/Rawal)	1998-1999	9	15	1	740	211	52.85	1427	51.85	3	2	2	97	4
MR Ramprakash (ENG/ENGXI)	1998-1999	10	19	3	845	140*	52.81	1716+	42.30	1	7	-	62+	3+
HH Gibbs (SA)	1998-1999	7	12	1	575	211*	52.27	1198	47.99	2	1	1	68	4
SAJ Craig (VIC)	1998-1999	6	10	2	417	128*	52.12	1235	33.76	1	1	-	37	1
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1998-1999	7	13	1	625	136	52.08	1053	59.35	3	2	2	76	4
S Lee (NSW)	1998-1999	8	14	2	602	102*	50.16	963	62.51	1	6	2	67	4
SG Law (AUSXI/QLD)	1998-1999	11	17	1	781	216	48.81	1313+	58.18	3	1	1	84+	0+
RM Baker (WA)	1998-1999	8	13	3	486	111*	48.60	882	55.10	1	3	1	68	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1998-1999	8	14	2	581	134	48.41	1375	42.25	2	3	2	70	0
JP Maher (QLD)	1998-1999	12	21	2	897	208*	47.21	1971+	42.51	1	7	2	78+	2+
CD Cumming (CANT)	1999-1999	5	10	1	424	187	47.11	171+	29.82	1	2	2	3+	0+
JD Siddons (SOA)	1998-1999	6	12	2	465	166	46.50	820	56.70	2	1	2	52	3
SC Ganguly (IND)	1998-1999	7	14	2	554	101*	46.16	1210	45.78	1	4	-	63	8
MJ Slater (AUS/NSW)	1998-1999	17	32	-	1423	221	44.46	2677	53.15	7	1	2	142	19
JN Rhodes (SA)	1998-1999	8	11	1	444	103*	44.40	689	64.44	1	3	-	44	10
ME Waugh (AUS/NSW)	1998-1999	15	28	3	1100	126	44.00	2285	48.14	3	5	2	93	7
MJ Horne (NZ/OTAGO)	1998-1999	6	12	-	522	93	43.50	1146	45.54	-	5	-	73	1
N Hussain (ENG/ENGXI)	1998-1999	9	18	1	724	118	42.58	1291+	39.81	1	5	-	46+	3+
JL Langer (AUS/WA)	1998-1999	20	39	3	1515	179*	42.08	3180+	43.67	4	8	1	109+	7+
BJ Hodge (VIC)	1998-1999	10	18	1	706	120	41.52	1396	50.57	2	5	-	66	1
MJ Di Venuto (TAS)	1998-1999	9	15	1	579	95	41.35	942	61.46	-	7	1	74	1
BA Johnson (SOA)	1998-1999	11	18	2	661	122	41.31	1130	58.49	2	3	1	84	3
MEK Hussey (WA)	1998-1999	12	22	-	907	187	41.22	2166+	40.48	1	7	1	106+	2+
GA Hick (ENG/ENGXI)	1998-1999	6	11	1	412	125	41.20	560	73.57	1	3	2	49	9
ML Hayden (QLD)	1998-1999	11	18	1	686	103	40.35	1214	56.50	1	5	-	82	1
AC Gilchrist (AUSXI/WA)	1998-1999	8	12	1	418	125	38.00	607	68.86	2	1	3	57	4
GR Parker (SOA)	1998-1999	7	14	3	416	117	37.81	1087	38.27	1	2	1	30	2
DJ Marsh (TAS)	1998-1999	10	14	1	489	123	37.61	836	58.49	1	3	1	61	6
DA Fitzgerald (SOA)	1998-1999	8	15	-	561	167	37.40	1313	42.72	2	2	1	73	0
GI Foley (QLD)	1998-1999	12	20	3	632	122	37.17	1362+	41.11	1	4	4	60+	6+
RT Ponting (AUS/TAS)	1998-1999	10	18	3	554	104	36.93	1256	44.10	1	3	1	53	1
DR Martyn (WA)	1998-1999	8	14	1	477	123	36.69	956	49.89	2	1	-	60	0
MA Taylor (AUS/NSW)	1998-1999	16	28	2	948	334*	36.46	2126	44.59	1	6	1	82	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK/Rawal)	1998-1999	9	15	2	464	200*	35.69	861	53.89	1	2	2	69	2
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-1999	9	15	1	499	120*	35.64	1036	48.16	1	4	2	68	4
AJ Stewart (ENG/ENGXI)	1998-1999	8	16	1	530	126	35.33	766+	62.40	2	3	5	54+	0+
WJ Cronje (SA)	1998-1999	8	11	-	386	72	35.09	843	45.78	-	3	1	42	2
IJ Harvey (VIC)	1998-1999	9	16	1	523	82	34.86	850	61.52	-	3	-	58	2
M Azharuddin (IND)	1998-1999	7	13	1	407	103*	33.91	845	48.16	1	2	-	48	1
JL Arnberger (VIC)	1998-1999	11	20	2	599	125*	33.27	1629	36.77	1	3	1	51	0
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-1999	9	17	3	460	78	32.85	1024	44.92	-	3	-	59	4
DF Hills (TAS)	1998-1999	9	15	1	458	66*	32.71	866	52.88	-	5	-	53	4
RJ Campbell (WA)	1998-1999	11	20	-	651	146	32.55	817+	61.68	1	4	1	66+	1+
SM Pollock (SA)	1998-1999	8	11	3	260	69*	32.50	550	47.27	-	1	-	28	1
MH Richardson (OTAGO)	1999-1999	6	11	1	317	110	31.70	74+	40.54	1	1	-	2+	0+
MA Atherton (ENG/ENGXI)	1998-1998	8	15	1	438	210*	31.28	938+	46.58	1	1	4	51+	0+
Shahid Afridi (/PAK)	1998-1999	7	13	-	389	141	29.92	558	69.71	1	1	2	57	7
A Symonds (QLD)	1998-1999	11	20	1	557	113	29.31	1113	50.04	1	3	-	73	4
VVS Laxman (IND/ROI)	1998-1999	5	10	-	286	93	28.60	562	50.88	-	2	1	37	0
BA Young (AUCK/NZ)	1999-1999	5	10	2	223	111	27.87	467+	41.97	1	1	1	31+	1+
BE Young (SOA)	1998-1999	8	11	2	250	70	27.77	491	50.91	-	1	2	29	0
MS Kasprowicz (AUS/AUSXI/QLD)	1998-1999	10	12	4	220	52*	27.50	405+	48.39	-	1	1	18+	0+
MP Mott (VIC)	1998-1999	8	13	-	353	106	27.15	1127	31.32	2	-	3	34	0
GR Robertson (AUS/AUSXI/NSW)	1998-1999	9	10	2	217	53*	27.12	495	43.83	-	1	2	18	1
BP Julian (AUSXI/WA)	1998-1999	8	11	2	244	84	27.11	339	71.97	-	2	-	25	6
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1998-1999	5	10	-	266	75	26.60	759	35.04	-	2	-	39	0
MA Butcher (ENG/ENGXI)	1998-1999	9	17	2	396	116	26.40	854+	46.13	2	-	3	40+	1+
ML Love (QLD)	1998-1999	12	21	-	539	72	25.66	1175+	43.40	-	4	5	57+	0+
S Young (TAS)	1998-1999	10	16	2	356	76	25.42	1097	32.45	-	2	1	23	3
JP Crawley (ENG/ENGXI)	1998-1999	7	14	-	355	68	25.35	524+	48.09	-	3	-	29+	0+
Moin Khan (PAK)	1998-1999	10	17	-	425	75	25.00	918	46.29	-	4	1	53	5
PA Emery (NSW)	1998-1999	10	14	2	299	84*	24.91	816	36.64	-	2	1	34	0
TM Moody (WA)	1998-1999	7	12	2	248	109	24.80	484	51.23	1	-	1	23	4
GC Rummans (NSW)	1998-1999	10	17	2	368	67	24.53	1176	31.29	-	2	1	25	0
MG Croy (OTAGO)	1999-1999	6	10	1	219	69*	24.33	145+	42.75	-	1	1	6+	0+
IA Healy (AUS/QLD)	1998-1999	19	33	4	688	134	23.72	1279+	48.94	1	3	3	55+	1+
SF Forde (OTAGO)	1999-1999	6	11	1	236	48	23.60	61+	13.11	-	-	1	0+	0+
MP Faull (SOA)	1998-1999	8	14	-	330	80	23.57	874	37.75	-	1	2	36	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1998-1999	7	14	-	327	86	23.35	796	41.08	-	1	-	37	1
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1998-1999	7	12	1	240	52*	21.81	702	34.18	-	1	2	31	0
SR Mather (OTAGO)	1999-1999	6	11	1	215	50*	21.50	83+	33.73	-	1	2	2+	0+
SK Warne (AUS/VIC)	1998-1999	8	13	2	236	38	21.45	325	72.61	-	-	-	23	2
CB Gaffaney (OTAGO)	1999-1999	6	11	-	226	43	20.54	43+	46.51	-	-	2	3+	0+
J Srinath (IND)	1998-1999	6	11	1	205	76	20.50	441	46.48	-	1	1	26	1
GR Vimpani (VIC)	1998-1999	7	12	-	243	72	20.25	510	47.64	-	1	1	30	0
DJ Saker (VIC)	1998-1999	10	14	3	221	34	20.09	643	34.37	-	-	-	26	0
DC Boon (TAS)	1998-1999	10	15	1	260	64	18.57	740	35.13	-	2	1	28	0
DG Cork (ENG/ENGXI)	1998-1998	6	10	1	164	51	18.22	187+	53.47	-	1	2	12+	0+
CR Miller (AUS/TAS)	1998-1999	12	14	5	163	60*	18.11	169	96.44	-	1	3	10	8
MJ Nicholson (AUS/WA)	1998-1999	8	13	2	198	58*	18.00	350+	40.00	-	1	3	18+	0+
BA Swain (SOA)	1998-1999	7	10	5	90	36*	18.00	197	45.68	-	-	2	9	0
PW Jackson (QLD)	1998-1999	11	13	4	157	40*	17.44	628+	25.00	-	-	3	5+	0+
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1998-1999	9	15	-	252	38	16.80	555	45.40	-	-	1	35	5
PR Reiffel (AUSXI/VIC)	1998-1999	8	10	2	126	30	15.75	227	55.50	-	-	1	9	0
MN Atkinson (TAS)	1998-1999	10	13	1	187	33	15.58	500	37.40	-	-	1	13	0
JN Gillespie (AUS/SOA)	1998-1999	8	13	4	138	28*	15.33	498	27.71	-	-	1	10	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:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, The Ashes 4th Test, Dec 26-30, 2025 [Test # 2615 - Live]
>> 4/0 (1.0 ov, TM Head 0*, SM Boland 4*, AAP Atkinson 0/4) - Stumps

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

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club vs Burgher Recreation Club at Hambantota, Major League Tournament Group B, Dec 19-21, 2025 [First-class]