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 (AUS)	1998-1999	20	18	11	665	83	95.00	807	82.40	0	7	1	45	0
L Klusener (SA)	1999-1999	14	12	7	443	103*	88.60	436	101.60	1	2	1	32	9
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1999-1999	4	4	2	149	67	74.50	151	98.67	0	1	0	15	3
SO Tikolo (KENYA)	1999-1999	5	4	1	187	106*	62.33	217	86.17	1	1	1	22	1
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1998-1999	14	14	3	654	141	59.45	627	104.30	4	0	1	68	15
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1998-1999	14	14	5	457	73	50.77	714	64.00	0	3	1	29	0
Mehrab Hossain (BAN)	1999-1999	4	4	0	201	101	50.25	255	78.82	1	1	0	20	2
NH Fairbrother (ENG)	1998-1999	14	14	4	496	81*	49.60	698	71.06	0	5	1	26	6
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1998-1999	17	17	2	736	137	49.06	833	88.35	3	3	0	63	11
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1998-1999	14	14	2	569	107	47.41	766	74.28	1	4	0	43	6
WJ Cronje (SA)	1998-1999	17	16	4	563	82	46.91	597	94.30	0	6	0	38	15
CL Cairns (NZ)	1999-1999	6	5	0	231	115	46.20	243	95.06	1	0	0	12	10
Hasan Raza (PAK)	1998-1998	1	1	0	46	46	46.00	70	65.71	0	0	0	1	0
A Flower (ZIM)	1998-1999	17	17	2	685	95	45.66	923	74.21	0	7	0	46	5
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-1999	17	16	1	685	113*	45.66	904	75.77	3	4	0	60	9
JC Adams (WI)	1999-1999	7	7	1	269	82	44.83	372	72.31	0	1	0	26	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1999-1999	4	4	0	179	79	44.75	226	79.20	0	2	0	12	2
SL Campbell (WI)	1999-1999	7	7	0	312	64	44.57	448	69.64	0	3	0	26	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1998-1999	24	24	3	910	130*	43.33	1334	68.21	2	8	2	85	9
R Dravid (IND)	1998-1999	21	20	1	821	123*	43.21	1165	70.47	2	5	2	66	3
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	1999-1999	4	4	1	129	43	43.00	107	120.56	0	0	0	10	3
DS Lehmann (AUS)	1998-1999	21	20	2	769	110*	42.72	921	83.49	2	4	0	54	2
GA Hick (ENG)	1998-1999	17	17	2	637	126*	42.46	827	77.02	3	2	2	36	8
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1998-1999	17	16	2	590	100	42.14	765	77.12	1	5	1	48	6
RT Ponting (AUS)	1998-1999	18	18	3	632	124*	42.13	844	74.88	1	3	1	45	4
CZ Harris (NZ)	1998-1999	14	11	5	252	45*	42.00	317	79.49	0	0	1	18	7
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1998-1999	15	15	1	587	150	41.92	755	77.74	1	2	1	72	4
Akram Khan (BAN)	1999-1999	5	5	1	165	65	41.25	261	63.21	0	2	1	16	0
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1998-1999	23	23	0	941	154	40.91	977	96.31	3	2	1	104	14
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-1999	13	10	1	368	100	40.88	517	71.17	1	3	1	34	2
A Jadeja (IND)	1998-1999	25	24	6	719	103*	39.94	1027	70.00	1	4	1	52	10
RG Twose (NZ)	1999-1999	11	10	2	319	79*	39.87	425	75.05	0	3	1	23	2
ME Waugh (AUS)	1998-1999	23	23	1	876	85	39.81	1211	72.33	0	8	0	73	2
NJ Astle (NZ)	1998-1999	9	8	1	275	100*	39.28	368	74.72	1	1	0	31	4
DR Martyn (AUS)	1998-1999	15	14	4	388	59*	38.80	490	79.18	0	2	1	23	2
RD King (WI)	1998-1999	12	8	7	38	12*	38.00	94	40.42	0	0	0	1	0
PA Wallace (WI)	1998-1999	6	6	0	225	103	37.50	231	97.40	1	1	1	29	6
MO Odumbe (KENYA)	1999-1999	5	5	1	147	58*	36.75	202	72.77	0	2	0	11	1
GJ Rennie (ZIM)	1998-1998	4	4	2	73	28*	36.50	94	77.65	0	0	0	5	1
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1998-1998	6	5	3	72	39	36.00	146	49.31	0	0	0	3	0
NC Johnson (ZIM)	1998-1999	14	14	0	500	103	35.71	659	75.87	2	2	1	42	3
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1998-1999	16	8	5	107	29	35.66	158	67.72	0	0	1	11	1
HH Gibbs (SA)	1999-1999	10	10	1	314	125	34.88	421	74.58	1	1	0	32	3
PA Strang (ZIM)	1998-1999	13	8	4	139	46	34.75	221	62.89	0	0	0	8	0
Shahriar Hossain (BAN)	1999-1999	5	5	0	173	95	34.60	286	60.48	0	2	1	16	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1998-1999	12	12	0	414	95	34.50	442	93.66	0	4	1	57	3
BA Young (NZ)	1999-1999	5	5	1	137	57	34.25	165	83.03	0	2	1	19	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	1998-1999	7	5	0	168	96	33.60	245	68.57	0	1	0	13	1
GW Flower (ZIM)	1998-1999	14	14	1	433	140	33.30	557	77.73	1	1	1	41	8
DM Benkenstein (SA)	1998-1999	10	9	3	193	69	32.16	251	76.89	0	1	1	13	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1999-1999	13	13	0	412	120	31.69	541	76.15	2	1	1	26	1
AC Parore (NZ)	1998-1999	14	12	2	316	54	31.60	474	66.66	0	2	1	22	4
CL Hooper (WI)	1998-1999	15	15	1	438	108	31.28	541	80.96	1	3	0	35	8
AR Whittall (ZIM)	1998-1999	16	8	5	92	29	30.66	126	73.01	0	0	0	5	1
KO Otieno (KENYA)	1999-1999	5	5	0	153	120	30.60	229	66.81	1	0	1	11	6
RR Singh (IND)	1998-1999	23	19	6	397	73*	30.53	556	71.40	0	2	1	19	9
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1998-1999	6	5	1	122	50	30.50	223	54.70	0	1	0	3	1
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1998-1999	15	14	0	421	94	30.07	528	79.73	0	3	0	36	10
M Azharuddin (IND)	1998-1999	19	17	1	470	94	29.37	657	71.53	0	5	1	19	10
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-1999	10	10	0	293	93	29.30	461	63.55	0	2	2	24	0
Wajahatullah Wasti (PAK)	1999-1999	3	3	0	86	37	28.66	171	50.29	0	0	0	11	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1998-1999	24	17	8	255	51	28.33	380	67.10	0	1	1	19	2
PA de Silva (SL)	1998-1999	13	13	1	336	81	28.00	502	66.93	0	4	2	27	1
NV Knight (ENG)	1998-1999	17	17	0	469	84	27.58	715	65.59	0	2	1	35	4
JP Crawley (ENG)	1999-1999	3	3	1	55	31*	27.50	96	57.29	0	0	0	3	0
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-1999	7	7	0	189	82	27.00	330	57.27	0	2	1	19	0
HS Modi (KENYA)	1999-1999	5	4	1	80	45*	26.66	127	62.99	0	0	0	7	0
PV Simmons (WI)	1998-1999	8	7	1	159	42	26.50	181	87.84	0	0	0	14	3
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1999	17	15	5	265	65*	26.50	350	75.71	0	1	1	17	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1999-1999	11	11	2	236	81*	26.22	363	65.01	0	2	1	28	1
BE Young (AUS)	1998-1999	5	2	1	26	18	26.00	30	86.66	0	0	0	1	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	1998-1999	15	12	5	182	59	26.00	213	85.44	0	1	1	14	4
DA Gunawardene (SL)	1998-1999	9	9	0	231	75	25.66	290	79.65	0	2	1	30	2
MW Alleyne (ENG)	1999-1999	4	4	1	76	38*	25.33	120	63.33	0	0	0	2	0
AJ Hollioake (ENG)	1998-1999	13	11	2	227	83*	25.22	290	78.27	0	1	1	17	2
A Ranatunga (SL)	1998-1999	20	20	2	450	90*	25.00	667	67.46	0	2	5	29	1
Javed Omar (BAN)	1999-1999	1	1	0	25	25	25.00	61	40.98	0	0	0	1	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1998-1999	16	16	0	393	68	24.56	507	77.51	0	4	3	44	1
JN Rhodes (SA)	1998-1999	14	11	1	243	61*	24.30	303	80.19	0	1	1	17	3
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1998-1999	16	16	0	386	71	24.12	435	88.73	0	2	1	40	9
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1998-1999	14	14	1	313	65	24.07	365	85.75	0	3	2	37	5
NO Perry (WI)	1999-1999	5	3	2	24	9	24.00	38	63.15	0	0	0	1	0
N Boje (SA)	1998-1999	11	3	1	47	28	23.50	45	104.44	0	0	0	5	0
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1998-1998	7	7	0	164	91	23.42	249	65.86	0	1	1	15	1
Moin Khan (PAK)	1998-1999	18	16	1	348	54	23.20	368	94.56	0	1	3	29	8
Saleem Elahi (PAK)	1998-1998	2	2	0	46	46	23.00	81	56.79	0	0	1	4	1
DP Viljoen (ZIM)	1999-1999	3	3	2	23	13*	23.00	24	95.83	0	0	1	1	1
MJR Rindel (SA)	1998-1999	6	6	0	137	49	22.83	200	68.50	0	0	0	19	0
JR Murray (WI)	1999-1999	5	5	0	114	57	22.80	163	69.93	0	1	1	15	1
CD McMillan (NZ)	1998-1999	10	10	0	227	73	22.70	312	72.75	0	1	0	22	1
UDU Chandana (SL)	1998-1999	14	14	1	292	50	22.46	341	85.63	0	1	2	21	6
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1998-1999	18	14	1	292	79	22.46	277	105.41	0	1	0	20	11
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	1998-1999	17	17	0	379	66	22.29	549	69.03	0	2	1	32	1
EA Brandes (ZIM)	1998-1999	10	6	0	133	53	22.16	118	112.71	0	1	0	8	4
RN Lewis (WI)	1998-1999	6	5	1	88	49	22.00	156	56.41	0	0	1	7	2
SB Joshi (IND)	1998-1999	11	4	2	44	38*	22.00	62	70.96	0	0	1	3	1
FL Reifer (WI)	1999-1999	1	1	0	22	22	22.00	27	81.48	0	0	0	3	1
RD Shah (KENYA)	1999-1999	3	3	0	66	28	22.00	109	60.55	0	0	0	11	1
CB Wishart (ZIM)	1998-1998	12	10	1	192	102	21.33	276	69.56	1	0	1	6	4
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-1999	4	4	0	85	50	21.25	102	83.33	0	1	1	4	5

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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]