Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
A Ranatunga (SL)	2000-2000	1	2	1	78	49	78.00	253	30.83	0	0	0	6	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	1999-2000	7	10	2	603	197	75.37	937	64.35	3	1	3	65	1
JL Langer (AUS)	1999-2000	10	16	1	952	223	63.46	1602	59.42	4	2	0	112	4
N Hussain (ENG)	1999-2000	5	8	2	370	146*	61.66	1035	35.74	1	2	1	43	5
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1999-2000	8	16	2	859	217	61.35	1540	55.77	3	3	1	109	3
JH Kallis (SA)	1999-2000	9	12	2	612	115	61.20	1852	33.04	2	4	1	59	8
DR Martyn (AUS)	2000-2000	3	6	2	241	89*	60.25	409	58.92	0	2	0	41	1
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1999-2000	9	14	3	629	149*	57.18	821	76.61	1	5	1	78	2
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1999-2000	6	12	1	615	138	55.90	1287	47.78	2	3	0	78	3
M Azharuddin (IND)	2000-2000	1	2	0	111	102	55.50	203	54.67	1	0	0	14	2
MV Boucher (SA)	1999-2000	9	11	3	437	125	54.62	923	47.34	2	1	1	56	1
G Kirsten (SA)	1999-2000	7	10	0	545	275	54.50	1375	39.63	1	3	1	53	0
L Klusener (SA)	1999-2000	9	11	1	545	174	54.50	776	70.23	1	3	0	65	5
SR Waugh (AUS)	1999-2000	10	16	3	699	151*	53.76	1486	47.03	3	1	0	83	1
A Flower (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	16	3	684	129	52.61	1918	35.66	2	4	1	64	1
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1999-2000	5	10	0	499	119	49.90	1065	46.85	1	4	1	63	2
N Boje (SA)	2000-2000	2	2	0	99	85	49.50	235	42.12	0	1	0	12	0
PA de Silva (SL)	2000-2000	2	4	0	197	112	49.25	484	40.70	1	0	0	23	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1999-2000	8	13	1	578	109	48.16	1038	55.68	1	5	0	65	20
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1999-2000	8	10	0	466	120	46.60	896	52.00	2	2	1	54	2
JN Rhodes (SA)	1999-2000	5	6	1	223	70	44.60	534	41.76	0	3	0	23	1
AFG Griffith (WI)	1999-2000	4	8	1	304	114	43.42	917	33.15	1	2	2	35	1
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1999-2000	5	8	0	342	95	42.75	604	56.62	0	3	1	51	3
BC Lara (WI)	1999-1999	2	4	0	167	75	41.75	313	53.35	0	2	0	24	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1999-2000	6	11	1	413	216*	41.30	989	41.75	1	1	1	47	0
SP Fleming (NZ)	1999-2000	8	14	1	531	73	40.84	1466	36.22	0	5	0	61	0
SL Campbell (WI)	1999-2000	4	8	1	284	170	40.57	634	44.79	1	0	2	38	2
RP Arnold (SL)	1999-2000	6	11	2	364	104*	40.44	776	46.90	1	1	0	44	1
ME Waugh (AUS)	1999-2000	10	16	3	522	100	40.15	1008	51.78	1	3	2	63	2
JC Adams (WI)	1999-2000	4	7	2	199	101*	39.80	781	25.48	1	0	0	11	0
MJ Slater (AUS)	1999-2000	10	18	2	629	169	39.31	1137	55.32	2	2	2	86	3
MS Sinclair (NZ)	1999-2000	4	7	0	275	214	39.28	604	45.52	1	0	1	29	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1999-2000	8	14	1	507	93	39.00	1056	48.01	0	3	2	63	2
S Ramesh (IND)	1999-1999	5	10	1	347	110	38.55	778	44.60	1	2	1	37	0
TM Dilshan (SL)	1999-2000	5	8	1	265	163*	37.85	589	44.99	1	0	1	34	0
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2000	2	4	0	143	74	35.75	214	66.82	0	1	0	20	3
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2000	2	3	1	69	46*	34.50	241	28.63	0	0	0	10	0
MS Kasprowicz (AUS)	1999-1999	2	3	2	34	21*	34.00	50	68.00	0	0	0	3	0
DJ Gandhi (IND)	1999-1999	4	7	1	204	88	34.00	545	37.43	0	2	2	27	1
Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2000	3	6	0	201	107	33.50	484	41.52	1	1	0	23	1
SC Ganguly (IND)	1999-2000	8	15	1	468	125	33.42	900	52.00	1	3	1	58	4
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1999-2000	4	8	1	233	79	33.28	415	56.14	0	2	1	32	1
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1999-1999	2	4	0	129	91	32.25	236	54.66	0	1	1	15	0
CD McMillan (NZ)	1999-2000	7	12	0	381	79	31.75	826	46.12	0	3	1	50	4
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1999-2000	6	12	0	371	95	30.91	813	45.63	0	3	1	47	4
GR Stead (NZ)	1999-1999	3	5	0	150	78	30.00	370	40.54	0	1	0	17	0
HH Gibbs (SA)	1999-2000	7	10	0	300	85	30.00	673	44.57	0	1	0	46	0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1999-2000	6	10	1	269	91	29.88	610	44.09	0	1	0	36	1
VVS Laxman (IND)	1999-2000	4	8	0	237	167	29.62	434	54.60	1	0	2	34	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1999-1999	6	11	1	296	85	29.60	743	39.83	0	3	0	39	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	1999-2000	4	7	0	204	69	29.14	600	34.00	0	1	0	23	0
GS Blewett (AUS)	1999-2000	9	16	2	403	89	28.78	1146	35.16	0	2	1	35	1
MA Atherton (ENG)	1999-2000	5	8	0	225	108	28.12	573	39.26	1	1	2	27	0
CM Spearman (NZ)	1999-2000	8	15	2	356	54*	27.38	968	36.77	0	2	0	42	1
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1999-2000	4	8	0	219	115	27.37	376	58.24	1	1	1	30	0
DW Fleming (AUS)	1999-2000	7	6	2	108	65	27.00	186	58.06	0	1	3	13	0
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	16	0	432	113	27.00	1199	36.03	1	2	3	45	1
R Dravid (IND)	1999-2000	8	16	0	426	144	26.62	1286	33.12	1	0	1	49	0
HH Dippenaar (SA)	1999-1999	2	2	0	53	33	26.50	148	35.81	0	0	0	6	0
A Flintoff (ENG)	1999-2000	4	6	0	155	42	25.83	232	66.81	0	0	0	29	0
AM Bacher (SA)	1999-1999	2	2	0	50	42	25.00	125	40.00	0	0	0	9	0
AC Parore (NZ)	1999-2000	8	13	2	271	48	24.63	805	33.66	0	0	0	34	4
Moin Khan (PAK)	1999-2000	5	10	0	246	70	24.60	455	54.06	0	2	0	27	2
A Kumble (IND)	1999-2000	8	13	4	213	36*	23.66	593	35.91	0	0	0	24	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1999-2000	6	9	3	142	53*	23.66	359	39.55	0	1	2	17	1
SI de Saram (SL)	1999-2000	4	5	0	117	39	23.40	284	41.19	0	0	0	15	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1999-2000	4	7	0	162	70	23.14	445	36.40	0	1	1	16	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1999-2000	6	10	2	185	42	23.12	293	63.13	0	0	2	31	0
SB Doull (NZ)	2000-2000	2	4	1	69	40	23.00	67	102.98	0	0	0	7	2
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1999-2000	6	11	1	225	56	22.50	387	58.13	0	1	0	29	2
NC Johnson (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	16	1	332	75	22.13	783	42.40	0	3	3	33	4
DJ Nash (NZ)	1999-1999	5	6	3	65	41*	21.66	202	32.17	0	0	1	7	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1999-2000	10	12	1	229	86	20.81	277	82.67	0	2	2	31	5
WJ Cronje (SA)	1999-2000	9	12	0	249	64	20.75	609	40.88	0	2	3	36	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1999-2000	5	8	0	166	48	20.75	601	27.62	0	0	0	22	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1999-1999	3	6	0	124	39	20.66	291	42.61	0	0	1	14	0
PR Adams (SA)	1999-2000	6	6	4	39	20	19.50	143	27.27	0	0	0	3	0
NR Mongia (IND)	2000-2000	2	3	1	39	20	19.50	72	54.16	0	0	1	5	1
ML Hayden (AUS)	2000-2000	1	2	0	39	37	19.50	67	58.20	0	0	0	6	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1999-2000	9	11	1	189	64	18.90	401	47.13	0	2	1	18	3
HH Kanitkar (IND)	1999-2000	2	4	0	74	45	18.50	185	40.00	0	0	0	8	0
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	2000-2000	2	4	0	71	44	17.75	161	44.09	0	0	0	8	0
M Kaif (IND)	2000-2000	1	2	0	35	23	17.50	109	32.11	0	0	0	3	0
GJ Rennie (ZIM)	1999-1999	4	8	0	128	34	16.00	373	34.31	0	0	0	10	1
D Gough (ENG)	1999-2000	5	7	3	64	16*	16.00	156	41.02	0	0	0	7	0
Naved Ashraf (PAK)	2000-2000	1	2	0	32	27	16.00	104	30.76	0	0	0	4	0
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2000	2	3	0	46	33	15.33	111	41.44	0	0	1	9	0
RL Powell (WI)	1999-1999	1	2	0	30	30	15.00	37	81.08	0	0	1	7	0
AR Caddick (ENG)	1999-2000	5	8	1	105	48	15.00	241	43.56	0	0	3	15	1
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1999-2000	2	3	0	44	26	14.66	94	46.80	0	0	0	4	1
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	1999-2000	3	5	0	73	44	14.60	159	45.91	0	0	0	8	3
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	15	0	212	36	14.13	652	32.51	0	0	2	30	0
TR Gripper (ZIM)	1999-2000	6	12	0	169	60	14.08	820	20.60	0	1	2	19	0
RD Jacobs (WI)	1999-2000	4	7	1	83	27	13.83	213	38.96	0	0	1	11	0
FA Rose (WI)	1999-2000	4	7	0	96	69	13.71	267	35.95	0	1	1	14	1
DL Maddy (ENG)	1999-2000	2	2	0	27	24	13.50	126	21.42	0	0	0	3	0
MJ Horne (NZ)	1999-2000	7	14	1	171	41	13.15	683	25.03	0	0	1	14	0
GW Flower (ZIM)	1999-2000	8	16	0	208	48	13.00	748	27.80	0	0	3	14	1
CJ Adams (ENG)	1999-2000	5	8	0	104	31	13.00	285	36.49	0	0	0	13	0
Atiq-uz-Zaman (PAK)	2000-2000	1	2	0	26	25	13.00	51	50.98	0	0	0	3	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]