Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
ME Waugh (AUS)	2000-2001	12	10	3	687	173	98.14	801	85.76	4	2	-	57	5
Javed Omar (BAN)	2000-2001	4	4	2	168	69	84.00	269	62.45	-	2	-	15	2
ML Hayden (AUS)	2001-2001	4	4	-	303	111	75.75	326	92.94	1	2	-	25	5
MG Bevan (AUS)	2000-2001	15	13	5	521	87*	65.12	629	82.82	-	3	-	32	3
DR Martyn (AUS)	2000-2001	14	9	4	319	144*	63.80	351	90.88	1	1	-	26	0
JH Kallis (SA)	2000-2001	20	20	6	892	107	63.71	1207	73.90	2	6	2	61	15
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	2000-2001	14	14	2	722	105*	60.16	905	79.77	2	5	1	81	5
RD Shah (KENYA)	2000-2000	1	1	-	60	60	60.00	93	64.51	-	1	-	6	1
VVS Laxman (IND)	2001-2001	5	5	-	291	101	58.20	340	85.58	1	2	-	27	1
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2000-2001	14	12	3	509	87	56.55	713	71.38	-	5	-	49	6
JN Rhodes (SA)	2000-2001	21	19	8	620	75*	56.36	714	86.83	-	5	-	44	4
MO Odumbe (KENYA)	2000-2000	1	1	-	51	51	51.00	87	58.62	-	1	-	2	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2001	18	18	2	810	144	50.62	1054	76.85	3	4	1	72	22
HH Dippenaar (SA)	2000-2001	16	12	3	454	77	50.44	704	64.48	-	5	-	55	3
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2001-2001	9	7	3	200	92*	50.00	206	97.08	-	2	-	17	2
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2001-2001	10	10	1	447	118*	49.66	631	70.83	2	2	-	33	3
N Boje (SA)	2000-2001	14	12	2	496	129	49.60	514	96.49	2	1	-	50	3
ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2001	8	7	1	292	120*	48.66	402	72.63	1	1	1	28	1
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2001	19	19	-	917	146	48.26	1014	90.43	3	4	-	112	9
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2001	10	10	3	331	68	47.28	572	57.86	-	1	-	25	3
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	2000-2001	26	26	2	1132	124	47.16	1483	76.33	4	4	1	103	8
CL Cairns (NZ)	2000-2001	9	8	2	276	102*	46.00	310	89.03	1	1	1	21	9
N Hussain (ENG)	2000-2000	5	5	-	228	95	45.60	325	70.15	-	3	-	22	5
L Klusener (SA)	2000-2001	16	10	5	227	59*	45.40	209	108.61	-	1	1	14	8
RT Ponting (AUS)	2000-2001	14	14	1	576	101	44.30	657	87.67	1	4	-	55	3
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2001	26	24	3	927	128	44.14	1160	79.91	3	3	-	86	5
MS Atapattu (SL)	2000-2001	25	25	4	912	102*	43.42	1411	64.63	1	9	3	61	2
RG Twose (NZ)	2000-2001	24	22	2	863	103	43.15	1081	79.83	1	6	1	90	15
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2000-2001	8	7	2	211	64*	42.20	323	65.32	-	2	1	12	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2001	25	25	-	1032	189	41.28	1130	91.32	3	5	2	107	30
HK Badani (IND)	2000-2001	12	11	2	370	100	41.11	443	83.52	1	2	-	24	5
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2001	15	13	-	531	98	40.84	570	93.15	-	4	-	61	5
BC Lara (WI)	2000-2001	18	18	2	651	116*	40.68	908	71.69	1	4	3	64	3
A Flower (ZIM)	2000-2001	27	27	2	997	120*	39.88	1229	81.12	1	8	1	79	6
RP Arnold (SL)	2000-2001	26	22	5	664	78*	39.05	863	76.94	-	6	2	50	4
V Sehwag (IND)	2000-2001	3	2	-	77	58	38.50	78	98.71	-	1	-	8	1
CD McMillan (NZ)	2000-2001	29	27	5	842	104*	38.27	978	86.09	1	6	1	58	15
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2000-2001	14	10	2	303	75*	37.87	452	67.03	-	2	-	22	6
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	2000-2001	26	26	2	893	119	37.20	1352	66.05	1	5	2	62	15
G Kirsten (SA)	2000-2001	16	16	-	590	101	36.87	794	74.30	1	5	-	62	0
DA Gunawardene (SL)	2000-2000	4	4	-	146	132	36.50	167	87.42	1	-	1	22	0
R Dravid (IND)	2000-2001	16	15	1	511	85	36.50	722	70.77	-	5	-	42	1
AB Agarkar (IND)	2000-2001	17	13	8	182	67*	36.40	159	114.46	-	1	-	13	5
HH Gibbs (SA)	2001-2001	11	11	-	390	107	35.45	517	75.43	2	1	-	39	9
RS Sodhi (IND)	2000-2000	4	4	2	70	53*	35.00	105	66.66	-	1	-	4	1
HH Streak (ZIM)	2000-2001	27	23	8	516	79*	34.40	590	87.45	-	2	-	22	19
SR Waugh (AUS)	2000-2001	13	10	1	308	79	34.22	345	89.27	-	1	-	20	4
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	2000-2001	21	20	3	578	102*	34.00	801	72.15	1	4	1	70	0
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2001-2001	6	6	1	168	60	33.60	279	60.21	-	1	-	12	3
AJ Stewart (ENG)	2000-2001	8	8	1	235	87*	33.57	374	62.83	-	2	1	22	3
IJ Harvey (AUS)	2000-2001	12	8	3	167	47*	33.40	152	109.86	-	-	-	11	5
Saleem Elahi (PAK)	2000-2001	6	6	1	166	58*	33.20	245	67.75	-	1	-	18	1
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2001	9	9	1	263	70	32.87	223	117.93	-	3	-	33	11
GW Flower (ZIM)	2000-2001	22	22	3	616	142*	32.42	823	74.84	1	3	2	36	5
NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2001	24	23	1	708	119	32.18	1030	68.73	1	3	1	90	6
MV Boucher (SA)	2000-2001	21	11	3	250	60	31.25	325	76.92	-	2	-	23	2
GA Hick (ENG)	2000-2001	8	8	1	207	65	29.57	311	66.55	-	2	-	17	1
S Lee (AUS)	2000-2001	2	2	1	29	25*	29.00	17	170.58	-	-	-	4	0
JM Kemp (SA)	2001-2001	6	3	1	58	46	29.00	86	67.44	-	-	1	3	1
MN Samuels (WI)	2000-2001	18	18	1	490	68	28.82	713	68.72	-	5	-	57	1
Naimur Rahman (BAN)	2000-2001	4	4	-	115	46	28.75	138	83.33	-	-	-	12	3
CL Hooper (WI)	2001-2001	7	7	-	200	48	28.57	301	66.44	-	-	-	20	2
CZ Harris (NZ)	2000-2001	28	24	7	478	56	28.11	710	67.32	-	2	1	29	2
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2001	5	4	2	56	46	28.00	44	127.27	-	-	1	4	3
Z Khan (IND)	2000-2001	18	11	7	109	32*	27.25	97	112.37	-	-	-	8	5
K Weeraratne (SL)	2000-2001	6	2	1	27	14*	27.00	23	117.39	-	-	-	3	1
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2001	2	1	-	27	27	27.00	70	38.57	-	-	-	3	0
CM Spearman (NZ)	2000-2001	7	7	-	188	86	26.85	251	74.90	-	2	-	20	3
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2001	25	23	1	555	85	25.22	841	65.99	-	4	4	57	3
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2001	8	8	-	201	65	25.12	304	66.11	-	1	-	21	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	2000-2001	8	7	-	172	84	24.57	213	80.75	-	1	-	12	3
PA Strang (ZIM)	2000-2000	6	3	1	49	29*	24.50	62	79.03	-	-	-	4	0
Mushfiqur Rahman (BAN)	2000-2001	4	3	1	49	31	24.50	73	67.12	-	-	-	4	0
A Symonds (AUS)	2001-2001	12	7	1	147	60	24.50	121	121.48	-	1	-	17	1
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2000-2001	22	16	7	219	50*	24.33	336	65.17	-	1	-	11	3
SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2001	21	8	5	73	26*	24.33	94	77.65	-	-	-	3	3
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2000-2001	4	4	-	97	74	24.25	123	78.86	-	1	1	4	0
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2001-2001	5	3	-	68	44	22.66	98	69.38	-	-	1	3	1
MA Vermeulen (ZIM)	2000-2000	1	1	-	22	22	22.00	51	43.13	-	-	-	1	0
Mohammad Sharif (BAN)	2001-2001	3	3	2	22	13*	22.00	38	57.89	-	-	1	0	0
JC Adams (WI)	2001-2001	10	10	2	176	44	22.00	299	58.86	-	-	-	9	1
RL Powell (WI)	2001-2001	14	14	1	280	83*	21.53	349	80.22	-	1	2	27	5
VG Kambli (IND)	2000-2000	9	9	1	172	60	21.50	246	69.91	-	1	1	18	1
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2000-2001	14	13	-	279	84	21.46	306	91.17	-	1	-	31	3
DNT Zoysa (SL)	2000-2001	25	12	6	125	32	20.83	113	110.61	-	-	-	11	3
CJ Nevin (NZ)	2000-2001	11	10	-	206	68	20.60	227	90.74	-	2	2	22	1
Moin Khan (PAK)	2000-2001	10	6	-	122	50	20.33	128	95.31	-	1	-	12	3
CH Gayle (WI)	2001-2001	6	6	-	121	50	20.16	190	63.68	-	1	-	16	1
DP Viljoen (ZIM)	2000-2001	22	18	3	300	63*	20.00	428	70.09	-	2	1	14	3
TN Madondo (ZIM)	2000-2001	7	7	-	140	71	20.00	197	71.06	-	1	1	18	0
Humayun Farhat (PAK)	2001-2001	5	3	-	60	39	20.00	56	107.14	-	-	-	5	2
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	2001-2001	10	7	2	98	32	19.60	163	60.12	-	-	-	6	1
L Vincent (NZ)	2001-2001	12	12	2	196	34	19.60	322	60.86	-	-	1	18	0
Younis Khan (PAK)	2001-2001	5	4	-	78	37	19.50	113	69.02	-	-	-	3	1
MD Bell (NZ)	2001-2001	4	4	-	78	66	19.50	129	60.46	-	1	-	6	0
RD Jacobs (WI)	2001-2001	17	16	3	252	59	19.38	366	68.85	-	1	1	15	1
WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2001	8	8	-	155	60	19.37	231	67.09	-	2	1	16	3
DJ Nash (NZ)	2000-2000	1	1	-	19	19	19.00	18	105.55	-	-	-	1	1
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2001	24	22	4	338	84	18.77	531	63.65	-	1	1	33	1
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	2000-2001	26	26	2	446	36*	18.58	712	62.64	-	-	1	34	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:

South Africa vs India at Visakhapatnam, South Africa in India 3rd ODI, Dec 6, 2025 [ODI # 4936]

India vs South Africa at Raipur, South Africa in India 2nd ODI, Dec 3, 2025 [ODI # 4935]

India vs South Africa at Ranchi, South Africa in India 1st ODI, Nov 30, 2025 [ODI # 4934]