Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Players

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RT Ponting (AUS)	2004-2005	9	16	5	864	207	78.54	1320	65.45	2	5	0	111	9
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	1	656	147	72.88	1308	50.15	3	1	2	85	3
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2004-2005	4	8	1	501	253	71.57	730	68.63	2	0	0	68	5
JH Kallis (SA)	2004-2005	9	16	2	978	162	69.85	1892	51.69	4	5	2	96	11
Younis Khan (PAK)	2004-2005	7	14	1	905	267	69.61	1635	55.35	3	2	1	107	2
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2004-2005	12	17	3	967	162	69.07	1093	88.47	5	3	0	112	26
DR Martyn (AUS)	2004-2005	12	18	2	1072	165	67.00	2046	52.39	5	4	1	120	3
V Sehwag (IND)	2004-2005	11	19	1	1128	201	62.66	1571	71.80	4	3	1	158	8
JDP Oram (NZ)	2004-2004	4	6	2	247	126*	61.75	525	47.04	1	0	0	19	4
AB Agarkar (IND)	2004-2004	1	2	1	59	44*	59.00	81	72.83	0	0	0	11	0
R Dravid (IND)	2004-2005	11	17	2	841	160	56.06	2192	38.36	3	4	2	104	2
JL Langer (AUS)	2004-2005	12	22	2	1119	215	55.95	1923	58.19	2	6	2	140	8
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2004-2005	6	11	1	554	184	55.40	919	60.28	2	2	1	64	2
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2004-2005	9	14	2	664	248*	55.33	1302	50.99	1	4	0	91	2
T Taibu (ZIM)	2005-2005	4	8	1	373	153	53.28	914	40.80	1	2	1	47	2
HJH Marshall (NZ)	2004-2005	6	10	0	510	160	51.00	1040	49.03	2	2	1	66	3
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2004-2004	3	6	1	251	59	50.20	502	50.00	0	2	0	33	3
L Vincent (NZ)	2005-2005	5	9	0	436	224	48.44	781	55.82	1	2	1	49	6
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2004-2005	4	7	0	334	100	47.71	838	39.85	1	2	0	36	0
SM Katich (AUS)	2004-2005	7	11	1	464	118	46.40	962	48.23	1	2	0	59	1
AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2005	7	12	1	507	109	46.09	811	62.51	1	3	0	77	2
HH Gibbs (SA)	2004-2005	6	10	1	411	161	45.66	770	53.37	1	1	0	66	1
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	0	448	180	44.80	856	52.33	2	0	2	62	6
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2005	12	17	1	669	151	41.81	1205	55.51	2	2	0	81	11
G Gambhir (IND)	2004-2005	8	13	1	486	139	40.50	834	58.27	1	2	0	67	1
DL Vettori (NZ)	2004-2005	7	10	2	323	65	40.37	556	58.09	0	2	0	42	0
KC Sangakkara (SL)	2004-2005	4	7	0	278	138	39.71	513	54.19	1	1	0	41	1
GC Smith (SA)	2004-2005	9	16	1	586	121	39.06	912	64.25	1	4	2	77	3
Z de Bruyn (SA)	2004-2004	3	5	1	155	83	38.75	409	37.89	0	1	0	12	3
SP Fleming (NZ)	2004-2005	9	15	0	577	202	38.46	1191	48.44	1	3	2	67	4
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2004-2005	4	7	0	260	141	37.14	493	52.73	1	1	1	38	1
TM Dilshan (SL)	2005-2005	2	3	0	110	73	36.66	181	60.77	0	1	0	17	1
Mohammad Ashraful (BAN)	2004-2005	6	12	2	363	158*	36.30	741	48.98	1	2	3	44	8
NJ Astle (NZ)	2004-2005	9	15	1	505	114	36.07	1036	48.74	1	3	1	68	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	2	287	118*	35.87	822	34.91	1	1	1	32	0
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2004-2005	8	15	0	534	111	35.60	984	54.26	2	1	0	70	6
Asim Kamal (PAK)	2004-2005	5	9	0	314	91	34.88	688	45.63	0	3	0	46	1
RJ Peterson (SA)	2004-2004	1	1	0	34	34	34.00	24	141.66	0	0	0	3	1
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2005-2005	3	6	0	204	59	34.00	176	115.90	0	2	1	34	5
ML Hayden (AUS)	2004-2005	12	22	2	662	70	33.10	1238	53.47	0	5	0	79	5
N Boje (SA)	2004-2005	6	8	0	262	82	32.75	393	66.66	0	2	0	40	1
AJ Hall (SA)	2004-2005	4	8	0	260	163	32.50	682	38.12	1	0	0	32	1
HH Dippenaar (SA)	2004-2005	5	10	1	289	110	32.11	792	36.48	1	0	1	30	0
Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2004-2005	5	10	0	321	76	32.10	566	56.71	0	4	0	40	2
Nafees Iqbal (BAN)	2004-2005	6	12	0	382	121	31.83	975	39.17	1	2	2	56	1
H Masakadza (ZIM)	2005-2005	4	8	0	254	56	31.75	505	50.29	0	1	0	38	0
BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2005	9	14	1	411	143	31.61	675	60.88	1	1	2	46	5
PA Patel (IND)	2004-2004	3	5	0	156	54	31.20	377	41.37	0	1	0	22	0
Mohammad Rafique (BAN)	2004-2005	6	11	1	310	69	31.00	436	71.10	0	2	1	40	10
SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2005	1	1	0	31	31	31.00	62	50.00	0	0	0	4	0
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2004-2005	5	10	2	246	82*	30.75	574	42.85	0	2	1	33	2
M Kaif (IND)	2004-2004	3	5	0	153	64	30.60	380	40.26	0	2	0	17	1
MS Atapattu (SL)	2004-2005	4	8	1	214	127	30.57	442	48.41	1	0	3	32	0
HH Streak (ZIM)	2005-2005	2	4	0	122	85	30.50	277	44.04	0	1	0	16	0
Rajin Saleh (BAN)	2004-2005	5	10	1	273	89	30.33	694	39.33	0	2	3	37	4
SC Ganguly (IND)	2004-2005	9	12	0	363	88	30.25	717	50.62	0	3	0	48	0
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2005-2005	2	4	0	121	61	30.25	131	92.36	0	2	1	9	7
JAH Marshall (NZ)	2005-2005	3	5	0	151	52	30.20	377	40.05	0	1	0	18	0
Salman Butt (PAK)	2004-2005	4	8	0	235	108	29.37	426	55.16	1	1	1	32	0
JA Rudolph (SA)	2004-2005	9	16	1	431	93	28.73	953	45.22	0	3	1	59	2
A Flintoff (ENG)	2004-2005	5	9	1	227	77	28.37	459	49.45	0	2	1	31	6
MS Sinclair (NZ)	2004-2004	4	6	0	170	76	28.33	402	42.28	0	2	2	23	0
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2004-2005	4	8	0	220	94	27.50	409	53.78	0	2	0	30	0
GO Jones (ENG)	2004-2005	5	8	0	215	73	26.87	316	68.03	0	2	0	28	6
AF Giles (ENG)	2004-2005	5	8	1	188	39	26.85	318	59.11	0	0	1	25	2
SB Styris (NZ)	2004-2004	4	6	0	161	89	26.83	375	42.93	0	1	0	21	2
CD Cumming (NZ)	2005-2005	5	9	1	208	74	26.00	674	30.86	0	1	1	25	0
RWT Key (ENG)	2005-2005	3	6	0	153	83	25.50	375	40.80	0	1	1	21	1
Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2005-2005	2	4	0	101	44	25.25	224	45.08	0	0	0	15	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	2004-2005	11	16	1	377	79*	25.13	785	48.02	0	3	1	57	1
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2004-2004	7	10	0	249	81	24.90	394	63.19	0	2	1	33	0
Imran Farhat (PAK)	2004-2004	4	8	0	199	72	24.87	336	59.22	0	2	0	31	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	2004-2004	2	4	0	97	79	24.25	296	32.77	0	1	1	13	0
SJ Harmison (ENG)	2004-2005	5	7	3	96	42	24.00	135	71.11	0	0	2	14	2
PJ Wiseman (NZ)	2004-2005	6	8	2	144	32*	24.00	244	59.01	0	0	1	18	2
Abdul Razzaq (PAK)	2004-2005	7	13	2	260	71	23.63	796	32.66	0	1	1	22	5
Z Khan (IND)	2004-2005	9	12	5	163	75	23.28	240	67.91	0	1	4	20	5
JN Gillespie (AUS)	2004-2005	12	15	4	255	54*	23.18	935	27.27	0	2	1	32	1
BRM Taylor (ZIM)	2005-2005	4	8	0	184	78	23.00	390	47.17	0	1	0	28	0
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2004-2005	6	12	2	229	51	22.90	531	43.12	0	1	2	31	0
UDU Chandana (SL)	2005-2005	2	3	0	68	41	22.66	150	45.33	0	0	0	10	0
MV Boucher (SA)	2005-2005	4	5	0	113	64	22.60	194	58.24	0	1	1	15	0
KD Mills (NZ)	2004-2005	3	5	1	90	31	22.50	167	53.89	0	0	0	13	2
A Kumble (IND)	2004-2005	11	16	6	222	37*	22.20	510	43.52	0	0	0	33	0
KD Karthik (IND)	2004-2005	8	11	0	243	93	22.09	548	44.34	0	1	0	36	0
DD Ebrahim (ZIM)	2005-2005	3	6	0	126	72	21.00	324	38.88	0	1	0	18	0
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2004-2005	7	12	0	251	109	20.91	457	54.92	1	0	3	39	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	2004-2005	4	7	1	125	38	20.83	309	40.45	0	0	0	19	1
E Chigumbura (ZIM)	2005-2005	4	8	0	161	71	20.12	411	39.17	0	1	3	23	3
IK Pathan (IND)	2004-2005	8	11	1	197	55	19.70	561	35.11	0	1	1	20	5
S Matsikenyeri (ZIM)	2005-2005	4	8	0	155	51	19.37	336	46.13	0	1	0	24	0
SM Pollock (SA)	2004-2005	8	12	2	188	44*	18.80	475	39.57	0	0	3	20	0
Javed Omar (BAN)	2004-2005	6	12	0	223	58	18.58	782	28.51	0	1	0	27	0
Manjural Islam Rana (BAN)	2004-2004	3	6	0	110	69	18.33	272	40.44	0	1	2	17	0
Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN)	2004-2005	4	7	1	110	48	18.33	179	61.45	0	0	0	17	1
JEC Franklin (NZ)	2004-2005	8	11	1	177	55	17.70	434	40.78	0	1	1	14	2
SK Warne (AUS)	2004-2005	11	13	2	192	53*	17.45	291	65.97	0	2	1	19	5
Naved-ul-Hasan (PAK)	2004-2005	3	5	1	69	38*	17.25	78	88.46	0	0	1	11	1
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	2004-2004	2	4	0	66	54	16.50	131	50.38	0	1	0	6	1
M van Jaarsveld (SA)	2004-2004	2	4	0	65	49	16.25	108	60.18	0	0	0	10	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]