Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages for England in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GA Headley (WI)	1930-1954	22	40	4	2190	270*	60.83	416+	56.00	10	5	2	104+	1
H Sutcliffe (ENG)	1924-1935	54	84	9	4555	194	60.73	6558+	34.59	16	23	2	202+	6
E Paynter (ENG)	1931-1939	20	31	5	1540	243	59.23	1288+	45.88	4	7	3	125+	4
KF Barrington (ENG)	1955-1968	82	131	15	6806	256	58.67	4957+	42.42	20	35	5	591+	27
ED Weekes (WI)	1948-1958	48	81	5	4455	207	58.61	-	-	15	19	6	258+	2
WR Hammond (ENG)	1927-1947	85	140	16	7249	336*	58.45	7491+	38.07	22	24	4	419+	27
GS Sobers (WI)	1954-1974	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	4063+	53.58	26	30	12	593+	32+
HC Brook (ENG)	2022-2025	28	47	1	2653	317	57.67	3048	87.04	9	12	3	289	44
JB Hobbs (ENG)	1908-1930	61	102	7	5410	211	56.94	5363+	46.22	15	28	4	276+	8
CL Walcott (WI)	1948-1960	44	74	7	3798	220	56.68	-	-	15	14	1	107+	11
L Hutton (ENG)	1937-1955	79	138	15	6971	364	56.67	2844+	39.34	19	33	5	358+	7
JL Smith (ENG)	2024-2025	13	22	3	1056	184*	55.57	1368	77.19	2	6	-	109	26
GE Tyldesley (ENG)	1921-1929	14	20	2	990	122	55.00	178+	29.21	3	6	2	37+	2
CA Davis (WI)	1968-1973	15	29	5	1301	183	54.20	665+	35.48	4	4	1	65+	1
BC Lara (WI)	1990-2006	130	230	6	11912	400*	53.17	19694	60.48	34	48	17	1551	88
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-2015	164	280	49	11867	203*	51.37	27395	43.31	30	66	15	1285	36
JE Root (ENG)	2012-2025	156	285	24	13259	262	50.80	23111	57.37	37	66	13	1419	45
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1991	121	182	12	8540	291	50.23	9613+	69.77	24	45	10	952+	84
DCS Compton (ENG)	1937-1957	78	131	15	5807	278	50.06	2731+	38.81	17	28	10	342+	3
FMM Worrell (WI)	1948-1963	51	87	9	3860	261	49.48	488+	40.16	9	22	11	240+	11
CP Mead (ENG)	1911-1928	17	26	2	1185	182*	49.37	619+	30.04	4	3	3	38+	0
Hon.FS Jackson (ENG)	1893-1905	20	33	4	1415	144*	48.79	-	-	5	6	3	51+	0
DR Jardine (ENG)	1928-1934	22	33	6	1296	127	48.00	2110+	25.59	1	10	2	53+	0
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1968	62	102	8	4502	205	47.89	2476+	44.18	9	27	6	455+	16
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1982	108	193	23	8114	246*	47.72	20528+	35.69	22	42	10	765+	8
EH Hendren (ENG)	1920-1935	51	83	9	3525	205*	47.63	3468+	47.08	7	21	4	209+	9
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1969	29	54	1	2523	258	47.60	1958+	48.82	6	10	3	230+	11
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1974	79	137	6	6227	256	47.53	2914+	47.87	15	28	7	491+	23+
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2014	104	181	8	8181	227	47.28	13255	61.72	23	35	10	985	81
R Subba Row (ENG)	1958-1961	13	22	1	984	137	46.85	-	-	3	4	-	44+	1
PBH May (ENG)	1951-1961	66	106	9	4537	285*	46.77	1680+	39.52	13	22	8	369+	12
J Hardstaff (ENG)	1935-1948	23	38	3	1636	205*	46.74	1540+	36.29	4	10	4	119+	3
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1985	110	175	14	7515	242*	46.67	6942+	56.68	19	39	4	712+	70
JDB Robertson (ENG)	1947-1952	11	21	2	881	133	46.36	-	-	2	6	-	15+	1
DL Amiss (ENG)	1966-1977	50	88	10	3612	262*	46.30	7745+	41.39	11	11	10	427	3
PJ Sharpe (ENG)	1963-1969	12	21	4	786	111	46.23	1388+	40.99	1	4	1	95+	0
AF Rae (WI)	1948-1953	15	24	2	1016	109	46.18	-	-	4	4	1	30+	4
M Leyland (ENG)	1928-1938	41	65	5	2764	187	46.06	4266+	39.96	9	10	6	177+	7
AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2018	161	291	16	12472	294	45.35	26562	46.95	33	57	9	1442	11
CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1967	44	78	6	3245	260	45.06	1750+	38.74	8	13	5	190+	3+
KS Ranjitsinhji (ENG)	1896-1902	15	26	4	989	175	44.95	-	-	2	6	2	19+	0
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1991	108	185	16	7558	226	44.72	11932+	49.49	19	34	11	872+	67
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1993-2005	100	179	28	6744	200*	44.66	14693	45.89	16	39	12	778	9
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1981	66	109	10	4399	187	44.43	4217+	45.69	12	21	10	422+	12
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1995	86	146	12	5949	194	44.39	12398+	47.77	16	27	8	761+	23
TW Graveney (ENG)	1951-1969	79	123	13	4882	258	44.38	4812+	41.02	11	20	8	420+	7
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1992	117	204	18	8231	215	44.25	16268	50.59	18	39	7	979	10
IJL Trott (ENG)	2009-2015	52	93	6	3835	226	44.08	8128	47.18	9	19	8	451	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1954-1975	114	188	15	7624	182	44.06	6272+	37.45	22	38	9	708+	13
G Pullar (ENG)	1959-1963	28	49	4	1974	175	43.86	221+	31.22	4	12	3	117+	2
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	76	143	10	5825	219	43.79	10685	54.51	14	29	12	831	42
RA Smith (ENG)	1988-1996	62	112	15	4236	175	43.67	9279	45.65	9	28	8	558	11
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	30	49	2	2047	302	43.55	2865+	47.22	7	7	2	210+	6
JH Edrich (ENG)	1963-1976	77	127	9	5138	310*	43.54	12102+	37.23	12	24	6	548+	11
BF Butcher (WI)	1958-1969	44	78	6	3104	209*	43.11	1979+	48.35	7	16	3	227+	6+
C Washbrook (ENG)	1937-1956	37	66	6	2569	195	42.81	1146+	37.52	6	12	2	100+	8
IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2015	118	205	24	7727	235	42.69	15622	49.46	22	46	14	919	39
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1995	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	18075	49.23	20	46	13	1079	25
RC Fredericks (WI)	1968-1977	59	109	7	4334	169	42.49	4335+	46.52	8	26	7	352+	8
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1955	32	56	5	2159	160	42.33	-	-	4	12	2	69+	3
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1994	116	202	25	7487	184	42.29	15052+	44.41	18	39	10	818+	24
CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2014	103	182	11	7214	333	42.18	11970	60.26	15	37	15	1046	98
BM Duckett (ENG)	2016-2025	36	67	3	2681	182	41.89	3113	86.12	6	14	5	346	16
MP Vaughan (ENG)	1999-2008	82	147	9	5719	197	41.44	11184	51.13	18	18	9	742	22
JC Adams (WI)	1992-2001	54	90	17	3012	208*	41.26	8017	37.57	6	14	7	313	4
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1961-1972	37	52	6	1882	131*	40.91	1310+	30.15	7	6	5	208+	2
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2012	100	178	6	7037	177	40.91	14385	48.91	21	27	15	867	10
LEG Ames (ENG)	1929-1939	47	72	12	2434	149	40.56	2139+	39.78	8	7	5	122+	6
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2003-2011	68	115	10	4259	206	40.56	9170	46.44	10	20	6	470	24
AJ Watkins (ENG)	1948-1952	15	24	4	810	137*	40.50	63+	20.63	2	4	2	2+	0
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	58	93	4	3599	148	40.43	7251+	46.03	8	20	5	437	19
MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2014	79	123	21	4099	131*	40.18	6647	61.66	7	28	13	492	16
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1966-1972	44	70	8	2484	158	40.06	5039+	43.95	5	15	4	298+	14
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2011	87	154	8	5842	291	40.01	12484	46.79	15	31	12	747	14
G Gunn (ENG)	1907-1930	15	29	1	1120	122*	40.00	1330+	38.57	2	7	3	85+	2
WJ Edrich (ENG)	1938-1955	39	63	2	2440	219	40.00	1959+	30.57	6	13	3	208+	9
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1968-1982	59	96	14	3272	216	39.90	7491+	38.63	7	19	6	347+	6
MH Denness (ENG)	1969-1975	28	45	3	1667	188	39.69	3781+	39.51	4	7	2	192	2
HA Gomes (WI)	1976-1987	60	91	11	3171	143	39.63	5538+	41.27	9	13	5	245+	2
BC Broad (ENG)	1984-1989	25	44	2	1661	162	39.54	4387	37.86	6	6	3	173	1
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-2003	133	235	21	8463	190	39.54	17389	48.66	15	45	14	1121	10
NE Bonner (WI)	2021-2022	15	25	4	803	123	38.23	2342	34.28	2	3	4	87	3
A Sandham (ENG)	1921-1930	14	23	-	879	325	38.21	733+	52.38	2	3	3	37+	0
Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1950-1963	22	33	2	1172	119	37.80	253+	50.59	3	6	2	104+	1
MA Atherton (ENG)	1989-2001	115	212	7	7728	185*	37.69	20609	37.49	16	46	20	904	4
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1963	34	56	1	2061	126	37.47	581+	32.01	5	9	1	164+	0
GS Ballance (ENG)	2014-2017	23	42	2	1498	156	37.45	3176	47.16	4	7	3	195	8
R Abel (ENG)	1888-1902	13	22	2	744	132*	37.20	241+	49.79	2	2	1	43+	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1990-2004	96	171	16	5764	207	37.18	14272	40.38	14	33	14	734	24
JKC Holt (WI)	1954-1959	17	31	2	1066	166	36.75	-	-	2	5	2	21+	1+
DM Bravo (WI)	2010-2020	56	102	5	3538	218	36.47	7886	44.86	8	17	5	404	41
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-2002	102	173	15	5762	233	36.46	11462	50.27	13	27	13	633	63
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2012-2024	100	178	12	6042	167*	36.39	10228	59.07	12	26	17	719	56
RT Robinson (ENG)	1984-1989	29	49	5	1601	175	36.38	3846	41.62	4	6	5	182	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1992	79	139	10	4656	142	36.09	9058	51.40	14	18	9	618	20
FE Woolley (ENG)	1909-1934	64	98	7	3283	154	36.07	1488+	60.61	5	23	13	179+	15
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1970-1974	21	41	5	1298	131	36.05	3633	35.72	4	5	4	136	1
AL Logie (WI)	1983-1991	52	78	9	2470	130	35.79	3981+	57.84	2	16	8	305+	9
RW Barber (ENG)	1960-1968	28	45	3	1495	185	35.59	1075+	59.62	1	9	1	114+	3
AE Stoddart (ENG)	1888-1898	16	30	2	996	173	35.57	64+	51.56	2	3	3	31+	5

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Minimum of 20 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England A Women vs New Zealand A Women at Queenstown, New Zealand A Women vs England A Women 3rd match, Mar 20, 2024

New Zealand A Women vs England A Women at Queenstown, New Zealand A Women vs England A Women 2nd match, Mar 17, 2024

England A Women vs New Zealand A Women at Queenstown, New Zealand A Women vs England A Women 1st match, Mar 16, 2024