Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1956 in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
JDC Goddard (WI)	1956-1956	3	4	3	147	83*	147.00	-	-	0	1	0	7+	0
ED Weekes (WI)	1956-1956	4	5	0	418	156	83.60	-	-	3	0	0	52+	0
AH Kardar (PAK)	1956-1956	1	1	0	69	69	69.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
PBH May (ENG)	1956-1956	6	9	2	473	101	67.57	-	-	1	4	0	49	0
Wazir Mohammad (PAK)	1956-1956	1	1	0	67	67	67.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
Rev.DS Sheppard (ENG)	1956-1956	2	3	0	199	113	66.33	-	-	1	1	0	23	1
DCS Compton (ENG)	1956-1956	2	4	1	166	94	55.33	-	-	0	1	0	15	0
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1956	6	10	0	491	117	49.10	-	-	2	2	0	44	0
P Roy (IND)	1956-1956	4	7	0	342	173	48.85	-	-	1	1	0	12+	0
MH Mankad (IND)	1956-1956	4	7	0	313	231	44.71	-	-	1	0	1	21+	1
Alimuddin (PAK)	1956-1956	1	2	1	44	34*	44.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1956-1956	4	7	1	254	79*	42.33	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
Gul Mohammad (PAK)	1956-1956	1	2	1	39	27*	39.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DD Taylor (NZ)	1956-1956	2	4	0	147	77	36.75	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
DS Atkinson (WI)	1956-1956	4	5	0	183	85	36.60	-	-	0	2	1	9+	2
C Washbrook (ENG)	1956-1956	3	3	0	104	98	34.66	-	-	0	1	1	14	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1956-1956	4	7	1	197	55	32.83	-	-	0	1	0	0+	0
PJP Burge (AUS)	1956-1956	6	10	1	282	83	31.33	-	-	0	2	0	8+	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1956-1956	9	16	1	468	161	31.20	-	-	1	2	0	29+	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1956-1956	5	10	0	310	84	31.00	-	-	0	2	0	26+	0
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1956-1956	6	10	0	309	81	30.90	-	-	0	3	2	33	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1956-1956	3	6	0	180	48	30.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
PS Heine (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	1	30	17	30.00	-	-	0	0	0	3	0
JW Rutherford (AUS)	1956-1956	1	1	0	30	30	30.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DD Beard (NZ)	1956-1956	2	4	2	59	31	29.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
RN Harvey (AUS)	1956-1956	9	16	0	456	140	28.50	-	-	1	3	3	34+	0
JG Leggat (NZ)	1956-1956	2	4	0	112	61	28.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	0	54	49	27.00	-	-	0	0	0	6	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1956-1956	4	7	0	179	109	25.57	-	-	1	0	1	0+	0
JEF Beck (NZ)	1956-1956	4	8	0	191	66	23.87	-	-	0	2	0	6+	1
TE Bailey (ENG)	1956-1956	5	7	1	143	33*	23.83	-	-	0	0	0	12	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1956-1956	9	15	1	313	97	22.35	-	-	0	2	1	32+	2
HA Furlonge (WI)	1956-1956	2	3	0	67	64	22.33	-	-	0	1	1	8	0
LSM Miller (NZ)	1956-1956	3	6	0	133	47	22.16	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AM Moir (NZ)	1956-1956	2	4	1	66	30	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	5+	1
HJ Keith (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	0	44	42	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	5	0
KR Miller (AUS)	1956-1956	6	12	1	235	61	21.36	-	-	0	1	2	13+	6
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1956-1956	4	8	1	148	36	21.14	-	-	0	0	2	21	1
NJ Contractor (IND)	1956-1956	2	2	0	42	22	21.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
TG Evans (ENG)	1956-1956	6	9	1	165	47	20.62	-	-	0	0	3	18	3
HR Adhikari (IND)	1956-1956	2	4	1	60	33	20.00	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1956-1956	8	15	0	295	89	19.66	-	-	0	2	2	26+	0
S Ramadhin (WI)	1956-1956	4	5	0	95	44	19.00	-	-	0	0	1	8+	0
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1956-1956	8	12	5	130	48*	18.57	-	-	0	0	2	5+	2
WPA Crawford (AUS)	1956-1956	4	5	2	53	34	17.66	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	1
ID Craig (AUS)	1956-1956	5	9	0	155	40	17.22	-	-	0	0	1	7+	0
NAT Adcock (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	1	17	17	17.00	-	-	0	0	0	2	1
BH Pairaudeau (WI)	1956-1956	4	6	0	101	68	16.83	-	-	0	1	1	0+	0
SC Guillen (NZ)	1956-1956	3	6	0	98	41	16.33	-	-	0	0	2	-	2
GS Sobers (WI)	1956-1956	4	5	0	81	27	16.20	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1956-1956	4	4	0	64	37	16.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	2+	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1956-1956	6	10	0	160	38	16.00	-	-	0	0	2	7+	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1956-1956	3	4	1	47	20*	15.66	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	0
OG Smith (WI)	1956-1956	4	5	0	78	64	15.60	-	-	0	1	1	9+	2
AP Binns (WI)	1956-1956	3	5	1	62	27	15.50	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
GRA Langley (AUS)	1956-1956	6	8	5	46	14	15.33	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
GAR Lock (ENG)	1956-1956	4	4	1	46	25*	15.33	-	-	0	0	2	4	0
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1956-1956	1	1	0	15	15	15.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AT Roberts (WI)	1956-1956	1	2	0	28	28	14.00	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1956-1956	2	4	1	41	18	13.66	-	-	0	0	0	2	0
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	0	26	24	13.00	-	-	0	0	0	3	0
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	0	26	16	13.00	-	-	0	0	0	2	0
IWG Johnson (AUS)	1956-1956	8	14	2	153	73	12.75	-	-	0	1	3	6+	0
SN McGregor (NZ)	1956-1956	5	10	0	122	41	12.20	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
RG Archer (AUS)	1956-1956	6	10	0	119	33	11.90	-	-	0	0	1	10+	2
DJ Insole (ENG)	1956-1956	2	3	0	35	29	11.66	-	-	0	0	0	3	0
WR Endean (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	0	21	18	10.50	-	-	0	0	0	1	0
P Bhandari (IND)	1956-1956	1	2	0	19	17	9.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
FH Tyson (ENG)	1956-1956	2	3	0	27	22	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	2	0
CC Depeiaza (WI)	1956-1956	2	2	0	18	14	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
AI Taylor (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	0	18	12	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
Ghulam Ahmed (IND)	1956-1956	2	4	0	34	13	8.50	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
JC Watkins (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	0	17	9	8.50	-	-	0	0	0	1	0
JHB Waite (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	0	17	17	8.50	-	-	0	0	1	2	0
RT Barber (NZ)	1956-1956	1	2	0	17	12	8.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
IM Sinclair (NZ)	1956-1956	2	4	1	25	18*	8.33	-	-	0	0	2	4+	0
W Watson (ENG)	1956-1956	2	4	0	32	18	8.00	-	-	0	0	1	2	0
MB Poore (NZ)	1956-1956	1	2	0	16	15	8.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
HB Cave (NZ)	1956-1956	4	8	2	47	22*	7.83	-	-	0	0	3	0+	0
JW Guy (NZ)	1956-1956	3	6	0	42	23	7.00	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
ASM Oakman (ENG)	1956-1956	2	2	0	14	10	7.00	-	-	0	0	0	1	0
JC Laker (ENG)	1956-1956	6	8	2	40	12	6.66	-	-	0	0	1	3	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1956-1956	4	5	3	13	8	6.50	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1956-1956	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
NS Tamhane (IND)	1956-1956	4	5	1	24	9*	6.00	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	0
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1956-1956	1	2	1	6	5	6.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DT Dewdney (WI)	1956-1956	3	4	2	9	4*	4.50	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
DG Phadkar (IND)	1956-1956	2	2	1	4	3*	4.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0	0
LV Maddocks (AUS)	1956-1956	3	5	1	14	8*	3.50	-	-	0	0	2	0+	0
RA McLean (SA)	1956-1956	1	2	0	6	6	3.00	-	-	0	0	1	0	0
FS Trueman (ENG)	1956-1956	2	3	0	9	7	3.00	-	-	0	0	1	1	0
Khan Mohammad (PAK)	1956-1956	1	1	0	3	3	3.00	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
JM Patel (IND)	1956-1956	3	3	0	9	6	3.00	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	0
RW Blair (NZ)	1956-1956	2	4	0	11	9	2.75	-	-	0	0	2	0+	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1956-1956	1	2	0	5	5	2.50	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
JH Wardle (ENG)	1956-1956	2	4	1	6	6*	2.00	-	-	0	0	3	1	0
AL Valentine (WI)	1956-1956	4	5	0	10	5	2.00	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
ME Chapple (NZ)	1956-1956	1	2	0	4	3	2.00	-	-	0	0	0	0	0
TG McMahon (NZ)	1956-1956	2	4	1	6	4*	2.00	-	-	0	0	2	0+	0
AF Lissette (NZ)	1956-1956	2	4	2	2	1*	1.00	-	-	0	0	2	0	0

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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 South Africa at Johannesburg, England tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 24-29, 1956 [Test # 434]

Australia vs India at Eden Gardens, Australia tour of India 3rd Test, Nov 2-6, 1956 [Test # 433]

India vs Australia at Brabourne, Australia tour of India 2nd Test, Oct 26-31, 1956 [Test # 432]