Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1958 in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GS Sobers (WI)	1958-1959	8	13	4	1299	365*	144.33	-	-	6	3	0	38+	1
JS Solomon (WI)	1958-1959	2	3	1	200	86	100.00	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
CL Walcott (WI)	1958-1958	4	5	1	385	145	96.25	-	-	1	2	0	-	3
KD Mackay (AUS)	1958-1959	5	6	3	278	83*	92.66	125+	27.20	0	3	0	4+	2
AM Moir (NZ)	1958-1958	2	3	2	74	41*	74.00	-	-	0	0	0	3+	0
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1958-1959	2	3	1	142	71*	71.00	343	41.39	0	1	0	11	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1958-1958	5	9	0	628	337	69.77	-	-	1	3	0	-	0
ED Weekes (WI)	1958-1958	5	8	1	455	197	65.00	-	-	1	2	0	-	0
BF Butcher (WI)	1958-1959	3	5	1	257	103	64.25	-	-	1	2	0	15+	0
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1958-1958	5	9	0	508	150	56.44	-	-	1	4	0	-	0
PBH May (ENG)	1958-1959	7	10	1	497	113*	55.22	475+	33.68	3	1	0	39+	6
Wazir Mohammad (PAK)	1958-1958	5	9	1	440	189	55.00	-	-	2	1	2	39+	0
CA Milton (ENG)	1958-1958	3	4	1	162	104*	54.00	79+	27.84	1	0	0	19	0
RB Kanhai (WI)	1958-1959	8	14	1	684	256	52.61	-	-	1	3	2	42+	0
CC Hunte (WI)	1958-1959	8	14	1	684	260	52.61	-	-	3	0	3	28+	1
ER Dexter (ENG)	1958-1958	1	1	0	52	52	52.00	-	-	0	1	0	6	2
KJ Funston (SA)	1958-1958	3	5	1	185	70	46.25	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1958-1959	3	6	1	228	57	45.60	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
OG Smith (WI)	1958-1959	8	11	0	465	86	42.27	0+	0.00	0	5	1	12+	3
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1958-1959	6	8	0	338	81	42.25	400+	24.25	0	3	0	40	1
DJ McGlew (SA)	1958-1958	3	5	0	210	105	42.00	-	-	1	1	0	-	0
RN Harvey (AUS)	1958-1959	5	9	1	327	167	40.87	466+	45.27	1	1	0	17+	0
JW Burke (AUS)	1958-1959	5	9	3	243	83	40.50	329+	20.97	0	2	0	4+	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1958-1958	2	4	1	119	67*	39.66	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1958-1958	5	9	0	344	122	38.22	-	-	1	1	1	14+	0
P Roy (IND)	1958-1959	3	6	0	210	90	35.00	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
JHB Waite (SA)	1958-1958	3	5	0	173	134	34.60	-	-	1	0	1	-	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1958-1959	5	7	1	190	100	31.66	63+	25.39	1	0	1	1+	1
AH Kardar (PAK)	1958-1958	5	9	1	253	57	31.62	-	-	0	2	0	-	1
FCM Alexander (WI)	1958-1959	8	9	1	253	70	31.62	0+	0.00	0	2	0	0+	0
PE Richardson (ENG)	1958-1959	6	9	0	266	100	29.55	90+	26.66	1	1	0	15+	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1958-1959	5	10	1	259	58	28.77	312+	34.93	0	1	0	7+	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1958-1959	3	6	1	142	58*	28.40	-	-	0	1	2	-	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1958-1959	6	8	1	196	68	28.00	691+	22.72	0	1	0	15+	0
W Mathias (PAK)	1958-1958	5	9	0	251	77	27.88	-	-	0	2	0	-	0
JT Sparling (NZ)	1958-1958	3	5	2	79	50	26.33	-	-	0	1	0	0+	0
Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1958-1958	1	2	0	45	28	22.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1958-1959	5	6	0	131	62	21.83	158+	31.01	0	1	0	6+	0
Mahmood Hussain (PAK)	1958-1958	3	5	3	43	20	21.50	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
CB van Ryneveld (SA)	1958-1958	3	5	2	63	32*	21.00	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
TL Goddard (SA)	1958-1958	3	5	0	104	45	20.80	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
W Watson (ENG)	1958-1959	3	4	0	83	66	20.75	25+	28.00	0	1	1	5	0
Alimuddin (PAK)	1958-1958	5	9	0	186	41	20.66	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
CGD Burger (SA)	1958-1958	2	4	1	62	37*	20.66	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
WR Endean (SA)	1958-1958	3	5	0	100	38	20.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1958-1959	6	9	0	177	37	19.66	262+	22.13	0	0	1	4+	0
AR MacGibbon (NZ)	1958-1958	5	9	0	175	66	19.44	-	-	0	1	0	18+	1
HJ Tayfield (SA)	1958-1958	3	5	0	95	66	19.00	-	-	0	1	2	0+	0
DG Phadkar (IND)	1958-1959	1	2	0	38	35	19.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MS Hardikar (IND)	1958-1958	2	4	1	56	32*	18.66	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
ID Craig (AUS)	1958-1958	3	4	0	72	52	18.00	-	-	0	1	1	0+	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1958-1959	3	6	0	107	50	17.83	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1958-1958	5	9	0	159	60	17.66	-	-	0	1	3	0+	2
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1958-1958	4	8	1	122	41	17.42	-	-	0	0	2	3+	0
FS Trueman (ENG)	1958-1958	5	4	1	52	39*	17.33	0+	0.00	0	0	1	1+	3
PR Carlstein (SA)	1958-1958	1	2	0	33	32	16.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1958-1958	5	10	1	147	51*	16.33	-	-	0	1	0	11+	2
JC Laker (ENG)	1958-1959	6	7	2	80	22*	16.00	153+	34.64	0	0	0	5+	1
ATW Grout (AUS)	1958-1959	5	8	2	94	35*	15.66	85+	25.88	0	0	0	1+	0
JKC Holt (WI)	1958-1959	3	5	0	76	31	15.20	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
EDAS McMorris (WI)	1958-1958	1	2	0	29	16	14.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1958-1958	3	4	0	57	47	14.25	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
JW D'Arcy (NZ)	1958-1958	5	10	0	136	33	13.60	-	-	0	0	0	1+	0
EC Petrie (NZ)	1958-1958	5	9	3	80	45*	13.33	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
WW Hall (WI)	1958-1959	3	2	1	12	12*	12.00	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	0
LSM Miller (NZ)	1958-1958	4	8	0	92	26	11.50	-	-	0	0	1	2+	0
JM Ghorpade (IND)	1958-1959	1	2	0	23	16	11.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1958	5	6	0	67	22	11.16	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
GAR Lock (ENG)	1958-1959	7	8	1	76	25	10.85	131+	12.97	0	0	0	5+	0
PS Heine (SA)	1958-1958	3	5	0	50	24	10.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
RB Simpson (AUS)	1958-1959	4	5	0	50	23	10.00	7+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	0
I Meckiff (AUS)	1958-1959	4	4	0	39	26	9.75	9+	55.55	0	0	1	0+	0
R Subba Row (ENG)	1958-1958	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
S Ramadhin (WI)	1958-1959	2	1	0	9	9	9.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1958-1959	3	5	1	36	15	9.00	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1958-1959	4	4	1	26	13	8.66	74	35.13	0	0	0	1	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1958-1958	5	8	0	66	22	8.25	-	-	0	0	3	0+	0
RB Kenny (IND)	1958-1959	1	2	0	16	16	8.00	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
VB Ranjane (IND)	1958-1958	1	2	0	15	12	7.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JA Hayes (NZ)	1958-1958	4	8	2	44	14	7.33	-	-	0	0	0	0+	2
NS Tamhane (IND)	1958-1959	3	5	1	29	20	7.25	-	-	0	0	3	0+	0
PJ Loader (ENG)	1958-1959	5	6	2	28	17	7.00	18+	38.88	0	0	1	1+	0
RA McLean (SA)	1958-1958	2	3	0	20	11	6.66	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
CG Borde (IND)	1958-1958	2	3	0	20	13	6.66	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
JC Alabaster (NZ)	1958-1958	2	4	0	25	11	6.25	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
WR Playle (NZ)	1958-1958	5	9	0	56	18	6.22	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
R Gilchrist (WI)	1958-1959	7	6	1	31	12	6.20	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	0
HB Cave (NZ)	1958-1958	2	4	1	17	12*	5.66	-	-	0	0	0	0+	0
TG Evans (ENG)	1958-1959	7	9	0	51	12	5.66	78+	29.48	0	0	1	4+	0
Surendranath (IND)	1958-1959	1	2	0	11	8	5.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
T Meale (NZ)	1958-1958	2	4	0	21	10	5.25	-	-	0	0	0	0+	1
NS Harford (NZ)	1958-1958	4	8	0	41	23	5.12	-	-	0	0	3	0+	0
ES Atkinson (WI)	1958-1958	4	4	0	20	19	5.00	0+	0.00	0	0	2	0+	1
SF Rehman (PAK)	1958-1958	1	2	0	10	8	5.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1958-1958	1	2	0	9	7	4.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
DS Atkinson (WI)	1958-1958	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
JO Taylor (WI)	1958-1958	2	3	2	4	4*	4.00	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
GM Guard (IND)	1958-1958	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
PJP Burge (AUS)	1958-1958	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	12	16.66	0	0	0	0	0
LF Kline (AUS)	1958-1959	5	5	2	6	4*	2.00	36+	13.88	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 Australia at Melbourne, England tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1958 - Jan 5, 1959 [Test # 462]

West Indies vs India at Eden Gardens, West Indies tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 31, 1958 - Jan 4, 1959 [Test # 463]

West Indies vs India at Kanpur, West Indies tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 12-17, 1958 [Test # 461]