Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1959 in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
R Subba Row (ENG)	1959-1959	1	1	0	94	94	94.00	-	-	0	1	0	11	0
MJK Smith (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	0	207	100	69.00	-	-	1	1	0	14+	0
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	4	8	2	412	103	68.66	-	-	2	2	0	-	0
KW Hough (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	0	0	0	8	1
CC McDonald (AUS)	1959-1959	8	13	2	671	170	61.00	867+	47.28	2	2	0	29+	0
G Pullar (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	0	242	131	60.50	-	-	1	1	0	0+	0
KF Barrington (ENG)	1959-1959	5	6	0	357	87	59.50	-	-	0	4	0	29+	4
PBH May (ENG)	1959-1959	8	12	2	590	124*	59.00	719+	43.94	2	3	0	68+	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	1	118	50	59.00	-	-	0	1	0	7+	0
JB Statham (ENG)	1959-1959	5	6	4	108	38	54.00	76+	50.00	0	0	0	8+	0
RB Kanhai (WI)	1959-1959	5	8	0	427	217	53.37	-	-	1	1	0	32+	0+
BF Butcher (WI)	1959-1959	5	8	1	362	142	51.71	-	-	1	2	0	-	0+
HR Adhikari (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	0	103	63	51.50	-	-	0	1	0	-	1
JKC Holt (WI)	1959-1959	4	7	1	307	123	51.16	-	-	1	2	0	21+	0+
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1959-1959	10	15	2	658	160	50.61	743+	41.58	2	3	0	49+	6
RN Harvey (AUS)	1959-1959	8	14	3	543	114	49.36	273+	29.30	1	3	0	8+	0
JS Solomon (WI)	1959-1959	5	8	2	295	100*	49.16	-	-	1	2	1	5+	0+
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1959	6	12	1	533	166	48.45	-	-	1	2	0	8+	0
WGA Parkhouse (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	0	144	78	48.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1959-1959	8	13	4	418	134	46.44	336+	41.66	1	2	1	11+	0
TW Graveney (ENG)	1959-1959	5	8	1	310	54	44.28	854+	30.91	0	2	0	29	0
ATW Grout (AUS)	1959-1959	7	7	1	237	74	39.50	218+	44.49	0	2	0	16+	0
AK Davidson (AUS)	1959-1959	8	9	1	295	71	36.87	312+	41.98	0	1	0	14+	2
PE Richardson (ENG)	1959-1959	4	6	0	213	68	35.50	454+	32.15	0	2	0	16	0
NJ Contractor (IND)	1959-1959	8	16	1	527	92	35.13	-	-	0	4	1	3+	1+
CC Hunte (WI)	1959-1959	3	5	0	175	92	35.00	-	-	0	1	1	-	1+
CG Borde (IND)	1959-1959	8	15	1	479	109	34.21	-	-	1	3	4	10+	0+
GS Sobers (WI)	1959-1959	5	8	0	242	72	30.25	-	-	0	1	1	-	0+
MJ Horton (ENG)	1959-1959	2	2	0	60	58	30.00	-	-	0	1	0	6	0
AA Baig (IND)	1959-1959	4	8	0	234	112	29.25	-	-	1	0	0	3+	0
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1959-1959	3	6	1	140	61	28.00	-	-	0	1	0	5+	0
DB Close (ENG)	1959-1959	1	1	0	27	27	27.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Ijaz Butt (PAK)	1959-1959	5	10	2	213	58	26.62	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
ES Atkinson (WI)	1959-1959	4	5	1	106	37	26.50	-	-	0	0	1	-	0+
KD Mackay (AUS)	1959-1959	8	9	0	235	78	26.11	297+	28.28	0	2	2	7+	0
PR Umrigar (IND)	1959-1959	8	15	0	391	118	26.06	-	-	1	1	2	25+	0+
JW Burke (AUS)	1959-1959	3	6	1	130	66	26.00	440	29.54	0	1	0	4	0
AG Kripal Singh (IND)	1959-1959	2	4	0	103	53	25.75	-	-	0	1	1	-	0+
RB Kenny (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	0	51	51	25.50	-	-	0	1	1	-	0
R Benaud (AUS)	1959-1959	8	10	1	227	64	25.22	240+	48.33	0	1	1	15+	0
R Swetman (ENG)	1959-1959	7	10	2	196	65	24.50	296+	21.95	0	1	0	12+	0
B Sutcliffe (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	0	73	61	24.33	159	45.91	0	1	1	10	1
ER Dexter (ENG)	1959-1959	6	9	0	218	141	24.22	366+	43.44	1	0	2	26+	0
P Roy (IND)	1959-1959	9	18	0	427	99	23.72	-	-	0	3	3	12+	0+
OG Smith (WI)	1959-1959	5	8	0	186	100	23.25	-	-	1	0	3	2+	2+
W Mathias (PAK)	1959-1959	5	9	0	209	64	23.22	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1959-1959	6	12	0	274	76	22.83	-	-	0	1	0	9+	0
DA Sharpe (PAK)	1959-1959	3	6	0	134	56	22.33	-	-	0	1	0	-	0
I Meckiff (AUS)	1959-1959	6	6	3	66	45*	22.00	4+	100.00	0	0	0	0+	0
W Watson (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	0	86	40	21.50	238+	31.51	0	0	0	6	0
Waqar Hasan (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	0	85	41	21.25	-	-	0	0	0	-	1
LE Favell (AUS)	1959-1959	6	9	1	162	54	20.25	209+	34.92	0	1	1	6+	0
JW Guy (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	0	60	56	20.00	171	35.08	0	1	0	9	0
JB Mortimore (ENG)	1959-1959	5	7	1	118	44*	19.66	186+	35.48	0	0	0	9+	1
BA Bolton (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	0	59	33	19.66	239	24.68	0	0	1	3	0
TG Evans (ENG)	1959-1959	3	4	0	77	73	19.25	78+	98.71	0	1	2	13	0
DK Gaekwad (IND)	1959-1959	5	10	0	186	52	18.60	-	-	0	1	1	9+	0
AE Moss (ENG)	1959-1959	3	2	0	37	26	18.50	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	1
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1959-1959	6	11	0	195	54	17.72	-	-	0	1	0	9+	0
JM Ghorpade (IND)	1959-1959	3	6	0	100	41	16.66	-	-	0	0	1	6+	0
Mohammad Munaf (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	2	32	19	16.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
FCM Alexander (WI)	1959-1959	5	7	0	105	25	15.00	-	-	0	0	1	-	1+
GB Stevens (AUS)	1959-1959	3	6	0	90	28	15.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Shujauddin (PAK)	1959-1959	6	11	2	134	45	14.88	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
JR Reid (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	0	44	40	14.66	128	34.37	0	0	0	7	0
GAR Lock (ENG)	1959-1959	4	5	1	58	21	14.50	208	27.88	0	0	0	6	0
GS Ramchand (IND)	1959-1959	3	6	0	86	30	14.33	-	-	0	0	0	-	0+
FS Trueman (ENG)	1959-1959	10	14	1	178	36	13.69	222+	43.24	0	0	4	16+	1
FH Tyson (ENG)	1959-1959	4	5	1	54	33	13.50	115	46.95	0	0	1	3	0
JT Sparling (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	0	37	25	12.33	138	26.81	0	0	1	3	0
RR Lindwall (AUS)	1959-1959	4	4	0	46	23	11.50	52+	36.53	0	0	1	0+	0
EC Petrie (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	1	23	13	11.50	160	14.37	0	0	0	1	0
Surendranath (IND)	1959-1959	8	16	6	114	27	11.40	-	-	0	0	4	7+	0+
NS Tamhane (IND)	1959-1959	4	8	1	79	32	11.28	-	-	0	0	1	4+	0
K Taylor (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	0	33	24	11.00	-	-	0	0	0	2+	0
RM Harris (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	0	31	13	10.33	142	21.83	0	0	0	4	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	1	2	0	18	14	9.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
LR Gibbs (WI)	1959-1959	3	5	0	44	21	8.80	-	-	0	0	2	0+	0
PG Joshi (IND)	1959-1959	5	10	0	85	21	8.50	-	-	0	0	0	4+	0+
CA Milton (ENG)	1959-1959	3	5	0	42	14	8.40	79+	20.25	0	0	0	2+	1
MH Mankad (IND)	1959-1959	2	3	0	25	21	8.33	-	-	0	0	1	-	0+
RW Blair (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	0	24	22	8.00	42	57.14	0	0	1	2	1
LF Kline (AUS)	1959-1959	3	4	1	23	14	7.66	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
AL Apte (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	0	15	8	7.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
TE Bailey (ENG)	1959-1959	3	6	0	43	25	7.16	165	26.06	0	0	2	4	0
Fazal Mahmood (PAK)	1959-1959	5	9	1	56	14	7.00	-	-	0	0	2	0+	0
R Gilchrist (WI)	1959-1959	2	1	0	7	7	7.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0+
WW Hall (WI)	1959-1959	5	7	1	42	25	7.00	-	-	0	0	2	0+	1
Wazir Mohammad (PAK)	1959-1959	4	7	0	44	23	6.28	-	-	0	0	2	-	0
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1959-1959	5	9	1	50	15	6.25	-	-	0	0	3	-	0
PJP Burge (AUS)	1959-1959	2	2	0	12	12	6.00	-	-	0	0	1	0+	0
SP Gupte (IND)	1959-1959	7	14	3	65	21	5.90	-	-	0	0	2	2+	0
Alimuddin (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	0	21	8	5.25	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
RB Desai (IND)	1959-1959	7	14	5	45	8	5.00	-	-	0	0	4	0+	0
JC Laker (ENG)	1959-1959	2	3	1	9	5*	4.50	35	25.71	0	0	0	0	0
AK Sengupta (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	0	9	8	4.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
GF Rorke (AUS)	1959-1959	4	4	2	9	7	4.50	8+	25.00	0	0	1	0+	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1959-1959	1	2	0	9	8	4.50	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
Haseeb Ahsan (PAK)	1959-1959	2	4	2	8	4*	4.00	-	-	0	0	1	1+	0
AM Moir (NZ)	1959-1959	2	3	0	11	10	3.66	41	26.82	0	0	1	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:

India vs Australia at Kanpur, Australia tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 19-24, 1959 [Test # 483]

India vs Australia at Delhi, Australia tour of India 1st Test, Dec 12-16, 1959 [Test # 482]

Pakistan vs Australia at Karachi, Australia tour of Pakistan 3rd Test, Dec 4-9, 1959 [Test # 481]