Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1978 in FC

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1978-1979	8	14	2	1099	205	91.58	658+	55.16	5	3	1	86+	2
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1978-1978	8	13	5	606	154*	75.75	581+	42.85	2	3	1	22+	7
DB Vengsarkar (IND/ROI/WEZ)	1978-1979	10	15	2	874	157*	67.23	214+	32.24	2	5	-	11+	2+
GR Viswanath (IND/KNTKA)	1978-1979	9	13	-	782	145	60.15	307+	42.67	2	6	1	42+	0+
JH Hampshire (TAS/YOR)	1978-1978	6	11	1	599	147	59.90	-	-	2	2	-	-	-
S Shivnarine (WI)	1978-1979	9	17	5	682	131*	56.83	-	-	2	4	1	37+	0+
Y Omar ()	1978-1979	6	10	-	530	149	53.00	-	-	2	3	2	-	-
AI Kallicharran (QLD/WAR/WI)	1978-1979	14	24	-	1188	187	49.50	315+	59.36	3	6	1	85+	1+
JK Moss (VIC)	1978-1979	9	16	2	682	123*	48.71	-	-	2	3	1	-	-
HA Gomes (WI)	1978-1979	9	17	1	737	121*	46.06	117+	53.84	3	4	-	37+	0+
GP Howarth (NZ)	1978-1978	15	26	2	1080	123	45.00	1642+	34.10	3	5	1	54+	0+
AD Ogilvie (AUS/QLD)	1978-1978	11	22	3	846	168*	44.52	-	-	3	3	6	6+	0+
DI Gower (/ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	16	25	1	1040	111	43.33	1509+	47.84	3	5	2	79+	1+
GN Yallop (AUS/VIC)	1978-1979	13	25	1	1034	121	43.08	531+	32.39	4	4	-	54+	1+
PM Toohey (AUS/NSW)	1978-1979	12	23	1	924	158	42.00	573+	39.09	2	4	1	50+	3+
G Boycott (ENG/ENGXI/YOR)	1978-1979	16	29	4	1042	131	41.68	2626+	28.90	3	7	-	56+	0+
AR Border (AUS/NSW)	1978-1979	11	22	-	912	135	41.45	127+	22.83	2	5	1	4+	0+
TV Hohns (QLD)	1978-1978	9	17	4	535	89	41.15	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
AB Williams (WI)	1978-1979	10	17	-	699	111	41.11	1+	-	2	3	1	43+	0+
PR Sleep (SOA)	1978-1979	10	18	3	609	105*	40.60	-	-	1	4	1	-	-
GM Wood (AUS/WA)	1978-1979	14	27	-	1089	126	40.33	650+	35.23	2	8	1	61+	1+
BL Causby (SOA)	1978-1979	10	18	1	681	174*	40.05	-	-	2	2	-	-	-
JM Parker (NZ)	1978-1978	14	21	4	672	104*	39.52	716+	28.63	2	2	1	16+	0+
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1978-1978	9	13	3	390	69	39.00	1286	30.32	-	4	1	39	2
RJ Inverarity (WA)	1978-1978	10	18	3	571	187	38.06	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
AMJ Hilditch (NSW)	1978-1978	10	20	-	761	124	38.05	-	-	1	6	2	-	-
BA Edgar (NZ)	1978-1978	14	22	2	757	113	37.85	465+	31.61	1	7	2	13+	0+
DW Randall (ENG/ENGXI/PEAXI)	1978-1979	13	22	1	792	110	37.71	908+	38.54	1	6	2	31+	1+
CPS Chauhan (IND/ROI)	1978-1979	9	15	1	524	93	37.42	560+	40.17	-	3	1	24+	0+
JE Nash (SOA)	1978-1979	10	20	1	707	124	37.21	-	-	2	4	-	-	-
RW Anderson (NZ)	1978-1978	16	28	3	923	155	36.92	629+	38.95	2	4	1	32+	0+
DR Parry (WI)	1978-1979	11	19	5	504	65	36.00	114+	48.24	-	4	3	31+	0+
DA Murray (WI)	1978-1979	9	16	2	501	206*	35.78	258+	32.55	1	2	-	16+	0+
RI Charlesworth (WA)	1978-1978	10	19	1	643	101*	35.72	-	-	1	4	-	-	-
IT Botham (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	15	20	1	667	108	35.10	1212+	49.25	3	2	-	70+	2+
IR McLean (SOA)	1978-1979	10	18	1	589	111	34.64	-	-	2	2	1	-	-
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1978-1979	8	15	1	479	110*	34.21	15+	73.33	1	2	-	7+	0+
F Timol ()	1978-1979	6	10	-	337	85	33.70	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
KJ Hughes (AUS/WA)	1978-1979	9	17	-	567	129	33.35	769+	31.85	2	1	2	17+	4+
F Abrahams ()	1978-1979	7	11	-	361	86	32.81	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
RD Woolley (TAS)	1978-1978	5	10	1	293	103	32.55	-	-	1	1	2	-	-
AT Sincock (SOA)	1978-1979	10	16	11	161	47	32.20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1978-1978	7	11	-	353	76	32.09	873+	29.20	-	3	-	21+	0
PH Carlson (QLD)	1978-1978	7	14	1	411	107	31.61	-	-	1	2	1	-	-
JM Wiener (VIC)	1978-1979	10	19	1	564	100	31.33	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
WM Darling (AUS/SOA)	1978-1979	10	20	3	532	85*	31.29	229+	36.68	-	4	1	18+	0+
GA Gooch (/ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	15	25	3	688	91*	31.27	926+	40.71	-	6	1	41+	0+
JM Brearley (ENG/ENGXI/MID)	1978-1979	16	26	5	649	116*	30.90	1073+	25.34	1	3	3	20+	0+
CT Radley (ENG/ENGXI/MID)	1978-1978	14	20	-	614	158	30.70	1368+	35.16	2	3	1	43+	0+
JG Wright (NZ)	1978-1978	16	28	3	764	111	30.56	859+	25.96	1	5	1	18+	0+
RB Simpson (AUS/NSW)	1978-1978	8	15	-	453	100	30.20	225+	31.55	1	2	1	27+	0+
DF Whatmore (VIC)	1978-1979	10	19	-	571	91	30.05	-	-	-	5	2	-	-
BE Congdon (NZ)	1978-1978	15	25	5	594	110*	29.70	714+	22.82	1	1	3	14+	0+
GD Porter (WA)	1978-1978	9	14	4	281	51*	28.10	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
CS Serjeant (AUS/WA)	1978-1978	12	23	2	588	124	28.00	41+	12.19	1	2	1	37+	1+
P Melville (VIC)	1978-1978	6	11	-	294	86	26.72	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
O Visser ()	1978-1978	5	10	-	267	68	26.70	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
TJ Robertson (SOA)	1978-1979	9	16	2	369	96	26.35	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
B Yardley (AUS/WA)	1978-1978	12	21	3	474	74	26.33	173+	30.05	-	1	-	42+	2+
M Amarnath (IND)	1978-1978	6	10	1	234	86	26.00	180+	27.77	-	2	1	13+	1
PA Hibbert (VIC)	1978-1978	6	12	1	284	59	25.81	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
GR Marsh (WA)	1978-1978	6	12	-	309	79	25.75	-	-	-	3	3	-	-
GN Edwards (NZ)	1978-1978	14	21	3	456	83	25.33	262+	54.96	-	5	2	18+	2+
GK Whyte (QLD)	1978-1978	9	14	3	277	76	25.18	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
GJ Cosier (AUS/QLD)	1978-1978	11	22	2	498	94	24.90	296+	46.28	-	2	3	28+	1+
RK Blewett (SOA)	1978-1979	10	18	-	448	100	24.88	-	-	1	2	2	-	-
MG Burgess (NZ)	1978-1978	17	28	2	645	68	24.80	908+	27.75	-	6	3	28+	0+
SMH Kirmani (IND/KNTKA)	1978-1979	9	13	1	295	51	24.58	293+	53.92	-	1	1	16+	0+
DAH Johnston (NSW)	1978-1978	7	13	1	280	55	23.33	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
TJ Laughlin (AUS/VIC)	1978-1979	10	17	1	368	73*	23.00	11+	63.63	-	1	-	7+	0+
MJ Walters (QLD)	1978-1978	8	16	1	338	122	22.53	-	-	1	1	2	-	-
N Phillip (WI)	1978-1979	9	13	2	243	47	22.09	47+	55.31	-	-	2	21+	1+
G Miller (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1979	17	24	4	441	89	22.05	1074+	29.88	-	2	3	29+	0+
SJ Howard (TAS)	1978-1978	5	10	1	192	49*	21.33	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
AL Mann (AUS/WA)	1978-1978	11	19	-	387	80	20.36	4+	-	-	2	3	0+	0+
AE Greenidge (WI)	1978-1978	8	13	-	262	69	20.15	8+	-	-	2	1	21+	1+
E Isaacs ()	1978-1979	6	11	1	201	62	20.10	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
KJ Wright (WA)	1978-1978	10	15	4	220	42*	20.00	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
JA Maclean (AUS/QLD)	1978-1979	11	19	2	329	94	19.35	288+	23.26	-	1	2	4+	0+
J Dyson (AUS/NSW)	1978-1978	10	20	2	347	70	19.27	165+	19.39	-	2	1	2+	0+
SJ Rixon (AUS/NSW)	1978-1978	12	22	4	344	54	19.11	95+	29.47	-	1	3	21+	0+
G Dymock (AUS/QLD)	1978-1979	10	14	5	168	50	18.66	134+	17.16	-	1	2	1+	0+
RO Collinge (NZ)	1978-1978	9	11	3	147	63*	18.37	239+	31.38	-	1	2	8+	1+
VA Holder (WI/WOR)	1978-1979	10	16	1	273	89	18.20	21+	66.66	-	2	2	9+	2+
K Majola ()	1978-1979	7	11	-	199	46	18.09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
N Abrahams ()	1978-1979	5	10	7	54	20*	18.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MA Gaskell (QLD)	1978-1978	8	16	-	283	42	17.68	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
S Gabriels ()	1978-1979	5	10	-	174	62	17.40	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
PH Edmonds (ENG/ENGXI)	1978-1978	17	20	4	271	50	16.93	451+	36.36	-	1	1	17+	2+
ML Clews (NSW)	1978-1978	6	12	2	168	50	16.80	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
BL Cairns (NZ)	1978-1978	11	16	1	248	41	16.53	217+	33.17	-	-	1	7+	0+
W Fischer ()	1978-1979	7	10	-	161	60	16.10	0+	-	-	1	2	0+	0+
GG Watson (NSW/WOR)	1978-1978	10	18	6	180	30*	15.00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
IL Maddocks (VIC)	1978-1979	10	16	2	201	51*	14.35	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1978-1978	8	10	1	119	85	13.22	126+	22.22	-	1	2	2+	1
E Choonara ()	1978-1979	5	10	5	64	24*	12.80	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1978-1978	13	19	1	229	40	12.72	281+	39.85	-	-	2	19+	0+
E Amod ()	1978-1979	7	14	-	177	33	12.64	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
F Solomons ()	1978-1979	5	10	-	126	40	12.60	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
GF Lawson (NSW)	1978-1978	9	16	4	148	39	12.33	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

Minimum of 10 innings
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:

Australia vs England at Melbourne, England tour of Australia 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 838]

India vs West Indies at Eden Gardens, West Indies tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 29, 1978 - Jan 3, 1979 [Test # 839]

Victoria vs South Australia at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield , Dec 30, 1978 - Jan 2, 1979 [First-class]