Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1979 in FC

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1979-1979	12	20	6	829	160*	59.21	981+	41.89	3	3	2	74+	1+
SM Gavaskar (IND/WEZ)	1979-1979	18	27	1	1537	221	59.11	2433+	47.43	5	8	0	177+	3+
GS Chappell (AUS/QLD)	1979-1980	6	11	1	571	185	57.10	651+	46.23	2	1	1	31+	0+
JK Moss (AUS/VIC)	1979-1979	10	17	2	838	220	55.86	136+	44.11	2	3	0	4+	1+
M Amarnath (IND/NOZ)	1979-1979	8	11	3	446	140	55.75	141+	30.49	2	1	1	17+	0+
GR Viswanath (IND/KNTKA)	1979-1979	18	28	2	1447	179	55.65	2054+	46.20	5	6	0	127+	1+
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1979-1979	9	14	2	646	134*	53.83	833+	51.62	2	3	0	65+	6+
KD Walters (NSW)	1979-1980	6	11	3	403	83	50.37	-	-	0	3	0	-	-
G Shipperd (WA)	1979-1979	5	10	2	401	106	50.12	-	-	1	3	1	-	-
AR Border (AUS/NSW)	1979-1980	15	29	3	1299	162	49.96	2778+	37.47	4	7	0	116+	2+
J Dyson (NSW)	1979-1980	10	18	1	846	197	49.76	-	-	1	4	0	-	-
G Boycott (ENG/ENGXI)	1979-1979	10	16	2	693	155	49.50	1592+	35.92	2	2	2	42+	0+
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1979-1980	8	13	3	475	123	47.50	187+	46.52	1	1	0	8+	0+
BM Laird (AUS/WA)	1979-1980	5	10	0	470	117	47.00	739+	38.56	1	3	1	24+	0+
Yashpal Sharma (IBPXI/IND/NOZ)	1979-1979	17	24	6	844	135*	46.88	1581+	37.38	2	5	2	63+	4+
DB Vengsarkar (IND/WEZ)	1979-1979	18	28	4	1104	146*	46.00	2390+	35.48	4	7	5	113+	6+
TM Chappell (NSW)	1979-1980	7	13	0	576	150	44.30	-	-	2	1	1	-	-
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1979-1979	6	11	0	485	250	44.09	-	-	1	2	3	40+	3+
KJ Hughes (AUS/WA)	1979-1980	17	32	3	1250	130*	43.10	2641+	41.68	2	8	0	117+	5+
Majid Khan (Pak)	1979-1979	12	21	3	769	156	42.72	437+	45.76	3	3	3	49+	0+
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1979-1979	10	18	1	690	135	40.58	521+	49.71	2	3	0	41+	1+
R Edwards (NSW)	1979-1979	5	10	2	324	91	40.50	-	-	0	3	1	-	-
AD Gaekwad (IBPXI/IND/WEZ)	1979-1979	9	12	1	445	119	40.45	280+	19.28	2	0	0	17+	0+
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1979-1979	12	18	3	606	97	40.40	571+	62.52	0	4	0	55+	1+
G Miller (DER/ENG/ENGXI)	1979-1979	10	14	2	481	64	40.08	862+	37.00	0	4	0	27+	0+
JE Nash (SOA)	1979-1979	10	19	2	681	134	40.05	-	-	1	4	2	-	-
GJ Cosier (/QLD)	1979-1979	13	23	2	830	113	39.52	-	-	1	4	0	-	-
DF Whatmore (AUS/VIC)	1979-1979	14	24	1	891	113	38.73	583+	42.19	2	6	1	36+	0+
SMH Kirmani (IND/KNTKA)	1979-1979	14	19	5	532	101*	38.00	826+	41.76	1	1	1	46+	1+
HA Gomes (WI)	1979-1979	6	11	1	366	91	36.60	-	-	0	3	0	-	0+
RD Woolley (TAS)	1979-1980	8	15	2	473	99*	36.38	-	-	0	5	2	-	-
GA Gooch (ENG/ENGXI)	1979-1979	10	15	0	542	115	36.13	841+	40.42	1	4	0	35+	3+
RB McCosker (AUS/NSW)	1979-1980	7	13	1	431	123	35.91	79+	59.49	2	0	1	5+	0+
J Govender ()	1979-1980	6	10	1	319	62	35.44	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
DI Gower (ENG/ENGXI)	1979-1979	11	17	1	563	200*	35.18	731+	63.61	1	3	2	52+	2+
BL Causby (SOA)	1979-1979	7	12	1	380	93	34.54	-	-	0	4	0	-	-
J Sandan ()	1979-1980	6	10	0	338	70	33.80	-	-	0	3	0	-	-
IT Botham (ENG/ENGXI)	1979-1979	9	14	0	472	137	33.71	747+	59.70	1	2	1	40+	9+
CPS Chauhan (IND/NOZ)	1979-1979	18	28	0	928	84	33.14	1668+	33.15	0	10	2	96+	0+
AL Mann (WA)	1979-1979	10	17	3	447	87*	31.92	-	-	0	4	2	-	-
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1979-1979	8	13	2	351	126	31.90	679+	36.37	1	1	0	22+	0+
RW Taylor (DER/ENG/ENGXI)	1979-1979	10	13	3	317	97	31.70	795+	32.95	0	2	0	23+	0+
WR Broad (QLD)	1979-1979	11	20	1	596	120	31.36	-	-	1	3	0	-	-
JM Wiener (AUS/VIC)	1979-1980	9	15	0	467	105	31.13	276+	48.18	1	2	0	10+	1+
WM Darling (/AUS/SOA)	1979-1979	16	30	3	838	91	31.03	778+	49.61	0	6	0	43+	1+
TJ Laughlin (VIC)	1979-1979	8	13	2	337	78	30.63	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
AMJ Hilditch (AUS/NSW)	1979-1980	16	30	0	910	85	30.33	1119+	38.24	0	8	1	35+	0+
GN Yallop (AUS/VIC)	1979-1979	16	30	1	864	167	29.79	1555+	36.72	2	3	3	67+	0+
PM Toohey (AUS/NSW)	1979-1980	11	21	1	593	112	29.65	185+	28.64	2	2	1	5+	0+
DW Randall (ENG/ENGXI)	1979-1979	9	15	1	406	150	29.00	809+	32.13	1	2	3	27+	0+
N Kapil Dev (IND/NOZ)	1979-1979	18	25	3	625	126*	28.40	616+	83.76	1	3	3	67+	6+
D Jacobs ()	1979-1980	6	10	0	282	81	28.20	-	-	0	1	1	-	-
PR Sleep (/AUS/SOA)	1979-1979	13	23	4	534	99	28.10	279+	34.05	0	3	1	8+	0+
DA Smith (TAS)	1979-1980	6	11	0	309	85	28.09	-	-	0	2	0	-	-
RG Matthews (VIC)	1979-1979	8	12	1	307	124	27.90	-	-	1	1	2	-	-
TV Hohns (QLD)	1979-1979	12	20	3	472	90	27.76	-	-	0	3	2	-	-
PH Carlson (AUS/QLD)	1979-1979	12	21	1	525	102*	26.25	63+	36.50	1	2	3	2+	0+
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ/TAS)	1979-1980	7	12	3	234	53*	26.00	-	-	0	1	0	-	0+
GR Beard (NSW)	1979-1980	8	12	4	203	69*	25.37	0+	0.00	0	2	4	0+	0+
Imran Khan (PAK)	1979-1979	8	13	1	299	74	24.91	378+	42.85	0	1	0	24+	5+
CS Serjeant (WA)	1979-1979	10	18	1	419	66	24.64	-	-	0	3	1	-	-
RW Marsh (AUS/WA)	1979-1980	5	10	0	246	73	24.60	260+	28.84	0	2	2	5+	1+
JM Brearley (ENG/ENGXI)	1979-1979	9	15	1	339	64	24.21	1055+	30.14	0	2	0	22+	0+
SJ Rixon (NSW)	1979-1980	10	14	2	290	101*	24.16	0+	0.00	1	1	3	0+	0+
KS McEwan (WA)	1979-1979	6	12	1	262	80	23.81	-	-	0	2	1	-	-
B Yardley (AUS/WA)	1979-1979	12	21	2	437	61*	23.00	475+	49.68	0	2	3	28+	2+
TJ Robertson (SOA)	1979-1979	10	12	2	229	48	22.90	0+	0.00	0	0	1	0+	0+
MM Khan ()	1979-1980	6	10	0	229	91	22.90	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
GM Wood (AUS/WA)	1979-1979	12	23	2	473	67	22.52	561+	36.18	0	1	2	17+	0+
AE Greenidge (WI)	1979-1979	6	11	0	247	48	22.45	-	-	0	0	1	-	0+
GW Goodman (TAS)	1979-1980	7	12	1	247	94	22.45	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
RI Charlesworth (WA)	1979-1979	6	10	0	216	68	21.60	-	-	0	1	0	-	-
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1979-1979	12	17	6	228	49*	20.72	303+	32.01	0	0	4	14+	0+
KD Ghavri (IND/WEZ)	1979-1979	18	22	7	304	86	20.26	538+	45.53	0	1	2	23+	4+
DC Schuller (QLD)	1979-1979	11	16	3	253	48	19.46	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0+
KJ Wright (AUS/WA)	1979-1979	17	28	5	442	55*	19.21	586+	34.47	0	2	2	21+	0+
Y Moorad ()	1979-1980	6	10	2	150	40	18.75	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
TW Docking (TAS)	1979-1979	6	11	1	181	45	18.10	-	-	0	0	1	-	-
AD Ogilvie (QLD)	1979-1979	9	17	0	278	57	16.35	-	-	0	1	3	-	-
G Dymock (AUS/QLD)	1979-1980	15	25	5	322	67	16.10	461+	31.45	0	1	2	18+	0+
GR Marsh (WA)	1979-1979	6	11	0	177	89	16.09	-	-	0	1	3	-	-
JA Maclean (AUS/QLD)	1979-1979	6	11	2	144	47	16.00	69+	17.39	0	0	3	1+	0+
H Lorgat ()	1979-1980	6	10	1	129	51*	14.33	-	-	0	1	2	-	-
IR McLean (SOA)	1979-1979	5	10	2	111	46*	13.87	-	-	0	0	0	-	-
MF Malone (WA)	1979-1979	6	10	1	88	22	9.77	-	-	0	0	2	-	-
S Venkataraghavan (IND/SOZ)	1979-1979	12	12	3	79	28	8.77	82+	48.78	0	0	2	4+	2+
JM Buchanan (QLD)	1979-1979	6	11	0	95	41	8.63	-	-	0	0	4	-	-
DW Hourn (NSW)	1979-1979	8	10	5	42	27	8.40	0+	0.00	0	0	4	0+	0+
TM Alderman (WA)	1979-1979	10	13	6	57	26*	8.14	0+	0.00	0	0	3	0+	0+
JD Higgs (AUS/VIC)	1979-1980	16	24	10	114	16	8.14	320+	21.56	0	0	1	3+	0+
RM Hogg (AUS/SOA)	1979-1980	17	28	3	192	19	7.68	410+	26.09	0	0	6	11+	0+
GF Lawson (NSW)	1979-1980	9	11	0	82	37	7.45	0+	0.00	0	0	2	0+	0+
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1979-1979	11	11	3	45	19	5.62	93+	21.50	0	0	3	2+	0
AG Hurst (AUS/VIC)	1979-1979	9	13	3	52	17*	5.20	125+	40.00	0	0	7	5+	0+

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:

New South Wales vs Tasmania at Launceston, Sheffield Shield , Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [First-class]

Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

South Australia vs Western Australia at Adelaide, Sheffield Shield , Dec 28-31, 1979 [First-class]