Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1986 in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1986-1986	8	11	5	793	164*	132.16	1158+	50.34	4	2	1	63+	2
BC Broad (ENG)	1986-1986	4	7	2	464	162	92.80	1066	43.52	3	0	0	55	1
JV Coney (NZ)	1986-1986	6	7	2	425	101*	85.00	718	59.19	1	3	0	46	3
MD Crowe (NZ)	1986-1986	6	9	3	385	137	64.16	776	49.61	2	0	1	51	0
AR Border (AUS)	1986-1986	11	19	3	1000	140	62.50	2320	43.10	5	3	0	111	2
DL Haynes (WI)	1986-1986	8	14	4	618	131	61.80	1464	42.21	1	4	1	66	2
A Ranatunga (SL)	1986-1986	5	8	1	432	135*	61.71	211+	61.13	1	4	0	19+	6
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1986-1986	9	13	0	802	176	61.69	1629	49.23	3	3	0	86+	4
M Amarnath (IND)	1986-1986	7	9	0	528	138	58.66	1411	37.42	2	3	0	58	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1986-1986	7	13	1	668	210	55.66	1451	46.03	1	4	0	73	3
M Azharuddin (IND)	1986-1986	8	12	2	541	199	54.10	679+	50.36	1	3	0	53	2
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1986-1986	9	10	2	417	163	52.12	411+	98.78	2	0	1	56+	4
IVA Richards (WI)	1986-1986	8	11	1	506	110*	50.60	538	94.05	1	3	1	48	14
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1986-1986	4	7	2	250	116*	50.00	-	-	1	0	0	-	1
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1986-1986	4	6	2	179	54	44.75	42+	57.14	0	1	0	3+	0
RB Richardson (WI)	1986-1986	8	14	2	535	160	44.58	1068	50.09	2	1	0	70	2
DI Gower (ENG)	1986-1986	14	25	1	1059	136	44.12	1785	59.32	2	6	0	135	3
DA Stirling (NZ)	1986-1986	2	2	1	44	26	44.00	133	33.08	0	0	0	4	2
GR Marsh (AUS)	1986-1986	11	20	0	880	118	44.00	2548	34.53	3	3	1	96	0
MW Gatting (ENG)	1986-1986	11	20	2	776	183*	43.11	1603	48.40	3	2	2	93	3
DC Boon (AUS)	1986-1986	11	20	1	801	131	42.15	1906	42.02	3	3	2	101	1
RJ Shastri (IND)	1986-1986	9	11	3	323	121*	40.37	624+	48.87	1	1	1	27+	10
JG Wright (NZ)	1986-1986	5	10	2	320	119	40.00	929	34.44	1	3	2	35	1
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1986-1986	6	6	1	198	72*	39.60	383	51.69	0	2	1	24	1
GRJ Matthews (AUS)	1986-1986	11	17	4	511	130	39.30	1097	46.58	1	2	1	59	1
R Lamba (IND)	1986-1986	2	2	0	77	53	38.50	138+	38.40	0	1	0	5+	0
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1986-1986	10	16	3	492	92	37.84	1452	33.88	0	2	0	49	4
TE Blain (NZ)	1986-1986	1	1	0	37	37	37.00	141	26.24	0	0	0	3	0
CJ Richards (ENG)	1986-1986	4	5	0	180	133	36.00	347	51.87	1	0	1	20	0
CS Pandit (IND)	1986-1986	3	5	1	140	39	35.00	237	59.07	0	0	0	17	0
GC Small (ENG)	1986-1986	3	3	2	35	21*	35.00	76	46.05	0	0	0	3	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1986-1986	4	6	2	139	65	34.75	447	31.09	0	2	3	21	0
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1986-1986	5	5	1	138	110	34.50	286	48.25	1	0	0	14	0
GA Gooch (ENG)	1986-1986	11	21	0	719	183	34.23	1611	44.63	2	4	3	80	1
CG Greenidge (WI)	1986-1986	8	11	0	349	75	31.72	618	56.47	0	2	0	47	4
JR Ratnayeke (SL)	1986-1986	5	7	0	220	93	31.42	-	-	0	2	0	14+	0
MA Holding (WI)	1986-1986	4	4	0	124	73	31.00	131	94.65	0	1	0	11	6
EJ Gray (NZ)	1986-1986	3	3	0	91	50	30.33	366	24.86	0	1	0	6	0
CWJ Athey (ENG)	1986-1986	9	16	0	483	96	30.18	1141	42.33	0	4	1	51	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-1986	11	17	4	391	79*	30.07	847	46.16	0	3	3	31	1
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1986-1986	6	10	0	298	122	29.80	627+	38.59	1	1	1	21+	0
K Srikkanth (IND)	1986-1986	9	13	0	385	116	29.61	530+	68.49	1	1	1	52+	4
KS More (IND)	1986-1986	7	8	2	175	48	29.16	475	36.84	0	0	1	18	0
IT Botham (ENG)	1986-1986	9	15	1	400	138	28.57	559	71.55	1	1	1	49	8
SR Gillespie (NZ)	1986-1986	1	1	0	28	28	28.00	81	34.56	0	0	0	2	0
MD Moxon (ENG)	1986-1986	2	4	0	111	74	27.75	281	39.50	0	1	0	11	0
CA Best (WI)	1986-1986	3	4	1	78	35	26.00	205	38.04	0	0	0	9	1
MR Benson (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	51	30	25.50	162	31.48	0	0	0	4	0
WB Phillips (AUS)	1986-1986	4	7	0	171	62	24.42	546	31.31	0	1	0	19	0
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1986-1986	6	10	0	239	76	23.90	428+	41.12	0	1	1	12+	1
HA Gomes (WI)	1986-1986	8	11	0	258	56	23.45	826	31.23	0	1	1	28	0
TJ Zoehrer (AUS)	1986-1986	9	12	2	233	52*	23.30	529	44.04	0	1	0	30	2
MD Marshall (WI)	1986-1986	8	10	2	185	76	23.12	302	61.25	0	2	1	19	2
P Willey (ENG)	1986-1986	5	10	0	222	71	22.20	596	37.24	0	1	1	27	1
RJ Ratnayake (SL)	1986-1986	2	4	2	44	32*	22.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	2
RA Harper (WI)	1986-1986	5	8	1	149	60	21.28	392	38.01	0	1	0	11	3
S Madan Lal (IND)	1986-1986	1	2	0	42	22	21.00	110	38.18	0	0	0	6	0
DR Pringle (ENG)	1986-1986	4	8	0	166	63	20.75	600	27.66	0	1	0	16	1
Imran Khan (PAK)	1986-1986	6	10	2	163	61	20.37	275+	41.81	0	1	1	12+	0
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1986-1986	5	8	0	162	81	20.25	416+	36.05	0	1	0	15+	0
RMH Binny (IND)	1986-1986	3	4	0	81	40	20.25	168	48.21	0	0	0	10	1
PA de Silva (SL)	1986-1986	5	9	1	160	37	20.00	-	-	0	0	0	-	2
DM Smith (ENG)	1986-1986	2	4	0	80	47	20.00	140	57.14	0	0	1	13	0
JE Emburey (ENG)	1986-1986	13	22	6	318	75	19.87	717	44.35	0	1	5	37	0
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1986-1986	12	22	1	406	62	19.33	831	48.85	0	1	2	64	1
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1986-1986	4	5	1	77	40	19.25	146	52.73	0	0	0	11	0
BA Edgar (NZ)	1986-1986	6	10	1	172	83	19.11	697	24.67	0	1	1	14	0
RL Dias (SL)	1986-1986	3	5	0	95	50	19.00	59+	84.74	0	1	0	7+	0
Saleem Yousuf (PAK)	1986-1986	3	6	0	114	61	19.00	266	42.85	0	1	1	14	0
ALF de Mel (SL)	1986-1986	4	5	1	73	25	18.25	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
S Wettimuny (SL)	1986-1986	5	9	0	157	79	17.44	-	-	0	1	2	13+	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1986-1986	6	10	1	156	52	17.33	236+	30.08	0	1	0	15+	0
CL Smith (ENG)	1986-1986	1	2	0	34	28	17.00	87	39.08	0	0	0	5	0
EAR de Silva (SL)	1986-1986	3	5	2	51	21	17.00	-	-	0	0	1	-	0
JF Reid (NZ)	1986-1986	3	4	1	50	32	16.66	167	29.94	0	0	0	7	0
LRD Mendis (SL)	1986-1986	5	7	0	113	58	16.14	-	-	0	1	0	0+	0
C Sharma (IND)	1986-1986	7	4	0	64	30	16.00	115	55.65	0	0	0	7	1
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1986	2	4	0	63	41	15.75	-	-	0	0	0	-	0
RJ Bright (AUS)	1986-1986	6	8	2	88	30	14.66	285	30.87	0	0	1	7	1
RM Ellison (ENG)	1986-1986	4	8	0	113	36	14.12	447	25.27	0	0	0	12	0
JG Thomas (ENG)	1986-1986	5	10	4	83	31*	13.83	226	36.72	0	0	3	7	1
NS Yadav (IND)	1986-1986	5	2	0	27	19	13.50	61	44.26	0	0	0	3	1
WN Slack (ENG)	1986-1986	3	6	0	81	52	13.50	237	34.17	0	1	2	9	0
J Garner (WI)	1986-1986	5	5	1	52	24	13.00	117	44.44	0	0	1	5	0
GF Lawson (AUS)	1986-1986	1	1	0	13	13	13.00	27	48.14	0	0	0	0	0
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1986-1986	12	17	5	154	20	12.83	482	31.95	0	0	1	13	0
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1986-1986	3	4	0	51	23	12.75	151	33.77	0	0	0	8	0
PJL Dujon (WI)	1986-1986	7	9	0	112	54	12.44	261	42.91	0	1	2	14	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1986-1986	5	8	0	97	66	12.12	110+	60.90	0	1	4	4+	2
GK Robertson (NZ)	1986-1986	1	1	0	12	12	12.00	35	34.28	0	0	0	2	0
RT Robinson (ENG)	1986-1986	5	10	0	118	43	11.80	295	40.00	0	0	2	13	0
CG Butts (WI)	1986-1986	2	3	0	35	17	11.66	86	40.69	0	0	0	3	0
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1986-1986	5	7	1	69	20	11.50	99+	38.38	0	0	0	2+	0
Tauseef Ahmed (PAK)	1986-1986	5	9	4	57	23*	11.40	142+	23.23	0	0	2	2+	0
PR Downton (ENG)	1986-1986	6	12	1	125	29	11.36	466	26.82	0	0	0	11	0
IDS Smith (NZ)	1986-1986	5	4	0	45	22	11.25	128	35.15	0	0	0	4	0
BN French (ENG)	1986-1986	5	7	2	55	21	11.00	171	32.16	0	0	0	7	0
JJ Whitaker (ENG)	1986-1986	1	1	0	11	11	11.00	34	32.35	0	0	0	1	0
GB Troup (NZ)	1986-1986	2	1	0	10	10	10.00	14	71.42	0	0	0	1	0
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1986-1986	6	10	0	98	40	9.80	210+	22.85	0	0	1	2+	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:

Sri Lanka vs India at Nagpur, Sri Lanka tour of India 2nd Test, Dec 27-31, 1986 [Test # 1063]

Australia vs England at Melbourne, England tour of Australia 4th Test, Dec 26-28, 1986 [Test # 1062]

Sri Lanka vs India at Kanpur, Sri Lanka tour of India 1st Test, Dec 17-22, 1986 [Test # 1061]