Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1996 in Tests

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SR Waugh (AUS)	1996-1996	4	7	2	459	170	91.80	1073	42.77	1	4	1	32	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1996-1996	5	7	2	390	257*	78.00	628	62.10	1	0	0	41	13
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1996-1996	3	4	1	214	126*	71.33	583	36.70	1	1	0	18	0
JP Crawley (ENG)	1996-1996	4	6	1	344	112	68.80	866	39.72	2	1	0	31	1
IA Healy (AUS)	1996-1996	5	10	3	450	161*	64.28	730	61.64	1	1	1	54	0
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1996-1996	7	12	1	701	176	63.72	1069	65.57	2	5	1	100	1
S Ranatunga (SL)	1996-1996	1	2	0	125	65	62.50	345	36.23	0	2	0	9	0
GS Blewett (AUS)	1996-1996	2	4	1	185	69	61.66	402	46.01	0	2	0	18	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1996-1996	8	14	1	793	170	61.00	1689	46.95	2	5	0	92	2
JC Adams (WI)	1996-1996	5	9	3	347	208*	57.83	777	44.65	1	1	1	42	1
SL Campbell (WI)	1996-1996	5	10	1	516	208	57.33	1238	41.68	2	1	1	68	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1996-1996	2	3	1	114	109*	57.00	191	59.68	1	0	1	17	0
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1996-1996	3	5	1	219	112	54.75	307	71.33	1	0	1	30	4
JR Murray (WI)	1996-1996	1	1	0	53	53	53.00	117	45.29	0	1	0	3	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1996-1996	7	12	1	559	128	50.81	1205	46.39	3	1	1	69	1
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1996	6	11	1	504	136	50.40	1078	46.75	2	1	2	73	3
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1996-1996	6	10	1	448	104*	49.77	880	50.90	1	2	0	49	4
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1996-1996	5	9	0	444	82	49.33	983	45.16	0	4	0	46	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1996-1996	7	11	1	491	141	49.10	886	55.41	2	3	0	63	4
CL Hooper (WI)	1996-1996	3	6	1	243	102	48.60	540	45.00	1	1	0	24	1
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1996-1996	7	10	2	385	100*	48.12	837	45.99	1	3	0	40	1
Moin Khan (PAK)	1996-1996	6	8	1	333	105	47.57	634	52.52	1	2	0	47	1
AC Hudson (SA)	1996-1996	5	10	2	380	146	47.50	879	43.23	1	2	2	59	0
SB Doull (NZ)	1996-1996	2	4	3	46	26	46.00	63	73.01	0	0	0	7	1
SP Fleming (NZ)	1996-1996	6	12	2	457	92*	45.70	967	47.25	0	4	0	69	1
Rashid Latif (PAK)	1996-1996	1	1	0	45	45	45.00	111	40.54	0	0	0	4	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	1996-1996	8	14	5	394	106*	43.77	859	45.86	1	1	0	42	0
G Kirsten (SA)	1996-1996	5	10	1	390	133	43.33	765	50.98	2	0	0	52	0
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1996-1996	2	4	1	128	78*	42.66	288	44.44	0	1	1	16	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1996-1996	5	9	1	336	153*	42.00	635	52.91	1	1	1	37	2
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1996-1996	5	8	0	335	148	41.87	570	58.77	1	2	1	41	1
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1996-1996	8	15	0	623	177	41.53	1277	48.78	2	2	1	89	3
A Ranatunga (SL)	1996-1996	2	2	0	81	75	40.50	141	57.44	0	1	0	7	0
AM Bacher (SA)	1996-1996	1	2	0	80	55	40.00	174	45.97	0	1	0	12	1
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1996-1996	3	4	0	159	88	39.75	450	35.33	0	2	0	15	1
R Dravid (IND)	1996-1996	7	12	1	436	95	39.63	1165	37.42	0	3	0	53	0
RA Smith (ENG)	1996-1996	1	2	0	79	66	39.50	215	36.74	0	1	0	9	0
DC Boon (AUS)	1996-1996	1	2	0	78	43	39.00	181	43.09	0	0	0	7	0
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	1996-1996	3	4	1	117	79	39.00	542	21.58	0	1	1	10	0
NV Knight (ENG)	1996-1996	6	11	0	428	113	38.90	740	57.83	1	3	0	48	2
CL Cairns (NZ)	1996-1996	4	8	0	308	120	38.50	405	76.04	1	2	0	31	12
M Azharuddin (IND)	1996-1996	8	15	2	491	163*	37.76	662	74.16	2	1	1	75	3
AC Parore (NZ)	1996-1996	5	10	2	297	84*	37.12	641	46.33	0	3	1	41	0
BA Young (NZ)	1996-1996	2	4	0	144	61	36.00	296	48.64	0	1	0	16	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1996-1996	9	16	2	501	89	35.78	1143	43.83	0	5	0	58	1
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1996-1996	4	6	2	143	46	35.75	207	69.08	0	0	0	26	0
CM Spearman (NZ)	1996-1996	4	8	0	279	112	34.87	527	52.94	1	1	2	33	2
GW Flower (ZIM)	1996-1996	8	15	0	519	110	34.60	1410	36.80	1	4	3	55	2
ME Waugh (AUS)	1996-1996	5	10	0	332	71	33.20	737	45.04	0	3	1	25	0
A Flower (ZIM)	1996-1996	8	15	2	425	112	32.69	1127	37.71	1	2	1	48	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1996-1996	3	4	0	129	71	32.25	216	59.72	0	1	1	16	2
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-1996	6	12	0	382	125	31.83	648	58.95	2	1	1	56	3
AH Omarshah (ZIM)	1996-1996	1	2	0	63	62	31.50	288	21.87	0	1	0	5	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1996-1996	9	16	1	469	160	31.26	1224	38.31	1	2	2	55	1
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1996-1996	2	3	0	90	51	30.00	328	27.43	0	1	0	7	0
DK Morrison (NZ)	1996-1996	2	3	2	30	26*	30.00	41	73.17	0	0	1	4	0
RG Samuels (WI)	1996-1996	5	10	1	261	125	29.00	589	44.31	1	0	0	34	4
PL Mhambrey (IND)	1996-1996	2	3	1	58	28	29.00	111	52.25	0	0	0	8	0
RC Russell (ENG)	1996-1996	6	9	1	224	124	28.00	645	34.72	1	0	2	22	0
KR Pushpakumara (SL)	1996-1996	2	3	2	28	23	28.00	106	26.41	0	0	0	3	0
DN Patel (NZ)	1996-1996	5	7	1	163	78	27.16	372	43.81	0	1	2	19	0
CA Walsh (WI)	1996-1996	5	7	5	54	18	27.00	93	58.06	0	0	0	5	2
PV Simmons (WI)	1996-1996	2	3	0	81	59	27.00	130	62.30	0	1	1	14	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	1996-1996	2	3	0	81	51	27.00	207	39.13	0	1	0	7	0
Hasan Raza (PAK)	1996-1996	1	1	0	27	27	27.00	48	56.25	0	0	0	5	0
NR Mongia (IND)	1996-1996	8	15	0	383	152	25.53	1078	35.52	1	0	1	48	1
EA Brandes (ZIM)	1996-1996	3	3	1	51	39	25.50	84	60.71	0	0	0	2	3
RC Irani (ENG)	1996-1996	2	3	0	76	41	25.33	136	55.88	0	0	0	10	0
BC Lara (WI)	1996-1996	5	9	0	226	74	25.11	424	53.30	0	1	0	27	2
PS de Villiers (SA)	1996-1996	2	4	1	75	67*	25.00	219	34.24	0	1	1	6	1
WJ Cronje (SA)	1996-1996	5	9	1	196	50	24.50	454	43.17	0	1	0	28	0
MG Bevan (AUS)	1996-1996	3	6	0	147	52	24.50	436	33.71	0	1	1	16	0
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1996-1996	3	6	0	144	53	24.00	402	35.82	0	1	0	17	1
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1996-1996	8	15	0	356	84	23.73	835	42.63	0	2	0	40	0
MA Taylor (AUS)	1996-1996	5	10	0	234	43	23.40	716	32.68	0	0	0	21	1
LK Germon (NZ)	1996-1996	6	12	3	210	55	23.33	572	36.71	0	1	3	32	0
AC Waller (ZIM)	1996-1996	2	3	0	69	50	23.00	174	39.65	0	1	0	6	2
DJ Richardson (SA)	1996-1996	5	8	2	138	54*	23.00	288	47.91	0	1	0	15	0
SK Warne (AUS)	1996-1996	4	5	0	113	33	22.60	194	58.24	0	0	0	13	1
MM Patel (ENG)	1996-1996	2	2	0	45	27	22.50	112	40.17	0	0	0	4	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1996-1996	5	9	2	157	51*	22.42	338	46.44	0	1	1	14	3
JTC Vaughan (NZ)	1996-1996	4	8	0	179	44	22.37	587	30.49	0	0	0	20	0
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1996-1996	2	3	1	44	42*	22.00	97	45.36	0	0	1	4	0
PE McIntyre (AUS)	1996-1996	1	2	1	22	16	22.00	83	26.50	0	0	0	3	0
JN Gillespie (AUS)	1996-1996	2	3	2	22	16*	22.00	92	23.91	0	0	0	1	0
A Kumble (IND)	1996-1996	8	14	2	252	88	21.00	612	41.17	0	1	1	32	1
UC Hathurusingha (SL)	1996-1996	1	2	0	42	28	21.00	109	38.53	0	0	0	6	0
RG Twose (NZ)	1996-1996	4	8	0	168	94	21.00	594	28.28	0	1	1	16	1
RT Ponting (AUS)	1996-1996	4	8	0	163	88	20.37	385	42.33	0	1	0	17	1
PL Symcox (SA)	1996-1996	3	5	1	79	32	19.75	174	45.40	0	0	1	2	4
AR Kapoor (IND)	1996-1996	2	3	1	39	22	19.50	94	41.48	0	0	0	3	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	1996-1996	2	4	0	77	51	19.25	208	37.01	0	1	0	9	0
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1996-1996	3	4	0	76	34	19.00	93	81.72	0	0	0	8	2
PA de Silva (SL)	1996-1996	3	4	0	73	35	18.25	140	52.14	0	0	0	8	1
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1996-1996	8	15	0	271	56	18.06	890	30.44	0	2	3	28	1
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1996-1996	5	8	1	126	42	18.00	314	40.12	0	0	0	16	0
Shadab Kabir (PAK)	1996-1996	3	5	0	89	35	17.80	332	26.80	0	0	0	11	0
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1996-1996	4	8	1	122	56	17.42	295	41.35	0	1	1	13	0
IDK Salisbury (ENG)	1996-1996	2	4	1	50	40	16.66	84	59.52	0	0	0	8	0
SV Carlisle (ZIM)	1996-1996	3	6	0	97	58	16.16	270	35.92	0	1	1	13	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 Zimbabwe at Harare, England tour of Zimbabwe 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1996 [Test # 1348]

South Africa vs India at Durban, India tour of South Africa 1st Test, Dec 26-28, 1996 [Test # 1347]

Australia vs West Indies at Melbourne, West Indies tour of Australia 3rd Test, Dec 26-28, 1996 [Test # 1346]