Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1997 in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
KO Otieno (KENYA)	1997-1997	6	6	1	356	144	71.20	462	77.05	1	1	-	33+	3+
PA de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	39	46	7	2432	168	62.35	3478	69.92	10	10	3	261	17
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997-1997	37	45	3	2449	340	58.30	2984	82.07	6	16	5	275	39
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1997-1997	21	27	5	1159	138	52.68	1924	60.23	3	9	-	125	2
RG Samuels (WI)	1997-1997	7	6	3	158	76	52.66	314	50.31	-	1	-	22	1
CZ Harris (NZ)	1997-1997	20	23	11	630	77*	52.50	1099	57.32	-	4	2	48	1
RT Ponting (AUS)	1997-1997	9	13	2	572	127	52.00	1080	52.96	2	2	-	60	4
GW Flower (ZIM)	1997-1997	24	26	1	1230	151	49.20	1894	64.94	2	10	1	125+	5+
R Dravid (IND)	1997-1997	43	44	4	1935	148	48.37	4157	46.54	2	17	-	189	4
SC Ganguly (IND)	1997-1997	49	50	3	2186	173	46.51	3730	58.60	4	13	4	245	20
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1997-1997	38	37	6	1438	177	46.38	2378	60.47	1	11	1	137	18
Ali Naqvi (PAK)	1997-1997	3	5	1	181	115	45.25	402	45.02	1	-	-	26	0
BC Lara (WI)	1997-1997	30	38	2	1614	132	44.83	2383	67.72	5	8	4	183	20
MG Bevan (AUS)	1997-1997	27	31	8	1030	108*	44.78	1750	58.85	2	5	3	88	2
CL Hooper (WI)	1997-1997	30	38	7	1375	129	44.35	1956	70.29	5	5	3	122	18
DR Brown (ENG)	1997-1997	4	4	3	44	18*	44.00	60	73.33	-	-	-	2	0
NS Sidhu (IND)	1997-1997	20	20	-	870	201	43.50	1898	45.83	3	2	1	98	7
WJ Cronje (SA)	1997-1997	32	36	7	1257	94	43.34	1844	68.16	-	10	3	103	21
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	14	22	-	931	199	42.31	1903	48.92	3	3	-	128	4
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1997-1997	27	33	4	1226	137*	42.27	2214	55.37	2	7	2	113	4
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1997-1997	23	16	6	418	128*	41.80	705	59.29	1	2	-	39	7
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1997-1997	51	53	4	2011	169	41.04	3159	63.65	6	8	2	232	17
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1997-1997	23	25	5	811	203*	40.55	1155	70.21	1	3	1	66+	9+
M Azharuddin (IND)	1997-1997	48	48	6	1679	126	39.97	2558	65.63	4	11	1	126	9
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1997-1997	23	30	1	1146	173	39.51	1732	66.16	2	5	-	134	5
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1997-1997	39	41	2	1537	151	39.41	2467	62.30	3	9	3	134	24
SKL de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	14	10	5	197	57	39.40	346	56.93	-	2	1	19	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1997-1997	30	36	4	1256	122*	39.25	1960	64.08	1	10	4	126	5
SC Williams (WI)	1997-1997	22	30	2	1099	128	39.25	1765	62.26	2	7	3	129	6
ME Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	30	39	1	1461	116	38.44	2474	59.05	4	8	2	142	12
G Kirsten (SA)	1997-1997	25	32	2	1149	103	38.30	2396	47.95	2	10	4	123	1
MA Atherton (ENG)	1997-1997	18	25	3	837	118	38.04	1858	45.04	2	4	-	91	1
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1997-1997	28	29	2	1022	194	37.85	1286	79.47	3	4	3	117	14
RS Mahanama (SL)	1997-1997	37	40	4	1348	225	37.44	2620	51.45	1	7	1	121	8
Athar Ali Khan (BAN)	1997-1997	7	7	-	259	82	37.00	413	62.71	-	2	1	31+	3+
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1997-1997	21	21	-	775	155	36.90	1132	68.46	1	6	1	70	0
BA Young (NZ)	1997-1997	18	25	1	884	267*	36.83	1652	53.51	1	4	-	103	1
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-1997	31	32	10	802	82	36.45	1238	64.78	-	3	3	72	4
A Ranatunga (SL)	1997-1997	39	44	7	1343	131*	36.29	2203	60.96	1	11	3	136	12
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1997-1997	19	20	1	689	160	36.26	1185	58.14	2	4	3	79	1
AO Suji (KENYA)	1997-1997	4	3	1	72	67	36.00	98	73.46	-	1	-	5	2
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1997-1997	24	26	5	754	86	35.90	1095	68.85	-	6	1	46+	11+
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	1997-1997	12	11	3	286	77	35.75	359	79.66	-	2	-	21	4
GS Blewett (AUS)	1997-1997	30	39	1	1349	214	35.50	2719	49.61	2	7	3	148	4
JH Kallis (SA)	1997-1997	20	23	2	745	101	35.47	1501	49.63	1	6	1	50	4
SR Waugh (AUS)	1997-1997	34	44	3	1444	160	35.21	2716	53.16	3	9	5	147	5
A Flower (ZIM)	1997-1997	24	25	1	840	81	35.00	1227	68.45	-	6	1	70+	1+
MS Atapattu (SL)	1997-1997	34	40	2	1328	118	34.94	2405	55.21	2	7	3	142	2
L Klusener (SA)	1997-1997	26	28	4	827	102*	34.45	1026	80.60	1	4	2	96	13
JN Rhodes (SA)	1997-1997	25	25	7	619	83*	34.38	754	82.09	-	4	1	49	3
A Jadeja (IND)	1997-1997	42	36	3	1115	119	33.78	1793	62.18	1	8	1	67	14
GJ Rennie (ZIM)	1997-1997	11	13	1	405	76	33.75	799	50.68	-	4	-	26+	0+
PR Reiffel (AUS)	1997-1997	16	20	5	506	79*	33.73	856	59.11	-	4	1	52	0
NJ Astle (NZ)	1997-1997	27	36	2	1141	117	33.55	1982	57.56	2	7	3	130	8
Moin Khan (PAK)	1997-1997	44	41	13	935	98	33.39	1348	69.36	-	6	3	73	15
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1997-1997	32	26	10	516	69*	32.25	1031	50.04	-	2	-	40	2
DG Cork (ENG)	1997-1997	6	7	2	161	59	32.20	452	35.61	-	1	-	16	1
RE Bryson (SA)	1997-1997	7	4	3	32	17*	32.00	25	128.00	-	-	-	2	1
CD McMillan (NZ)	1997-1997	11	14	-	446	86	31.85	694	64.26	-	4	1	31	9
BA Pocock (NZ)	1997-1997	9	17	-	530	85	31.17	1624	32.63	-	6	1	45	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1997-1997	12	18	3	467	103*	31.13	1075	43.44	1	3	-	42	0
BC Hollioake (ENG)	1997-1997	2	3	-	93	63	31.00	112	83.03	-	1	-	16	1
JP Crawley (ENG)	1997-1997	14	18	2	490	83	30.62	1076	45.53	-	5	2	50	2
N Hussain (ENG)	1997-1997	16	22	2	611	207	30.55	1335	45.76	2	1	2	82	1
V Rathour (IND)	1997-1997	2	3	-	91	44	30.33	233	39.05	-	-	-	9	0
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-1997	6	9	2	212	64	30.28	603	35.15	-	2	1	20	0
MO Odumbe (KENYA)	1997-1997	6	5	1	121	67	30.25	140	86.42	-	1	-	7	4
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-1997	2	3	-	89	66	29.66	149	59.73	-	1	-	13	0
ML Hayden (AUS)	1997-1997	5	8	-	236	125	29.50	525	44.95	1	-	3	28	1
SP Fleming (NZ)	1997-1997	27	36	-	1033	129	28.69	2046	50.48	1	8	4	108	4
DK Liyanage (SL)	1997-1997	6	4	1	86	43	28.66	114	75.43	-	-	-	3	1
CL Cairns (NZ)	1997-1997	27	36	2	969	79	28.50	1811	53.50	-	11	3	102	11
DN Chudasama (KENYA)	1997-1997	6	6	-	170	122	28.33	204	83.33	1	-	-	21+	0
RR Singh (IND)	1997-1997	37	30	5	706	100	28.24	802	88.02	1	1	2	51	15
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-1997	18	23	-	647	133	28.13	1220	53.03	1	2	1	56	6
Akram Khan (BAN)	1997-1997	7	7	-	195	59	27.85	283	68.90	-	2	-	12+	1+
AJ Hollioake (ENG)	1997-1997	9	11	3	220	66*	27.50	339	64.89	-	2	1	18	3
GA Hick (ENG)	1997-1997	4	4	-	109	40	27.25	161	67.70	-	-	-	6	2
SG Law (AUS)	1997-1997	12	12	-	324	93	27.00	476	68.06	-	2	1	21	3
PL Symcox (SA)	1997-1997	21	15	4	296	81	26.90	431	68.67	-	2	1	31	8
MJ Di Venuto (AUS)	1997-1997	9	9	-	241	89	26.77	281	85.76	-	2	-	28	0
VG Kambli (IND)	1997-1997	7	6	1	133	65	26.60	204	65.19	-	2	-	12	0
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1997-1997	20	21	1	531	76	26.55	869	61.10	-	3	2	48	1
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1997-1997	28	27	6	552	103	26.28	1335	41.34	1	2	-	57	1
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	1997-1997	35	35	2	867	72	26.27	813	106.64	-	6	3	95	27
SL Campbell (WI)	1997-1997	21	30	1	758	79	26.13	1887	40.16	-	6	3	80	2
AM Bacher (SA)	1997-1997	15	21	-	548	96	26.09	1366	40.11	-	3	1	59	2
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1997-1997	1	2	-	52	48	26.00	118	44.06	-	-	-	6	0
JR Murray (WI)	1997-1997	11	13	1	309	62	25.75	454	68.06	-	2	1	33	1
Mohammad Hussain (PAK)	1997-1997	7	5	3	51	18*	25.50	47	108.51	-	-	-	4	1
MA Butcher (ENG)	1997-1997	5	10	-	254	87	25.40	624	40.70	-	2	-	32	0
Asif Mujtaba (PAK)	1997-1997	2	3	-	76	49	25.33	349	21.77	-	-	-	10	0
MA Ealham (ENG)	1997-1997	11	10	4	152	53*	25.33	493	30.83	-	1	-	14	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	1997-1997	24	22	5	429	47	25.23	649	66.10	-	-	-	30+	2+
Aminul Islam (BAN)	1997-1997	5	5	-	126	37	25.20	204	61.76	-	-	-	6	1
MA Taylor (AUS)	1997-1997	24	34	1	815	129	24.69	2061	39.54	2	3	1	81	1
Manzoor Akhtar (PAK)	1997-1997	2	2	-	49	44	24.50	80	61.25	-	-	-	2	0
AC Parore (NZ)	1997-1997	27	36	4	783	63	24.46	1668	46.94	-	3	-	63	5
RIC Holder (WI)	1997-1997	18	21	3	434	91	24.11	964	45.02	-	2	2	41	2
JL Langer (AUS)	1997-1997	2	2	-	48	29	24.00	87	55.17	-	-	-	5	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

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