Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 1997 in FC

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
PA de Silva (SL)	1997-1997	11	19	3	1220	168	76.25	2075	58.79	7	2	2	149	6
RT Ponting (AUS/TAS)	1997-1997	21	35	9	1869	159	71.88	3303	56.58	8	5	-	213	8
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1997-1997	8	10	2	547	177	68.37	1060	51.60	1	4	-	67	5
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1997-1997	11	19	-	1271	340	66.89	1947	65.27	3	7	2	140	9
JL Langer (AUS/AUS-A/WA)	1997-1997	18	29	9	1262	235	63.10	2133	59.16	3	5	1	141	4
ML Love (QLD)	1997-1997	6	10	2	503	201*	62.87	864	58.21	2	1	2	66	3
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1997-1997	12	17	1	1000	169	62.50	1969	50.78	4	3	-	131	5
R Dravid (IND)	1997-1997	12	18	2	984	148	61.50	2664	36.93	1	9	-	112	2
TM Moody (WA)	1997-1997	11	16	1	860	160	57.33	1628	52.82	4	2	2	90	5
RJ Davison (NSW)	1997-1997	8	15	2	735	137	56.53	1776	41.38	2	4	1	73	1
SC Ganguly (IND)	1997-1997	11	15	-	848	173	56.53	1811	46.82	3	3	1	117	8
LD Harper (VIC)	1997-1997	10	19	2	926	207*	54.47	1981	46.74	4	2	2	95	1
DS Lehmann (AUS-A/SOA)	1997-1997	12	21	-	1138	255	54.19	1910	59.58	3	4	1	136	2
SR Waugh (AUS/NSW)	1997-1997	28	41	5	1950	202*	54.16	3607	54.06	6	11	2	253	1
SM Katich (WA)	1997-1997	5	10	3	378	93*	54.00	913	41.40	-	3	-	48	0
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1997-1997	9	15	2	700	138	53.84	1335	52.43	3	3	-	94	0
SG Law (AUS-A/QLD)	1997-1997	10	16	4	641	107*	53.41	1118	57.33	1	6	-	80	1
MEK Hussey (WA)	1997-1997	15	27	3	1262	147	52.58	2742	46.02	4	6	-	160	2
MG Bevan (AUS/AUS-A/NSW)	1997-1997	25	36	9	1363	153	50.48	2728	49.96	4	7	2	169	3
WJ Cronje (SA)	1997-1997	12	20	3	846	165	49.76	1646	51.39	2	5	2	81	14
NS Sidhu (IND/ROI)	1997-1997	10	15	-	727	201	48.46	1660+	43.37	3	1	1	88+	7+
PR Reiffel (AUS/VIC)	1997-1997	18	22	8	666	79*	47.57	1114	59.78	-	6	2	73	2
MTG Elliott (AUS/VIC)	1997-1997	27	45	1	2056	199	46.72	4019	51.15	6	8	-	256	19
J Cox (TAS)	1997-1997	12	24	1	1044	143	45.39	2232	46.77	2	7	2	125	3
GS Blewett (AUS/SOA)	1997-1997	27	44	2	1898	214	45.19	3728	50.91	4	11	3	237	10
DJ Marsh (TAS)	1997-1997	12	21	5	716	129*	44.75	1182	60.57	1	4	1	95	2
MP Mott (QLD)	1997-1997	8	15	1	626	150	44.71	1789	34.99	1	4	-	64	1
ME Waugh (AUS/NSW)	1997-1997	29	44	4	1780	173	44.50	3165	56.24	4	10	1	225	20
GRJ Matthews (NSW)	1997-1997	9	10	2	353	109*	44.12	878	40.20	1	2	-	25	1
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1997-1997	8	10	-	433	151	43.30	1016	42.61	2	1	1	52	2
AC Gilchrist (AUS/AUS-A/WA)	1997-1997	15	20	4	682	203*	42.62	1126	60.56	1	2	-	91	5
RS Mahanama (SL)	1997-1997	9	15	-	634	225	42.26	1623	39.06	1	1	-	76	0
G Kirsten (SA/WPR)	1997-1997	13	24	1	970	201	42.17	2369	40.94	3	4	3	117	1
BE Young (SOA)	1997-1997	12	22	8	587	91*	41.92	1204	48.75	-	4	2	81	2
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1997-1997	10	17	2	627	137*	41.80	1362	46.03	1	4	1	65	1
DM Jones (DER/VIC)	1997-1997	8	15	2	543	151*	41.76	1272	42.68	1	3	-	41	1
ML Hayden (AUS/AUS-A/HAM/QLD)	1997-1997	16	27	1	1085	181	41.73	1972	55.02	4	4	3	123	7
MA Atherton (ENG)	1997-1997	9	16	2	582	118	41.57	1449	40.16	1	4	-	66	1
CL Hooper (WI)	1997-1997	12	21	3	740	129	41.11	1187	62.34	2	3	2	87	13
MA Ealham (ENG/ENG-A/KEN)	1997-1997	6	10	4	246	85	41.00	557+	39.49	-	2	-	29+	1+
BC Lara (WI)	1997-1997	12	21	-	859	132	40.90	1461	58.79	3	3	1	115	8
TJ Barsby (QLD)	1997-1997	6	11	-	445	111	40.45	722	61.63	2	2	2	58	1
MJ Slater (AUS/AUS-A/NSW)	1997-1997	17	30	1	1159	137	39.96	2025	57.23	2	7	2	143	7
KJ Roberts (NSW)	1997-1997	7	13	2	439	119	39.90	940	46.70	1	2	-	49	0
RJ Campbell (WA)	1997-1997	14	25	-	992	177	39.68	1307	75.89	2	8	5	143	4
PL Symcox (Natal/SA)	1997-1997	8	10	2	313	81	39.12	414	75.60	-	4	-	41	6
PA Emery (NSW)	1997-1997	12	16	5	428	100*	38.90	933	45.87	1	2	2	61	0
SM Pollock (SA)	1997-1997	10	17	4	504	100	38.76	940	53.61	1	2	2	59	5
S Lee (AUS/NSW)	1997-1997	13	20	4	616	183*	38.50	922	66.81	1	3	-	71	7
M Azharuddin (IND)	1997-1997	12	16	1	575	126	38.33	1008	57.04	3	2	1	71	1
MJ Di Venuto (TAS)	1997-1997	10	19	-	723	94	38.05	1174	61.58	-	7	-	94	1
RP Larkin (VIC)	1997-1997	5	10	-	380	104	38.00	796	47.73	1	3	-	43	0
DC Boon (TAS)	1997-1997	12	19	1	681	146	37.83	1600	42.56	1	4	1	85	1
MN Atkinson (TAS)	1997-1997	12	16	5	413	58	37.54	932	44.31	-	2	1	30	0
BA Young (NZ)	1997-1997	11	21	1	745	267*	37.25	1603	46.47	1	3	1	90	1
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1997-1997	8	13	4	333	103	37.00	890	37.41	1	2	-	38	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1997-1997	9	15	-	548	207	36.53	1205	45.47	2	1	1	77	1
MA Taylor (AUS/NSW)	1997-1997	28	44	1	1565	129	36.39	3718	42.09	4	11	2	169	3
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1997-1997	9	16	1	525	173	35.00	954	55.03	1	2	-	71	1
L Klusener (SA)	1997-1997	9	14	3	382	102*	34.72	537	71.13	1	1	1	47	7
JD Siddons (SOA)	1997-1997	12	22	1	721	91	34.33	1344	53.64	-	8	2	96	6
GI Foley (QLD)	1997-1997	13	22	4	615	82	34.16	1297	47.41	-	5	-	67	5
MA Butcher (ENG/ENG-A)	1997-1997	6	12	-	409	153	34.08	624+	40.70	1	2	-	32+	0+
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1997-1997	12	22	3	645	122*	33.94	1294	49.84	1	3	3	86	3
BA Pocock (NTHCF/NZ)	1997-1997	13	24	-	814	108	33.91	2325	35.01	1	7	2	72	1
BM McMillan (SA/WPR)	1997-1997	12	20	5	508	103*	33.86	1217	41.74	1	3	-	50	1
JP Maher (QLD)	1997-1997	13	23	-	770	114	33.47	1654	46.55	1	6	1	65	0
GR Vimpani (VIC)	1997-1997	10	20	1	617	161	32.47	1279	48.24	2	2	2	81	1
DR Martyn (WA)	1997-1997	15	24	1	743	108	32.30	1452	51.17	2	6	4	71	1
IJ Harvey (VIC)	1997-1997	10	19	1	581	109	32.27	915	63.49	1	4	3	67	6
JP Crawley (ENG)	1997-1997	8	13	2	354	83	32.18	868	40.78	-	3	-	41	1
SP Fleming (NZ)	1997-1997	12	23	-	739	129	32.13	1652	44.73	1	8	4	87	4
S Young (AUS/GLO/TAS)	1997-1997	15	27	5	705	145	32.04	1500	47.00	1	5	4	78	1
SL Campbell (WI)	1997-1997	12	21	1	620	79	31.00	1616	38.36	-	5	1	68	1
DF Hills (TAS)	1997-1997	12	24	1	710	205	30.86	1474	48.16	1	4	4	103	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1997-1997	12	23	2	642	71*	30.57	1431	44.86	-	7	2	67	9
DA Fitzgerald (SOA)	1997-1997	7	13	-	392	85	30.15	852	46.00	-	4	1	51	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1997-1997	9	15	-	449	108	29.93	1061	42.31	1	1	1	64	0
VVS Laxman (IND/ROI/SOZ)	1997-1997	8	12	2	294	64	29.40	603+	35.15	-	2	1	20+	0+
A Ranatunga (SL)	1997-1997	11	19	1	528	86	29.33	1164	45.36	-	4	-	61	4
HDPK Dharmasena (SL)	1997-1997	6	12	3	264	40	29.33	731	36.11	-	-	-	24	2
IA Healy (AUS/QLD)	1997-1997	29	41	8	964	85	29.21	1932	49.89	-	3	2	107	2
RIC Holder (WI)	1997-1997	8	13	2	321	91	29.18	796	40.32	-	2	-	34	1
WA Seccombe (QLD)	1997-1997	8	12	-	346	103	28.83	895	38.65	1	1	1	30	3
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-1997	8	15	-	431	133	28.73	1008	42.75	1	1	2	38	4
AM Bacher (SA)	1997-1997	11	20	1	527	96	27.73	1380	38.18	-	4	2	60	4
NR Mongia (IND/ROI/WEZ)	1997-1997	15	19	3	443	78*	27.68	1036+	31.66	-	4	-	31+	1+
AC Parore (NZ)	1997-1997	13	25	3	605	63	27.50	1512	40.01	-	3	-	63	2
TJ Nielsen (SOA)	1997-1997	12	21	1	539	110*	26.95	1449	37.19	1	1	1	55	0
PW Jackson (QLD)	1997-1997	11	15	9	161	49	26.83	779	20.66	-	-	2	9	0
A Symonds (QLD)	1997-1997	13	22	-	590	88	26.81	1025	57.56	-	2	1	64	4
BA Johnson (SOA)	1997-1997	6	11	1	266	91	26.60	544	48.89	-	1	1	27	0
DJ Richardson (SA)	1997-1997	10	15	3	317	72*	26.41	714	44.39	-	2	2	35	2
NJ Astle (NOT/NZ)	1997-1997	14	26	2	633	102*	26.37	1372	46.13	1	3	2	79	4
SC Williams (WI)	1997-1997	10	18	-	473	128	26.27	855	55.32	1	1	3	63	4
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1997-1997	8	14	1	337	103	25.92	557	60.50	1	1	-	44	2
JH Kallis (SA/WPR)	1997-1997	9	16	1	386	101	25.73	1106	34.90	1	2	2	38	1
MP Faull (SOA)	1997-1997	11	21	-	540	71	25.71	1393	38.76	-	7	3	45	3
CD McMillan (NZ)	1997-1997	5	10	-	255	62	25.50	528	48.29	-	3	2	28	3
GB Hogg (WA)	1997-1997	11	13	3	245	59	24.50	570	42.98	-	1	1	28	0

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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 South Africa at Melbourne, South Africa tour of Australia 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 1997 [Test # 1392]

Victoria vs Tasmania at Hobart, Sheffield Shield , Dec 19-22, 1997 [First-class]

South Africa vs Australia A at Brisbane, South Africa tour of Australia , Dec 19-22, 1997 [First-class]