Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Highest averages in 2005 in Tests+ODIs+T20Is

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2005-2005	27	26	14	1214	137	101.16	1718	70.66	3	6	0	118	20
D Gough (ENG/ICC)	2005-2005	17	6	5	76	46*	76.00	90	84.44	0	0	0	7	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/ICC/PAK)	2005-2005	31	37	9	1874	184	66.92	2475	75.71	4	15	2	187	13
JM How (NZ)	2005-2005	1	1	0	58	58	58.00	95	61.05	0	1	0	8	1
RT Ponting (AUS/ICC)	2005-2005	46	58	8	2833	207	56.66	3993	70.94	9	15	4	300	36
KP Pietersen (ENG/ICC)	2005-2005	30	33	5	1492	158	53.28	1744	85.55	5	7	1	139	45
GC Smith (Afr/ICC/SA)	2005-2005	35	44	4	2035	148	50.87	2929	69.47	9	6	2	251	11
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2005-2005	28	37	5	1614	203*	50.43	3013	53.56	3	8	1	135	7
BJ Hodge (AUS)	2005-2005	7	10	1	448	203*	49.77	840	53.33	1	2	1	53	0
R Dravid (Asia/ICC/IND)	2005-2005	38	42	7	1732	135	49.48	2867	60.41	4	13	3	182	3
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	2005-2005	24	32	0	1548	226	48.37	2202	70.29	6	2	4	172	16
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA)	2005-2005	37	43	7	1718	149	47.72	3240	53.02	4	11	4	150	16
MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2005	30	29	7	1044	183*	47.45	1067	97.84	2	4	1	87	36
L Vincent (NZ)	2005-2005	21	24	1	1083	224	47.08	1440	75.20	2	6	2	130	23
HH Dippenaar (Afr/SA)	2005-2005	13	16	3	590	123	45.38	985	59.89	1	5	1	59	5
ML Hayden (AUS/ICC)	2005-2005	32	46	4	1868	138	44.47	3238	57.68	6	6	2	233	12
HH Gibbs (SA)	2005-2005	28	34	3	1371	161	44.22	2306	59.45	3	6	1	161	13
AG Prince (Afr/SA)	2005-2005	34	32	9	1015	139*	44.13	1873	54.19	2	3	3	88	5
JL Langer (AUS)	2005-2005	12	23	3	872	105	43.60	1474	59.15	1	5	1	118	3
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2005-2005	36	47	3	1917	194	43.56	2831	67.71	6	5	6	256	17
IR Bell (ENG)	2005-2005	16	22	4	774	162*	43.00	1401	55.24	2	5	3	82	3
Mohammad Yousuf (Asia/PAK)	2005-2005	33	37	2	1502	223	42.91	2273	66.08	3	10	1	146	12
NW Bracken (AUS)	2005-2005	8	6	4	85	37	42.50	103	82.52	0	0	0	7	2
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL)	2005-2005	26	30	4	1090	141	41.92	1711	63.70	1	10	1	123	6
Younis Khan (PAK)	2005-2005	21	29	1	1172	267	41.85	1932	60.66	3	2	4	132	3
VVS Laxman (IND)	2005-2005	10	14	1	537	140	41.30	1111	48.33	2	3	1	77	1
Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2005-2005	30	31	6	1028	120	41.12	1391	73.90	3	5	2	118	11
DR Martyn (AUS)	2005-2005	36	38	6	1292	165	40.37	2027	63.73	1	9	2	128	2
GP Thorpe (ENG)	2005-2005	5	8	2	241	86	40.16	648	37.19	0	2	1	24	0
V Sehwag (Asia/ICC/IND)	2005-2005	41	47	2	1802	201	40.04	1949	92.45	3	5	1	256	18
M Kaif (IND)	2005-2005	23	23	5	710	102*	39.44	1001	70.92	1	4	1	66	1
MJ Clarke (AUS)	2005-2005	41	45	8	1437	103*	38.83	2066	69.55	1	10	2	156	9
TM Dilshan (SL)	2005-2005	25	29	3	1005	168	38.65	1409	71.32	1	7	3	125	4
SB Styris (NZ)	2005-2005	18	15	0	574	101	38.26	731	78.52	1	4	0	49	8
JM Kemp (Afr/SA)	2005-2005	29	26	6	747	80	37.35	886	84.31	0	7	1	60	30
TT Samaraweera (SL)	2005-2005	12	16	1	559	138	37.26	1143	48.90	1	4	2	71	0
AB de Villiers (Afr/SA)	2005-2005	25	33	0	1229	178	37.24	2215	55.48	3	5	0	163	8
AC Gilchrist (AUS/ICC)	2005-2005	44	51	4	1744	162	37.10	1862	93.66	5	5	5	211	41
D Ramdin (WI)	2005-2005	9	13	2	406	74*	36.90	735	55.23	0	3	0	49	0
CH Gayle (ICC/WI)	2005-2005	24	30	0	1097	317	36.56	1484	73.92	3	4	4	126	14
Rajin Saleh (BAN)	2005-2005	7	10	1	329	89	36.55	633	51.97	0	3	0	43	2
T Taibu (Afr/ZIM)	2005-2005	21	29	3	934	153	35.92	1944	48.04	1	7	4	96	10
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	2005-2005	27	26	8	638	127	35.44	723	88.24	1	2	6	79	3
KC Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL)	2005-2005	32	37	4	1168	157*	35.39	1853	63.03	2	4	2	148	6
MS Atapattu (SL)	2005-2005	23	29	2	955	127	35.37	1649	57.91	1	7	1	113	0
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2005-2005	35	45	2	1520	152	35.34	2405	63.20	4	4	5	176	6
NJ Astle (NZ)	2005-2005	25	28	2	918	128	35.30	1583	57.99	3	4	1	125	1
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2005-2005	27	36	6	1056	166	35.20	1808	58.40	2	7	6	130	2
RP Arnold (SL)	2005-2005	16	13	2	380	68	34.54	503	75.54	0	3	1	34	2
A Symonds (AUS)	2005-2005	32	31	3	967	156	34.53	1102	87.74	1	5	4	78	29
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2005-2005	22	26	1	856	123	34.24	1542	55.51	2	5	0	113	6
Asim Kamal (PAK)	2005-2005	7	12	0	407	91	33.91	854	47.65	0	5	2	62	2
Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2005-2005	30	36	3	1119	154	33.90	1556	71.91	5	0	1	136	6
WW Hinds (WI)	2005-2005	18	23	1	743	213	33.77	1355	54.83	2	2	2	89	3
RR Sarwan (WI)	2005-2005	22	29	2	902	127	33.40	1676	53.81	2	5	2	90	7
Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2005-2005	8	12	0	400	76	33.33	631	63.39	0	4	0	52	2
IK Pathan (IND)	2005-2005	28	24	2	733	93	33.31	1081	67.80	0	6	5	79	16
Salman Butt (PAK)	2005-2005	26	31	0	1031	122	33.25	1778	57.98	3	4	3	132	2
D Mongia (IND)	2005-2005	2	2	1	33	33*	33.00	32	103.12	0	0	1	0	2
Shahid Afridi (Asia/ICC/PAK)	2005-2005	31	36	1	1150	122	32.85	865	132.94	2	5	4	117	56
Bazid Khan (PAK)	2005-2005	2	3	0	98	66	32.66	144	68.05	0	1	0	9	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2005-2005	26	24	3	684	112*	32.57	1080	63.33	1	3	1	71	8
Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2005-2005	26	27	2	797	75	31.88	1133	70.34	0	8	1	65	6
DJ Bravo (WI)	2005-2005	18	22	3	604	113	31.78	1177	51.31	2	1	1	58	1
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2005-2005	33	40	2	1205	102	31.71	1730	69.65	1	7	3	143	28
SE Bond (NZ)	2005-2005	13	4	2	63	41*	31.50	71	88.73	0	0	0	5	4
BB McCullum (NZ)	2005-2005	28	28	3	784	111	31.36	901	87.01	1	3	2	80	19
SM Katich (AUS)	2005-2005	28	32	1	965	118	31.12	1616	59.71	1	6	4	116	3
N Boje (Afr/SA)	2005-2005	24	19	6	404	82	31.07	634	63.72	0	2	0	55	3
G Gambhir (IND)	2005-2005	14	20	2	558	103	31.00	844	66.11	1	2	2	83	1
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2005-2005	4	2	0	62	32	31.00	79	78.48	0	0	0	5	0
AM Blignaut (ZIM)	2005-2005	8	12	1	340	84*	30.90	406	83.74	0	4	2	31	14
Khaled Mashud (BAN)	2005-2005	20	24	7	519	71*	30.52	1059	49.00	0	2	1	43	1
Kabir Ali (ENG)	2005-2005	8	5	2	91	39*	30.33	96	94.79	0	0	0	8	1
SP Fleming (ICC/NZ)	2005-2005	26	29	0	875	93	30.17	1442	60.67	0	7	3	116	10
VS Solanki (ENG)	2005-2005	16	12	2	301	66	30.10	442	68.09	0	2	1	23	1
Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2005-2005	20	26	2	713	94	29.70	997	71.51	0	4	1	77	1
DS Lehmann (AUS)	2005-2005	7	6	3	89	49*	29.66	96	92.70	0	0	1	7	0
Shahriar Nafees (BAN)	2005-2005	9	11	0	326	75	29.63	521	62.57	0	3	0	37	0
A Kumble (Asia/IND)	2005-2005	13	14	6	231	37*	28.87	477	48.42	0	0	0	31	2
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	2005-2005	5	4	2	57	40*	28.50	60	95.00	0	0	0	5	0
HJH Marshall (NZ)	2005-2005	27	29	1	794	160	28.35	1387	57.24	2	3	1	85	7
CL Cairns (ICC/NZ)	2005-2005	15	12	2	283	69	28.30	260	108.84	0	2	1	27	9
MV Boucher (Afr/ICC/SA)	2005-2005	38	38	9	819	64	28.24	1340	61.11	0	2	3	77	3
CK Coventry (ZIM)	2005-2005	6	8	0	222	74	27.75	234	94.87	0	1	1	26	7
SCG MacGill (AUS)	2005-2005	5	6	4	55	22	27.50	108	50.92	0	0	0	7	0
Javed Omar (BAN)	2005-2005	15	21	0	571	81	27.19	1283	44.50	0	3	1	73	0
Nafees Iqbal (BAN)	2005-2005	12	17	0	459	121	27.00	970	47.31	1	3	1	57	1
Jai P Yadav (IND)	2005-2005	10	6	3	81	69	27.00	118	68.64	0	1	1	11	1
WU Tharanga (SL)	2005-2005	12	13	0	344	105	26.46	545	63.11	1	1	0	41	0
RS Morton (WI)	2005-2005	7	9	0	233	84	25.88	400	58.25	0	2	1	22	2
B Lee (AUS)	2005-2005	39	28	10	462	47	25.66	686	67.34	0	0	1	47	6
JDP Oram (NZ)	2005-2005	13	10	1	230	42	25.55	305	75.40	0	0	1	17	8
RWT Key (ENG)	2005-2005	3	6	0	153	83	25.50	375	40.80	0	1	1	21	1
UDU Chandana (SL)	2005-2005	15	12	4	200	44*	25.00	349	57.30	0	0	0	22	0
Abdul Razzaq (Asia/PAK)	2005-2005	31	32	3	717	88	24.72	1158	61.91	0	4	3	55	13
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	2005-2005	19	23	2	515	67	24.52	622	82.79	0	1	1	75	1
BG Rogers (ZIM)	2005-2005	12	16	0	390	84	24.37	681	57.26	0	3	2	48	2
SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2005	16	11	2	219	66*	24.33	379	57.78	0	1	0	14	2
RO Hinds (WI)	2005-2005	2	3	0	73	48	24.33	202	36.13	0	0	0	7	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 New Zealand at Queenstown, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand 1st ODI, Dec 31, 2005 [ODI # 2309]

Australia vs South Africa at Melbourne, South Africa tour of Australia 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2005 [Test # 1779]

India vs Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, Sri Lanka tour of India 3rd Test, Dec 18-22, 2005 [Test # 1778]