Best averages without a century

13-Sep-2011

Highest batting average without scoring a century - Tests
Highest batting average before scoring first century - Tests
Highest batting average without scoring fifty or more - Tests
Highest batting average before scoring first score of fifty or more - Tests
Highest batting average without scoring a century - ODIs
Highest batting average before scoring first century - ODIs
Highest batting average without scoring fifty or more - ODIs
Highest batting average before scoring first score of fifty or more - ODIs

Highest batting average without scoring a century - Tests (qualification: 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50
AG Fairfax (Aus)	1929-1931	10	12	4	410	65	51.25	4
BK Shepherd (Aus)	1963-1965	9	14	2	502	96	41.83	5
JB Bolus (Eng)	1963-1964	7	12	0	496	88	41.33	4
DM Bravo (WI)	2010-2011	8	14	1	518	80	39.84	6
AD Mathews (SL)	2009-2011	15	21	3	696	99	38.66	4
Azhar Ali (Pak)	2010-2011	13	25	2	880	92*	38.26	9
A D'Souza (Pak)	1959-1962	6	10	8	76	23*	38.00	0
Asim Kamal (Pak)	2003-2005	12	20	1	717	99	37.73	8
BM Laird (Aus)	1979-1982	21	40	2	1341	92	35.28	11
MJ Stewart (Eng)	1962-1964	8	12	1	385	87	35.00	2
CK Kapugedera (SL)	2006-2009	8	15	3	418	96	34.83	4
KD Mackay (Aus)	1956-1963	37	52	7	1507	89	33.48	13
Zulfiqar Ahmed (Pak)	1952-1956	9	10	4	200	63*	33.33	1
A Bacher (SA)	1965-1970	12	22	1	679	73	32.33	6
CPS Chauhan (India)	1969-1981	40	68	2	2084	97	31.57	16
Hon.LH Tennyson (Eng)	1913-1921	9	12	1	345	74*	31.36	4
TR Veivers (Aus)	1963-1967	21	30	4	813	88	31.26	7
TM Dowlin (WI)	2009-2010	6	11	0	343	95	31.18	3
J Hardstaff snr (Eng)	1907-1908	5	10	0	311	72	31.10	3
N Deonarine (WI)	2005-2010	8	13	1	370	82	30.83	2

Highest batting average before scoring first century - Tests (qualification: 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50	Score	Opp	Start Date	Scorecard
RB McCosker (Aus)	1975-1975	6	10	1	464	95*	51.55	5	127	v Eng	Aug 28, 1975	Test 763
MH Richardson (NZ)	2000-2001	8	13	1	604	99	50.33	6	106	v Pak	Mar 27, 2001	Test 1540
JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2008	6	11	2	444	91	49.33	4	102	v India	Mar 18, 2009	Test 1915
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-1997	18	29	4	1232	82	49.28	13	137*	v India	Mar 27, 1997	Test 1363
ML Jaisimha (India)	1959-1961	8	13	2	506	99	46.00	5	127	v Eng	Dec 13, 1961	Test 516
SL Campbell (WI)	1995-1995	9	14	0	599	93	42.78	6	208	v NZ	Apr 19, 1996	Test 1325
DR Martyn (Aus)	1992-2000	11	20	5	638	89*	42.53	5	105	v Eng	Jul 5, 2001	Test 1550
DL Haynes (WI)	1978-1980	6	10	1	376	66	41.77	4	105	v NZ	Feb 8, 1980	Test 873
PJL Dujon (WI)	1981-1983	7	11	2	376	51	41.77	1	110	v India	Apr 28, 1983	Test 956
JB Hobbs (Eng)	1908-1910	11	22	3	786	93*	41.36	8	187	v SA	Mar 11, 1910	Test 110
DR Jardine (Eng)	1928-1933	18	28	5	948	98	41.21	7	127	v WI	Jul 22, 1933	Test 228
Basit Ali (Pak)	1993-1994	8	13	1	482	92*	40.16	3	103	v NZ	Feb 24, 1994	Test 1251
AW Greig (Eng)	1972-1973	9	16	3	522	68*	40.15	5	148	v India	Feb 6, 1973	Test 711
PJ Sharpe (Eng)	1963-1969	10	18	3	582	86	38.79	4	111	v NZ	Aug 7, 1969	Test 657
WR Hammond (Eng)	1927-1928	9	14	1	504	90	38.76	4	251	v Aus	Dec 14, 1928	Test 177
Habibul Bashar (Ban)	2000-2001	6	12	1	422	76	38.36	5	108	v Zim	Nov 15, 2001	Test 1568
MTG Elliott (Aus)	1996-1997	6	11	1	382	85	38.20	3	112	v Eng	Jun 19, 1997	Test 1370
RA Smith (Eng)	1988-1989	5	10	1	339	96	37.66	3	143	v Aus	Jul 27, 1989	Test 1124
JB Stollmeyer (WI)	1939-1948	7	11	1	376	78	37.60	4	160	v India	Jan 27, 1949	Test 310
MC Carew (WI)	1963-1969	9	18	3	562	90	37.46	4	109	v NZ	Feb 27, 1969	Test 648

Highest batting average without scoring fifty or more - Tests (qualification: 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
A D'Souza (Pak)	1959-1962	6	10	8	76	23*	38.00
N Phillip (WI)	1978-1979	9	15	5	297	47	29.70
SP O'Donnell (Aus)	1985-1985	6	10	3	206	48	29.42
WS Farrer (SA)	1962-1964	6	10	2	221	40	27.62
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	7	10	1	226	48	25.11
JS Foster (Eng)	2001-2002	7	12	3	226	48	25.11
TB Burtt (NZ)	1947-1953	10	15	3	252	42	21.00
HF Wade (SA)	1935-1936	10	18	2	327	40*	20.43
Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak)	2004-2007	9	15	3	239	42*	19.91
H Moses (Aus)	1887-1895	6	10	0	198	33	19.80
R Rampaul (WI)	2009-2011	10	19	7	231	40*	19.25
Sanwar Hossain (Ban)	2001-2003	9	18	0	345	49	19.16
D Shackleton (Eng)	1950-1963	7	13	7	113	42	18.83
MRJ Veletta (Aus)	1987-1990	8	11	0	207	39	18.81
TG Hogan (Aus)	1983-1984	7	12	1	205	42*	18.63
JC White (Eng)	1921-1931	15	22	9	239	29	18.38
RK Illingworth (Eng)	1991-1995	9	14	7	128	28	18.28
JTC Vaughan (NZ)	1992-1997	6	12	1	201	44	18.27
R Howorth (Eng)	1947-1948	5	10	2	145	45*	18.12
CP Carter (SA)	1912-1924	10	15	5	181	45	18.10

Highest batting average before scoring first score of fifty or more - Tests (qualification: 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	Score	Opp	Start Date	Scorecard
DR Flynn (NZ)	2008-2008	7	12	4	282	49	35.25	95	v WI	Dec 11, 2008	Test 1897
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-1997	7	10	3	199	40*	28.42	79	v India	Jan 16, 1997	Test 1350
JDC Goddard (WI)	1948-1950	12	18	5	360	46*	27.69	58*	v Eng	Aug 12, 1950	Test 326
GO Rabone (NZ)	1949-1953	7	11	2	247	39*	27.44	107	v SA	Dec 11, 1953	Test 377
BJ Haddin (Aus)	2008-2008	8	15	2	339	45*	26.07	169	v NZ	Nov 28, 2008	Test 1896
Mohsin Khan (Pak)	1978-1982	9	14	0	365	46	26.07	74	v SL	Mar 14, 1982	Test 925
JH Wardle (Eng)	1948-1954	8	12	4	208	38	26.00	66	v WI	Mar 30, 1954	Test 386
RB Kanhai (WI)	1957-1958	6	12	2	250	47	25.00	96	v Pak	Feb 5, 1958	Test 448
PA Patel (India)	2002-2003	12	19	6	320	47	24.61	62	v Aus	Jan 2, 2004	Test 1680
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1983	6	11	2	220	49	24.44	52	v NZ	Mar 4, 1983	Test 950
C Sharma (India)	1984-1985	8	11	6	119	38	23.80	54	v Aus	Dec 13, 1985	Test 1032
KJ O'Keeffe (Aus)	1971-1974	11	14	2	281	40*	23.41	85	v NZ	Jan 26, 1974	Test 730
LK Germon (NZ)	1995-1996	9	15	3	279	49	23.25	55	v Pak	Nov 28, 1996	Test 1342
CR Matthews (SA)	1992-1994	9	13	4	209	41	23.22	62*	v Eng	Aug 4, 1994	Test 1264
SP Jones (Aus)	1882-1885	7	14	4	219	40	21.90	87	v Eng	Jul 5, 1886	Test 22
DB Vengsarkar (India)	1976-1978	11	19	1	394	49	21.88	78	v Aus	Jan 28, 1978	Test 816
KS More (India)	1986-1989	22	27	5	474	49	21.54	50	v WI	Apr 7, 1989	Test 1118
FR Martin (WI)	1928-1931	8	16	0	343	44	21.43	123*	v Aus	Feb 27, 1931	Test 208
W Rhodes (Eng)	1899-1908	22	34	11	493	40*	21.43	69	v Aus	Feb 21, 1908	Test 100
AE Relf (Eng)	1903-1913	9	16	2	294	37	21.00	63	v SA	Dec 26, 1913	Test 131

Highest batting average without scoring a century - ODIs (qualification: 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50
IM Chappell (Aus)	1971-1980	16	16	2	673	86	48.07	8
AC Voges (Aus)	2007-2011	15	14	5	392	80*	43.55	2
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)	2002-2011	80	70	17	2279	93*	43.00	17
CJ Ferguson (Aus)	2009-2011	30	25	9	663	71*	41.43	5
GN Yallop (Aus)	1978-1984	30	27	6	823	66*	39.19	7
PN Kirsten (SA)	1991-1994	40	40	6	1293	97	38.02	9
Fawad Alam (Pak)	2007-2010	27	25	9	603	64	37.68	4
GP Thorpe (Eng)	1993-2002	82	77	13	2380	89	37.18	21
Mohammad Nabi (Afgh)	2009-2011	18	16	4	429	62	35.75	4
AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1995	87	87	9	2784	93	35.69	25
JA Rudolph (Afr/SA)	2003-2006	45	39	6	1174	81	35.57	7
Nasir Jamshed (Pak)	2008-2009	12	12	2	353	74	35.30	4
AG Prince (Afr/SA)	2002-2007	52	41	12	1018	89*	35.10	3
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1973-1981	31	28	4	826	78	34.41	6
AD Mathews (SL)	2008-2011	53	42	11	1065	77*	34.35	7
AN Petersen (SA)	2006-2010	14	12	1	377	80	34.27	4
RA Jadeja (India)	2009-2011	37	24	6	613	78	34.05	5
AP Kuiper (SA)	1991-1996	25	23	7	539	63*	33.68	3
DM Bravo (WI)	2009-2011	28	25	3	736	86	33.45	5
J Dyson (Aus)	1980-1983	29	27	4	755	79	32.82	4

Highest batting average before scoring first century - ODIs (qualification: 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50	Score	Opp	Start Date	Scorecard
MEK Hussey (Aus)	2004-2006	39	31	16	1156	88*	77.06	9	109*	v WI	Sep 18, 2006	ODI 2417
MG Bevan (Aus)	1994-1997	54	48	18	1634	82	54.46	11	103	v SA	Apr 10, 1997	ODI 1197
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2002	27	26	6	942	99*	47.10	5	102*	v Ban	Dec 2, 2002	ODI 1909
M Kaif (India)	2002-2002	18	14	4	452	87*	45.20	3	111*	v Zim	Sep 14, 2002	ODI 1876
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)	2006-2007	19	18	6	529	68	44.08	2	134*	v Can	Feb 28, 2007	ODI 2530
GS Chappell (Aus)	1971-1977	15	15	3	521	75*	43.41	3	125*	v Eng	Jun 6, 1977	ODI 44
MA Atherton (Eng)	1990-1995	24	24	2	941	92	42.77	8	127	v WI	May 28, 1995	ODI 1002
Zaheer Abbas (Pak)	1974-1981	19	19	2	719	97	42.29	4	108	v Aus	Dec 17, 1981	ODI 128
HH Dippenaar (SA)	1999-2003	60	51	8	1810	93	42.09	16	110*	v Pak	Oct 3, 2003	ODI 2046
RG Twose (NZ)	1995-2000	74	69	10	2437	97	41.30	20	103	v SA	Nov 4, 2000	ODI 1655
NS Sidhu (India)	1987-1989	24	22	1	854	88	40.66	10	108	v Pak	Oct 15, 1989	ODI 572
SV Manjrekar (India)	1988-1991	26	25	5	813	82	40.65	8	105	v SA	Nov 14, 1991	ODI 688
BC Broad (Eng)	1987-1988	29	29	0	1161	99	40.03	11	106	v NZ	Mar 16, 1988	ODI 508
KWR Fletcher (Eng)	1971-1975	16	15	3	468	68	39.00	4	131	v NZ	Jun 11, 1975	ODI 23
KC Wessels (Aus)	1983-1984	29	29	2	1035	92	38.33	11	107	v India	Sep 28, 1984	ODI 267
AC Parore (NZ)	1992-1994	23	19	4	571	96	38.06	3	108	v SA	Dec 11, 1994	ODI 960
SE Marsh (Aus)	2008-2009	17	17	1	608	81	38.00	5	112	v India	Nov 5, 2009	ODI 2923
MJ Clarke (Aus)	2003-2004	27	25	7	679	75*	37.72	4	105*	v Zim	May 29, 2004	ODI 2133
V Kohli (India)	2008-2009	13	12	2	377	79*	37.70	3	107	v SL	Dec 24, 2009	ODI 2935
RA Smith (Eng)	1988-1990	16	15	3	449	81*	37.41	4	128	v NZ	May 23, 1990	ODI 632

Highest batting average without scoring fifty or more - ODIs (qualification: 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave
Mohammad Hussain (Pak)	1997-1998	14	12	7	154	31*	30.80
WF Stelling (Neth)	2006-2007	15	11	5	180	44	30.00
RP Lefebvre (Neth)	1996-2003	11	11	5	171	45	28.50
GB Troup (NZ)	1976-1985	22	12	8	101	39	25.25
DA Reeve (Eng)	1991-1996	29	21	9	291	35	24.25
DR Lockhart (Scot)	2006-2010	14	11	2	218	46	24.22
DR Pringle (Eng)	1982-1993	44	30	12	425	49*	23.61
GD Drummond (Scot)	2007-2011	25	16	7	207	35*	23.00
SPD Smith (Aus)	2010-2011	27	18	4	317	46*	22.64
RT Lyons (Scot)	2006-2010	25	14	10	90	28	22.50
PA Strang (Zim)	1994-2001	95	73	24	1090	47	22.24
RJ Trott (Ber)	2007-2009	11	10	4	130	48*	21.66
BMAJ Mendis (SL)	2010-2011	15	12	4	171	48	21.37
PA Nixon (Eng)	2007-2007	19	18	4	297	49	21.21
DR Chumney (Can)	2003-2007	21	21	2	397	48	20.89
SMH Kirmani (India)	1976-1986	49	31	13	373	48*	20.72
CS Pandit (India)	1986-1992	36	23	9	290	33*	20.71
HS Baidwan (Can)	2008-2011	26	17	7	201	33	20.10
CS Baugh (WI)	2003-2011	42	30	9	418	49	19.90
GR Codrington (Can)	2006-2007	17	15	3	235	45*	19.58

Highest batting average before scoring first score of fifty or more - ODIs (qualification: 10 innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	Score	Opp	Start Date	Scorecard
AO Malhotra (India)	1982-1983	10	10	4	241	44*	40.16	65	v WI	Dec 7, 1983	ODI 229
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-1992	17	14	6	275	47*	34.37	55	v India	Dec 19, 1992	ODI 784
LOB Cann (Ber)	2006-2007	19	18	3	491	49*	32.73	52	v Kenya	Oct 25, 2007	ODI 2638
RC Russell (Eng)	1987-1990	16	11	6	160	47*	32.00	50	v India	Jul 20, 1990	ODI 635
JF Mooney (Ire)	2006-2010	18	16	7	280	44*	31.11	54	v Neth	Jul 9, 2010	ODI 3021
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2002	16	15	3	359	44	29.91	52	v NZ	Jun 16, 2002	ODI 1845
RT Latham (NZ)	1990-1992	13	13	4	261	38	29.00	60	v SA	Feb 29, 1992	ODI 723
NM Hauritz (Aus)	2002-2010	41	21	14	197	30*	28.14	53*	v Pak	Jan 29, 2010	ODI 2947
TT Bresnan (Eng)	2006-2009	14	12	6	166	31*	27.66	80	v Aus	Oct 2, 2009	ODI 2905
AC Parore (NZ)	1992-1994	15	11	2	244	47*	27.11	82	v Pak	Apr 20, 1994	ODI 911
PL Taylor (Aus)	1987-1990	50	30	19	292	36*	26.54	54*	v Ban	Apr 30, 1990	ODI 628
S Mukuddem (Ber)	2006-2006	10	10	3	184	43	26.28	57	v Can	Nov 30, 2006	ODI 2454
MRJ Veletta (Aus)	1987-1988	12	12	2	262	48	26.20	68*	v SL	Jan 19, 1988	ODI 496
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-1993	30	28	5	600	46*	26.08	56	v India	Nov 22, 1993	ODI 855
Aminul Islam (Ban)	1988-1997	15	15	3	310	42	25.83	69*	v India	Jan 10, 1998	ODI 1271
Asghar Stanikzai (Afgh)	2009-2010	10	10	1	225	33	25.00	64	v Neth	Jul 10, 2010	ODI 3024
RS Kalpage (SL)	1992-1994	39	30	16	343	41*	24.50	51	v India	Feb 18, 1994	ODI 881
T Mishra (Kenya)	2006-2006	14	14	1	316	48	24.30	64*	v Ber	Nov 12, 2006	ODI 2445
CL White (Aus)	2005-2009	29	20	6	334	45	23.85	53	v Eng	Sep 4, 2009	ODI 2882
AA Mulla (Can)	2006-2007	13	13	0	310	48	23.84	58	v Eng	Mar 18, 2007	ODI 2541

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 2007: Sri Lanka v Australia at Pallekele, Warne-Muralitharan Trophy 2nd Test, Sep 8-12, 2011
• ODI # 3191: England v India at Lord's, NatWest Series 4th ODI, Sep 11, 2011

• T20I # 204: England v India at Manchester, Only T20I, Aug 31, 2011

Travis Basevi is a cricket statistician and UK Senior Programmer for Cricinfo and other ESPN sports websites