Test Cricket - Highest Batting Averages (original) (raw)

Highest Batting Averages for Players Batting Innings for Left Handers Only

| | Player | D G Bradman | 2 | A C Voges | 3 | R G Pollock | 4 | G A Headley | 5 | H Sutcliffe | 6 | E Paynter | 7 | K F Barrington | 8 | E D C Weekes | 9 | W R Hammond | 10 | G S A Sobers | 11 | K C Sangakkara | 12 | S P D Smith* | 13 | J B Hobbs | 14 | C L Walcott | 15 | L Hutton | 16 | Saud Shakeel* | 17 | J H Kallis | 18 | G E Tyldesley | 19 | K S Williamson* | 20 | C A Davis | 21 | V G Kambli | 22 | G S Chappell | 23 | A D Nourse | 24 | S R Tendulkar | 25 | H C Brook* | 26 | B C Lara | 27 | Javed Miandad | 28 | R Dravid | 29 | Mohammad Yousuf | 30 | Younis Khan | 31 | R T Ponting | 32 | J Ryder | 33 | A Flower | 34 | M E K Hussey | 35 | S Chanderpaul | 36 | S M Gavaskar | 37 | S R Waugh | 38 | M L Hayden | 39 | A B de Villiers | 40 | J E Root* | 41 | A R Border | 42 | I V A Richards | 43 | D C S Compton | 44 | D P M D Jayawardene | 45 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | 46 | M Labuschagne* | 47 | F M M Worrell | 48 | C P Mead | 49 | V Sehwag | 50 | D J Mitchell* | 51 | Abid Ali* | 52 | M J Clarke | 53 | K C Bland | 54 | B Mitchell | 55 | F S Jackson | 56 | T T Samaraweera | 57 | V Kohli* | 58 | R N Harvey | 59 | K D Walters | 60 | G C Smith | S/R not calculated for players with incomplete balls faced records | | der=Country&CountryCode=XXX&Innings=20" rel="noopener noreferrer">Country | Career | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | 100s | 50s | Avg | S/R | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | | Australia | 1928-1948 | 52 | 80 | 10 | 6996 | 334 | 29 | 13 | 99.94 | - | | Australia | 2015-2016 | 20 | 31 | 7 | 1485 | 269* | 5 | 4 | 61.88 | 55.68 | | South Africa | 1963-1970 | 23 | 41 | 4 | 2256 | 274 | 7 | 11 | 60.97 | - | | West Indies | 1930-1954 | 22 | 40 | 4 | 2190 | 270* | 10 | 5 | 60.83 | - | | England | 1924-1935 | 54 | 84 | 9 | 4555 | 194 | 16 | 23 | 60.73 | - | | England | 1931-1939 | 20 | 31 | 5 | 1540 | 243 | 4 | 7 | 59.23 | - | | England | 1955-1968 | 82 | 131 | 15 | 6806 | 256 | 20 | 35 | 58.67 | - | | West Indies | 1948-1958 | 48 | 81 | 5 | 4455 | 207 | 15 | 19 | 58.62 | - | | England | 1927-1947 | 85 | 140 | 16 | 7249 | 336* | 22 | 24 | 58.46 | - | | West Indies | 1954-1974 | 93 | 160 | 21 | 8032 | 365* | 26 | 30 | 57.78 | - | | Sri Lanka | 2000-2015 | 134 | 233 | 17 | 12400 | 319 | 38 | 52 | 57.41 | 54.19 | | Australia | 2010- | 109 | 195 | 25 | 9685 | 239 | 32 | 41 | 56.97 | 53.51 | | England | 1908-1930 | 61 | 102 | 7 | 5410 | 211 | 15 | 28 | 56.95 | - | | West Indies | 1948-1960 | 44 | 74 | 7 | 3798 | 220 | 15 | 14 | 56.69 | - | | England | 1937-1955 | 79 | 138 | 15 | 6971 | 364 | 19 | 33 | 56.67 | - | | Pakistan | 2022- | 12 | 23 | 3 | 1126 | 208* | 3 | 6 | 56.30 | 46.66 | | South Africa | 1995-2013 | 166 | 280 | 40 | 13289 | 224 | 45 | 58 | 55.37 | 45.98 | | England | 1921-1929 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 990 | 122 | 3 | 6 | 55.00 | - | | New Zealand | 2010- | 101 | 178 | 17 | 8828 | 251 | 32 | 35 | 54.83 | 51.46 | | West Indies | 1968-1973 | 15 | 29 | 5 | 1301 | 183 | 4 | 4 | 54.21 | - | | India | 1993-1995 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 1084 | 227 | 4 | 3 | 54.20 | 59.46 | | Australia | 1970-1984 | 87 | 151 | 19 | 7110 | 247* | 24 | 31 | 53.86 | - | | South Africa | 1935-1951 | 34 | 62 | 7 | 2960 | 231 | 9 | 14 | 53.82 | - | | India | 1989-2013 | 200 | 329 | 33 | 15921 | 248* | 51 | 68 | 53.79 | - | | England | 2022- | 18 | 30 | 1 | 1558 | 186 | 5 | 9 | 53.72 | 86.80 | | West Indies | 1990-2006 | 131 | 232 | 6 | 11953 | 400* | 34 | 48 | 52.89 | 60.52 | | Pakistan | 1976-1993 | 124 | 189 | 21 | 8832 | 280* | 23 | 43 | 52.57 | - | | India | 1996-2012 | 164 | 286 | 32 | 13288 | 270 | 36 | 63 | 52.31 | 42.51 | | Pakistan | 1998-2010 | 90 | 156 | 12 | 7530 | 223 | 24 | 33 | 52.29 | 52.40 | | Pakistan | 2000-2017 | 118 | 213 | 19 | 10099 | 313 | 34 | 33 | 52.06 | 52.12 | | Australia | 1995-2012 | 168 | 287 | 29 | 13378 | 257 | 41 | 62 | 51.85 | 58.72 | | Australia | 1920-1929 | 20 | 32 | 5 | 1394 | 201* | 3 | 9 | 51.63 | - | | Zimbabwe | 1992-2002 | 63 | 112 | 19 | 4794 | 232* | 12 | 27 | 51.55 | 45.07 | | Australia | 2005-2013 | 79 | 137 | 16 | 6235 | 195 | 19 | 29 | 51.53 | 50.13 | | West Indies | 1994-2015 | 164 | 280 | 49 | 11867 | 203* | 30 | 66 | 51.37 | 43.32 | | India | 1971-1987 | 125 | 214 | 16 | 10122 | 236* | 34 | 45 | 51.12 | - | | Australia | 1985-2004 | 168 | 260 | 46 | 10927 | 200 | 32 | 50 | 51.06 | 48.65 | | Australia | 1994-2009 | 103 | 184 | 14 | 8625 | 380 | 30 | 29 | 50.74 | 60.11 | | South Africa | 2004-2018 | 114 | 191 | 18 | 8765 | 278* | 22 | 46 | 50.66 | 54.53 | | England | 2012- | 146 | 267 | 22 | 12402 | 254 | 34 | 64 | 50.62 | 56.93 | | Australia | 1978-1994 | 156 | 265 | 44 | 11174 | 205 | 27 | 63 | 50.56 | 40.98 | | West Indies | 1974-1991 | 121 | 182 | 12 | 8540 | 291 | 24 | 45 | 50.24 | - | | England | 1937-1957 | 78 | 131 | 15 | 5807 | 278 | 17 | 28 | 50.06 | - | | Sri Lanka | 1997-2014 | 149 | 252 | 15 | 11814 | 374 | 34 | 50 | 49.85 | 51.47 | | Pakistan | 1992-2007 | 120 | 200 | 22 | 8830 | 329 | 25 | 46 | 49.61 | 54.02 | | Australia | 2018- | 50 | 90 | 7 | 4114 | 215 | 11 | 20 | 49.57 | 52.68 | | West Indies | 1948-1963 | 51 | 87 | 9 | 3860 | 261 | 9 | 22 | 49.49 | - | | England | 1911-1928 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 1185 | 182* | 4 | 3 | 49.38 | - | | India | 2001-2013 | 104 | 180 | 6 | 8586 | 319 | 23 | 32 | 49.34 | 82.21 | | New Zealand | 2019- | 24 | 39 | 5 | 1673 | 190 | 5 | 11 | 49.21 | 53.52 | | Pakistan | 2019- | 16 | 26 | 2 | 1180 | 215* | 4 | 3 | 49.17 | 48.26 | | Australia | 2004-2015 | 115 | 198 | 22 | 8643 | 329* | 28 | 27 | 49.11 | 55.92 | | South Africa | 1961-1966 | 21 | 39 | 5 | 1669 | 144* | 3 | 9 | 49.09 | - | | South Africa | 1929-1949 | 42 | 80 | 9 | 3471 | 189* | 8 | 21 | 48.89 | - | | England | 1893-1905 | 20 | 33 | 4 | 1415 | 144* | 5 | 6 | 48.79 | - | | Sri Lanka | 2001-2013 | 81 | 132 | 20 | 5462 | 231 | 14 | 30 | 48.77 | 46.92 | | India | 2011- | 114 | 193 | 11 | 8871 | 254* | 29 | 30 | 48.74 | 55.56 | | Australia | 1948-1963 | 79 | 137 | 10 | 6149 | 205 | 21 | 24 | 48.42 | - | | Australia | 1965-1981 | 74 | 125 | 14 | 5357 | 250 | 15 | 33 | 48.26 | - | | South Africa | 2002-2014 | 117 | 205 | 13 | 9265 | 277 | 27 | 38 | 48.26 | 59.69 | | | | | | | | | | | |