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Highest average of runs per wicket
Team	Score	Ave	Overs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
England	517/1d	517.00	152.0	3	v Australia	Brisbane	25 Nov 2010	Test # 1981
South Africa	442/1d	442.00	162.0	2	v New Zealand	Christchurch	11 Mar 1999	Test # 1449
India	410/1	410.00	77.2	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	13 Jan 2006	Test # 1781
India	361/1d	361.00	93.0	3	v West Indies	Kolkata	29 Dec 1978	Test # 839
West Indies	344/1	344.00	66.1	4	v England	Lord's	28 Jun 1984	Test # 990
Australia	323/1d	323.00	87.0	3	v New Zealand	Perth	12 Nov 1993	Test # 1235
South Africa	637/2d	318.50	189.0	2	v England	The Oval	19 Jul 2012	Test # 2049
England	531/2d	265.50	118.0	2	v South Africa	Lord's	28 Jun 1924	Test # 154
England	264/1	264.00	80.0	3	v South Africa	The Oval	17 Aug 1929	Test # 185
West Indies	790/3d	263.33	208.1	2	v Pakistan	Kingston	26 Feb 1958	Test # 450
Sri Lanka	713/3d	237.66	165.3	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004	Test # 1699
South Africa	470/2d	235.00	130.5	2	v Bangladesh	Chittagong	24 Apr 2003	Test # 1640
England	459/2d	229.50	140.0	2	v India	Birmingham	4 Jul 1974	Test # 741
New Zealand	450/2d	225.00	176.0	1	v India	Delhi	16 Dec 1955	Test # 418
England	223/1d	223.00	82.0	2	v South Africa	Durban	16 Jan 1931	Test # 204
Australia	215/1	215.00	44.0x8	4	v England	Adelaide	31 Jan 1947	Test # 282
England	209/1	209.00	44.0	4	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	20 Mar 2010	Test # 1956
India	610/3d	203.33	153.0	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	25 May 2007	Test # 1833
Australia	202/1d	202.00	45.1	3	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2006	Test # 1817
South Africa	600/3d	200.00	139.0	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	7 Sep 2001	Test # 1562
Zimbabwe	197/1	197.00	71.1	4	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	1 Nov 1992	Test # 1198
New Zealand	196/1d	196.00	73.0	3	v Pakistan	Christchurch	15 Mar 2001	Test # 1536
Pakistan	581/3d	193.66	166.0	1	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	14 Jan 1983	Test # 946
Pakistan	382/2	191.00	126.0	2	v Australia	Faisalabad	6 Mar 1980	Test # 878
England	186/1	186.00	81.4x8	4	v Pakistan	Hyderabad (Sind)	2 Jan 1978	Test # 813
Pakistan	555/3	185.00	162.5	2	v Sri Lanka	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
South Africa	183/1	183.00	48.0	4	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 2008	Test # 1902
Pakistan	546/3d	182.00	114.5	2	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
New Zealand	543/3d	181.00	268.0	2	v West Indies	Georgetown	6 Apr 1972	Test # 696
New Zealand	181/1	181.00	63.4	4	v Australia	Wellington	15 Mar 1990	Test # 1141
India	537/3d	179.00	177.0	1	v New Zealand	Chennai	6 Jan 1956	Test # 420
New Zealand	178/1	178.00	71.0	2	v India	Napier	9 Feb 1990	Test # 1138
England	528/3d	176.00	112.0	2	v Bangladesh	Lord's	26 May 2005	Test # 1751
Pakistan	174/1	174.00	82.0	3	v Zimbabwe	Lahore	16 Dec 1993	Test # 1241
Australia	172/1	172.00	29.1	4	v Zimbabwe	Sydney	17 Oct 2003	Test # 1663
South Africa	171/1	171.00	59.4	4	v England	Birmingham	15 Jun 1929	Test # 181
India	505/3d	168.33	183.0	3	v New Zealand	Mohali	10 Oct 1999	Test # 1462
New Zealand	671/4	167.75	220.3	3	v Sri Lanka	Wellington	31 Jan 1991	Test # 1162
South Africa	166/1	166.00	51.0	4	v England	Nottingham	7 Jun 1947	Test # 285
Australia	166/1	166.00	29.3	4	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Mar 2005	Test # 1744
Pakistan	165/1	165.00	47.3	4	v Bangladesh	Peshawar	27 Aug 2003	Test # 1657
Australia	659/4d	164.75	163.0	2	v India	Sydney	3 Jan 2012	Test # 2027
Australia	328/2	164.00	135.0	3	v England	Sydney	29 Jan 1988	Test # 1090
Australia	653/4d	163.25	193.0	1	v England	Leeds	22 Jul 1993	Test # 1227
England	653/4d	163.25	162.0	1	v India	Lord's	26 Jul 1990	Test # 1148
Sri Lanka	642/4d	160.50	159.4	1	v India	Colombo (SSC)	26 Jul 2010	Test # 1966
Australia	641/4d	160.25	152.0	1	v England	The Oval	23 Aug 2001	Test # 1558
South Africa	318/2d	159.00	95.0	3	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	12 Nov 2010	Test # 1976
Sri Lanka	952/6d	158.66	271.0	2	v India	Colombo (RPS)	2 Aug 1997	Test # 1374
West Indies	317/2	158.50	93.1	4	v Pakistan	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958	Test # 452
England	475/3d	158.33	168.0	2	v Australia	Lord's	26 Jun 1926	Test # 164
Australia	632/4d	158.00	196.0	1	v England	Lord's	17 Jun 1993	Test # 1224
South Africa	620/4d	155.00	130.1	2	v India	Centurion	16 Dec 2010	Test # 1985
South Africa	155/1	155.00	51.1	4	v India	Port Elizabeth	26 Dec 1992	Test # 1206
West Indies	154/1	154.00	24.5	4	v Pakistan	Georgetown	18 Mar 1977	Test # 801
Sri Lanka	756/5d	151.20	185.1	2	v South Africa	Colombo (SSC)	27 Jul 2006	Test # 1810
West Indies	751/5d	150.20	202.0	1	v England	St John's	10 Apr 2004	Test # 1696
India	600/4d	150.00	169.0	1	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 1986	Test # 1034
Australia	300/2d	150.00	119.1	3	v West Indies	Bridgetown	9 Mar 1973	Test # 716

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-20, 2013 [Test # 2088 - Live]
» England 83/2 (21.2 ov, IJL Trott 21*, JE Root 24*, TG Southee 0/23)

Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]

Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 1st Test, Apr 17-20, 2013 [Test # 2086]

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