Records / 1940s / Test matches / Highest averages

Highest averages
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
DG Bradman (Aus) 1946-1948 15 23 5 1903 234 105.72 8 5 3
AD Nourse (SA) 1947-1950 12 23 3 1372 149 68.60 5 8 1
AR Morris (Aus) 1946-1950 16 25 3 1474 196 67.00 7 4 1
DCS Compton (Eng) 1946-1949 28 48 5 2664 208 61.95 11 10 2
B Mitchell (SA) 1947-1949 10 20 2 1072 189* 59.55 3 6 0
AL Hassett (Aus) 1946-1950 17 22 2 1162 198* 58.10 4 3 1
WJ Edrich (Eng) 1946-1949 20 33 1 1699 191 53.09 5 9 0
L Hutton (Eng) 1946-1949 28 51 4 2443 206 51.97 6 14 2
VS Hazare (India) 1946-1949 13 25 3 1095 145 49.77 4 4 0
C Washbrook (Eng) 1946-1949 25 46 5 1962 195 47.85 4 10 1
KR Miller (Aus) 1946-1950 18 23 3 878 141* 43.90 1 6 1
NWD Yardley (Eng) 1946-1948 16 27 2 697 99 27.88 0 4 1
MH Mankad (India) 1946-1949 13 24 0 573 116 23.87 2 1 4
TG Evans (Eng) 1946-1949 27 40 7 746 74 22.60 0 2 2
L Amarnath (India) 1946-1949 13 25 2 503 62 21.86 0 3 3
JT Ikin (Eng) 1946-1948 12 21 1 358 60 17.90 0 1 3
AV Bedser (Eng) 1946-1949 23 35 6 451 79 15.55 0 1 5

Minimum of 20 innings
Matches are credited to the decade they start in and no special account is taken of matches that may overlap decades

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, 2nd Test, Dec 31, 1949 - Jan 4, 1950 [Test # 319]
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1st Test, Dec 24-28, 1949 [Test # 318]
England v New Zealand at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 13-16, 1949 [Test # 317]
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