Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records in 1960s in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
KD Walters (AUS)	1965-1969	21	34	4	1992	242	66.40	3100+	44.87	7	11	3	172+	8
GS Sobers (WI)	1960-1969	49	86	10	4563	226	60.03	3197+	55.39	15	19	7	417+	25
KF Barrington (ENG)	1960-1968	75	122	15	6397	256	59.78	4952+	42.46	20	31	4	562+	23
RG Pollock (SA)	1963-1967	19	34	4	1739	209	57.96	747+	55.28	6	8	1	170+	10
TW Graveney (ENG)	1962-1969	31	47	3	2292	165	52.09	3463+	43.89	7	9	1	264+	5
PR Umrigar (IND)	1960-1962	15	23	2	1081	172*	51.47	-	0.00	5	3	1	61+	0
RB Simpson (AUS)	1960-1968	46	84	6	3995	311	51.21	3592+	45.71	8	23	6	282+	2
ER Dexter (ENG)	1960-1968	55	92	8	4232	205	50.38	2110+	44.31	8	26	4	423+	14
RB Kanhai (WI)	1960-1969	43	76	1	3739	153	49.85	2137+	47.49	10	18	2	280+	21
WM Lawry (AUS)	1961-1969	58	105	10	4717	210	49.65	5477+	41.95	13	23	5	377+	12
KC Bland (SA)	1961-1966	21	39	5	1669	144*	49.08	885+	37.74	3	9	2	123+	20
MC Cowdrey (ENG)	1960-1969	65	110	12	4788	182	48.85	3698+	39.75	16	21	6	420+	4
SM Nurse (WI)	1960-1969	29	54	1	2523	258	47.60	1958+	48.82	6	10	3	230+	11
RM Cowper (AUS)	1964-1968	27	46	2	2061	307	46.84	2284+	42.81	5	10	3	151+	0
R Subba Row (ENG)	1960-1961	11	20	1	881	137	46.36	-	0.00	3	3	-	33+	1
PJ Sharpe (ENG)	1963-1969	12	21	4	786	111	46.23	1388+	40.99	1	4	1	95+	0
JH Edrich (ENG)	1963-1969	40	63	4	2711	310*	45.94	5119+	40.61	8	10	3	304+	10
FMM Worrell (WI)	1960-1963	19	30	4	1169	197*	44.96	488+	40.16	1	11	7	83+	6
Hanif Mohammad (PAK)	1960-1969	28	49	5	1978	203*	44.95	1204+	35.29	7	6	3	156+	1
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1967	26	50	2	2156	201	44.91	754+	50.26	4	14	3	215+	2
VL Manjrekar (IND)	1960-1965	23	38	4	1526	189*	44.88	-	0.00	3	8	4	119+	0
NCL O'Neill (AUS)	1960-1965	32	53	3	2219	181	44.38	1239+	43.17	5	12	5	200+	4
CC Hunte (WI)	1960-1967	33	59	5	2386	182	44.18	1750+	38.74	5	12	1	162+	1
PJP Burge (AUS)	1960-1966	30	50	6	1931	181	43.88	1938+	42.93	4	10	3	176+	6
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1966-1969	25	38	6	1390	158	43.43	2483+	45.14	3	8	3	161+	8
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1961-1969	34	46	5	1765	131*	43.04	907+	30.65	7	5	4	199+	2
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1969	41	70	9	2609	246*	42.77	4964+	36.70	6	13	6	271+	2
G Pullar (ENG)	1960-1963	25	45	4	1732	175	42.24	221+	31.22	3	11	3	117+	2
BC Booth (AUS)	1961-1966	29	48	6	1773	169	42.21	2053+	38.09	5	10	5	138+	3
BF Butcher (WI)	1960-1969	36	65	4	2485	209*	40.73	1979+	48.35	5	12	3	212+	6
JR Reid (NZ)	1961-1965	24	46	2	1768	142	40.18	-	0.00	3	12	2	166+	23
TL Goddard (SA)	1960-1967	23	44	4	1606	112	40.15	853+	38.21	1	12	2	87+	5
IM Chappell (AUS)	1964-1969	27	46	4	1675	165	39.88	1747+	43.33	4	8	3	146+	3
DT Lindsay (SA)	1963-1967	17	27	1	1021	182	39.26	457+	69.14	3	4	1	98+	12
MC Carew (WI)	1963-1969	13	25	3	863	109	39.22	605+	41.48	1	5	1	92+	1
CH Lloyd (WI)	1966-1969	18	33	3	1159	129	38.63	726+	47.10	3	5	-	143	13
Saeed Ahmed (PAK)	1960-1969	27	51	3	1792	172	37.33	509+	52.25	3	9	2	116+	4
AJ Pithey (SA)	1960-1965	14	21	1	745	154	37.25	942+	24.52	1	4	1	61+	2
CG Borde (IND)	1960-1969	45	79	10	2562	177*	37.13	238+	29.41	4	15	8	260+	1
MAK Pataudi (IND)	1961-1969	39	71	2	2552	203*	36.98	1271+	38.23	6	14	7	293+	15
IR Redpath (AUS)	1964-1969	33	56	4	1876	132	36.07	2491+	36.53	1	13	6	154+	0
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1960-1969	21	37	4	1176	101	35.63	448+	32.58	2	7	1	85+	2
RW Barber (ENG)	1960-1968	28	45	3	1495	185	35.59	1075+	59.62	1	9	1	114+	3
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1966-1969	17	30	3	939	134	34.77	299+	57.52	2	4	1	58+	4
RN Harvey (AUS)	1960-1963	17	30	-	1042	154	34.73	517+	41.00	3	5	2	69+	0
BF Hastings (NZ)	1969-1969	11	21	3	620	117*	34.44	590+	31.86	1	4	2	48+	3
AL Wadekar (IND)	1966-1969	21	42	2	1364	143	34.10	956+	43.30	1	10	4	124+	1
AP Sheahan (AUS)	1967-1969	19	32	3	976	114	33.65	1203+	39.73	1	5	-	93+	0
KD Mackay (AUS)	1960-1963	16	24	3	703	89	33.47	623+	30.97	-	6	2	46+	0
ML Jaisimha (IND)	1960-1969	35	64	4	2004	129	33.40	118+	11.01	3	12	7	187+	12
RA McLean (SA)	1960-1964	12	22	1	700	113	33.33	157+	69.42	2	3	3	44+	6
DN Sardesai (IND)	1961-1969	21	39	3	1190	200*	33.05	105+	32.38	2	7	4	131+	1
Imtiaz Ahmed (PAK)	1960-1962	12	24	1	759	135	33.00	-	0.00	1	4	3	26+	3
NJ Contractor (IND)	1960-1962	15	24	-	790	108	32.91	-	0.00	1	4	-	45+	1
JHB Waite (SA)	1960-1965	19	29	2	887	101	32.85	287+	41.11	1	8	2	38+	1
BK Kunderan (IND)	1960-1967	18	34	4	981	192	32.70	335+	30.44	2	3	1	139+	2
JM Parks (ENG)	1960-1968	45	67	7	1947	108*	32.45	1709+	45.52	2	9	3	139+	15
GT Dowling (NZ)	1961-1969	35	69	2	2163	239	32.28	453+	28.47	3	10	6	112+	14
MJK Smith (ENG)	1960-1966	42	65	6	1874	121	31.76	577+	28.76	2	10	10	140+	10
TR Veivers (AUS)	1963-1967	21	30	4	813	88	31.26	1069+	41.81	-	7	3	62+	6
Hanumant Singh (IND)	1964-1969	14	24	2	686	105	31.18	288+	35.76	1	5	3	97	2
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1964-1969	17	29	1	872	146	31.14	597+	47.40	1	5	3	72+	2
Javed Burki (PAK)	1960-1969	25	48	4	1341	140	30.47	524+	30.15	3	4	3	68+	3
APE Knott (ENG)	1967-1969	18	26	4	666	96*	30.27	1276+	32.68	-	5	2	63+	1
MG Burgess (NZ)	1968-1969	14	27	2	747	119*	29.88	118+	15.25	1	5	2	77+	5
BW Sinclair (NZ)	1963-1968	21	40	1	1148	138	29.43	260+	47.30	3	3	5	84+	0
RF Surti (IND)	1960-1969	26	48	4	1263	99	28.70	562+	28.64	-	9	5	84+	2
FM Engineer (IND)	1961-1969	30	57	1	1607	109	28.69	485+	62.06	1	8	3	148+	1
BE Congdon (NZ)	1965-1969	29	58	2	1513	104	27.01	841+	31.62	1	10	4	74+	8
JS Solomon (WI)	1960-1965	20	35	4	831	96	26.80	591+	25.21	-	5	6	36+	1
DB Close (ENG)	1961-1967	13	22	1	557	70	26.52	934+	35.43	-	3	1	54+	3
RW Morgan (NZ)	1965-1969	15	28	1	712	97	26.37	137+	21.89	-	5	4	46+	0
BR Knight (ENG)	1961-1969	29	38	7	812	127	26.19	687+	36.97	2	-	2	94	3
RG Nadkarni (IND)	1960-1968	33	52	11	1063	122*	25.92	49+	12.24	1	5	6	71+	2
BAG Murray (NZ)	1968-1969	12	24	1	596	90	25.91	319+	45.14	-	5	1	42+	2
AK Davidson (AUS)	1960-1963	17	25	4	540	80	25.71	465+	34.40	-	2	1	48+	4
DA Allen (ENG)	1960-1966	39	51	15	918	88	25.50	405+	33.82	-	5	4	66+	0
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1963-1967	15	23	2	533	76	25.38	157+	36.94	-	3	3	20+	1
SA Durani (IND)	1960-1966	23	40	2	935	104	24.60	-	0.00	1	5	3	85+	8
R Benaud (AUS)	1960-1964	21	34	3	761	90	24.54	670+	35.82	-	5	2	60+	0
SN McGregor (NZ)	1961-1965	10	20	1	459	68	24.15	-	0.00	-	3	2	0+	0
FJ Titmus (ENG)	1962-1968	47	64	11	1272	84*	24.00	1934+	32.67	-	9	2	116+	3
BR Taylor (NZ)	1965-1969	20	37	5	712	124	22.25	76+	40.78	2	2	6	48+	12
PM Pollock (SA)	1961-1967	24	34	10	533	75*	22.20	169+	23.07	-	2	2	9+	0
DAJ Holford (WI)	1966-1969	15	25	3	488	105*	22.18	737+	31.34	1	2	2	38+	1
S Abid Ali (IND)	1967-1969	12	24	-	530	81	22.08	344+	53.48	-	3	1	35+	0
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1960-1969	25	42	8	748	61	22.00	382+	46.59	-	4	4	36+	5
JT Murray (ENG)	1961-1967	21	28	5	506	112	22.00	608+	36.34	1	2	3	43+	2
Nasim-ul-Ghani (PAK)	1960-1967	18	31	4	562	101	20.81	240+	23.33	1	1	2	26+	2
V Pollard (NZ)	1965-1969	27	50	5	848	81*	18.84	281+	23.13	-	5	4	57+	4
JL Hendriks (WI)	1962-1969	20	32	8	447	64	18.62	253+	24.90	-	2	4	27+	1
BW Yuile (NZ)	1963-1969	17	33	6	481	64	17.81	-	0.00	-	1	3	19+	0
GAR Lock (ENG)	1961-1968	18	24	3	367	89	17.47	306+	58.16	-	3	3	38+	1
R Illingworth (ENG)	1960-1969	33	46	6	680	113	17.00	970+	36.28	1	1	4	57+	0
WW Hall (WI)	1960-1969	40	57	12	764	50*	16.97	465+	50.10	-	2	4	50+	5
RB Desai (IND)	1960-1968	21	30	8	373	85	16.95	78+	34.61	-	1	4	27+	1
NJN Hawke (AUS)	1963-1968	27	37	15	365	45*	16.59	552+	28.07	-	-	6	17+	0
CC Griffith (WI)	1960-1969	28	42	10	530	54	16.56	313+	41.21	-	1	5	41+	4
BN Jarman (AUS)	1962-1969	18	28	3	399	78	15.96	626+	36.42	-	2	4	40	2
S Venkataraghavan (IND)	1965-1969	14	23	6	254	36*	14.94	84+	42.85	-	-	3	19+	0

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Minimum of 20 innings
Performances in matches that overlap decades 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:

India v Australia at Chennai, 5th Test, Dec 24-28, 1969 [Test # 669]

India v Australia at Eden Gardens, 4th Test, Dec 12-16, 1969 [Test # 668]

India v Australia at Delhi, 3rd Test, Nov 28-Dec 2, 1969 [Test # 667]