Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RC Fredericks (WI)	1973-1976	13	22	2	1165	150	58.25	2500	46.60	3	8	2	137	1
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1970-1972	11	22	1	1112	207	52.95	2285	48.66	3	7	1	127	3
IR Redpath (AUS)	1970-1975	12	24	3	969	171	46.14	2930	33.07	2	6	-	74	0
RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1977	13	23	2	900	127	42.85	2215	40.63	2	6	3	87	2
R Edwards (AUS)	1972-1975	13	22	3	805	170*	42.36	1883	42.75	2	5	4	73	0
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1979	27	49	4	1869	144	41.53	4289	43.57	6	9	3	198	2
FM Engineer (IND)	1971-1974	11	21	2	782	121	41.15	1416	55.22	1	6	2	87	0
IM Chappell (AUS)	1970-1975	21	40	1	1602	192	41.07	3745	42.77	4	11	5	183	4
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	20	39	1	1521	221	40.02	3712	40.97	3	11	3	168	3
CH Lloyd (WI)	1973-1976	13	21	1	761	132	38.05	1302	58.44	1	5	1	82	11
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1978	14	24	-	820	119	34.16	1446+	39.55	1	4	1	89	0
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	20	39	3	1209	113	33.58	3284	36.81	2	8	2	131	1
RW Marsh (AUS)	1970-1979	28	47	7	1253	110*	31.32	2658	47.14	1	7	4	128	11
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1977	26	46	5	1228	112	29.95	2513	48.86	2	9	-	130	4
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	11	22	1	598	90	28.47	1466	40.79	-	3	2	65	1
BE Congdon (NZ)	1971-1978	13	23	-	639	176	27.78	1879	34.00	2	1	4	56	0
MHN Walker (AUS)	1974-1977	16	22	5	407	78*	23.94	984	41.36	-	1	2	37	0
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1977	12	23	3	456	75	22.80	1467	31.08	-	3	-	50	3
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1979	19	26	9	301	73*	17.70	708	42.51	-	1	3	29	4
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1971-1978	15	20	3	245	63	14.41	503+	26.24	-	1	3	25	1
BS Bedi (IND)	1971-1979	19	29	8	133	20*	6.33	319	41.69	-	-	10	15	0
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1971-1979	16	25	13	35	6	2.91	221	15.83	-	-	5	2	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:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]