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Records / 1990s / Test matches / Highest averages

Highest averages
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
SR Tendulkar (India) 1990-1999 69 109 12 5626 217 58.00 10344+ 54.28* 22 21 7 732+ 27
JG Wright (NZ) 1990-1993 18 33 3 1662 185 55.40 4525 36.72 5 7 2 211 4
VG Kambli (India) 1993-1995 17 21 1 1084 227 54.20 1597+ 59.79* 4 3 3 124 6
SR Waugh (Aus) 1990-1999 89 143 26 6213 200 53.10 13181 47.13 18 28 11 636 7
DI Gower (Eng) 1990-1992 11 21 5 848 157* 53.00 1554 54.56 3 2 1 98 0
BC Lara (WI) 1990-1999 65 112 4 5573 375 51.60 8982 62.04 13 29 4 773 29
GA Gooch (Eng) 1990-1995 45 83 2 4176 333 51.55 8190 50.98 12 17 3 521 16
R Dravid (India) 1996-1999 34 58 4 2698 190 49.96 6958 38.77 6 16 1 325 3
SC Ganguly (India) 1996-1999 32 54 5 2432 173 49.63 5102 47.66 7 12 4 314 23
PA de Silva (SL) 1990-1999 62 104 9 4448 267 46.82 8530+ 52.00* 14 18 6 547+ 33
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 1990-1999 44 75 2 3366 188* 46.10 5890 57.14 9 21 8 449 10
Saleem Malik (Pak) 1990-1999 47 77 9 3126 237 45.97 6167 50.68 8 15 6 395 3
JC Adams (WI) 1992-1999 39 63 12 2326 208* 45.60 5625 41.35 5 11 4 263 4
MD Crowe (NZ) 1990-1995 32 55 4 2317 299 45.43 4851 47.76 7 7 2 275 21
DC Boon (Aus) 1990-1996 62 108 13 4303 164* 45.29 10758 39.99 13 18 11 474 1
AH Jones (NZ) 1990-1995 29 55 7 2171 186 45.22 5500 39.47 6 7 1 187 5
MJ Slater (Aus) 1993-1999 58 103 5 4425 219 45.15 8406 52.64 13 16 9 481 26
NS Sidhu (India) 1990-1999 38 56 0 2517 201 44.94 5723 43.98 7 12 6 289 33
DL Haynes (WI) 1990-1994 31 56 8 2147 167 44.72 4518 47.52 6 8 3 260 6
RT Ponting (Aus) 1995-1999 33 52 5 2092 197 44.51 4270 48.99 6 10 3 203 10
A Flower (Zim) 1992-1999 39 70 12 2580 156 44.48 6337 40.71 6 16 4 263 7
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 1997-1999 15 22 1 933 242 44.42 2014 46.32 2 5 1 114 3
M Azharuddin (India) 1990-1999 64 94 6 3880 192 44.09 6211+ 61.34* 14 12 3 476+ 14
AR Border (Aus) 1990-1994 45 73 11 2686 200* 43.32 6732 39.89 4 17 6 276 6
CD McMillan (NZ) 1997-1999 19 32 3 1256 142 43.31 2130 58.96 3 7 2 142 24
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 1992-1999 58 97 11 3717 200* 43.22 7225 51.44 8 23 8 466 15
DL Houghton (Zim) 1992-1997 22 36 2 1464 266 43.05 3221 45.45 4 4 0 168 12
Shoaib Mohammad (Pak) 1990-1995 19 31 4 1162 203* 43.03 3211 36.18 3 5 2 125 2
RA Smith (Eng) 1990-1996 54 96 13 3538 175 42.62 7927 44.63 7 24 6 463 11
DJ Cullinan (SA) 1993-1999 53 87 8 3354 275* 42.45 6681 50.20 9 16 10 416 13
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 1991-1999 44 74 9 2751 340 42.32 4212+ 63.91* 5 14 9 349 21
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 1990-1999 44 71 4 2815 211 42.01 6096 46.17 11 10 5 354 19
G Kirsten (SA) 1993-1999 56 100 9 3792 275 41.67 9185 41.28 10 18 8 485 4
ME Waugh (Aus) 1991-1999 99 164 11 6371 153* 41.64 12267 51.93 17 37 15 636 34
JH Kallis (SA) 1995-1999 32 51 6 1849 148* 41.08 5110 36.18 5 10 3 188 6
AJ Lamb (Eng) 1990-1992 22 39 1 1558 142 41.00 2671 58.33 5 6 3 212 9
MA Taylor (Aus) 1990-1999 93 166 12 6306 334* 40.94 15374 41.01 15 35 5 602 7
AJ Stewart (Eng) 1990-1999 93 169 12 6407 190 40.80 13199 48.54 12 34 7 842 8
AP Gurusinha (SL) 1990-1996 32 55 5 2038 143 40.76 5579 36.52 6 8 2 227 10
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1994-1999 37 62 7 2234 137* 40.61 5482 40.75 2 18 4 263 2
RB Richardson (WI) 1990-1995 41 70 5 2629 182 40.44 5323 49.38 6 14 5 348 19
MW Goodwin (Zim) 1998-1999 15 29 2 1086 166* 40.22 2389 45.45 1 8 4 129 5
AL Logie (WI) 1990-1991 15 22 3 763 98 40.15 1255 60.79 0 7 0 98 1
N Hussain (Eng) 1990-1999 45 81 8 2918 207 39.97 7345 39.72 8 13 9 365 8
HP Tillakaratne (SL) 1990-1999 55 89 14 2966 126* 39.54 7452+ 39.06* 6 16 7 350 0
DM Jones (Aus) 1990-1992 22 36 4 1261 150* 39.40 2559 49.27 4 5 7 130 5
BM McMillan (SA) 1992-1998 38 62 12 1968 113 39.36 4592 42.85 3 13 3 206 11
GP Thorpe (Eng) 1993-1999 57 105 13 3599 138 39.11 7793 46.18 6 24 8 436 1
MA Atherton (Eng) 1990-1999 91 168 6 6217 185* 38.37 16580 37.49 13 38 18 727 3
SP Fleming (NZ) 1994-1999 48 84 6 2984 174* 38.25 7116 41.93 2 23 7 372 8

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 England at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]
Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]
New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]
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