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Records / 2000s / Test matches / Highest averages

Highest averages
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
A Flower (Zim) 2000-2002 24 42 7 2214 232* 63.25 4299 51.50 6 11 1 280 13
JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 2000-2009 101 174 27 8630 189* 58.70 18559 46.50 27 42 7 993 63
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 2000-2009 71 121 11 6439 223 58.53 12144 53.02 23 23 7 803 45
RT Ponting (Aus) 2000-2009 107 184 22 9458 257 58.38 15129 62.51 32 40 8 1102 59
G Gambhir (India) 2004-2009 27 48 3 2553 206 56.73 4807 53.11 8 10 1 315 6
Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/Pak) 2000-2007 62 103 11 5113 329 55.57 9120 56.06 17 23 7 639 33
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 2000-2009 95 160 12 8187 374 55.31 15313 53.46 25 30 10 972 38
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2000-2009 88 147 10 7549 287 55.10 13594 55.53 21 32 4 977 22
R Dravid (ICC/India) 2000-2009 103 179 23 8558 270 54.85 19676 43.49 22 42 7 1094 15
HP Tillakaratne (SL) 2001-2004 27 40 11 1573 204* 54.24 3668 42.88 5 4 1 190 1
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 2000-2006 66 120 2 6380 400* 54.06 10771 59.23 21 19 13 786 59
GP Thorpe (Eng) 2000-2005 43 74 15 3145 200* 53.30 6900 45.57 10 15 4 342 8
SR Waugh (Aus) 2000-2004 44 63 10 2825 157* 53.30 5474 51.60 11 9 5 354 11
SR Tendulkar (India) 2000-2009 89 150 16 7129 248* 53.20 13115 54.35 21 31 7 939 25
ML Hayden (Aus) 2000-2009 96 172 14 8364 380 52.93 13745 60.85 29 29 10 1020 81
V Sehwag (ICC/India) 2001-2009 72 123 4 6248 319 52.50 7767 80.44 17 19 10 885 75
S Chanderpaul (WI) 2000-2009 86 148 25 6435 203* 52.31 14747 43.63 19 35 9 724 22
MEK Hussey (Aus) 2005-2009 46 79 9 3638 182 51.97 7542 48.23 10 19 7 411 18
TT Samaraweera (SL) 2001-2009 57 90 13 3938 231 51.14 8265 47.64 11 21 6 473 5
Younis Khan (Pak) 2000-2009 63 112 7 5260 313 50.09 9789 53.73 16 21 12 638 24
DJ Cullinan (SA) 2000-2001 17 28 4 1200 134 50.00 2619 45.81 5 4 0 132 12
KP Pietersen (Eng) 2005-2009 56 100 4 4799 226 49.98 7678 62.50 16 16 4 555 49
G Kirsten (SA) 2000-2004 45 76 6 3497 220 49.95 7598 46.02 11 16 5 437 8
VVS Laxman (India) 2000-2009 92 150 24 6291 281 49.92 12569 50.05 14 37 9 853 4
JD Ryder (NZ) 2008-2009 11 20 2 898 201 49.88 1618 55.50 2 4 1 103 3
MJ Clarke (Aus) 2004-2009 56 91 12 3926 151 49.69 7375 53.23 12 17 5 422 17
GC Smith (ICC/SA) 2002-2009 79 139 9 6451 277 49.62 10647 60.58 18 26 10 836 18
DS Lehmann (Aus) 2002-2004 22 34 2 1570 177 49.06 2507 62.62 5 8 1 185 10
JL Langer (Aus) 2000-2007 76 134 11 5994 250 48.73 10162 58.98 18 21 7 773 34
DR Martyn (Aus) 2000-2006 60 97 13 4089 165 48.67 7838 52.16 13 20 6 485 9
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 2000-2008 91 129 19 5130 204* 46.63 6258 81.97 16 23 13 628 99
CL Hooper (WI) 2001-2002 22 37 2 1609 233 45.97 3309 48.62 4 9 0 185 12
AG Prince (SA) 2002-2009 50 81 12 3137 162* 45.46 7055 44.46 11 8 4 348 11
CL Cairns (NZ) 2000-2004 18 30 2 1265 158 45.17 1717 73.67 3 5 2 138 42
MH Richardson (NZ) 2000-2004 38 65 3 2776 145 44.77 7370 37.66 4 19 1 344 4
SM Katich (Aus) 2001-2009 47 81 5 3392 157 44.63 6794 49.92 8 20 3 394 8
AJ Strauss (Eng) 2004-2009 69 126 5 5367 177 44.35 10796 49.71 18 18 9 670 8
HH Gibbs (SA) 2000-2008 73 124 6 5198 228 44.05 10004 51.95 12 23 9 763 42
ME Trescothick (Eng) 2000-2006 76 143 10 5825 219 43.79 10685 54.51 14 29 12 831 42
AB de Villiers (SA) 2004-2009 54 93 8 3706 217* 43.60 6987 53.04 9 19 1 451 19
PD Collingwood (Eng) 2003-2009 55 96 10 3732 206 43.39 8120 45.96 9 18 4 412 17
AN Cook (Eng) 2006-2009 50 90 5 3654 160 42.98 7774 47.00 10 20 3 432 2
MS Atapattu (SL) 2000-2007 61 105 10 4055 249 42.68 9043 44.84 13 14 12 503 3
ME Waugh (Aus) 2000-2002 29 45 6 1658 120 42.51 3093 53.60 3 10 4 208 7
TM Dilshan (SL) 2000-2009 57 91 9 3482 168 42.46 5299 65.71 10 13 9 424 17
LRPL Taylor (NZ) 2007-2009 22 40 1 1644 154* 42.15 2758 59.60 4 8 0 228 16
MJ Prior (Eng) 2007-2009 25 40 7 1390 131* 42.12 2185 63.61 2 11 5 163 6
MP Vaughan (Eng) 2000-2008 80 143 9 5631 197 42.02 10855 51.87 18 18 9 731 22
RR Sarwan (WI) 2000-2009 83 146 8 5759 291 41.73 12249 47.01 15 31 10 738 14
SP Fleming (NZ) 2000-2008 63 105 4 4188 274* 41.46 8536 49.06 7 23 9 545 18

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, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]
Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]
South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]
Australia v West Indies at Perth, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1941]
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