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Highest averages
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
WJ Edrich (Eng) 1938-1947 9 12 1 792 219 72.00 3 2 1
WR Hammond (Eng) 1927-1939 24 42 7 2188 181 62.51 6 14 1
KC Bland (SA) 1964-1965 8 16 2 858 144* 61.28 2 5 0
JB Hobbs (Eng) 1910-1929 18 29 3 1562 211 60.07 2 12 1
GE Tyldesley (Eng) 1924-1928 6 10 1 535 122 59.44 2 3 1
PD Collingwood (Eng) 2008-2010 7 12 2 576 135 57.60 1 4 0
GC Smith (SA) 2003-2012 21 39 3 2051 277 56.97 7 7 3
H Sutcliffe (Eng) 1924-1935 17 27 3 1336 122 55.66 6 5 0
C Washbrook (Eng) 1947-1949 10 19 2 938 195 55.17 1 5 0
AD Nourse (SA) 1935-1951 24 43 6 2037 208 55.05 7 9 1
EH Hendren (Eng) 1924-1931 14 18 2 876 142 54.75 2 6 1
B Mitchell (SA) 1929-1949 30 57 7 2732 189* 54.64 7 16 0
DCS Compton (Eng) 1947-1957 24 42 1 2205 208 53.78 7 11 1
RG Pollock (SA) 1964-1965 8 16 2 750 137 53.57 2 6 1
A Melville (SA) 1938-1949 11 19 2 894 189 52.58 4 3 2
HM Amla (SA) 2004-2012 13 23 2 1104 311* 52.57 4 3 1
L Hutton (Eng) 1938-1951 19 34 4 1564 158 52.13 4 7 0
ME Trescothick (Eng) 2003-2005 10 20 2 935 219 51.94 3 3 3
BM McMillan (SA) 1994-1998 9 13 2 549 100* 49.90 1 3 0
KF Barrington (Eng) 1955-1965 14 23 3 989 148* 49.45 2 6 1
DJ Cullinan (SA) 1994-2000 16 23 1 1081 120 49.13 2 9 1
G Kirsten (SA) 1994-2003 22 35 2 1608 275 48.72 5 7 2
LEG Ames (Eng) 1929-1939 10 15 4 530 148* 48.18 2 1 2
CP Mead (Eng) 1913-1923 10 16 0 770 181 48.12 3 2 2
M Leyland (Eng) 1929-1935 14 21 1 936 161 46.80 2 6 1
EJ Barlow (SA) 1964-1965 8 16 0 742 138 46.37 1 6 1
PH Parfitt (Eng) 1964-1965 7 10 1 414 122* 46.00 1 2 2
AB de Villiers (SA) 2004-2012 16 27 1 1183 174 45.50 2 6 0
EAB Rowan (SA) 1935-1951 18 35 5 1364 236 45.46 2 8 3
KP Pietersen (Eng) 2008-2012 10 18 0 817 152 45.38 3 2 1
HW Taylor (SA) 1912-1931 30 54 3 2287 176 44.84 7 13 0
JH Kallis (SA) 1995-2012 31 51 3 2141 182* 44.60 8 8 4
N Hussain (Eng) 1998-2003 14 26 3 1010 146* 43.91 3 5 2
MA Atherton (Eng) 1994-2000 18 32 2 1315 185* 43.83 3 8 5
GA Hick (Eng) 1994-1998 10 17 3 606 141 43.28 2 2 0
HH Gibbs (SA) 1999-2005 14 24 0 1037 183 43.20 3 2 1
PBH May (Eng) 1951-1957 12 22 1 906 138 43.14 3 4 3
FE Woolley (Eng) 1910-1929 26 37 5 1354 154 42.31 3 10 6
IR Bell (Eng) 2008-2012 11 20 1 789 199 41.52 2 4 0
ND McKenzie (SA) 2003-2008 7 14 1 529 138 40.69 1 2 0
AN Cook (Eng) 2008-2012 11 20 0 811 118 40.55 2 6 1
JN Rhodes (SA) 1994-2000 16 22 2 809 117 40.45 1 5 1
MC Cowdrey (Eng) 1955-1965 14 27 1 1021 155 39.26 3 7 1
RW Barber (Eng) 1960-1965 8 12 0 471 97 39.25 0 5 0
AJ Stewart (Eng) 1994-2003 23 39 2 1450 164 39.18 1 8 2
ER Dexter (Eng) 1960-1965 10 16 1 585 172 39.00 1 3 2
MA Butcher (Eng) 1998-2004 15 27 1 1007 116 38.73 2 6 1
AJ Strauss (Eng) 2004-2012 16 30 1 1113 147 38.37 3 3 5
WW Wade (SA) 1938-1949 8 13 1 459 125 38.25 1 3 2
RH Catterall (SA) 1922-1931 24 43 2 1555 120 37.92 3 11 3

Minimum of 10 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v South Africa at Lord's, 3rd Test, Aug 16-20, 2012 [Test # 2053]
England v South Africa at Leeds, 2nd Test, Aug 2-6, 2012 [Test # 2051]
England v South Africa at The Oval, 1st Test, Jul 19-23, 2012 [Test # 2049]
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