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Highest averages
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
DG Bradman (Aus) 1928-1948 37 63 7 5028 334 89.78 19 12 6
CS Dempster (NZ) 1930-1933 8 11 4 619 136 88.42 2 4 0
LG Rowe (WI) 1974-1976 7 10 0 742 302 74.20 3 2 0
GA Headley (WI) 1930-1954 16 29 3 1852 270* 71.23 8 5 1
SG Barnes (Aus) 1938-1948 9 14 2 846 234 70.50 2 4 1
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 2000-2010 14 24 0 1499 223 62.45 6 3 1
IVA Richards (WI) 1976-1991 36 50 4 2869 291 62.36 8 15 2
BC Lara (WI) 1994-2004 30 51 3 2983 400* 62.14 7 11 4
KC Bland (SA) 1964-1965 8 16 2 858 144* 61.28 2 5 0
R Dravid (India) 1996-2011 21 37 5 1950 217 60.93 7 8 1
Saleem Malik (Pak) 1984-1996 19 28 5 1396 165 60.69 4 9 1
GS Sobers (WI) 1954-1974 36 61 8 3214 226 60.64 10 13 6
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 1998-2012 21 37 3 2038 213* 59.94 8 8 2
MEK Hussey (Aus) 2006-2011 15 24 2 1304 195 59.27 4 9 3
SR Waugh (Aus) 1986-2003 46 73 18 3200 177* 58.18 10 14 6
M Azharuddin (India) 1984-1996 15 24 2 1278 182 58.09 6 3 1
SC Ganguly (India) 1996-2007 12 19 2 983 136 57.82 3 5 2
GC Smith (SA) 2003-2012 21 39 3 2051 277 56.97 7 7 3
AR Border (Aus) 1978-1993 47 82 19 3548 200* 56.31 8 21 3
MTG Elliott (Aus) 1997-1997 6 10 0 556 199 55.60 2 2 0
AD Nourse (SA) 1935-1951 24 43 6 2037 208 55.05 7 9 1
FMM Worrell (WI) 1948-1963 25 42 6 1979 261 54.97 6 7 8
B Mitchell (SA) 1929-1949 30 57 7 2732 189* 54.64 7 16 0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 1992-2006 19 32 3 1584 148 54.62 5 10 3
RG Pollock (SA) 1964-1965 8 16 2 750 137 53.57 2 6 1
GRJ Matthews (Aus) 1985-1991 10 16 5 589 128 53.54 1 4 1
MP Donnelly (NZ) 1937-1949 7 12 1 582 206 52.90 1 4 2
RC Fredericks (WI) 1969-1976 16 28 2 1369 150 52.65 3 11 3
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
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1994-2012 33 54 9 2359 147* 52.42 5 16 5
SR Tendulkar (India) 1990-2012 32 53 4 2535 193 51.73 7 13 0
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 1971-1984 14 24 3 1086 274 51.71 2 4 2
Javed Miandad (Pak) 1977-1992 22 32 6 1329 260 51.11 2 9 3
SM Nurse (WI) 1960-1968 11 20 0 1016 137 50.80 2 6 1
DM Jones (Aus) 1986-1991 17 28 2 1320 184* 50.76 3 8 3
AR Morris (Aus) 1946-1955 24 43 2 2080 206 50.73 8 8 3
KR Stackpole (Aus) 1966-1972 13 24 1 1164 207 50.60 3 7 1
CG Greenidge (WI) 1976-1990 32 48 2 2318 223 50.39 7 8 3
JL Langer (Aus) 1998-2007 21 38 5 1658 250 50.24 5 5 1
RB Simpson (Aus) 1958-1966 19 31 3 1405 311 50.17 2 9 5
ME Waugh (Aus) 1991-2001 29 51 7 2204 140 50.09 6 11 0
BM McMillan (SA) 1994-1998 9 13 2 549 100* 49.90 1 3 0
DJ Cullinan (SA) 1994-2000 16 23 1 1081 120 49.13 2 9 1
RM Cowper (Aus) 1964-1968 9 15 1 686 307 49.00 1 3 2
Aamer Sohail (Pak) 1992-1996 7 12 2 490 205 49.00 1 1 0
G Kirsten (SA) 1994-2003 22 35 2 1608 275 48.72 5 7 2
WM Lawry (Aus) 1961-1971 29 51 5 2233 166 48.54 7 13 4
GS Blewett (Aus) 1995-1997 8 14 1 630 125 48.46 3 2 0
SJ McCabe (Aus) 1930-1938 24 43 3 1931 232 48.27 4 10 2

Minimum of 10 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Leeds, 2nd Test, May 24-28, 2013 [Test # 2089]
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
New Zealand v England at Auckland, 3rd Test, Mar 22-26, 2013 [Test # 2084]
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