Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records in SA: The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
GS Blewett (AUS)	1997-1997	1	1	-	214	214	214.00	421	50.83	1	-	-	33	0
MG Johnson (AUS)	2009-2011	2	4	3	175	96*	175.00	239	73.22	-	1	-	22	5
KD Mackay (AUS)	1957-1958	2	3	2	151	83*	151.00	-	0.00	-	2	-	-	1
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1998	1	1	-	136	136	136.00	215	63.25	1	-	-	16	2
R Benaud (AUS)	1957-1958	2	2	-	222	122	111.00	-	0.00	2	-	-	20+	1
AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2002-2006	2	3	1	216	204*	108.00	238	90.75	1	-	1	22	8
JR Reid (NZ)	1961-1962	2	4	1	316	142	105.33	-	0.00	1	2	-	48	3
JO Holder (WI)	2023-2023	1	2	1	100	81*	100.00	136	73.52	-	1	-	12	4
PH Parfitt (ENG)	1964-1965	2	3	1	196	122*	98.00	-	0.00	1	1	-	28	0
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2005-2005	1	2	-	196	180	98.00	295	66.44	1	-	-	27	4
B Lee (AUS)	2002-2006	2	3	2	92	64	92.00	121	76.03	-	1	-	11	2
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1997-1997	1	1	-	85	85	85.00	113	75.22	-	1	-	13	1
DR Martyn (AUS)	2002-2006	2	3	-	255	133	85.00	438	58.21	2	-	-	32	1
RW Barber (ENG)	1964-1965	2	2	-	158	97	79.00	111+	87.38	-	2	-	15	0
SR Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	3	4	1	237	160	79.00	547	43.32	1	-	1	33	0
V Kohli (IND)	2013-2018	2	4	-	310	119	77.50	559	55.45	1	2	-	42	0
JE Root (ENG)	2016-2020	2	4	1	231	110	77.00	356	64.88	1	2	-	28	1
BL Irvine (SA)	1970-1970	1	2	-	152	79	76.00	212	71.69	-	2	-	14	3
KF Barrington (ENG)	1964-1965	2	3	-	225	121	75.00	-	0.00	1	1	-	29	2
ER Dexter (ENG)	1964-1965	2	3	-	210	172	70.00	-	0.00	1	-	1	32	0
SC Ganguly (IND)	1997-2006	2	4	1	209	73	69.66	370	56.48	-	3	-	32	3
DT Lindsay (SA)	1964-1970	4	7	1	402	182	67.00	335+	76.71	2	1	1	49	9
PL Symcox (SA)	1998-1998	2	2	-	133	108	66.50	214	62.14	1	-	-	19	0
R Dravid (IND)	1997-2006	2	4	-	262	148	65.50	600	43.66	1	1	-	37	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1995-1999	2	4	1	194	185*	64.66	509	38.11	1	-	2	31	0
MJ North (AUS)	2009-2009	1	2	-	122	117	61.00	240	50.83	1	-	-	13	0
GH Vihari (IND)	2022-2022	1	2	1	60	40*	60.00	137	43.79	-	-	-	9	0
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2010-2010	1	2	-	118	71	59.00	149	79.19	-	1	-	17	3
MP Vaughan (ENG)	1999-2005	2	4	1	174	82*	58.00	392	44.38	-	2	-	24	1
SA Thomson (NZ)	1994-1994	1	2	-	113	84	56.50	281	40.21	-	1	-	19	0
BC Lara (WI)	1998-2003	2	4	-	225	202	56.25	326	69.01	1	-	-	35	2
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1994-2000	9	15	3	649	122*	54.08	1261	51.46	2	4	2	90	2
JW Burke (AUS)	1957-1958	2	4	2	107	81	53.50	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	0
MA Wood (ENG)	2020-2020	1	2	1	53	35*	53.00	51	103.92	-	-	-	5	3
HM Amla (SA)	2006-2019	13	24	2	1144	176*	52.00	2423	47.21	3	7	1	152	1
Shadab Khan (PAK)	2019-2019	1	2	1	52	47*	52.00	81	64.19	-	-	-	8	0
RWT Key (ENG)	2005-2005	1	2	-	102	83	51.00	191	53.40	-	1	-	15	1
VVS Laxman (IND)	1997-2006	2	3	1	101	73	50.50	225	44.88	-	1	-	17	0
KC Bland (SA)	1961-1966	5	9	2	350	144*	50.00	-	0.00	1	1	2	30+	5
BA Richards (SA)	1970-1970	1	2	-	100	65	50.00	169	59.17	-	1	-	15	1
DC Boon (AUS)	1994-1994	1	2	-	100	83	50.00	212	47.16	-	1	-	11	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1995-1995	1	2	-	100	99	50.00	157	63.69	-	1	-	16	0
DJ McGlew (SA)	1957-1962	4	7	-	348	120	49.71	-	0.00	2	1	-	10+	2
RG Pollock (SA)	1964-1970	5	9	1	392	90	49.00	266+	52.25	-	5	-	57+	3
HH Gibbs (SA)	1998-2007	8	14	1	635	161	48.84	1226	51.79	1	5	2	99	2
RA Smith (ENG)	1995-1995	1	2	-	96	52	48.00	220	43.63	-	1	-	16	1
GC Smith (SA)	2002-2013	11	20	1	910	132	47.89	1380	65.94	2	7	1	138	1
CA Pujara (IND)	2013-2022	3	6	-	285	153	47.50	676	42.15	1	2	-	41	0
EJ Barlow (SA)	1961-1970	7	12	-	566	110	47.16	522+	48.65	1	4	-	66+	3
PS de Villiers (SA)	1994-1995	3	5	3	93	66*	46.50	177	52.54	-	1	-	12	3
T Bavuma (SA)	2016-2023	8	14	3	510	172	46.36	875	58.28	1	2	2	66	1
D Elgar (SA)	2013-2023	10	18	3	694	127	46.26	1537	45.15	1	3	-	94	3
MH Richardson (NZ)	2000-2000	1	1	-	46	46	46.00	119	38.65	-	-	-	6	0
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1997	6	12	1	504	113	45.81	1036	48.64	2	1	1	56	3
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1998-2003	2	4	-	183	74	45.75	436	41.97	-	2	-	26	0
AK Markram (SA)	2018-2023	6	12	1	499	152	45.36	755	66.09	1	2	-	73	1
JM Bairstow (ENG)	2016-2016	1	1	-	45	45	45.00	84	53.57	-	-	-	5	0
Z Crawley (ENG)	2020-2020	1	2	-	90	66	45.00	172	52.32	-	1	-	13	0
KD Petersen (SA)	2022-2022	1	2	-	90	62	45.00	162	55.55	-	1	-	13	0
PE Richardson (ENG)	1956-1957	2	4	-	177	117	44.25	-	0.00	1	-	-	13	0
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1998-1998	1	1	-	44	44	44.00	44	100.00	-	-	-	8	0
SR Watson (AUS)	2011-2011	1	2	-	88	88	44.00	142	61.97	-	1	1	14	2
DP Sibley (ENG)	2020-2020	1	2	-	88	44	44.00	200	44.00	-	-	-	14	0
PJ Hughes (AUS)	2009-2011	2	4	-	174	88	43.50	246	70.73	-	2	1	27	1
KJ Funston (SA)	1957-1958	3	6	1	216	70	43.20	-	0.00	-	2	-	5+	1
AK Davidson (AUS)	1957-1958	2	2	-	86	62	43.00	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	0
T de Zorzi (SA)	2023-2023	1	2	-	86	85	43.00	164	52.43	-	1	-	11	0
BJ Haddin (AUS)	2009-2011	2	4	-	171	63	42.75	288	59.37	-	2	-	20	2
G Boycott (ENG)	1964-1965	2	3	1	85	76*	42.50	-	0.00	-	1	-	14	0
CC McDonald (AUS)	1957-1958	2	4	1	127	75	42.33	-	0.00	-	1	-	-	1
RB Simpson (AUS)	1957-1967	4	7	1	254	65	42.33	-	0.00	-	2	-	-	0
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1995-1999	2	4	-	169	86	42.25	329	51.36	-	1	1	25	1
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2005-2010	2	4	-	169	147	42.25	300	56.33	1	-	2	26	1
AJ Pithey (SA)	1957-1965	3	6	-	253	95	42.16	-	0.00	-	2	-	26	0
PK Amre (IND)	1992-1992	1	2	1	42	35*	42.00	160	26.25	-	-	-	4	0
MD Crowe (NZ)	1994-1994	1	2	-	83	83	41.50	214	38.78	-	1	1	10	0
HE van der Dussen (SA)	2020-2022	3	5	-	206	98	41.20	381	54.06	-	2	1	32	2
RC Russell (ENG)	1995-1995	1	2	1	41	29*	41.00	258	15.89	-	-	-	4	0
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-1999	9	17	-	683	122	40.17	1465	46.62	1	2	-	89	2
WS Farrer (SA)	1962-1962	1	1	-	40	40	40.00	-	0.00	-	-	-	8	0
JH Kallis (SA)	1997-2013	18	31	2	1148	186	39.58	2501	45.90	2	6	2	151	8
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1970	1	2	-	79	64	39.50	166	47.59	-	1	-	7	0
JHB Waite (SA)	1956-1965	7	12	-	469	115	39.08	-	0.00	2	3	1	14+	0
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1992-1992	1	2	1	39	32*	39.00	144	27.08	-	-	-	3	0
CL Hooper (WI)	1998-1998	1	2	-	78	44	39.00	194	40.20	-	-	-	8	1
Imam-ul-Haq (PAK)	2019-2019	1	2	-	78	43	39.00	170	45.88	-	-	-	8	0
FDM Karunaratne (SL)	2017-2021	2	4	-	155	103	38.75	242	64.04	1	1	1	24	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	2002-2002	1	2	-	77	43	38.50	209	36.84	-	-	-	13	0
DL Vettori (NZ)	2006-2007	2	4	1	115	60	38.33	163	70.55	-	1	-	13	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1995-1998	2	3	-	114	95	38.00	212	53.77	-	1	1	20	0
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2013-2013	1	2	-	76	64	38.00	212	35.84	-	1	-	14	0
RT Ponting (AUS)	2002-2011	4	7	-	263	83	37.57	434	60.59	-	2	1	33	3
MEK Hussey (AUS)	2006-2011	3	6	-	225	89	37.50	476	47.26	-	2	1	31	0
PL van der Merwe (SA)	1965-1967	3	4	1	112	76	37.33	-	0.00	-	1	-	0+	0
ME Waugh (AUS)	1994-2002	3	4	-	149	53	37.25	244	61.06	-	1	-	20	1
AG Prince (SA)	2002-2011	8	14	2	447	97	37.25	975	45.84	-	3	-	56	0
MJ Procter (SA)	1967-1970	2	3	1	74	36*	37.00	87+	66.66	-	-	-	4+	2
GT Dowling (NZ)	1961-1962	2	4	-	146	74	36.50	-	0.00	-	2	1	-	0
DJ Insole (ENG)	1956-1957	2	4	-	145	68	36.25	-	0.00	-	1	-	12	0
AN Petersen (SA)	2013-2013	2	4	-	144	76	36.00	316	45.56	-	1	-	20	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v West Indies at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2023 [Test # 2497]

South Africa v India at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-6, 2022 [Test # 2445]

South Africa v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Jan 3-5, 2021 [Test # 2401]