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Highest averages
Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s
L Klusener (SA) 1999-2003 14 11 8 372 57 124.00 307 121.17 0 3 0 31 16
A Symonds (Aus) 2003-2007 18 13 8 515 143* 103.00 552 93.29 1 3 1 51 10
MJ Clarke (Aus) 2007-2011 18 15 7 669 93* 83.62 715 93.56 0 6 0 60 8
IVA Richards (WI) 1975-1987 23 21 5 1013 181 63.31 1191 85.05 3 5 0 84+ 22+
SR Watson (Aus) 2007-2011 15 12 5 435 94 62.14 399 109.02 0 4 0 45 13
R Dravid (India) 1999-2007 22 21 7 860 145 61.42 1147 74.97 2 6 0 76 3
GM Turner (NZ) 1975-1983 14 14 4 612 171* 61.20 956 64.01 2 2 0 61+ 2+
SR Tendulkar (India) 1992-2011 45 44 4 2278 152 56.95 2560 88.98 6 15 2 241 27
HH Gibbs (SA) 1999-2007 25 23 4 1067 143 56.15 1221 87.38 2 8 1 106 28
SC Ganguly (India) 1999-2007 21 21 3 1006 183 55.88 1298 77.50 4 3 1 79 25
MD Crowe (NZ) 1983-1992 21 21 5 880 100* 55.00 1053 83.57 1 8 1 82 7
DC Boon (Aus) 1987-1992 16 16 1 815 100 54.33 1117 72.96 2 5 0 72 5
DI Gower (Eng) 1979-1983 12 11 3 434 130 54.25 527 82.35 1 1 1 42 9
GP Thorpe (Eng) 1996-1999 11 10 3 379 89 54.14 514 73.73 0 3 0 35 1
Rameez Raja (Pak) 1987-1996 16 16 3 700 119* 53.84 1092 64.10 3 2 0 50 0
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 1996-2003 21 21 4 915 113* 53.82 1157 79.08 3 3 0 90 6
SB Styris (NZ) 2003-2011 26 22 5 909 141 53.47 1026 88.59 2 6 1 69 17
ME Waugh (Aus) 1992-1999 22 22 3 1004 130 52.84 1199 83.73 4 4 2 87 9
Yuvraj Singh (India) 2003-2011 23 21 7 738 113 52.71 817 90.33 1 7 2 68 13
ML Hayden (Aus) 2003-2007 22 21 2 987 158 51.94 1062 92.93 3 2 0 106 23
AB de Villiers (SA) 2007-2011 15 15 1 725 146 51.78 695 104.31 3 3 4 78 16
AJ Lamb (Eng) 1983-1992 19 17 4 656 102 50.46 780 84.10 1 3 0 52 8
DR Martyn (Aus) 1999-2003 12 10 3 352 88* 50.28 440 80.00 0 4 2 22 1
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 1975-1983 14 14 2 597 103* 49.75 762 78.34 1 4 2 55 4
RG Twose (NZ) 1996-1999 15 15 5 493 92 49.30 663 74.35 0 4 1 41 4
SR Waugh (Aus) 1987-1999 33 30 10 978 120* 48.90 1207 81.02 1 6 0 73 13
GR Marsh (Aus) 1987-1992 13 13 1 579 126* 48.25 987 58.66 2 2 0 43 5
KP Pietersen (Eng) 2007-2011 13 13 1 575 104 47.91 684 84.06 2 4 0 53 7
TM Dilshan (SL) 2007-2011 20 18 3 717 144 47.80 787 91.10 2 3 0 76 6
AC Hudson (SA) 1992-1996 12 12 0 571 161 47.58 738 77.37 1 4 0 64 4
G Kirsten (SA) 1996-2003 21 21 4 806 188* 47.41 1068 75.46 1 5 2 79 7
RR Sarwan (WI) 2003-2011 21 20 4 739 92 46.18 974 75.87 0 3 0 71 10
A Ranatunga (SL) 1983-1999 30 29 8 969 88* 46.14 1197 80.95 0 7 3 99 7
JH Kallis (SA) 1996-2011 36 32 7 1148 128* 45.92 1543 74.40 1 9 2 86 13
RT Ponting (Aus) 1996-2011 46 42 4 1743 140* 45.86 2180 79.95 5 6 1 145 31
CG Greenidge (WI) 1975-1983 15 15 2 591 106* 45.46 999 59.15 2 4 0 44+ 5+
NS Sidhu (India) 1987-1996 12 10 0 454 93 45.40 576 78.81 0 6 0 31 10
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2003-2011 30 28 6 991 111 45.04 1259 78.71 1 7 1 90 7
GA Gooch (Eng) 1979-1992 21 21 1 897 115 44.85 1418 63.25 1 8 1 80 4
MG Bevan (Aus) 1996-2003 26 18 6 537 74* 44.75 834 64.38 0 5 1 35 5
CH Lloyd (WI) 1975-1983 17 11 2 393 102 43.66 463 84.88 1 2 0 34+ 3+
MS Atapattu (SL) 1999-2003 15 15 3 521 124 43.41 657 79.29 2 3 1 62 0
Javed Miandad (Pak) 1975-1996 33 30 5 1083 103 43.32 1592 68.02 1 8 2 72 3
NH Fairbrother (Eng) 1992-1999 19 15 5 430 75* 43.00 676 63.60 0 3 0 22 2
GA Hick (Eng) 1992-1999 20 19 4 635 104* 42.33 858 74.00 1 6 2 53 6
BC Lara (WI) 1992-2007 34 33 4 1225 116 42.24 1420 86.26 2 7 1 124+ 17+
DM Jones (Aus) 1987-1992 16 16 2 590 90 42.14 811 72.74 0 5 0 27 12
KR Rutherford (NZ) 1987-1992 14 12 2 416 75 41.60 587 70.86 0 4 0 36 7
KC Wessels (Aus/SA) 1983-1992 12 12 2 405 85 40.50 751 53.92 0 4 0 31 0
S Chanderpaul (WI) 1996-2011 31 28 4 970 102* 40.41 1561 62.13 1 7 0 82 13

Minimum of 10 innings

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai, ICC Cricket World Cup final, Apr 2, 2011 [ODI # 3148]
India v Pakistan at Mohali, ICC Cricket World Cup 2nd semi final, Mar 30, 2011 [ODI # 3147]
Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (RPS), ICC Cricket World Cup 1st semi final, Mar 29, 2011 [ODI # 3146]
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