Highest Batting Averages for Players Batting
Innings
for
Left Handers Only
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Mat
|
Inns
|
NO
|
Runs
|
HS
|
100s
|
50s
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
1 |
H Sutcliffe
|
England
|
1924-1935
|
54
|
84
|
9
|
4555
|
194
|
16
|
23
|
60.73
|
-
|
2 |
E Paynter
|
England
|
1931-1939
|
20
|
31
|
5
|
1540
|
243
|
4
|
7
|
59.23
|
-
|
3 |
K F Barrington
|
England
|
1955-1968
|
82
|
131
|
15
|
6806
|
256
|
20
|
35
|
58.67
|
-
|
4 |
W R Hammond
|
England
|
1927-1947
|
85
|
140
|
16
|
7249
|
336*
|
22
|
24
|
58.46
|
-
|
5 |
J B Hobbs
|
England
|
1908-1930
|
61
|
102
|
7
|
5410
|
211
|
15
|
28
|
56.95
|
-
|
6 |
L Hutton
|
England
|
1937-1955
|
79
|
138
|
15
|
6971
|
364
|
19
|
33
|
56.67
|
-
|
7 |
D C S Compton
|
England
|
1937-1957
|
78
|
131
|
15
|
5807
|
278
|
17
|
28
|
50.06
|
-
|
8 |
J E Root*
|
England
|
2012-
|
140
|
257
|
21
|
11736
|
254
|
31
|
61
|
49.73
|
56.53
|
9 |
F S Jackson
|
England
|
1893-1905
|
20
|
33
|
4
|
1415
|
144*
|
5
|
6
|
48.79
|
-
|
10 |
D R Jardine
|
England
|
1928-1934
|
22
|
33
|
6
|
1296
|
127
|
1
|
10
|
48.00
|
-
|
11 |
E R Dexter
|
England
|
1958-1968
|
62
|
102
|
8
|
4502
|
205
|
9
|
27
|
47.89
|
-
|
12 |
G Boycott
|
England
|
1964-1982
|
108
|
193
|
23
|
8114
|
246*
|
22
|
42
|
47.73
|
-
|
13 |
E H Hendren
|
England
|
1920-1935
|
51
|
83
|
9
|
3525
|
205*
|
7
|
21
|
47.64
|
-
|
14 |
K P Pietersen
|
England
|
2005-2014
|
104
|
181
|
8
|
8181
|
227
|
23
|
35
|
47.29
|
61.72
|
15 |
P B H May
|
England
|
1951-1961
|
66
|
106
|
9
|
4537
|
285*
|
13
|
22
|
46.77
|
-
|
16 |
J Hardstaff
|
England
|
1935-1948
|
23
|
38
|
3
|
1636
|
205*
|
4
|
10
|
46.74
|
-
|
17 |
D L Amiss
|
England
|
1966-1977
|
50
|
88
|
10
|
3612
|
262*
|
11
|
11
|
46.31
|
-
|
18 |
M Leyland
|
England
|
1928-1938
|
41
|
65
|
5
|
2764
|
187
|
9
|
10
|
46.07
|
-
|
19 |
A N Cook
|
England
|
2006-2018
|
161
|
291
|
16
|
12472
|
294
|
33
|
57
|
45.35
|
46.96
|
20 |
G P Thorpe
|
England
|
1993-2005
|
100
|
179
|
28
|
6744
|
200*
|
16
|
39
|
44.66
|
45.90
|
21 |
T W Graveney
|
England
|
1951-1969
|
79
|
123
|
13
|
4882
|
258
|
11
|
20
|
44.38
|
-
|
22 |
D I Gower
|
England
|
1978-1992
|
117
|
204
|
18
|
8231
|
215
|
18
|
39
|
44.25
|
50.60
|
23 |
I J L Trott
|
England
|
2009-2015
|
52
|
93
|
6
|
3835
|
226
|
9
|
19
|
44.08
|
47.18
|
24 |
M C Cowdrey
|
England
|
1954-1975
|
114
|
188
|
15
|
7624
|
182
|
22
|
38
|
44.07
|
-
|
25 |
G Pullar
|
England
|
1959-1963
|
28
|
49
|
4
|
1974
|
175
|
4
|
12
|
43.87
|
-
|
26 |
M E Trescothick
|
England
|
2000-2006
|
76
|
143
|
10
|
5825
|
219
|
14
|
29
|
43.80
|
54.52
|
27 |
R A Smith
|
England
|
1988-1996
|
62
|
112
|
15
|
4236
|
175
|
9
|
28
|
43.67
|
45.65
|
28 |
J H Edrich
|
England
|
1963-1976
|
77
|
127
|
9
|
5138
|
310*
|
12
|
24
|
43.54
|
-
|
29 |
C Washbrook
|
England
|
1937-1956
|
37
|
66
|
6
|
2569
|
195
|
6
|
12
|
42.82
|
-
|
30 |
I R Bell
|
England
|
2004-2015
|
118
|
205
|
24
|
7727
|
235
|
22
|
46
|
42.69
|
49.46
|
31 |
G A Gooch
|
England
|
1975-1995
|
118
|
215
|
6
|
8900
|
333
|
20
|
46
|
42.58
|
49.24
|
32 |
M P Vaughan
|
England
|
1999-2008
|
82
|
147
|
9
|
5719
|
197
|
18
|
18
|
41.44
|
51.13
|
33 |
P H Parfitt
|
England
|
1961-1972
|
37
|
52
|
6
|
1882
|
131*
|
7
|
6
|
40.91
|
-
|
34 |
A J Strauss
|
England
|
2004-2012
|
100
|
178
|
6
|
7037
|
177
|
21
|
27
|
40.91
|
48.92
|
35 |
B M Duckett*
|
England
|
2016-
|
20
|
38
|
2
|
1464
|
182
|
3
|
7
|
40.67
|
84.97
|
36 |
L E G Ames
|
England
|
1929-1939
|
47
|
72
|
12
|
2434
|
149
|
8
|
7
|
40.57
|
-
|
37 |
P D Collingwood
|
England
|
2003-2011
|
68
|
115
|
10
|
4259
|
206
|
10
|
20
|
40.56
|
46.66
|
38 |
A W Greig
|
England
|
1972-1977
|
58
|
93
|
4
|
3599
|
148
|
8
|
20
|
40.44
|
-
|
39 |
M J Prior
|
England
|
2007-2014
|
79
|
123
|
21
|
4099
|
131*
|
7
|
28
|
40.19
|
61.67
|
40 |
B L D'Oliveira
|
England
|
1966-1972
|
44
|
70
|
8
|
2484
|
158
|
5
|
15
|
40.06
|
-
|
41 |
W J Edrich
|
England
|
1938-1955
|
39
|
63
|
2
|
2440
|
219
|
6
|
13
|
40.00
|
-
|
42 |
K W R Fletcher
|
England
|
1968-1982
|
59
|
96
|
14
|
3272
|
216
|
7
|
19
|
39.90
|
-
|
43 |
M H Denness
|
England
|
1969-1975
|
28
|
45
|
3
|
1667
|
188
|
4
|
7
|
39.69
|
-
|
44 |
B C Broad
|
England
|
1984-1989
|
25
|
44
|
2
|
1661
|
162
|
6
|
6
|
39.55
|
37.86
|
45 |
A J Stewart
|
England
|
1990-2003
|
133
|
235
|
21
|
8463
|
190
|
15
|
45
|
39.55
|
48.67
|
46 |
D S R Sheppard
|
England
|
1950-1963
|
22
|
33
|
2
|
1172
|
119
|
3
|
6
|
37.81
|
-
|
47 |
M A Atherton
|
England
|
1989-2001
|
115
|
212
|
7
|
7728
|
185*
|
16
|
46
|
37.70
|
37.32
|
48 |
P E Richardson
|
England
|
1956-1963
|
34
|
56
|
1
|
2061
|
126
|
5
|
9
|
37.47
|
-
|
49 |
N Hussain
|
England
|
1990-2004
|
96
|
171
|
16
|
5764
|
207
|
14
|
33
|
37.19
|
40.39
|
50 |
J M Bairstow*
|
England
|
2012-
|
100
|
178
|
12
|
6042
|
167*
|
12
|
26
|
36.40
|
59.07
|
51 |
R T Robinson
|
England
|
1984-1989
|
29
|
49
|
5
|
1601
|
175
|
4
|
6
|
36.39
|
41.63
|
52 |
A J Lamb
|
England
|
1982-1992
|
79
|
139
|
10
|
4656
|
142
|
14
|
18
|
36.09
|
51.40
|
53 |
F E Woolley
|
England
|
1909-1934
|
64
|
98
|
7
|
3283
|
154
|
5
|
23
|
36.08
|
-
|
54 |
B W Luckhurst
|
England
|
1970-1974
|
21
|
41
|
5
|
1298
|
131
|
4
|
5
|
36.06
|
35.73
|
55 |
R W Barber
|
England
|
1960-1968
|
28
|
45
|
3
|
1495
|
185
|
1
|
9
|
35.60
|
-
|
56 |
A E Stoddart
|
England
|
1888-1898
|
16
|
30
|
2
|
996
|
173
|
2
|
3
|
35.57
|
-
|
57 |
M W Gatting
|
England
|
1978-1995
|
79
|
138
|
14
|
4409
|
207
|
10
|
21
|
35.56
|
45.16
|
58 |
B A Stokes*
|
England
|
2013-
|
102
|
185
|
7
|
6316
|
258
|
13
|
31
|
35.48
|
59.02
|
59 |
A Shrewsbury
|
England
|
1881-1893
|
23
|
40
|
4
|
1277
|
164
|
3
|
4
|
35.47
|
-
|
60 |
C J Barnett
|
England
|
1933-1948
|
20
|
35
|
4
|
1098
|
129
|
2
|
5
|
35.42
|
-
|
S/R not calculated for players with incomplete balls faced records
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