Test Cricket - Batting Records and Statistics - Averages / Scoring Rates
Lowest Batting Averages for Players Batting   Innings for  
  Player Country Career Mat Inns NO Runs  HS 100s 50s Avg S/R
1 C S Martin New Zealand 2000-2013 71 104 52 123 12* 0 0 2.37 20.00
2 S L Boock New Zealand 1978-1989 30 41 8 207 37 0 0 6.27 -   
3 R W Blair New Zealand 1953-1964 19 34 6 189 64* 0 1 6.75 -   
4 I E O'Brien New Zealand 2005-2009 22 34 5 219 31 0 0 7.55 38.49
5 D K Morrison New Zealand 1987-1997 48 71 26 379 42 0 0 8.42 22.35
6 E J Chatfield New Zealand 1975-1989 43 54 33 180 21* 0 0 8.57 23.02
7 H B Cave New Zealand 1949-1958 19 31 5 229 22* 0 0 8.81 -   
8 J C Alabaster New Zealand 1955-1972 21 34 6 272 34 0 0 9.71 -   
9 R C Motz New Zealand 1961-1969 32 56 3 612 60 0 3 11.55 -   
10 K D Mills New Zealand 2004-2009 19 30 5 289 57 0 1 11.56 38.58
11 F J Cameron New Zealand 1961-1965 19 30 20 116 27* 0 0 11.60 -   
12 H J Howarth New Zealand 1969-1977 30 42 18 291 61 0 1 12.13 -   
13 J S Patel New Zealand 2006-2017 24 38 8 381 47 0 0 12.70 45.47
14 R S Cunis New Zealand 1964-1972 20 31 8 295 51 0 1 12.83 -   
15 D A J Bracewell* New Zealand 2011- 28 45 4 568 47 0 0 13.85 46.37
16 P J Wiseman New Zealand 1998-2005 25 34 8 366 36 0 0 14.08 36.82
17 A E Dick New Zealand 1961-1965 17 30 4 370 50* 0 1 14.23 -   
18 D R Hadlee New Zealand 1969-1978 26 42 5 530 56 0 1 14.32 -   
19 R O Collinge New Zealand 1965-1978 35 50 13 533 68* 0 2 14.41 -   
20 N Wagner* New Zealand 2012- 64 84 24 875 66* 0 1 14.58 51.87
21 S B Doull New Zealand 1992-2000 32 50 11 570 46 0 0 14.62 66.90
22 A M Moir New Zealand 1951-1959 17 30 8 327 41* 0 0 14.86 -   
23 M C Snedden New Zealand 1981-1990 25 30 8 327 33* 0 0 14.86 28.00
24 T A Boult* New Zealand 2011- 78 94 46 759 52* 0 1 15.81 60.00
25 T G Southee* New Zealand 2008- 100 143 11 2098 77* 0 6 15.89 82.96
26 B L Cairns New Zealand 1974-1985 43 65 8 928 64 0 2 16.28 -   
27 D R Tuffey New Zealand 2000-2010 26 36 10 427 80* 0 1 16.42 42.53
28 B W Yuile New Zealand 1963-1969 17 33 6 481 64 0 1 17.81 -   
29 S N McGregor New Zealand 1955-1965 25 47 2 892 111 1 3 19.82 -   
30 A R MacGibbon New Zealand 1951-1958 26 46 5 814 66 0 3 19.85 -   
31 B R Taylor New Zealand 1965-1973 30 50 6 898 124 2 2 20.41 -   
32 J G Bracewell New Zealand 1980-1990 41 60 11 1001 110 1 4 20.43 39.99
33 C Z Harris New Zealand 1992-2002 23 42 4 777 71 0 5 20.45 33.71
34 D N Patel New Zealand 1987-1997 37 66 8 1200 99 0 5 20.69 42.40
35 J E C Franklin New Zealand 2001-2013 31 46 7 808 122* 1 2 20.72 37.36
36 K J Wadsworth New Zealand 1969-1976 33 51 4 1010 80 0 5 21.49 -   
37 M J Henry* New Zealand 2015- 25 33 6 600 72 0 4 22.22 80.75
38 R W Morgan New Zealand 1965-1972 20 34 1 734 97 0 5 22.24 -   
39 J M How New Zealand 2006-2009 19 35 1 772 92 0 4 22.71 50.46
40 T J Franklin New Zealand 1983-1991 21 37 1 828 101 1 4 23.00 26.74
41 D J Nash New Zealand 1992-2001 32 45 14 729 89* 0 4 23.52 34.70
42 W K Lees New Zealand 1976-1983 21 37 4 778 152 1 1 23.58 -   
43 M D Bell New Zealand 1998-2008 18 32 2 729 107 2 3 24.30 37.81
44 V Pollard New Zealand 1965-1973 32 59 7 1266 116 2 7 24.35 -   
45 M J Santner* New Zealand 2015- 26 35 2 804 126 1 2 24.36 43.27
46 J M Parker New Zealand 1973-1980 36 63 2 1498 121 3 5 24.56 -   
47 P G Fulton New Zealand 2006-2014 23 39 1 967 136 2 5 25.45 39.28
48 I D S Smith New Zealand 1980-1992 63 88 17 1815 173 2 6 25.56 63.17
49 D R Flynn New Zealand 2008-2013 24 45 5 1038 95 0 6 25.95 40.23
50 J J Crowe New Zealand 1983-1990 39 65 4 1601 128 3 6 26.25 34.36
51 A C Parore New Zealand 1990-2002 78 128 19 2865 110 2 14 26.28 38.72
52 C M Spearman New Zealand 1995-2000 19 37 2 922 112 1 3 26.34 41.68
53 K R Rutherford New Zealand 1985-1995 56 99 8 2465 107* 3 18 27.09 46.04
54 R J Hadlee New Zealand 1973-1990 86 134 19 3124 151* 2 15 27.17 -   
55 T G McIntosh New Zealand 2008-2011 17 33 2 854 136 2 4 27.55 36.20
56 M J Horne New Zealand 1997-2003 35 65 2 1788 157 4 5 28.38 41.03
57 M J Guptill* New Zealand 2009-2016 47 89 1 2586 189 3 17 29.39 46.61
58 B W Sinclair New Zealand 1963-1968 21 40 1 1148 138 3 3 29.44 -   
59 D L Vettori New Zealand 1997-2014 113 174 23 4531 140 6 23 30.01 58.19
60 J A Raval New Zealand 2016-2020 24 39 1 1143 132 1 7 30.08 42.81
S/R not calculated for players with incomplete balls faced records

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