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Highest Average Batting as (minimum 30 innings)

				Career					Batting at No. 4
	Player	Country	Career	Inns	NO	Runs	100s	Avg	Inns	NO	Runs	100s	Avg
1	E D C Weekes	West Indies	1948-1958	81	5	4455	15	58.62	57	4	3372	11	63.62
2	R G Pollock	South Africa	1963-1970	41	4	2256	7	60.97	37	4	2065	7	62.58
3	J H Kallis	South Africa	1995-2013	280	40	13289	45	55.37	170	24	9033	35	61.87
4	S P D Smith*	Australia	2010-	195	25	9685	32	56.97	111	14	5966	19	61.51
5	K F Barrington	England	1955-1968	131	15	6806	20	58.67	44	4	2367	7	59.18
6	G S Chappell	Australia	1970-1984	151	19	7110	24	53.86	86	13	4316	15	59.12
7	P B H May	England	1951-1961	106	9	4537	13	46.77	49	8	2383	7	58.12
8	N C O'Neill	Australia	1958-1965	69	8	2779	6	45.56	41	6	2010	5	57.43
9	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	1998-2010	156	12	7530	24	52.29	63	3	3416	11	56.93
10	Saleem Malik	Pakistan	1982-1999	154	22	5768	15	43.70	35	4	1731	6	55.84
11	Babar Azam*	Pakistan	2016-	94	9	3898	9	45.86	47	4	2398	7	55.77
12	S R Tendulkar	India	1989-2013	329	33	15921	51	53.79	275	27	13492	44	54.40
13	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	1976-1993	189	21	8832	23	52.57	140	12	6925	19	54.10
14	V S Hazare	India	1946-1953	52	6	2192	7	47.65	35	5	1623	5	54.10
15	D C S Compton	England	1937-1957	131	15	5807	17	50.06	86	7	4234	13	53.59
16	Younis Khan	Pakistan	2000-2017	213	19	10099	34	52.06	107	13	4985	17	53.03
17	V Kohli*	India	2011-	191	11	8848	29	49.16	145	7	7303	25	52.92
18	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	1992-2007	200	22	8830	25	49.61	98	6	4867	15	52.90
19	D P M D Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	1997-2014	252	15	11814	34	49.85	195	13	9509	30	52.25
20	J E Root*	England	2012-	257	21	11736	31	49.73	144	11	6858	20	51.56
21	B C Lara	West Indies	1990-2006	232	6	11953	34	52.89	148	1	7535	24	51.26
22	W R Hammond	England	1927-1947	140	16	7249	22	58.46	66	7	2997	7	50.80
23	A R Border	Australia	1978-1994	265	44	11174	27	50.56	88	13	3783	8	50.44
24	A D Nourse	South Africa	1935-1951	62	7	2960	9	53.82	53	5	2400	7	50.00
25	M D Crowe	New Zealand	1982-1995	131	11	5444	17	45.37	106	8	4841	16	49.40
26	K P Pietersen	England	2005-2014	181	8	8181	23	47.29	139	5	6490	19	48.43
27	D B Vengsarkar	India	1976-1992	185	22	6868	17	42.13	64	10	2605	7	48.24
28	R N Harvey	Australia	1948-1963	137	10	6149	21	48.42	41	2	1861	5	47.72
29	B F Butcher	West Indies	1958-1969	78	6	3104	7	43.11	52	3	2318	5	47.31
30	L R P L Taylor*	New Zealand	2007-	196	24	7683	19	44.67	174	24	7087	18	47.25

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