Test Cricket - Batting Records and Statistics - Averages / Scoring Rates
Highest Average Batting as   (minimum 30 innings)
    Career   Batting at No. 7
  Player Country Career   Inns NO Runs 100s Avg   Inns NO Runs 100s Avg
1 Q de Kock* South Africa 2014-   91 6 3300 6 38.82   36 4 1567 5 48.97
2 A C Gilchrist Australia 1999-2008   137 20 5570 17 47.61   100 15 3948 12 46.45
3 G R J Matthews Australia 1983-1993   53 8 1849 4 41.09   33 4 1317 3 45.41
4 Wasim Raja Pakistan 1973-1985   92 14 2821 4 36.17   31 5 1127 2 43.35
5 C L Cairns New Zealand 1989-2004   104 5 3320 5 33.54   41 0 1766 4 43.07
6 A P E Knott England 1967-1981   149 15 4389 5 32.75   81 11 2870 5 41.00
7 M J Prior England 2007-2014   123 21 4099 7 40.19   82 14 2787 4 40.99
8 I T Botham England 1977-1992   161 6 5200 14 33.55   36 3 1329 6 40.27
9 B B McCullum New Zealand 2004-2016   176 9 6453 12 38.64   48 3 1751 5 38.91
10 B J Haddin Australia 2008-2015   112 13 3266 4 32.99   92 13 3010 4 38.10
11 J M Bairstow* England 2012-   178 12 6042 12 36.40   51 6 1702 3 37.82
12 Moin Khan Pakistan 1990-2004   104 8 2741 4 28.55   44 3 1467 3 35.78
13 R A Jadeja* India 2012-   105 21 3036 4 36.14   35 6 1034 3 35.66
14 B J Watling* New Zealand 2009-   117 16 3790 8 37.52   59 9 1780 4 35.60
15 T D Paine Australia 2010-2021   57 10 1534 0 32.64   51 10 1437 0 35.05
16 Imran Khan Pakistan 1971-1992   126 25 3807 6 37.69   63 10 1845 2 34.81
17 Sarfaraz Ahmed* Pakistan 2010-   95 14 3031 4 37.42   67 8 2051 3 34.76
18 J M Parks England 1954-1968   68 7 1962 2 32.16   34 3 1046 1 33.74
19 P J L Dujon West Indies 1981-1991   115 11 3322 5 31.94   69 6 2113 4 33.54
20 M M Ali* England 2014-   118 8 3094 5 28.13   37 3 1134 3 33.35
21 A T Carey* Australia 2021-   47 5 1339 1 31.88   37 4 1084 1 32.85
22 A Flintoff England 1998-2009   130 9 3845 5 31.78   54 3 1645 2 32.25
23 S M Pollock South Africa 1995-2008   156 39 3781 2 32.32   52 11 1321 0 32.22
24 R J Hadlee New Zealand 1973-1990   134 19 3124 2 27.17   48 4 1415 1 32.16
25 Kamran Akmal Pakistan 2002-2010   92 6 2648 6 30.79   46 4 1314 3 31.29
26 R D Jacobs West Indies 1998-2004   112 21 2577 3 28.32   86 19 2085 3 31.12
27 Kapil Dev India 1978-1994   184 15 5248 8 31.05   98 6 2861 5 31.10
28 N Dickwella* Sri Lanka 2014-   96 7 2757 0 30.98   53 5 1474 0 30.71
29 M S Dhoni India 2005-2014   144 16 4876 6 38.09   103 9 2871 2 30.54
30 B T Foakes* England 2018-   46 7 1139 2 29.21   34 5 883 2 30.45

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