|
Highest Average Batting as
(minimum 15 innings)
|
| |
|
Career |
|
Batting as Opener
|
|
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
|
Inns
|
NO
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
|
Inns
|
NO
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
| 1 |
Sami Sohail*
|
Malawi
|
2019-
|
|
57
|
19
|
1894
|
49.84
|
|
17
|
4
|
693
|
53.31
|
| 2 |
Mohammad Rizwan*
|
Pakistan
|
2015-
|
|
93
|
21
|
3414
|
47.42
|
|
76
|
15
|
3162
|
51.84
|
| 3 |
A Sharafu*
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2020-
|
|
46
|
7
|
1086
|
27.85
|
|
16
|
4
|
611
|
50.92
|
| 4 |
Karanbir Singh*
|
Austria
|
2024-
|
|
36
|
4
|
1457
|
45.53
|
|
33
|
3
|
1449
|
48.30
|
| 5 |
J C Buttler*
|
England
|
2011-
|
|
126
|
23
|
3700
|
35.92
|
|
58
|
12
|
2171
|
47.20
|
| 6 |
Faheem Nazir*
|
Switzerland
|
2022-
|
|
26
|
4
|
983
|
44.68
|
|
25
|
4
|
975
|
46.43
|
| 7 |
G Mckeon*
|
France
|
2022-
|
|
23
|
1
|
830
|
37.73
|
|
16
|
1
|
695
|
46.33
|
| 8 |
K Kadowaki-Fleming*
|
Japan
|
2022-
|
|
39
|
4
|
1532
|
43.77
|
|
24
|
3
|
935
|
44.52
|
| 9 |
J Baker*
|
Cayman Islands
|
2024-
|
|
22
|
3
|
783
|
41.21
|
|
22
|
3
|
783
|
41.21
|
| 10 |
D P M D Jayawardene
|
Sri Lanka
|
2006-2014
|
|
55
|
8
|
1493
|
31.77
|
|
23
|
3
|
812
|
40.60
|
| 11 |
R Satheesan*
|
Romania
|
2019-
|
|
44
|
6
|
1347
|
35.45
|
|
33
|
4
|
1154
|
39.79
|
| 12 |
C O Obuya*
|
Kenya
|
2007-
|
|
70
|
12
|
1742
|
30.03
|
|
31
|
6
|
968
|
38.72
|
| 13 |
Muhammad Waseem*
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2021-
|
|
78
|
5
|
2783
|
38.12
|
|
77
|
5
|
2782
|
38.64
|
| 14 |
K S Williamson*
|
New Zealand
|
2011-
|
|
90
|
13
|
2575
|
33.44
|
|
27
|
4
|
886
|
38.52
|
| 15 |
S Davizi*
|
Czech Republic
|
2019-
|
|
37
|
3
|
1210
|
35.59
|
|
34
|
3
|
1189
|
38.35
|
| 16 |
Babar Azam*
|
Pakistan
|
2016-
|
|
121
|
15
|
4223
|
39.84
|
|
87
|
9
|
2973
|
38.12
|
| 17 |
T L Seifert*
|
New Zealand
|
2018-
|
|
68
|
9
|
1736
|
29.42
|
|
39
|
5
|
1264
|
37.18
|
| 18 |
P D Salt*
|
England
|
2022-
|
|
40
|
5
|
1193
|
34.09
|
|
35
|
5
|
1115
|
37.17
|
| 19 |
B B McCullum
|
New Zealand
|
2005-2015
|
|
70
|
10
|
2140
|
35.67
|
|
41
|
7
|
1259
|
37.03
|
| 20 |
I Liyanage*
|
Qatar
|
2020-
|
|
39
|
4
|
1010
|
28.86
|
|
18
|
2
|
592
|
37.00
|
| 21 |
H Lakov*
|
Bulgaria
|
2019-
|
|
39
|
8
|
1092
|
35.23
|
|
32
|
6
|
959
|
36.88
|
| 22 |
V Kohli*
|
India
|
2010-
|
|
117
|
31
|
4188
|
48.70
|
|
17
|
2
|
551
|
36.73
|
| 23 |
K L Rahul*
|
India
|
2016-
|
|
68
|
8
|
2265
|
37.75
|
|
54
|
4
|
1826
|
36.52
|
| 24 |
B A Pai*
|
Gibraltar
|
2019-
|
|
37
|
7
|
1054
|
35.13
|
|
33
|
6
|
981
|
36.33
|
| 25 |
C Munro
|
New Zealand
|
2012-2020
|
|
62
|
7
|
1724
|
31.35
|
|
33
|
2
|
1123
|
36.23
|
| 26 |
Y B K Jaiswal*
|
India
|
2023-
|
|
22
|
2
|
723
|
36.15
|
|
22
|
2
|
723
|
36.15
|
| 27 |
M Levitt*
|
Netherlands
|
2024-
|
|
25
|
1
|
866
|
36.08
|
|
25
|
1
|
866
|
36.08
|
| 28 |
Abdul Waheed*
|
Saudi Arabia
|
2020-
|
|
57
|
7
|
1644
|
32.88
|
|
39
|
2
|
1333
|
36.03
|
| 29 |
S R Mukkamalla*
|
United States
|
2024-
|
|
18
|
3
|
639
|
42.60
|
|
17
|
2
|
539
|
35.93
|
| 30 |
Virandeep Singh*
|
Malaysia
|
2019-
|
|
98
|
18
|
3013
|
37.66
|
|
55
|
9
|
1650
|
35.87
|
|
