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 N A T Adcock South Africa 1953-1962 26 39 12 146 24 0 0 5.41 -   
2 A Nortje* South Africa 2019- 19 33 9 187 40 0 0 7.79 30.26
3 P R Adams South Africa 1995-2004 45 55 15 360 35 0 0 9.00 35.57
4 M Ntini South Africa 1998-2009 101 116 45 699 32* 0 0 9.85 48.58
5 A Nel South Africa 2001-2008 36 42 8 337 34 0 0 9.91 46.10
6 A A Donald South Africa 1992-2002 72 94 33 652 37 0 0 10.69 35.07
7 P L Harris South Africa 2007-2011 37 48 5 460 46 0 0 10.70 33.90
8 K Rabada* South Africa 2015- 62 96 17 905 47 0 0 11.46 48.63
9 M Morkel South Africa 2006-2018 86 104 23 944 40 0 0 11.65 50.81
10 N B F Mann South Africa 1947-1951 19 31 1 400 52 0 1 13.33 -   
11 D W Steyn South Africa 2004-2019 93 119 27 1251 76 0 2 13.60 44.30
12 R O Schwarz South Africa 1906-1912 20 35 8 374 61 0 1 13.85 -   
13 T A Ward South Africa 1912-1924 23 42 9 459 64 0 2 13.91 -   
14 E P Nupen South Africa 1921-1936 17 31 7 348 69 0 2 14.50 -   
15 K A Maharaj* South Africa 2016- 50 80 6 1135 84 0 5 15.34 60.05
16 H J Tayfield South Africa 1949-1960 37 60 9 862 75 0 2 16.90 -   
17 J M Blanckenberg South Africa 1913-1924 18 30 7 455 59 0 2 19.78 -   
18 C L Vincent South Africa 1927-1935 25 38 12 526 60 0 2 20.23 -   
19 P M Pollock South Africa 1961-1970 28 41 13 607 75* 0 2 21.68 -   
20 S J Snooke South Africa 1906-1923 26 46 1 1008 103 1 5 22.40 -   
21 J H Sinclair South Africa 1896-1911 25 47 1 1069 106 3 3 23.24 -   
22 J E Cheetham South Africa 1949-1955 24 43 6 883 89 0 5 23.86 -   
23 V D Philander South Africa 2011-2020 64 94 20 1779 74 0 8 24.04 44.53
24 D J Richardson South Africa 1992-1998 42 64 8 1359 109 1 8 24.27 43.27
25 N Boje South Africa 2000-2006 43 62 10 1312 85 0 4 25.23 48.32
26 K J Funston South Africa 1952-1958 18 33 1 824 92 0 5 25.75 -   
27 A M Bacher South Africa 1996-1999 19 33 1 833 96 0 5 26.03 40.48
28 A J Hall South Africa 2002-2007 21 33 4 760 163 1 3 26.21 46.06
29 C B van Ryneveld South Africa 1951-1958 19 33 6 724 83 0 3 26.81 -   
30 K G Viljoen South Africa 1930-1949 27 50 2 1365 124 2 9 28.44 -   
31 I J Siedle South Africa 1928-1936 18 34 0 977 141 1 5 28.74 -   
32 A W Nourse South Africa 1902-1924 45 83 8 2234 111 1 15 29.79 -   
33 G C White South Africa 1906-1912 17 31 2 872 147 2 4 30.07 -   
34 H H Dippenaar South Africa 1999-2007 38 62 5 1718 177* 3 7 30.14 41.62
35 H E van der Dussen* South Africa 2019- 18 32 2 905 98 0 6 30.17 40.75
36 H B Cameron South Africa 1927-1935 26 45 4 1239 90 0 10 30.22 -   
37 R A McLean South Africa 1951-1964 40 73 3 2120 142 5 10 30.29 -   
38 M V Boucher South Africa 1997-2012 147 206 24 5515 125 5 35 30.30 50.11
39 J H B Waite South Africa 1951-1965 50 86 7 2405 134 4 16 30.44 -   
40 S M Pollock South Africa 1995-2008 108 156 39 3781 111 2 16 32.32 52.53
41 J W Zulch South Africa 1910-1921 16 32 2 985 150 2 4 32.83 -   
42 J-P Duminy South Africa 2008-2017 46 74 10 2103 166 6 8 32.86 46.28
43 L Klusener South Africa 1996-2004 49 69 11 1906 174 4 8 32.86 59.81
44 A C Hudson South Africa 1992-1998 35 63 3 2007 163 4 13 33.45 39.13
45 W R Endean South Africa 1951-1958 28 52 4 1630 162* 3 8 33.96 -   
46 T L Goddard South Africa 1955-1970 41 78 5 2516 112 1 18 34.47 -   
47 A N Petersen South Africa 2010-2015 36 64 4 2093 182 5 8 34.88 51.76
48 T Bavuma* South Africa 2014- 57 97 12 2997 172 2 20 35.26 48.29
49 J A Rudolph South Africa 2003-2012 48 83 9 2622 222* 6 11 35.43 43.82
50 J N Rhodes South Africa 1992-2000 52 80 9 2532 117 3 17 35.66 46.31
51 A K Markram* South Africa 2017- 37 67 1 2398 152 7 10 36.33 59.47
52 W J Cronje South Africa 1992-2000 68 111 9 3714 135 6 23 36.41 44.64
53 N D McKenzie South Africa 2000-2009 58 94 7 3253 226 5 16 37.39 42.01
54 D T Lindsay South Africa 1963-1970 19 31 1 1130 182 3 5 37.67 -   
55 D Elgar* South Africa 2012- 86 152 11 5347 199 14 23 37.92 47.78
56 R H Catterall South Africa 1922-1931 24 43 2 1555 120 3 11 37.93 -   
57 Q de Kock* South Africa 2014- 54 91 6 3300 141* 6 22 38.82 70.94
58 B M McMillan South Africa 1992-1998 38 62 12 1968 113 3 13 39.36 42.86
59 F du Plessis South Africa 2012-2021 69 118 14 4163 199 10 21 40.03 46.33
60 H W Taylor South Africa 1912-1932 42 76 4 2936 176 7 17 40.78 -   
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