|
Highest Batting Averages for Players Batting
Innings
for
| |
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
Mat
|
Inns
|
NO
|
Runs
|
HS
|
100s
|
50s
|
Avg
|
S/R
|
| 1 |
Taylor, L R P L*
|
New Zealand
|
2006-
|
218
|
203
|
37
|
8026
|
181*
|
20
|
47
|
48.35
|
83.38
|
| 2 |
Turner, G M*
|
New Zealand
|
1973-1983
|
41
|
40
|
6
|
1598
|
171*
|
3
|
9
|
47.00
|
68.06
|
| 3 |
Williamson, K S*
|
New Zealand
|
2010-
|
139
|
133
|
12
|
5555
|
145*
|
11
|
37
|
45.91
|
82.63
|
| 4 |
Guptill, M J*
|
New Zealand
|
2009-
|
169
|
166
|
18
|
6440
|
237*
|
16
|
34
|
43.51
|
87.44
|
| 5 |
Twose, R G*
|
New Zealand
|
1995-2001
|
87
|
81
|
11
|
2717
|
103
|
1
|
20
|
38.81
|
75.41
|
| 6 |
Crowe, M D*
|
New Zealand
|
1982-1995
|
143
|
140
|
18
|
4704
|
107*
|
4
|
34
|
38.56
|
72.63
|
| 7 |
Jones, A H*
|
New Zealand
|
1987-1995
|
87
|
87
|
9
|
2784
|
93
|
0
|
25
|
35.69
|
57.87
|
| 8 |
Nicholls, H M*
|
New Zealand
|
2015-
|
41
|
39
|
10
|
1029
|
124*
|
1
|
8
|
35.48
|
85.04
|
| 9 |
Astle, N J
|
New Zealand
|
1995-2007
|
223
|
217
|
14
|
7090
|
145*
|
16
|
41
|
34.93
|
72.64
|
| 10 |
Elliott, G D
|
New Zealand
|
2008-2016
|
83
|
69
|
11
|
1976
|
115
|
2
|
11
|
34.07
|
81.79
|
| 11 |
Latham, T W M*
|
New Zealand
|
2012-
|
85
|
79
|
8
|
2395
|
137
|
4
|
14
|
33.73
|
83.16
|
| 12 |
Ryder, J D
|
New Zealand
|
2008-2014
|
48
|
42
|
1
|
1362
|
107
|
3
|
6
|
33.22
|
95.31
|
| 13 |
Fulton, P G
|
New Zealand
|
2004-2009
|
49
|
46
|
5
|
1334
|
112
|
1
|
8
|
32.54
|
72.78
|
| 14 |
Styris, S B
|
New Zealand
|
1999-2011
|
188
|
161
|
23
|
4483
|
141
|
4
|
28
|
32.49
|
79.39
|
| 15 |
Fleming, S P
|
New Zealand
|
1994-2007
|
280
|
269
|
21
|
8037
|
134*
|
8
|
49
|
32.41
|
71.48
|
| 16 |
Neesham, J D S*
|
New Zealand
|
2013-
|
49
|
42
|
9
|
1015
|
74
|
0
|
5
|
30.76
|
105.07
|
| 17 |
Edgar, B A*
|
New Zealand
|
1978-1986
|
64
|
64
|
5
|
1814
|
102*
|
1
|
10
|
30.75
|
49.23
|
| 18 |
Coney, J V*
|
New Zealand
|
1979-1987
|
88
|
80
|
19
|
1874
|
66*
|
0
|
8
|
30.72
|
64.96
|
| 19 |
McCullum, B B
|
New Zealand
|
2002-2016
|
260
|
228
|
28
|
6083
|
166
|
5
|
32
|
30.42
|
96.37
|
| 20 |
Rutherford, K R*
|
New Zealand
|
1985-1995
|
121
|
115
|
9
|
3143
|
108
|
2
|
18
|
29.65
|
64.30
|
| 21 |
Cairns, C L
|
New Zealand
|
1991-2006
|
215
|
193
|
25
|
4950
|
115
|
4
|
26
|
29.46
|
84.37
|
| 22 |
How, J M
|
New Zealand
|
2005-2011
|
41
|
37
|
1
|
1046
|
139
|
1
|
7
|
29.06
|
66.54
|
| 23 |
Harris, C Z*
|
New Zealand
|
1990-2004
|
250
|
213
|
62
|
4379
|
130
|
1
|
16
|
29.00
|
66.52
|
| 24 |
Sinclair, M S
|
New Zealand
|
2000-2009
|
54
|
50
|
4
|
1304
|
118*
|
2
|
8
|
28.35
|
62.51
|
| 25 |
Greatbatch, M J*
|
New Zealand
|
1988-1996
|
84
|
83
|
5
|
2206
|
111
|
2
|
13
|
28.28
|
71.18
|
|
S/R not calculated for players with incomplete balls faced records
|
|
|