Test Cricket - Batting Records and Statistics - Averages / Scoring Rates
Highest Average Batting as   (minimum 30 innings)
    Career   Batting as Opener
  Player Country Career   Inns NO Runs 100s Avg   Inns NO Runs 100s Avg
1 H Sutcliffe England 1924-1935   84 9 4555 16 60.73   83 9 4522 16 61.11
2 B Mitchell South Africa 1929-1949   80 9 3471 8 48.89   48 6 2390 7 56.90
3 L Hutton England 1937-1955   138 15 6971 19 56.67   131 12 6721 19 56.48
4 J B Hobbs England 1908-1930   102 7 5410 15 56.95   97 6 5130 14 56.37
5 R B Simpson Australia 1957-1978   111 7 4869 10 46.82   70 4 3664 8 55.52
6 W H Ponsford Australia 1924-1934   48 4 2122 7 48.23   31 3 1517 5 54.18
7 U T Khawaja* Australia 2011-   131 12 5451 15 45.81   59 7 2810 7 54.04
8 D L Amiss England 1966-1977   88 10 3612 11 46.31   69 8 3276 11 53.70
9 W M Woodfull Australia 1926-1934   54 4 2300 7 46.00   44 4 2036 7 50.90
10 M L Hayden Australia 1994-2009   184 14 8625 30 50.74   184 14 8625 30 50.74
11 S M Katich Australia 2001-2010   99 6 4188 10 45.03   61 3 2928 8 50.48
12 S M Gavaskar India 1971-1987   214 16 10122 34 51.12   203 12 9607 33 50.30
13 V Sehwag India 2001-2013   180 6 8586 23 49.34   170 6 8207 22 50.04
14 R G Sharma* India 2013-   101 10 4137 12 45.46   54 3 2552 9 50.04
15 G C Smith South Africa 2002-2014   205 13 9265 27 48.26   196 12 9030 27 49.08
16 J L Langer Australia 1993-2007   182 12 7696 23 45.27   115 9 5112 16 48.23
17 G Boycott England 1964-1982   193 23 8114 22 47.73   191 23 8091 22 48.16
18 H H Gibbs South Africa 1996-2008   154 7 6167 14 41.95   116 5 5242 14 47.23
19 W M Lawry Australia 1961-1971   123 12 5234 13 47.15   123 12 5234 13 47.15
20 Saeed Anwar Pakistan 1990-2001   91 2 4052 11 45.53   86 2 3957 11 47.11
21 E J Barlow South Africa 1961-1970   57 2 2516 6 45.75   52 2 2290 5 45.80
22 Azhar Ali* Pakistan 2010-   180 11 7142 19 42.26   37 3 1556 4 45.76
23 A R Morris Australia 1946-1955   79 3 3533 12 46.49   76 2 3381 11 45.69
24 G M Turner New Zealand 1969-1983   73 6 2991 7 44.64   67 5 2828 7 45.61
25 M P Vaughan England 1999-2008   147 9 5719 18 41.44   72 4 3093 10 45.49
26 B Sutcliffe New Zealand 1947-1965   76 8 2727 5 40.10   41 2 1763 4 45.21
27 C G Greenidge West Indies 1974-1991   185 16 7558 19 44.72   182 16 7488 19 45.11
28 D A Warner* Australia 2011-   205 8 8786 26 44.60   202 8 8747 26 45.09
29 C C Hunte West Indies 1958-1967   78 6 3245 8 45.07   78 6 3245 8 45.07
30 D C Boon Australia 1984-1996   190 20 7422 21 43.66   63 5 2614 8 45.07

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