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Highest Average Batting as (minimum 30 innings)

				Career					Batting at No. 5
	Player	Country	Career	Inns	NO	Runs	100s	Avg	Inns	NO	Runs	100s	Avg
1	J E Root*	England	2012-	257	21	11736	31	49.73	34	4	1998	6	66.60
2	A B de Villiers	South Africa	2004-2018	191	18	8765	22	50.66	74	11	3913	14	62.11
3	M J Clarke	Australia	2004-2015	198	22	8643	28	49.11	110	12	5959	20	60.81
4	M E K Hussey	Australia	2005-2013	137	16	6235	19	51.53	38	5	1978	6	59.94
5	C L Walcott	West Indies	1948-1960	74	7	3798	15	56.69	31	4	1599	5	59.22
6	G S A Sobers	West Indies	1954-1974	160	21	8032	26	57.78	37	5	1895	7	59.22
7	S Chanderpaul	West Indies	1994-2015	280	49	11867	30	51.37	151	29	6883	19	56.42
8	S R Waugh	Australia	1985-2004	260	46	10927	32	51.06	142	22	6754	24	56.28
9	G P Thorpe	England	1993-2005	179	28	6744	16	44.66	78	18	3373	10	56.22
10	A Flower	Zimbabwe	1992-2002	112	19	4794	12	51.55	82	13	3788	9	54.90
11	Javed Miandad	Pakistan	1976-1993	189	21	8832	23	52.57	33	6	1468	3	54.37
12	Zaheer Abbas	Pakistan	1969-1985	124	11	5062	12	44.80	42	4	2048	6	53.89
13	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	1998-2010	156	12	7530	24	52.29	78	7	3774	13	53.15
14	D Chandimal*	Sri Lanka	2011-	142	15	5479	15	43.14	47	7	2094	7	52.35
15	A R Border	Australia	1978-1994	265	44	11174	27	50.56	70	11	3071	9	52.05
16	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	1992-2007	200	22	8830	25	49.61	49	7	2144	6	51.05
17	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan	2001-2017	132	20	5222	10	46.63	110	18	4643	10	50.47
18	D B Vengsarkar	India	1976-1992	185	22	6868	17	42.13	30	5	1244	2	49.76
19	D I Gower	England	1978-1992	204	18	8231	18	44.25	49	6	2131	7	49.56
20	M C Cowdrey	England	1954-1975	188	15	7624	22	44.07	54	6	2377	6	49.52
21	M Azharuddin	India	1984-2000	147	9	6215	22	45.04	94	5	4346	16	48.83
22	I R Bell	England	2004-2015	205	24	7727	22	42.69	60	9	2461	9	48.25
23	I V A Richards	West Indies	1974-1991	182	12	8540	24	50.24	63	6	2720	6	47.72
24	T T Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	2001-2013	132	20	5462	14	48.77	93	11	3903	11	47.60
25	K D Walters	Australia	1965-1981	125	14	5357	15	48.26	49	4	2134	5	47.42
26	V V S Laxman	India	1996-2012	225	34	8781	17	45.97	74	13	2877	6	47.16
27	K W R Fletcher	England	1968-1982	96	14	3272	7	39.90	44	6	1774	5	46.68
28	P R Umrigar	India	1948-1962	94	8	3631	12	42.22	45	3	1959	8	46.64
29	Mushfiqur Rahim*	Bangladesh	2005-	163	14	5676	10	38.09	49	5	2049	4	46.57
30	C H Lloyd	West Indies	1966-1984	175	14	7515	19	46.68	72	6	3049	8	46.20

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