Highest Average Batting as
(minimum 30 innings)
|
|
|
Career |
|
Batting at No. 4
|
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
|
Inns
|
NO
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
|
Inns
|
NO
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
1 |
M G Bevan
|
Australia
|
1994-2004
|
|
196
|
67
|
6912
|
53.58
|
|
53
|
15
|
2265
|
59.61
|
2 |
M S Dhoni
|
India
|
2004-2019
|
|
297
|
84
|
10773
|
50.58
|
|
30
|
6
|
1358
|
56.58
|
3 |
V Kohli*
|
India
|
2008-
|
|
280
|
44
|
13848
|
58.68
|
|
39
|
7
|
1767
|
55.22
|
4 |
D C Boon
|
Australia
|
1984-1995
|
|
177
|
16
|
5964
|
37.04
|
|
35
|
12
|
1255
|
54.57
|
5 |
R R Sarwan
|
West Indies
|
2000-2013
|
|
169
|
33
|
5804
|
42.68
|
|
55
|
14
|
2223
|
54.22
|
6 |
A B de Villiers
|
South Africa
|
2005-2018
|
|
218
|
39
|
9577
|
53.50
|
|
125
|
17
|
5736
|
53.11
|
7 |
S S Iyer*
|
India
|
2017-
|
|
54
|
6
|
2383
|
49.65
|
|
33
|
6
|
1397
|
51.74
|
8 |
L R P L Taylor*
|
New Zealand
|
2006-
|
|
220
|
39
|
8607
|
47.55
|
|
182
|
32
|
7690
|
51.27
|
9 |
H T Tector*
|
Ireland
|
2020-
|
|
41
|
6
|
1747
|
49.91
|
|
41
|
6
|
1747
|
49.91
|
10 |
I V A Richards
|
West Indies
|
1975-1991
|
|
167
|
24
|
6721
|
47.00
|
|
81
|
12
|
3373
|
48.88
|
11 |
M D Crowe
|
New Zealand
|
1982-1995
|
|
140
|
18
|
4704
|
38.56
|
|
52
|
13
|
1899
|
48.69
|
12 |
Mohammad Rizwan*
|
Pakistan
|
2015-
|
|
67
|
15
|
2088
|
40.15
|
|
37
|
7
|
1455
|
48.50
|
13 |
Misbah-ul-Haq
|
Pakistan
|
2002-2015
|
|
149
|
31
|
5122
|
43.41
|
|
51
|
10
|
1945
|
47.44
|
14 |
R G Twose
|
New Zealand
|
1995-2001
|
|
81
|
11
|
2717
|
38.81
|
|
44
|
5
|
1828
|
46.87
|
15 |
J-P Duminy
|
South Africa
|
2004-2019
|
|
179
|
40
|
5117
|
36.81
|
|
33
|
7
|
1214
|
46.69
|
16 |
E J G Morgan*
|
England
|
2006-
|
|
230
|
34
|
7701
|
39.29
|
|
83
|
10
|
3396
|
46.52
|
17 |
M J Clarke
|
Australia
|
2003-2015
|
|
223
|
44
|
7981
|
44.59
|
|
111
|
20
|
4223
|
46.41
|
18 |
J H Kallis
|
South Africa
|
1996-2014
|
|
314
|
53
|
11579
|
44.36
|
|
76
|
17
|
2710
|
45.93
|
19 |
Mohammad Yousuf
|
Pakistan
|
1998-2010
|
|
273
|
40
|
9720
|
41.72
|
|
121
|
20
|
4421
|
43.77
|
20 |
Ijaz Ahmed
|
Pakistan
|
1986-2000
|
|
232
|
29
|
6564
|
32.33
|
|
52
|
7
|
1963
|
43.62
|
21 |
A K Markram*
|
South Africa
|
2017-
|
|
65
|
7
|
2121
|
36.57
|
|
37
|
5
|
1392
|
43.50
|
22 |
Javed Miandad
|
Pakistan
|
1975-1996
|
|
218
|
41
|
7381
|
41.70
|
|
160
|
29
|
5678
|
43.34
|
23 |
M G Erasmus*
|
Namibia
|
2019-
|
|
43
|
4
|
1678
|
43.03
|
|
36
|
4
|
1384
|
43.25
|
24 |
A Ranatunga
|
Sri Lanka
|
1982-1999
|
|
255
|
47
|
7456
|
35.85
|
|
36
|
6
|
1272
|
42.40
|
25 |
G S Chappell
|
Australia
|
1971-1983
|
|
72
|
14
|
2331
|
40.19
|
|
33
|
5
|
1183
|
42.25
|
26 |
Mushfiqur Rahim*
|
Bangladesh
|
2006-
|
|
253
|
42
|
7792
|
36.93
|
|
118
|
14
|
4372
|
42.04
|
27 |
G J Bailey
|
Australia
|
2012-2016
|
|
85
|
10
|
3044
|
40.59
|
|
50
|
4
|
1920
|
41.74
|
28 |
H H Gibbs
|
South Africa
|
1996-2010
|
|
240
|
16
|
8094
|
36.13
|
|
33
|
4
|
1210
|
41.72
|
29 |
K C Sangakkara
|
Sri Lanka
|
2000-2015
|
|
380
|
41
|
14234
|
41.99
|
|
69
|
9
|
2487
|
41.45
|
30 |
G P Thorpe
|
England
|
1993-2002
|
|
77
|
13
|
2380
|
37.19
|
|
42
|
7
|
1450
|
41.43
|
31 |
J E Root*
|
England
|
2013-
|
|
160
|
23
|
6522
|
47.61
|
|
55
|
6
|
2013
|
41.08
|
32 |
D R Martyn
|
Australia
|
1992-2006
|
|
182
|
51
|
5346
|
40.81
|
|
102
|
25
|
3134
|
40.70
|
33 |
Shoaib Malik*
|
Pakistan
|
1999-2019
|
|
258
|
40
|
7534
|
34.56
|
|
31
|
4
|
1093
|
40.48
|
34 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq
|
Pakistan
|
1991-2007
|
|
350
|
53
|
11739
|
39.53
|
|
147
|
19
|
5175
|
40.43
|
35 |
M Azharuddin
|
India
|
1985-2000
|
|
308
|
54
|
9378
|
36.92
|
|
137
|
23
|
4605
|
40.39
|
36 |
D S Lehmann
|
Australia
|
1996-2005
|
|
101
|
22
|
3078
|
38.96
|
|
40
|
4
|
1442
|
40.06
|
37 |
C L Hooper
|
West Indies
|
1987-2003
|
|
206
|
43
|
5761
|
35.34
|
|
69
|
11
|
2316
|
39.93
|
38 |
P A de Silva
|
Sri Lanka
|
1984-2003
|
|
296
|
30
|
9284
|
34.90
|
|
197
|
22
|
6870
|
39.26
|
39 |
S B Styris
|
New Zealand
|
1999-2011
|
|
161
|
23
|
4483
|
32.49
|
|
67
|
13
|
2098
|
38.85
|
40 |
S R Tendulkar
|
India
|
1989-2012
|
|
452
|
41
|
18426
|
44.83
|
|
61
|
8
|
2059
|
38.85
|
|