|
Highest Average Batting as
(minimum 15 innings)
|
| |
|
Career |
|
Batting as Opener
|
|
|
Player
|
Country
|
Career
|
|
Inns
|
NO
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
|
Inns
|
NO
|
Runs
|
Avg
|
| 1 |
Mohammad Rizwan*
|
Pakistan
|
2015-
|
|
45
|
12
|
1662
|
50.36
|
|
30
|
8
|
1477
|
67.14
|
| 2 |
B A Pai*
|
Gibraltar
|
2019-
|
|
19
|
4
|
740
|
49.33
|
|
19
|
4
|
740
|
49.33
|
| 3 |
K Bhurtel*
|
Nepal
|
2021-
|
|
16
|
4
|
573
|
47.75
|
|
16
|
4
|
573
|
47.75
|
| 4 |
J C Buttler*
|
England
|
2011-
|
|
86
|
18
|
2227
|
32.75
|
|
34
|
8
|
1231
|
47.35
|
| 5 |
S Davizi*
|
Czech Republic
|
2019-
|
|
28
|
3
|
1093
|
43.72
|
|
26
|
3
|
1076
|
46.78
|
| 6 |
Babar Azam*
|
Pakistan
|
2016-
|
|
69
|
10
|
2686
|
45.53
|
|
48
|
5
|
1912
|
44.47
|
| 7 |
R Satheesan*
|
Romania
|
2019-
|
|
26
|
4
|
863
|
39.23
|
|
19
|
3
|
689
|
43.06
|
| 8 |
Taranjeet Singh*
|
Romania
|
2021-
|
|
19
|
2
|
704
|
41.41
|
|
19
|
2
|
704
|
41.41
|
| 9 |
D P M D Jayawardene
|
Sri Lanka
|
2006-2014
|
|
55
|
8
|
1493
|
31.77
|
|
23
|
3
|
812
|
40.60
|
| 10 |
K L Rahul*
|
India
|
2016-
|
|
52
|
7
|
1831
|
40.69
|
|
38
|
3
|
1392
|
39.77
|
| 11 |
L Bruce*
|
Gibraltar
|
2021-
|
|
19
|
2
|
565
|
33.24
|
|
16
|
2
|
555
|
39.64
|
| 12 |
R Sandaruwan*
|
Kuwait
|
2019-
|
|
19
|
2
|
655
|
38.53
|
|
19
|
2
|
655
|
38.53
|
| 13 |
K S Williamson*
|
New Zealand
|
2011-
|
|
73
|
10
|
2068
|
32.83
|
|
27
|
4
|
886
|
38.52
|
| 14 |
B B McCullum
|
New Zealand
|
2005-2015
|
|
70
|
10
|
2140
|
35.67
|
|
41
|
7
|
1259
|
37.03
|
| 15 |
C Munro*
|
New Zealand
|
2012-
|
|
62
|
7
|
1724
|
31.35
|
|
33
|
2
|
1123
|
36.23
|
| 16 |
Sarfaraz Ali*
|
Bahrain
|
2019-
|
|
17
|
1
|
569
|
35.56
|
|
17
|
1
|
569
|
35.56
|
| 17 |
Hazratullah Zazai*
|
Afghanistan
|
2016-
|
|
25
|
2
|
812
|
35.30
|
|
25
|
2
|
812
|
35.30
|
| 18 |
D J M Short*
|
Australia
|
2018-
|
|
23
|
2
|
642
|
30.57
|
|
20
|
2
|
625
|
34.72
|
| 19 |
A J Finch*
|
Australia
|
2011-
|
|
92
|
11
|
2855
|
35.25
|
|
83
|
6
|
2668
|
34.65
|
| 20 |
D A Warner*
|
Australia
|
2009-
|
|
91
|
11
|
2684
|
33.55
|
|
84
|
11
|
2516
|
34.47
|
| 21 |
H A M Shah*
|
Denmark
|
2019-
|
|
19
|
1
|
619
|
34.39
|
|
19
|
1
|
619
|
34.39
|
| 22 |
H M Amla
|
South Africa
|
2009-2018
|
|
44
|
6
|
1277
|
33.61
|
|
44
|
6
|
1277
|
33.61
|
| 23 |
S R Watson
|
Australia
|
2006-2016
|
|
56
|
6
|
1462
|
29.24
|
|
38
|
3
|
1172
|
33.49
|
| 24 |
S Ssesazi*
|
Uganda
|
2021-
|
|
24
|
2
|
731
|
33.23
|
|
24
|
2
|
731
|
33.23
|
| 25 |
T P Ura*
|
Papua New Guinea
|
2015-
|
|
38
|
7
|
1202
|
38.77
|
|
28
|
5
|
761
|
33.09
|
| 26 |
R G Sharma*
|
India
|
2007-
|
|
124
|
16
|
3487
|
32.29
|
|
97
|
6
|
3006
|
33.03
|
| 27 |
M J Guptill*
|
New Zealand
|
2009-
|
|
115
|
7
|
3462
|
32.06
|
|
100
|
5
|
3135
|
33.00
|
| 28 |
H Lakov*
|
Bulgaria
|
2019-
|
|
34
|
8
|
825
|
31.73
|
|
27
|
6
|
692
|
32.95
|
| 29 |
P Khadka*
|
Nepal
|
2014-
|
|
32
|
3
|
799
|
27.55
|
|
19
|
2
|
550
|
32.35
|
| 30 |
Chirag Suri*
|
United Arab Emirates
|
2018-
|
|
24
|
3
|
655
|
31.19
|
|
23
|
3
|
647
|
32.35
|
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