Batting Highest Career Batting Average - England

Cricket Records for England vs South Africa in Test matches - England

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
H Wood	1889-1892	3	3	1	196	134*	98.00	89+	66.29	1	1	0	11+	0
R Abel	1889-1889	2	3	1	189	120	94.50	241+	49.79	1	0	0	18	0
E Paynter	1938-1939	5	8	0	653	243	81.62	-	0.00	3	2	0	50+	1
WJ Edrich	1938-1947	9	12	1	792	219	72.00	0+	0.00	3	2	1	59+	4
BH Valentine	1938-1939	5	6	2	275	112	68.75	0+	0.00	1	1	0	23+	1
R Howorth	1947-1947	1	2	1	68	45*	68.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
OJ Pope	2020-2022	6	10	3	445	135*	63.57	700	63.57	1	4	0	58	1
AJL Hill	1896-1896	3	4	0	251	124	62.75	-	0.00	1	1	0	-	0
WR Hammond	1927-1939	24	42	7	2188	181	62.51	-	0.00	6	14	1	52+	4
CAG Russell	1923-1923	4	7	0	436	140	62.28	-	0.00	2	1	0	-	0
RH Spooner	1912-1912	3	4	0	248	119	62.00	-	0.00	1	1	0	-	1
JB Hobbs	1910-1929	18	29	3	1562	211	60.07	-	0.00	2	12	1	15+	4
GE Tyldesley	1924-1928	6	10	1	535	122	59.44	-	0.00	2	3	1	-	0
PA Gibb	1938-1939	5	8	0	473	120	59.12	-	0.00	2	2	0	2+	0
R Kilner	1924-1924	2	1	0	59	59	59.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
G Pullar	1960-1960	3	6	1	293	175	58.60	-	0.00	1	1	0	24+	1
PD Collingwood	2008-2010	7	12	2	576	135	57.60	1187	48.52	1	4	0	76	5
A Mitchell	1935-1935	2	3	0	170	72	56.66	-	0.00	0	2	0	-	0
H Sutcliffe	1924-1935	17	27	3	1336	122	55.66	0+	0.00	6	5	0	5+	2
C Washbrook	1947-1949	10	19	2	938	195	55.17	119+	50.42	1	5	0	24+	2
EH Hendren	1924-1931	14	18	2	876	142	54.75	0+	0.00	2	6	1	37+	3
DP Sibley	2019-2020	4	7	1	324	133*	54.00	784	41.32	1	0	0	51	1
DCS Compton	1947-1957	24	42	1	2205	208	53.78	345+	28.98	7	11	1	113+	0
SJ Rhodes	1994-1994	3	4	2	105	65*	52.50	247	42.51	0	1	0	15	0
L Hutton	1938-1951	19	34	4	1564	158	52.13	243+	36.21	4	7	0	40+	3
ME Trescothick	2003-2005	10	20	2	935	219	51.94	1724	54.23	3	3	3	141	8
R Subba Row	1960-1960	4	6	1	251	90	50.20	-	0.00	0	2	0	9+	0
KF Barrington	1955-1965	14	23	3	989	148*	49.45	5+	0.00	2	6	1	69+	5
LEG Ames	1929-1939	10	15	4	530	148*	48.18	-	0.00	2	1	2	27+	2
CP Mead	1913-1923	10	16	0	770	181	48.12	-	0.00	3	2	2	-	0
W Chatterton	1892-1892	1	1	0	48	48	48.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
M Leyland	1929-1935	14	21	1	936	161	46.80	-	0.00	2	6	1	27+	3
JE Root	2015-2022	15	27	1	1210	190	46.53	1923	62.92	2	9	0	155	4
RJ Burns	2019-2019	1	2	0	93	84	46.50	169	55.02	0	1	0	13	0
PH Parfitt	1964-1965	7	10	1	414	122*	46.00	3+	0.00	1	2	2	52	0
JM Bairstow	2012-2022	12	22	2	915	150*	45.75	1360	67.27	1	6	2	120	7
AH Bakewell	1935-1935	2	3	0	137	63	45.66	-	0.00	0	2	0	-	0
KP Pietersen	2008-2012	10	18	0	817	152	45.38	1208	67.63	3	2	1	113	4
BA Stokes	2015-2022	15	26	0	1177	258	45.26	1589	74.07	4	4	1	140	30
RDB Croft	1998-1998	3	6	4	90	37*	45.00	232	38.79	0	0	0	9	0
BT Foakes	2022-2022	3	4	1	133	113*	44.33	271	49.07	1	0	1	11	0
N Hussain	1998-2003	14	26	3	1010	146*	43.91	2802	36.04	3	5	2	136	5
MA Atherton	1994-2000	18	32	2	1315	185*	43.83	3672	35.81	3	8	5	172	1
GA Hick	1994-1998	10	17	3	606	141	43.28	1193	50.79	2	2	0	87	6
PBH May	1951-1957	12	22	1	906	138	43.14	-	0.00	3	4	3	70+	2
FE Woolley	1910-1929	26	37	5	1354	154	42.31	0+	0.00	3	10	6	8+	9
IR Bell	2008-2012	11	20	1	789	199	41.52	1823	43.28	2	4	0	92	3
BAF Grieve	1889-1889	2	3	2	40	14*	40.00	36+	38.88	0	0	0	6	0
WW Read	1892-1892	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
JT Hearne	1892-1892	1	1	0	40	40	40.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	2
MC Cowdrey	1955-1965	14	27	1	1021	155	39.26	-	0.00	3	7	1	91+	3
RW Barber	1960-1965	8	12	0	471	97	39.25	111+	87.38	0	5	0	32+	1
AJ Stewart	1994-2003	23	39	2	1450	164	39.18	2975	48.73	1	8	2	213	3
ER Dexter	1960-1965	10	16	1	585	172	39.00	-	0.00	1	3	2	74+	1
MA Butcher	1998-2004	15	27	1	1007	116	38.73	2413	41.73	2	6	1	150	0
JF Crapp	1948-1949	4	7	1	231	56	38.50	-	0.00	0	3	0	-	0
AJ Strauss	2004-2012	16	30	1	1113	147	38.37	2361	47.14	3	3	5	145	3
JWHT Douglas	1913-1924	6	7	0	266	119	38.00	0+	0.00	1	1	1	0+	0
G Boycott	1964-1965	7	12	2	373	117	37.30	284+	25.70	1	2	1	31+	0
PE Richardson	1956-1957	5	10	0	369	117	36.90	-	0.00	1	1	1	28	0
FG Mann	1948-1949	5	8	1	254	136*	36.28	67+	47.76	1	0	0	14+	1
RA Smith	1995-1996	5	7	0	254	66	36.28	597	42.54	0	2	0	37	2
DJ Insole	1955-1957	6	12	2	362	110*	36.20	-	0.00	1	1	0	23+	0
GP Thorpe	1994-2005	16	29	4	897	124	35.88	1975	45.41	2	5	4	119	0
AJ Watkins	1948-1949	5	9	2	251	111	35.85	63+	20.63	1	1	0	1+	0
FT Mann	1922-1923	5	9	1	281	84	35.12	-	0.00	0	2	0	11+	6
AN Cook	2008-2017	19	36	0	1263	118	35.08	2873	43.96	2	9	2	158	2
NWD Yardley	1938-1947	6	8	0	280	99	35.00	-	0.00	0	2	0	-	0
WE Russell	1965-1965	1	2	0	70	70	35.00	-	0.00	0	1	1	6	0
RES Wyatt	1927-1935	17	27	2	873	149	34.92	-	0.00	2	4	3	18+	0
RWV Robins	1929-1935	4	5	1	136	108	34.00	0+	0.00	1	0	1	0+	0
IJL Trott	2009-2012	7	13	1	407	71	33.91	1004	40.53	0	3	0	50	0
GP Swann	2009-2012	6	11	3	271	85	33.87	295	91.86	0	1	0	33	6
MW Tate	1924-1935	14	18	3	506	100*	33.73	0+	0.00	1	2	1	17+	9
P Holmes	1927-1928	5	10	1	302	88	33.55	-	0.00	0	4	3	0+	0
MM Ali	2015-2017	8	15	4	368	87	33.45	592	62.16	0	3	1	48	3
GJ Thompson	1910-1910	5	9	1	267	63	33.37	-	0.00	0	2	0	-	1
MJ Prior	2009-2012	7	13	0	433	76	33.30	736	58.83	0	5	2	53	1
CB Fry	1896-1912	8	12	0	398	129	33.16	-	0.00	1	2	0	11+	0
C Gladwin	1947-1949	7	10	5	165	51*	33.00	11+	63.63	0	1	0	1+	2
MJK Smith	1960-1965	12	18	1	561	121	33.00	2+	0.00	1	2	2	42+	2
Z Crawley	2020-2022	6	10	1	297	69*	33.00	596	49.83	0	2	0	43	0
A Flintoff	1998-2008	19	32	3	935	142	32.24	1503	62.20	1	5	4	131	23
D Smith	1935-1935	2	4	0	128	57	32.00	-	0.00	0	1	1	-	0
PM Walker	1960-1960	3	4	0	128	52	32.00	-	0.00	0	1	0	8+	2
RT Simpson	1948-1951	4	7	1	190	137	31.66	28+	17.85	1	0	1	3+	1
LC Braund	1907-1907	3	5	0	157	104	31.40	-	0.00	1	0	1	12+	0
CW Wright	1896-1896	3	4	0	125	71	31.25	-	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
AG Archer	1899-1899	1	2	1	31	24*	31.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
JM Parks	1960-1965	13	19	2	523	108*	30.76	-	0.00	1	1	1	37+	3
NRD Compton	2015-2016	4	8	0	245	85	30.62	648	37.80	0	1	1	28	1
SMJ Woods	1896-1896	3	4	0	122	53	30.50	-	0.00	0	1	0	-	0
T Westley	2017-2017	2	4	0	122	59	30.50	297	41.07	0	1	0	23	0
JT Tyldesley	1899-1907	5	9	0	272	112	30.22	-	0.00	1	1	0	5+	0
RK Tyldesley	1924-1924	4	2	1	30	29	30.00	0+	0.00	0	0	0	0+	0
EH Bowley	1929-1929	2	3	0	90	46	30.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
JL Denly	2019-2020	4	7	0	210	50	30.00	581	36.14	0	1	0	28	2
W Watson	1951-1955	6	9	0	268	79	29.77	-	0.00	0	2	0	15+	1
J Iddon	1935-1935	1	1	0	29	29	29.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
W Rhodes	1910-1914	13	22	2	568	152	28.40	-	0.00	1	2	3	0+	0

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

India v England at Dharamsala, ICC World Test Championship 5th Test, Mar 7-9, 2024 [Test # 2534]

India v England at Ranchi, ICC World Test Championship 4th Test, Feb 23-26, 2024 [Test # 2531]

India v England at Rajkot, ICC World Test Championship 3rd Test, Feb 15-18, 2024 [Test # 2530]