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This is a list of Test and One Day International cricket batting averages.

Contents 1 Career Test average leaders 1.1 Top 20 retired Test batsmen 1.2 Top 10 active Test batsmen 2 Career One Day International average leaders 2.1 Top 10 retired ODI batsmen 2.2 Top 10 active ODI batsmen 3 External links

[edit] Career Test average leaders

Current as of 5 March 2008 — Qualification = 20 innings — (1,865 Tests – Source Cricinfo Statsguru).

[edit] Top 20 retired Test batsmen

Rank	Batsman	Tests	Inns	n.o.	Runs	Highest	Ave	Career dates
1	D.G. Bradman	52	80	10	6996	334	99.94	1928 – 1948
2	R.G. Pollock	23	41	4	2256	274	60.97	1963 – 1970
3	G.A. Headley	22	40	4	2190	270*	60.83	1930 – 1954
4	H. Sutcliffe	54	84	9	4555	194	60.73	1924 – 1935
5	E. Paynter	20	31	5	1540	243	59.23	1931 – 1939
6	K.F. Barrington	82	131	15	6806	256	58.67	1955 – 1968
7	E.D. Weekes	48	81	5	4455	207	58.61	1948 – 1958
8	W.R. Hammond	85	140	16	7249	336*	58.45	1927 – 1947
9	G.S. Sobers	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	1954 – 1974
10	J.B. Hobbs	61	102	7	5410	211	56.94	1908 – 1930
11	C.L. Walcott	44	74	7	3798	220	56.68	1948 – 1960
12	L. Hutton	79	138	15	6971	364	56.67	1937 – 1955
13	G.E. Tyldesley	14	20	2	990	122	55.00	1921 – 1929
14	C.A. Davis	15	29	5	1301	183	54.20	1968 – 1973
15	V.G. Kambli	17	21	1	1084	227	54.20	1993 – 1995
16	G.S. Chappell	87	151	19	7110	247*	53.86	1970 – 1984
17	A.D. Nourse	34	62	7	2960	231	53.81	1935 – 1951
18	B.C. Lara †	131	232	6	11953	400*	52.88	1990 – 2006
19	Javed Miandad	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	1976 – 1993
20	J. Ryder	20	32	5	1394	201*	51.62	1920 – 1929
	* denotes not out							Ryder is #29 on all-time list

[edit] Top 10 active Test batsmen

Rank	Batsman	Tests	Inns	n.o.	Runs	Highest	Ave	Date of debut
1	M.E.K. Hussey	22	36	8	2188	182	78.14	3 November 2005
2	R.T. Ponting	116	193	26	9776	257	58.53	8 December 1995
3	J. H. Kallis †	116	197	33	9477	189*	57.78	14 December 1995
4	K. C. Sangakkara †	71	116	9	6032	287	56.37	20 July 2000
5	S. R. Tendulkar	146	237	25	11782	248*	55.57	15 November 1989
6	Mohammad Yousuf	79	134	12	6770	223	55.49	26 February 1998
7	R. S. Dravid †	119	205	25	9920	270	55.11	20 June 1994
8	M. L. Hayden	94	167	13	8242	380	53.51	4 March 1994
9	D.P.M.D. Jayawardene	93	151	11	7271	374	51.93	2 August 1997
10	V. Sehwag †	54	91	3	4441	309	50.46	3 November 2001
	* denotes not out
	† played for ICC XI

There are some striking differences between the two groups:

• English and West Indian players are prominent in the retired list.
• The top retired players have played significantly fewer Tests than the top active players, with the notable exception of Michael Hussey among the active players.

However, at the same time, some equally striking similarities can be seen:

• Both the retired and active lists have one player dramatically ahead of all others — the late Donald Bradman among the retired players and Michael Hussey among active players.
• Apart from Bradman and Hussey, the two lists cluster around very similar averages, with the retired batsmen being slightly higher than the active ones.

[edit] Career One Day International average leaders

The first ODI was on 5 January 1971, but it was a year or two before the genre took off elsewhere than England.

Current as of 5 March 2008 — Qualification = 20 innings — (2,689 ODIs – Source Cricinfo Statsguru).

[edit] Top 10 retired ODI batsmen

Rank	Batsman	ODIs	Inns	n.o.	Runs	Highest	Ave	S.R.	Career dates
1	M.G. Bevan	232	196	67	6912	108*	53.58	74.16	1994 – 2004
2	Zaheer Abbas	62	60	6	2572	123	47.62	84.80	1974 – 1985
3	I.V.A. Richards	187	167	24	6721	189*	47.00	90.20	1975 – 1991
4	G.M. Turner	41	40	6	1598	171*	47.00	68.05	1973 – 1983
5	C.G. Greenidge	128	127	13	5134	133*	45.03	64.92	1975 – 1991
6	D.M. Jones	164	161	25	6068	145	44.61	72.56	1984 – 1994
7	B. Dippenaar	107	95	14	3421	125*	42.23	67.78	1999 – 2007
8	Javed Miandad	233	218	41	7381	119*	41.70	66.99	1975 – 1996
9	D.L. Haynes	238	237	28	8648	152*	41.37	63.09	1978 – 1994
10	L. Klusener	171	137	50	3576	103*	41.10	89.91	1996 – 2004
	* denotes not out								S.R. = strike rate

[edit] Top 10 active ODI batsmen

Rank	Batsman	ODIs	Inns	n.o.	Runs	Highest	Ave	S.R.	Date of debut
1	M.E.K. Hussey	85	64	26	2113	109*	55.60	86.99	1 February 2004
2	K.P. Pietersen †	71	65	12	2554	116	48.18	87.10	28 November 2004
3	M.S. Dhoni ‡	106	95	25	3185	183*	45.50	91.91	23 December 2004
4	R.R. Sarwan	124	116	24	4099	115*	44.55	76.90	20 July 2000
5	S.R. Tendulkar	417	407	38	16361	186*	44.33	85.49	18 December 1989
6	M.J. Clarke	132	116	27	3920	130	44.04	81.47	19 January 2003
7	M.L. Hayden †	161	155	15	6133	181*	43.80	78.96	19 May 1993
8	R. T. Ponting †	298	289	35	11026	164	43.40	80.50	15 February 1995
9	Mohammad Yousuf ‡	256	243	37	8873	141*	43.07	74.65	28 March 1998
10	S.C. Ganguly ‡	311	300	23	11363	183	41.02	73.70	11 January 1992
	* denotes not out
	† played for ICC XI
	‡ played for Asia XI								S.R. = strike rate

There is very little difference in the averages for retired and active batsmen.

[edit] External links

• Test averages at Cricinfo
• ODI averages at Cricinfo