Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records in 2000s in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
VVS Laxman (IND)	2000-2008	20	37	4	2041	281	61.84	3660	55.76	6	9	1	290	0
SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2008	18	35	4	1695	241*	54.67	2914	58.16	5	8	2	205	8
V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2003-2008	15	30	1	1483	195	51.13	1985	74.71	3	7	2	194	11
KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2009	12	24	2	1116	158	50.72	1981	56.33	2	7	1	112	16
S Chanderpaul (WI)	2000-2009	12	24	4	959	118	47.95	2133	44.96	4	5	1	106	5
MP Vaughan (ENG)	2002-2005	10	20	0	959	183	47.95	1627	58.94	4	1	3	121	9
BC Lara (ICC/WI)	2000-2005	13	26	0	1240	226	47.69	2056	60.31	4	3	3	156	11
JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	2001-2009	18	34	4	1408	114	46.93	3016	46.68	3	8	0	178	7
AB de Villiers (SA)	2005-2009	12	22	2	879	163	43.95	1849	47.53	3	6	0	91	9
R Dravid (ICC/IND)	2000-2008	21	40	5	1533	233	43.80	3789	40.45	2	8	4	192	4
NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2005	11	21	2	811	156*	42.68	1507	53.81	1	5	1	108	1
MA Butcher (ENG)	2001-2003	10	20	1	774	173*	40.73	1536	50.39	2	2	1	100	1
AJ Strauss (ENG)	2005-2009	15	29	0	1114	161	38.41	2217	50.24	3	4	1	136	2
PD Collingwood (ENG)	2005-2009	11	21	1	700	206	35.00	1669	41.94	1	4	1	69	2
HH Gibbs (SA)	2001-2006	12	24	0	815	104	33.95	1655	49.24	1	5	1	127	1
ME Trescothick (ENG)	2001-2005	15	30	0	1013	90	33.76	1707	59.34	0	7	2	154	8
A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2005-2009	15	29	2	906	102	33.55	1337	67.76	1	6	2	111	19
SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2008	18	33	2	1034	144	33.35	1880	55.00	2	4	2	121	4
GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2009	13	25	2	753	108	32.73	1363	55.24	1	4	3	94	0
ND McKenzie (SA)	2001-2009	11	22	2	638	99	31.90	1638	38.94	0	4	3	89	2
RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2009	14	28	0	868	128	31.00	1736	50.00	2	4	3	115	3
SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2005	11	21	0	575	105	27.38	1360	42.27	1	5	3	66	1
DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	2000-2008	13	23	7	419	65	26.18	773	54.20	0	2	2	55	0
IR Bell (ENG)	2005-2009	13	25	0	642	87	25.68	1470	43.67	0	8	4	70	4
MV Boucher (ICC/SA)	2001-2009	19	35	3	759	89	23.71	1653	45.91	0	5	5	92	2
Harbhajan Singh (IND)	2001-2008	13	22	5	389	63	22.88	725	53.65	0	4	3	46	1
A Kumble (IND)	2000-2008	14	22	4	371	87	20.61	957	38.76	0	1	2	47	0
Z Khan (IND)	2001-2008	13	21	8	210	57*	16.15	375	56.00	0	1	4	27	3
M Ntini (SA)	2001-2009	15	25	10	152	28*	10.13	314	48.40	0	0	5	24	2
SJ Harmison (ENG/ICC)	2002-2009	17	30	7	212	23	9.21	384	55.20	0	0	8	30	1
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2002-2006	12	22	4	87	16	4.83	441	19.72	0	0	6	7	0

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Minimum of 20 innings
Performances in matches that overlap decades are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

South Africa v England at Durban, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1944]

Australia v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1st Test, Dec 26-30, 2009 [Test # 1943]

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test, Dec 16-20, 2009 [Test # 1942]