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Home  »  Cricket  »  England  »  Records  »  Highest Batting Avg in Test for England

Highest Batting Avg in Test for England

Herbert Sutcliffe holds the highest batting average in TEST cricket for England, with an impressive 60.73 from 54 matches. He is followed by Edward Paynter at 59.23 and Ken Barrington at 58.67. Other notable players with high batting averages include Harry Brook (58.48) and Wally Hammond (58.45). Here is the list of England players with the highest batting average in TEST history.
# Player Mat Inn Runs Highest Avg 100s 50s
1 Herbert Sutcliffe 54 84 4,555 194 60.73 16 23
2 Edward Paynter 20 31 1,540 243 59.23 4 7
3 Ken Barrington 82 131 6,806 256 58.67 20 35
4 Harry Brook 24 40 2,281 317 58.48 8 10
5 Wally Hammond 85 140 7,249 336* 58.45 22 24
6 JB Hobbs 61 102 5,410 211 56.94 15 28
7 L Hutton 79 138 6,971 364 56.67 19 33
8 George Tyldesley 14 20 990 122 55.00 3 6
9 Joe Root 152 278 12,972 262 50.87 36 65
10 Denis Compton 78 131 5,807 278 50.06 17 28
11 Charles Mead 17 26 1,185 182* 49.37 4 3
12 Hon.FS Jackson 20 33 1,415 144* 48.79 5 6
13 Douglas Jardine 22 33 1,296 127 48.00 1 10
14 ER Dexter 62 102 4,502 205 47.89 9 27
15 Geoff Boycott 108 193 8,114 246* 47.72 22 42
16 EH Hendren 51 83 3,525 205* 47.63 7 21
17 Kevin Pietersen 104 181 8,181 227 47.28 23 35
18 Raman Subba Row 13 22 984 137 46.85 3 4
19 Peter May 66 106 4,537 285* 46.77 13 22
20 Joseph Hardstaff 23 38 1,636 205* 46.74 4 10
21 John Robertson 11 21 881 133 46.36 2 6
22 Dennis Amiss 50 88 3,612 262* 46.30 11 11
23 Philip Sharpe 12 21 786 111 46.23 1 4
24 Maurice Leyland 41 65 2,764 187 46.06 9 10
25 Alastair Cook 161 291 12,472 294 45.35 33 57
26 Kumar Ranjitsinhji 15 26 989 175 44.95 2 6
27 Graham Thorpe 100 179 6,744 200* 44.66 16 39
28 Tom Graveney 79 123 4,882 258 44.38 11 20
29 David Gower 117 204 8,231 215 44.25 18 39
30 IJL Trott 52 93 3,835 226 44.08 9 19
31 MC Cowdrey 114 188 7,624 182 44.06 22 38
32 Geoffrey Pullar 28 49 1,974 175 43.86 4 12
33 ME Trescothick 76 143 5,825 219 43.79 14 29
34 RA Smith 62 112 4,236 175 43.67 9 28
35 John Edrich 77 127 5,138 310* 43.54 12 24
36 Cyril Washbrook 37 66 2,569 195 42.81 6 12
37 IR Bell 118 205 7,727 235 42.69 22 46
38 Graham Gooch 118 215 8,900 333 42.58 20 46
39 MP Vaughan 82 147 5,719 197 41.44 18 18
40 Peter Parfitt 37 52 1,882 131* 40.91 7 6
41 AJ Strauss 100 178 7,037 177 40.91 21 27
42 LEG Ames 47 72 2,434 149 40.56 8 7
43 Paul Collingwood 68 115 4,259 206 40.56 10 20
44 Allan Watkins 15 24 810 137* 40.50 2 4
45 AW Greig 58 93 3,599 148 40.43 8 20
46 MJ Prior 79 123 4,099 131* 40.18 7 28
47 BL D'Oliveira 44 70 2,484 158 40.06 5 15
48 George Gunn 15 29 1,120 122* 40.00 2 7
49 William Edrich 39 63 2,440 219 40.00 6 13
50 Keith Fletcher 59 96 3,272 216 39.90 7 19
51 Ben Duckett 32 60 2,270 182 39.82 4 13
52 Michael Denness 28 45 1,667 188 39.69 4 7
53 BC Broad 25 44 1,661 162 39.54 6 6
54 Alec Stewart 133 235 8,463 190 39.54 15 45
55 Andrew Sandham 14 23 879 325 38.21 2 3
56 Rev.DS Sheppard 22 33 1,172 119 37.80 3 6
57 Michael Atherton 115 212 7,728 185* 37.69 16 46
58 PE Richardson 34 56 2,061 126 37.47 5 9
59 Gary Ballance 23 42 1,498 156 37.45 4 7
60 R Abel 13 22 744 132* 37.20 2 2
61 Nasser Hussain 96 171 5,764 207 37.18 14 33
62 Jonny Bairstow 100 178 6,042 167* 36.39 12 26
63 RT Robinson 29 49 1,601 175 36.38 4 6
64 Allan Lamb 79 139 4,656 142 36.09 14 18
65 Frank Woolley 64 98 3,283 154 36.07 5 23
66 BW Luckhurst 21 41 1,298 131 36.05 4 5
67 RW Barber 28 45 1,495 185 35.59 1 9
68 AE Stoddart 16 30 996 173 35.57 2 3
69 Mike Gatting 79 138 4,409 207 35.55 10 21
70 Ben Stokes 110 198 6,719 258 35.55 13 35
71 A Shrewsbury 23 40 1,277 164 35.47 3 4
72 CJ Barnett 20 35 1,098 129 35.41 2 5
73 Graeme Fowler 21 37 1,307 201 35.32 3 8
74 AG Steel 13 20 600 148 35.29 2 -
75 JP Crawley 37 61 1,800 156* 34.61 4 9
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