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Home  »  Cricket  »  South Africa  »  Records  »  Highest Batting Avg in Test for South Africa

Highest Batting Avg in Test for South Africa

RG Pollock holds the highest batting average in TEST cricket for South Africa, with an impressive 60.97 from 23 matches. He is followed by Jacques Kallis at 55.25 and AD Nourse at 53.81. Other notable players with high batting averages include AB de Villiers (50.66) and Kenneth Bland (49.08). Here is the list of south african players with the highest batting average in TEST history.
# Player Mat Inn Runs Highest Avg 100s 50s
1 RG Pollock 23 41 2,256 274 60.97 7 11
2 Jacques Kallis 165 278 13,206 224 55.25 45 58
3 AD Nourse 34 62 2,960 231 53.81 9 14
4 AB de Villiers 114 191 8,765 278* 50.66 22 46
5 Kenneth Bland 21 39 1,669 144* 49.08 3 9
6 Younis Khan 42 80 3,471 189* 48.88 8 21
7 Graeme Smith 116 203 9,253 277 48.70 27 38
8 Hashim Amla 124 215 9,282 311* 46.64 28 41
9 Eddie Barlow 30 57 2,516 201 45.74 6 15
10 Gary Kirsten 101 176 7,289 275 45.27 21 34
11 Daryll Cullinan 70 115 4,554 275* 44.21 14 20
12 Eric Rowan 26 50 1,965 236 43.66 3 12
13 Derrick McGlew 34 64 2,440 255* 42.06 7 10
14 Herschelle Gibbs 90 154 6,167 228 41.95 14 26
15 Ashwell Prince 66 104 3,665 162* 41.64 11 11
16 George Faulkner 25 47 1,754 204 40.79 4 8
17 Herbert Taylor 42 76 2,936 176 40.77 7 17
18 Faf du Plessis 69 118 4,163 199 40.02 10 21
19 Brian McMillan 38 62 1,968 113 39.36 3 13
20 Quinton de Kock 54 91 3,300 141* 38.82 6 22
21 Kepler Wessels 16 29 1,027 118 38.03 2 6
22 Temba Bavuma 63 108 3,606 172 37.95 4 24
23 Robert Catterall 24 43 1,555 120 37.92 3 11
24 Dean Elgar 86 152 5,347 199 37.92 14 23
25 Denis Lindsay 19 31 1,130 182 37.66 3 5
26 Gavin Hamilton 58 94 3,253 226 37.39 5 16
27 WJ Cronje 68 111 3,714 135 36.41 6 23
28 Aiden Markram 45 82 2,857 152 35.71 7 13
29 Jonty Rhodes 52 80 2,532 117 35.66 3 17
30 Jacques Rudolph 48 83 2,622 222* 35.43 6 11
31 Alviro Petersen 36 64 2,093 182 34.88 5 8
32 TL Goddard 41 78 2,516 112 34.46 1 18
33 William Endean 28 52 1,630 162* 33.95 3 8
34 DG Bedingham 12 21 645 110 33.94 1 3
35 Andrew Hudson 35 63 2,007 163 33.45 4 13
36 Lance Klusener 49 69 1,906 174 32.86 4 8
37 JP Duminy 46 74 2,103 166 32.85 6 8
38 John Zulch 16 32 983 150 32.76 2 4
39 Ali Bacher 12 22 679 73 32.33 - 6
40 Shaun Pollock 108 156 3,781 111 32.31 2 16
41 Kyle Verreynne 24 37 1,060 136* 32.12 4 3
42 Eric Dalton 15 24 698 117 31.72 2 3
43 AJ Pithey 17 27 819 154 31.50 1 4
44 Peter Kirsten 12 22 626 104 31.30 1 4
45 MV Boucher 146 204 5,498 125 30.54 5 35
46 John Waite 50 86 2,405 134 30.44 4 16
47 Roy McLean 40 73 2,120 142 30.28 5 10
48 Horace Cameron 26 45 1,239 90 30.21 - 10
49 Rassie van der Dussen 18 32 905 98 30.16 - 6
50 HH Dippenaar 38 62 1,718 177* 30.14 3 7
51 GC White 17 31 872 147 30.06 2 4
52 T de Zorzi 11 20 600 177 30.00 1 2
53 Arthur Nourse 45 83 2,234 111 29.78 1 15
54 IJ Siedle 18 34 977 141 28.73 1 5
55 Pat Symcox 20 27 741 108 28.50 1 4
56 Kenneth Viljoen 27 50 1,365 124 28.43 2 9
57 Keegan Petersen 14 25 704 82 28.16 - 4
58 HR Lance 13 22 591 70 28.14 - 5
59 Robin Peterson 15 20 464 84 27.29 - 3
60 CB van Ryneveld 19 33 724 83 26.81 - 3
61 AJ Hall 21 33 760 163 26.20 1 3
62 AM Bacher 19 33 833 96 26.03 - 5
63 KJ Funston 18 33 824 92 25.75 - 5
64 PL van der Merwe 15 23 533 76 25.38 - 3
65 Nico Boje 43 62 1,312 85 25.23 - 4
66 HG Deane 17 27 628 93 25.12 - 3
67 DPB Morkel 16 28 663 88 24.55 - 4
68 DJ Richardson 42 64 1,359 109 24.26 1 8
69 Vernon Philander 64 94 1,779 74 24.04 - 8
70 JE Cheetham 24 43 883 89 23.86 - 5
71 PW Sherwell 13 22 427 115 23.72 1 1
72 JC Watkins 15 27 612 92 23.53 - 3
73 James Sinclair 25 47 1,069 106 23.23 3 3
74 Marco Jansen 17 27 506 84* 23.00 - 3
75 Willem Mulder 18 29 589 105* 22.65 1 1
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