Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records in 1970s in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
CA Davis (WI)	1971-1973	11	21	5	1065	183	66.56	-	0.00	3	4	0	46+	1
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1976-1979	25	43	11	2059	206	64.34	2163+	41.51	6	10	2	174+	16
IVA Richards (WI)	1974-1980	30	49	2	2736	291	58.21	2116+	70.46	9	9	2	266+	15
G Boycott (ENG)	1970-1979	44	77	9	3806	191	55.97	10884	34.96	12	21	2	369	6
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1971-1979	60	108	7	5647	221	55.91	6806+	44.32	22	25	6	530+	13
GS Chappell (AUS)	1970-1980	54	96	13	4398	247*	52.98	8118+	49.61	15	21	6	466	9
GS Sobers (WI)	1971-1974	17	28	4	1256	178*	52.33	866+	46.88	5	4	4	94+	6
IR Redpath (AUS)	1970-1976	33	64	7	2861	171	50.19	6522+	37.99	7	18	3	282	2
DI Gower (ENG)	1978-1979	17	26	2	1187	200*	49.45	2240	52.99	3	5	2	131	3
AI Kallicharran (WI)	1972-1980	53	89	9	3956	187	49.45	3189+	46.53	11	20	7	360+	12
GM Turner (NZ)	1971-1977	30	52	4	2370	259	49.37	3490+	33.92	6	11	0	172+	0
DL Amiss (ENG)	1971-1977	45	80	9	3487	262*	49.11	7302+	42.19	11	11	8	409	3
CG Greenidge (WI)	1974-1980	21	40	3	1732	134	46.81	1166+	59.51	5	9	4	206+	23
GR Viswanath (IND)	1971-1979	62	108	8	4611	179	46.11	5222+	41.74	10	28	5	405+	6
RC Fredericks (WI)	1971-1977	49	90	7	3809	169	45.89	3069+	51.54	8	22	5	305+	7
LG Rowe (WI)	1972-1980	26	41	2	1785	302	45.76	2312+	47.18	6	6	2	185+	5
CH Lloyd (WI)	1971-1980	48	81	5	3475	242*	45.72	2045+	62.10	8	17	3	285+	35
RB Kanhai (WI)	1971-1974	18	29	3	1171	158*	45.03	777+	48.90	3	6	1	110+	2
IM Chappell (AUS)	1970-1976	45	84	5	3512	196	44.45	6431+	46.18	10	17	8	406	12
AR Border (AUS)	1978-1980	14	28	3	1102	162	44.08	2905+	36.83	3	6	1	120	2
Asif Iqbal (PAK)	1971-1979	39	66	5	2644	175	43.34	2196+	48.72	10	7	6	242+	15
Majid Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	38	69	2	2884	167	43.04	2028+	47.83	7	11	4	247+	9
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1971-1979	36	64	4	2563	274	42.71	2748+	52.72	6	9	5	198+	8
Mushtaq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	35	61	3	2449	201	42.22	2273+	32.86	8	12	3	198+	2
RB McCosker (AUS)	1975-1979	23	42	5	1545	127	41.75	3576	43.20	4	9	5	139	3
KWR Fletcher (ENG)	1970-1977	46	76	10	2748	216	41.63	6512+	38.80	7	15	5	311	6
JH Edrich (ENG)	1970-1976	37	64	5	2427	175	41.13	6983	34.75	4	14	3	244	1
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1977-1980	20	38	3	1426	130*	40.74	3523+	39.02	3	8	2	137	9
AW Greig (ENG)	1972-1977	58	93	4	3599	148	40.43	7251+	46.03	8	20	5	437	19
R Edwards (AUS)	1972-1975	20	32	3	1171	170*	40.37	2006+	43.71	2	9	4	104	1
KD Walters (AUS)	1970-1977	47	82	8	2968	250	40.10	4800+	51.47	7	19	1	323	14
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1976-1979	34	56	6	1997	157*	39.94	2974+	36.18	5	10	6	138+	8
Sadiq Mohammad (PAK)	1971-1979	33	59	2	2271	166	39.84	2210+	41.94	5	9	4	200+	0
MH Denness (ENG)	1972-1975	27	43	2	1610	188	39.26	3603+	39.88	4	6	2	185	2
GN Yallop (AUS)	1976-1979	21	41	3	1488	167	39.15	2536+	36.35	4	6	1	141	1
KR Stackpole (AUS)	1970-1974	26	50	2	1868	207	38.91	3150+	48.66	5	10	4	234	6
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1973-1979	28	47	6	1575	117*	38.41	1231+	52.15	2	10	4	130+	21
BE Congdon (NZ)	1971-1978	32	56	5	1935	176	37.94	3439+	33.61	6	9	5	147+	4
IT Botham (ENG)	1977-1979	22	30	1	1068	137	36.82	2023	52.79	4	3	2	113	11
RA Woolmer (ENG)	1975-1977	15	26	1	920	149	36.80	2236	41.14	3	2	2	113	2
BL D'Oliveira (ENG)	1970-1972	19	32	2	1094	117	36.46	2556	42.80	2	7	1	137	6
BW Luckhurst (ENG)	1970-1974	21	41	5	1298	131	36.05	3633	35.72	4	5	4	136	1
GP Howarth (NZ)	1975-1979	17	32	3	1040	123	35.86	2104+	36.07	4	3	4	102+	1
FM Engineer (IND)	1971-1975	16	30	2	1004	121	35.85	1416+	55.22	1	8	4	106+	1
Haroon Rasheed (PAK)	1977-1979	14	25	1	853	122	35.54	983+	48.62	2	3	0	60+	16
M Amarnath (IND)	1976-1979	25	43	2	1450	101*	35.36	1114+	42.99	2	9	5	75+	6
APE Knott (ENG)	1970-1977	71	112	10	3509	135	34.40	7046+	46.97	5	23	6	403	5
AP Sheahan (AUS)	1970-1974	12	21	3	618	127	34.33	1331+	43.12	1	2	3	63	2
MLC Foster (WI)	1971-1978	13	22	5	573	125	33.70	44+	20.45	1	1	0	37+	0
GM Wood (AUS)	1978-1979	15	30	1	953	126	32.86	1211+	35.67	2	5	2	78	1
CPS Chauhan (IND)	1973-1979	29	47	1	1501	93	32.63	2660+	35.78	0	13	5	143+	0
MG Burgess (NZ)	1971-1979	33	59	3	1815	111	32.41	1831+	41.34	4	9	2	132+	12
AD Gaekwad (IND)	1974-1979	21	37	3	1089	102	32.02	699+	31.33	1	5	1	70+	0
PM Toohey (AUS)	1977-1980	15	29	1	893	122	31.89	1247+	42.26	1	7	3	81	4
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1978-1979	23	31	3	893	126*	31.89	746+	82.97	1	5	2	76+	12
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1976-1979	15	26	1	786	126	31.44	2149+	31.50	2	3	0	60+	0
RW Marsh (AUS)	1970-1980	55	88	9	2471	132	31.27	4619+	47.06	3	12	6	261	17
BD Julien (WI)	1973-1977	24	34	6	866	121	30.92	836+	66.26	2	3	0	78+	7
GRJ Roope (ENG)	1973-1978	21	32	4	860	77	30.71	2589+	30.89	0	7	3	86	2
GA Gooch (ENG)	1975-1979	17	27	2	754	91*	30.16	1865	40.42	0	6	3	81	3
A Turner (AUS)	1975-1977	14	27	1	768	136	29.53	1516	50.65	1	3	2	79	2
BP Patel (IND)	1974-1977	21	38	5	972	115*	29.45	794+	43.07	1	5	0	86+	7
GJ Cosier (AUS)	1975-1978	18	32	1	897	168	28.93	1447+	53.83	2	3	3	105	1
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1976-1979	39	57	9	1360	101*	28.33	1874+	44.50	1	6	3	126+	1
DW Randall (ENG)	1977-1979	26	43	4	1100	174	28.20	2848	38.62	2	6	7	116	1
G Miller (ENG)	1976-1979	24	32	3	817	98*	28.17	2460	33.21	0	5	2	75	0
R Illingworth (ENG)	1970-1973	25	40	3	1035	107	27.97	3082	33.58	1	3	3	108	3
BF Hastings (NZ)	1972-1976	20	35	3	890	110	27.81	1369+	34.91	3	3	4	68+	0
KJ Wadsworth (NZ)	1971-1976	24	36	4	886	80	27.68	1145+	44.89	0	5	3	78+	1
WM Darling (AUS)	1978-1979	14	27	1	697	91	26.80	1007+	46.67	0	6	1	61	1
AL Wadekar (IND)	1971-1974	16	29	1	749	90	26.75	1467+	40.76	0	4	3	66+	1
IC Davis (AUS)	1973-1977	15	27	1	692	105	26.61	1581	43.76	1	4	3	67	2
WK Lees (NZ)	1976-1979	12	23	2	557	152	26.52	81+	35.80	1	0	2	50+	2
JM Parker (NZ)	1973-1979	30	52	2	1316	121	26.32	2555+	30.25	3	3	2	81+	0
B Yardley (AUS)	1978-1979	14	26	4	576	74	26.18	648+	44.44	0	3	1	70	4
DL Murray (WI)	1973-1980	43	65	5	1553	91	25.88	1651+	42.33	0	10	4	118+	7
KJ O'Keeffe (AUS)	1971-1977	24	34	9	644	85	25.76	1385+	34.51	0	1	3	53	1
JFM Morrison (NZ)	1973-1976	14	24	0	610	117	25.41	1170+	38.63	1	3	4	49+	2
ED Solkar (IND)	1971-1977	22	39	4	877	102	25.05	1467+	31.08	1	6	0	72+	3
KD Boyce (WI)	1971-1976	21	30	3	657	95*	24.33	631+	72.26	0	4	4	78+	5
Intikhab Alam (PAK)	1971-1977	21	33	2	739	138	23.83	502+	46.01	1	4	5	59+	11
CS Serjeant (AUS)	1977-1978	12	23	1	522	124	23.72	588+	40.47	1	2	4	62	1
JM Brearley (ENG)	1976-1979	32	53	2	1200	91	23.52	4069	29.49	0	7	5	110	0
GJ Gilmour (AUS)	1973-1977	15	22	1	483	101	23.00	708	68.22	1	3	3	67	6
KD Ghavri (IND)	1974-1979	32	45	11	777	86	22.85	1097+	42.02	0	2	1	57+	7
Imran Khan (PAK)	1971-1979	25	42	5	832	59	22.48	844+	40.87	0	1	2	41+	13
AV Mankad (IND)	1971-1978	15	28	2	569	53*	21.88	626+	35.46	0	2	2	23+	0
B Wood (ENG)	1972-1978	12	21	0	454	90	21.61	1396+	31.94	0	2	1	64	0
RW Taylor (ENG)	1971-1979	23	28	3	504	97	20.16	2125	23.71	0	2	2	37	0
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1973-1979	26	47	5	844	87	20.09	804+	45.27	0	3	4	55+	11
MHN Walker (AUS)	1972-1977	34	43	13	586	78*	19.53	1351+	41.52	0	1	5	54	1
S Abid Ali (IND)	1971-1974	17	29	3	488	71	18.76	592+	51.85	0	3	2	42+	0
Wasim Bari (PAK)	1971-1979	45	68	18	892	85	17.84	910+	29.12	0	5	14	54+	2
S Madan Lal (IND)	1974-1977	16	30	6	428	55*	17.83	251+	45.41	0	1	2	18+	0
BL Cairns (NZ)	1974-1979	14	25	5	347	52*	17.35	320+	38.75	0	1	2	23+	6
PH Edmonds (ENG)	1975-1979	18	21	5	277	50	17.31	713	38.84	0	1	0	32	3
Saleem Altaf (PAK)	1971-1978	17	26	10	266	53*	16.62	498+	20.48	0	1	3	11+	1
Sarfraz Nawaz (PAK)	1972-1979	33	47	8	626	53	16.05	562+	42.88	0	2	5	41+	0
DK Lillee (AUS)	1971-1980	35	45	14	497	73*	16.03	996+	44.37	0	1	6	48	8
CM Old (ENG)	1972-1978	41	58	7	751	65	14.72	2050+	35.80	0	2	8	91	6

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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:

Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 [Test # 867]

India v Pakistan at Kanpur, 4th Test, Dec 25-30, 1979 [Test # 866]

India v Pakistan at Wankhede, 3rd Test, Dec 16-20, 1979 [Test # 865]