Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records in 1980s in ODI matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
AH Jones (NZ)	1987-1989	28	28	4	1229	90	51.20	1996	61.57	0	15	1	79	5
Zaheer Abbas (PAK)	1980-1985	48	46	5	2076	123	50.63	2387	86.97	7	10	2	171+	18+
CG Greenidge (WI)	1980-1989	98	97	9	4205	133*	47.78	6302	66.72	10	26	3	380+	66+
GA Gooch (ENG)	1980-1989	57	57	2	2546	142	46.29	3865	65.87	7	15	0	249+	7
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1980-1989	142	138	29	5041	119*	46.24	7248	69.55	6	36	2	317+	31+
IVA Richards (WI)	1980-1989	156	139	18	5559	189*	45.94	6068	91.61	8	40	6	485+	111+
DM Jones (AUS)	1984-1989	84	82	15	3044	121	45.43	4028	75.57	3	23	2	182+	35+
DL Haynes (WI)	1980-1989	159	158	22	5892	152*	43.32	9222	63.89	15	33	4	503+	39+
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1982-1989	89	87	15	3072	118	42.66	4082	75.25	4	18	8	245	26
NS Sidhu (IND)	1987-1989	32	29	1	1143	108	40.82	1582	72.25	1	12	0	73	22
GR Marsh (AUS)	1986-1989	78	78	5	2923	126*	40.04	5141	56.85	7	12	3	198	11
BC Broad (ENG)	1987-1988	34	34	0	1361	106	40.02	2447	55.61	1	11	2	81	3
CH Lloyd (WI)	1980-1985	67	54	17	1473	89*	39.81	1863	79.06	0	8	0	116+	21+
SB Smith (AUS)	1983-1985	28	24	2	861	117	39.13	1319	65.27	2	8	1	67+	0+
DB Vengsarkar (IND)	1980-1989	117	109	19	3277	105	36.41	4830	67.84	1	22	6	204+	21+
AL Logie (WI)	1981-1989	114	94	33	2213	109*	36.27	3015	73.39	1	11	7	154+	7+
GM Turner (NZ)	1983-1983	23	23	0	834	140	36.26	1068	78.08	1	5	1	91	5
KC Wessels (AUS)	1983-1985	54	51	3	1740	107	36.25	2945	59.08	1	14	0	139	2
SM Gavaskar (IND)	1980-1987	99	93	12	2838	103*	35.03	4420	64.20	1	25	8	208+	20+
GM Wood (AUS)	1980-1989	77	71	11	2099	114*	34.98	3486	60.21	3	11	4	159+	4+
RB Richardson (WI)	1983-1989	120	118	16	3530	110	34.60	5716	61.75	2	28	7	310+	19+
SR Waugh (AUS)	1986-1989	80	71	19	1799	83*	34.59	2351	76.52	0	9	4	125	15
CL Hooper (WI)	1987-1989	39	32	10	758	113*	34.45	1062	71.37	1	3	1	55	8
GS Chappell (AUS)	1980-1983	52	50	9	1412	138*	34.43	1838	76.82	2	8	6	111	3
MD Crowe (NZ)	1982-1989	82	80	8	2455	105*	34.09	3290	74.62	1	17	2	201	11
DC Boon (AUS)	1984-1989	81	79	1	2636	122	33.79	3903	67.53	2	15	4	231	11
Imran Khan (PAK)	1980-1989	124	110	31	2653	102*	33.58	3508	75.62	1	12	4	158+	34+
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1982-1989	105	97	12	2803	102	32.97	3254	86.14	4	16	7	222+	14+
J Dyson (AUS)	1980-1983	29	27	4	755	79	32.82	1553	48.61	0	4	1	55	2
PV Simmons (WI)	1987-1989	25	25	1	787	104*	32.79	1063	74.03	1	5	0	87+	10+
MW Gatting (ENG)	1980-1989	82	79	17	2024	115*	32.64	2803	72.20	1	9	3	159	11
M Amarnath (IND)	1982-1989	74	67	11	1793	102*	32.01	3077	58.27	2	12	2	117+	9+
AR Border (AUS)	1980-1989	183	171	24	4697	127*	31.95	6569	71.50	3	32	7	365	23
CWJ Athey (ENG)	1980-1988	31	30	3	848	142*	31.40	1495	56.72	2	4	1	54	4
M Azharuddin (IND)	1985-1989	98	88	16	2252	108*	31.27	3297	68.30	2	7	3	146+	13+
RL Dias (SL)	1982-1987	56	53	5	1498	121	31.20	2181	68.68	2	10	3	113+	4+
G Fowler (ENG)	1983-1986	26	26	2	744	81*	31.00	1321	56.32	0	4	2	67	1
JV Coney (NZ)	1980-1987	84	78	19	1827	66*	30.96	2792	65.43	0	8	1	125	12
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1985-1989	98	97	5	2840	113	30.86	4404	64.48	2	19	7	210+	6+
DI Gower (ENG)	1980-1989	87	86	4	2527	158	30.81	3340	75.65	5	9	5	229	20
BA Edgar (NZ)	1980-1986	60	60	4	1670	102*	29.82	3382	49.37	1	9	3	114	3
PA de Silva (SL)	1984-1989	68	65	6	1752	96	29.69	2281	76.80	0	15	2	113+	18+
HA Gomes (WI)	1980-1987	82	63	15	1408	101	29.33	2563	54.93	1	6	5	73+	4+
A Ranatunga (SL)	1982-1989	80	77	13	1877	86*	29.32	2500	75.08	0	12	5	123+	16+
SFAF Bacchus (WI)	1980-1983	27	24	3	612	80*	29.14	922	66.37	0	3	0	52+	1+
Yashpal Sharma (IND)	1980-1985	40	39	9	872	89	29.06	1375	63.41	0	4	0	52+	10+
K Srikkanth (IND)	1981-1989	124	123	3	3486	123	29.05	4830	72.17	4	22	8	339+	39+
RJ Shastri (IND)	1981-1989	119	97	17	2323	102	29.03	3545	65.52	2	14	3	143+	23+
DR Pringle (ENG)	1982-1989	25	20	8	339	49*	28.25	536	63.24	0	0	1	16	3
DW Randall (ENG)	1980-1985	26	23	3	556	70	27.80	894	62.19	0	3	1	38	2
CJ Tavare (ENG)	1980-1984	29	28	2	720	83*	27.69	1471	48.94	0	4	1	58	2
JF Reid (NZ)	1980-1986	25	24	1	633	88	27.52	1084	58.39	0	4	0	29+	2
GM Ritchie (AUS)	1982-1987	44	42	7	959	84	27.40	1479	64.84	0	6	2	55	6
R Lamba (IND)	1986-1989	32	31	2	783	102	27.00	1166	67.15	1	6	2	63+	9+
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1980-1989	143	131	24	2869	175*	26.81	2815	101.91	1	14	11	222+	59+
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1984-1989	53	48	6	1125	126*	26.78	2133	52.74	1	8	4	84+	2+
DW Hookes (AUS)	1982-1986	35	32	2	803	76	26.76	1061	75.68	0	5	2	73	13
Mohsin Khan (PAK)	1981-1986	71	71	4	1793	117*	26.76	3221	55.66	2	7	3	146+	7+
JG Wright (NZ)	1980-1989	113	112	1	2969	101	26.74	5211	56.97	1	17	7	268+	13+
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1985-1989	37	37	1	955	83	26.52	1734	55.07	0	7	5	59+	8+
Aamer Malik (PAK)	1988-1989	21	20	1	499	90	26.26	868	57.48	0	5	1	37+	0+
C Sharma (IND)	1983-1989	60	33	16	440	101*	25.88	485	90.72	1	0	3	31	4
Mudassar Nazar (PAK)	1980-1989	112	106	9	2493	95	25.70	4751	52.47	0	15	5	172+	2+
JJ Crowe (NZ)	1983-1989	73	69	12	1464	88*	25.68	2319	63.13	0	7	6	107	12
RS Mahanama (SL)	1986-1989	42	41	2	987	98	25.30	1767	55.85	0	7	3	57+	3+
KJ Hughes (AUS)	1980-1985	82	73	4	1741	98	25.23	2534	68.70	0	15	10	124	10
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1985-1988	34	33	1	802	79	25.06	1417	56.59	0	6	1	57	5
PJL Dujon (WI)	1981-1989	149	104	34	1732	82*	24.74	2568	67.44	0	5	5	124+	7+
S Wettimuny (SL)	1982-1987	35	33	1	786	86*	24.56	1636	48.04	0	4	1	46+	2+
SM Patil (IND)	1980-1986	45	42	1	1005	84	24.51	1223	82.17	0	9	4	74+	12+
WB Phillips (AUS)	1982-1986	48	41	6	852	75*	24.34	994	85.71	0	6	1	76+	5+
IT Botham (ENG)	1980-1989	75	69	9	1452	72	24.20	1765	82.26	0	7	5	133	34
SMH Kirmani (IND)	1980-1986	46	28	13	360	48*	24.00	580	62.06	0	0	1	24+	0+
CS Pandit (IND)	1986-1988	31	20	8	283	33*	23.58	385	73.50	0	0	1	16+	0+
Wasim Raja (PAK)	1980-1985	38	32	10	517	60	23.50	818	63.20	0	1	3	34+	6+
RT Robinson (ENG)	1984-1988	26	26	0	597	83	22.96	1026	58.18	0	3	2	63	0
Qasim Umar (PAK)	1983-1987	31	31	3	642	69	22.92	1125	57.06	0	4	3	52	3
Manzoor Elahi (PAK)	1984-1988	46	41	11	682	50*	22.73	735	92.78	0	1	1	50+	16+
LRD Mendis (SL)	1982-1989	75	70	8	1409	80	22.72	1892	74.47	0	6	4	104+	6+
PL Taylor (AUS)	1987-1989	38	23	13	221	36*	22.10	310	71.29	0	0	3	12	0
SAR Silva (SL)	1984-1985	20	20	0	441	85	22.05	838	52.62	0	3	1	32+	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1986-1989	63	58	6	1146	124*	22.03	1377	83.22	1	5	1	96	11
SP O'Donnell (AUS)	1985-1989	58	45	12	727	74*	22.03	993	73.21	0	5	3	37+	11+
GP Howarth (NZ)	1980-1985	60	56	4	1124	76	21.61	1871	60.07	0	4	1	90+	2+
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)	1980-1989	92	81	13	1465	79	21.54	1918	76.38	0	3	2	103+	21+
RG de Alwis (SL)	1983-1988	31	27	8	401	59*	21.10	512	78.32	0	2	2	33+	7+
S Madan Lal (IND)	1981-1987	60	30	13	355	53*	20.88	548	64.78	0	1	1	21+	3+
RW Marsh (AUS)	1980-1984	71	57	9	962	66	20.04	1112	86.51	0	3	6	72	13
DSBP Kuruppu (SL)	1983-1989	49	47	1	917	72	19.93	1811	50.63	0	4	3	73+	4+
DS de Silva (SL)	1982-1985	36	25	9	317	37*	19.81	550	57.63	0	0	0	17+	0+
TE Blain (NZ)	1986-1988	22	22	9	246	49*	18.92	375	65.60	0	0	3	19	1
RS Madugalle (SL)	1982-1988	62	55	5	946	73	18.92	1558	60.71	0	3	4	57+	16+
M Prabhakar (IND)	1984-1989	35	22	7	279	106	18.60	474	58.86	1	0	2	20+	0+
PAJ DeFreitas (ENG)	1987-1989	45	31	12	328	33	17.26	356	92.13	0	0	2	24	5
MD Marshall (WI)	1980-1989	109	61	16	772	66	17.15	972	79.42	0	2	4	50+	12+
Mansoor Akhtar (PAK)	1980-1989	40	34	1	561	47	17.00	1106	50.72	0	0	1	43+	2+
JG Bracewell (NZ)	1983-1988	48	39	11	469	43	16.75	646	72.60	0	0	5	34	2
MC Snedden (NZ)	1980-1989	85	49	18	516	64	16.64	802	64.33	0	1	2	31+	1+
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	1983-1989	99	64	25	631	41*	16.17	829	76.11	0	0	6	36	16
PR Downton (ENG)	1984-1988	27	20	5	242	44*	16.13	358	67.59	0	0	2	13	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:

Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Perth, Benson & Hedges World Series 3rd match, Dec 31, 1989 [ODI # 598]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Benson & Hedges World Series 2nd match, Dec 30, 1989 [ODI # 597]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Benson & Hedges World Series 1st match, Dec 26, 1989 [ODI # 596]