Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records in 1990s in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1990-1999	69	109	12	5626	217	58.00	10344+	54.28	22	21	7	732+	27
JG Wright (NZ)	1990-1993	18	33	3	1662	185	55.40	4525	36.72	5	7	2	211	4
VG Kambli (IND)	1993-1995	17	21	1	1084	227	54.20	1823	59.46	4	3	3	124	6
SR Waugh (AUS)	1990-1999	89	143	26	6213	200	53.10	13181	47.13	18	28	11	636	7
DI Gower (ENG)	1990-1992	11	21	5	848	157*	53.00	1554	54.56	3	2	1	98	0
BC Lara (WI)	1990-1999	65	112	4	5573	375	51.60	8982	62.04	13	29	4	773	29
GA Gooch (ENG)	1990-1995	45	83	2	4176	333	51.55	8190	50.98	12	17	3	521	16
R Dravid (IND)	1996-1999	34	58	4	2698	190	49.96	6958	38.77	6	16	1	325	3
SC Ganguly (IND)	1996-1999	32	54	5	2432	173	49.63	5102	47.66	7	12	4	314	23
PA de Silva (SL)	1990-1999	62	104	9	4448	267	46.82	8530+	52.00	14	18	6	547+	33
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1990-1999	44	75	2	3366	188*	46.10	5890	57.14	9	21	8	449	10
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1990-1999	47	77	9	3126	237	45.97	6167	50.68	8	15	6	395	3
JC Adams (WI)	1992-1999	39	63	12	2326	208*	45.60	5625	41.35	5	11	4	263	4
MD Crowe (NZ)	1990-1995	32	55	4	2317	299	45.43	4851	47.76	7	7	2	275	21
DC Boon (AUS)	1990-1996	62	108	13	4303	164*	45.29	10758	39.99	13	18	11	474	1
AH Jones (NZ)	1990-1995	29	55	7	2171	186	45.22	5500	39.47	6	7	1	187	5
MJ Slater (AUS)	1993-1999	58	103	5	4425	219	45.15	8406	52.64	13	16	9	481	26
NS Sidhu (IND)	1990-1999	38	56	0	2517	201	44.94	5723	43.98	7	12	6	289	33
DL Haynes (WI)	1990-1994	31	56	8	2147	167	44.72	4518	47.52	6	8	3	260	6
RT Ponting (AUS)	1995-1999	33	52	5	2092	197	44.51	4270	48.99	6	10	3	203	10
A Flower (ZIM)	1992-1999	39	70	12	2580	156	44.48	6337	40.71	6	16	4	263	7
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1997-1999	15	22	1	933	242	44.42	2014	46.32	2	5	1	114	3
M Azharuddin (IND)	1990-1999	64	94	6	3880	192	44.09	6302+	61.20	14	12	3	476+	14
AR Border (AUS)	1990-1994	45	73	11	2686	200*	43.32	6732	39.89	4	17	6	276	6
CD McMillan (NZ)	1997-1999	19	32	3	1256	142	43.31	2130	58.96	3	7	2	142	24
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1992-1999	58	97	11	3717	200*	43.22	7225	51.44	8	23	8	466	15
DL Houghton (ZIM)	1992-1997	22	36	2	1464	266	43.05	3221	45.45	4	4	0	168	12
Shoaib Mohammad (PAK)	1990-1995	19	31	4	1162	203*	43.03	3211	36.18	3	5	2	125	2
RA Smith (ENG)	1990-1996	54	96	13	3538	175	42.62	7927	44.63	7	24	6	463	11
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1993-1999	53	87	8	3354	275*	42.45	6681	50.20	9	16	10	416	13
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1991-1999	44	74	9	2751	340	42.32	4273	64.38	5	14	9	349	21
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1990-1999	44	71	4	2815	211	42.01	6096	46.17	11	10	5	354	19
G Kirsten (SA)	1993-1999	56	100	9	3792	275	41.67	9185	41.28	10	18	8	485	4
ME Waugh (AUS)	1991-1999	99	164	11	6371	153*	41.64	12267	51.93	17	37	15	636	34
JH Kallis (SA)	1995-1999	32	51	6	1849	148*	41.08	5110	36.18	5	10	3	188	6
AJ Lamb (ENG)	1990-1992	22	39	1	1558	142	41.00	2671	58.33	5	6	3	212	9
MA Taylor (AUS)	1990-1999	93	166	12	6306	334*	40.94	15374	41.01	15	35	5	602	7
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1990-1999	93	169	12	6407	190	40.80	13199	48.54	12	34	7	842	8
AP Gurusinha (SL)	1990-1996	32	55	5	2038	143	40.76	5579	36.52	6	8	2	227	10
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1994-1999	37	62	7	2234	137*	40.61	5482	40.75	2	18	4	263	2
RB Richardson (WI)	1990-1995	41	70	5	2629	182	40.44	5323	49.38	6	14	5	348	19
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	1998-1999	15	29	2	1086	166*	40.22	2389	45.45	1	8	4	129	5
AL Logie (WI)	1990-1991	15	22	3	763	98	40.15	1255	60.79	0	7	0	98	1
N Hussain (ENG)	1990-1999	45	81	8	2918	207	39.97	7345	39.72	8	13	9	365	8
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1990-1999	55	89	14	2966	126*	39.54	7452+	39.06	6	16	7	350	0
DM Jones (AUS)	1990-1992	22	36	4	1261	150*	39.40	2559	49.27	4	5	7	130	5
BM McMillan (SA)	1992-1998	38	62	12	1968	113	39.36	4592	42.85	3	13	3	206	11
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1993-1999	57	105	13	3599	138	39.11	7793	46.18	6	24	8	436	1
MA Atherton (ENG)	1990-1999	91	168	6	6217	185*	38.37	16480	37.72	13	38	18	727	3
SP Fleming (NZ)	1994-1999	48	84	6	2984	174*	38.25	7116	41.93	2	23	7	372	8
KC Wessels (SA)	1992-1994	16	29	2	1027	118	38.03	2538	40.46	2	6	2	107	1
WJ Cronje (SA)	1992-1999	64	106	9	3689	135	38.03	8227	44.84	6	23	8	405	33
NJ Astle (NZ)	1996-1999	34	60	5	2020	125	36.72	4334	46.60	5	9	4	264	18
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1992-1998	45	79	3	2777	205	36.53	4960	55.98	5	13	4	378	8
SL Campbell (WI)	1995-1999	36	63	3	2184	208	36.40	5313	41.10	4	12	6	282	5
IVA Richards (WI)	1990-1991	13	21	2	691	80	36.36	1147	60.24	0	8	1	83	13
JL Langer (AUS)	1993-1999	29	48	1	1702	179*	36.21	4030	42.23	5	9	4	139	6
CL Hooper (WI)	1990-1999	64	110	12	3514	178*	35.85	6700	52.44	8	15	10	390	44
JN Rhodes (SA)	1992-1999	48	73	8	2321	117	35.70	5113	45.39	3	15	4	237	21
MTG Elliott (AUS)	1996-1999	20	34	1	1171	199	35.48	2626	44.59	3	4	4	155	4
GS Blewett (AUS)	1995-1999	43	74	4	2483	214	35.47	5884	42.19	4	15	5	271	4
CG Greenidge (WI)	1990-1991	12	22	1	732	226	34.85	1520	48.15	2	0	0	98	5
A Ranatunga (SL)	1990-1999	60	97	8	3074	131	34.53	6094+	49.73	2	22	9	360+	26
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-1999	15	27	1	897	120*	34.50	1905	47.08	1	9	3	123	6
Javed Miandad (PAK)	1990-1993	23	36	3	1131	153*	34.27	2600	43.50	1	7	1	128	4
GA Hick (ENG)	1991-1999	54	94	6	3005	178	34.14	6009	50.00	5	17	6	409	22
L Klusener (SA)	1996-1999	25	33	5	954	174	34.07	1400	68.14	2	3	2	132	10
MJ Horne (NZ)	1997-1999	24	45	2	1453	157	33.79	3389	42.87	3	5	1	172	10
AC Hudson (SA)	1992-1998	35	63	3	2007	163	33.45	5129	39.13	4	13	7	254	5
HH Gibbs (SA)	1996-1999	17	30	1	969	211*	33.41	2266	42.76	2	3	2	124	5
GW Flower (ZIM)	1992-1999	38	70	3	2230	201*	33.28	6295	35.42	5	8	8	205	9
CM Spearman (NZ)	1995-1999	13	25	2	759	112	33.00	1683	45.09	1	3	2	94	4
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1996-1999	13	20	2	592	192	32.88	1263	46.87	2	1	3	74	0
KLT Arthurton (WI)	1992-1995	28	42	3	1277	157*	32.74	3010	42.42	2	8	7	132	17
MV Boucher (SA)	1997-1999	24	30	4	844	125	32.46	1837	45.94	3	4	3	108	3
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1997-1999	18	29	4	811	136	32.44	1609	50.40	3	1	4	101	5
SM Pollock (SA)	1995-1999	38	56	12	1404	92	31.90	2798	50.17	0	8	2	147	9
BA Young (NZ)	1993-1999	35	68	4	2034	267*	31.78	5222	38.95	2	12	5	232	1
JP Crawley (ENG)	1994-1999	29	47	5	1329	156*	31.64	3459	38.42	3	7	3	135	3
Ramiz Raja (PAK)	1990-1997	28	48	2	1454	98	31.60	3141	46.29	0	13	5	175	0
MS Atapattu (SL)	1990-1999	29	51	5	1447	223	31.45	3341+	43.31	3	3	10	182	1
N Kapil Dev (IND)	1990-1994	28	35	3	1002	129	31.31	1450+	68.82	2	5	3	119+	17
M Prabhakar (IND)	1990-1995	33	48	5	1346	120	31.30	3516+	37.40	1	8	3	137+	3
PN Kirsten (SA)	1992-1994	12	22	2	626	104	31.30	2084	30.03	1	4	2	67	0
KR Rutherford (NZ)	1990-1995	40	72	5	2097	105	31.29	4343	48.28	2	16	8	267	15
SA Thomson (NZ)	1990-1995	19	35	4	958	120*	30.90	2113	45.33	1	5	3	133	6
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1992-1999	33	50	3	1432	132*	30.46	2350	60.93	3	7	3	216	4
SV Manjrekar (IND)	1990-1996	28	46	4	1259	104	29.97	3523	35.73	1	6	2	125	1
RS Mahanama (SL)	1990-1998	46	79	1	2333	225	29.91	5433+	42.03	4	10	7	280+	2
GR Marsh (AUS)	1990-1992	17	32	4	837	94	29.89	2211	37.85	0	6	2	97	0
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-1999	11	21	4	506	78	29.76	1159	43.65	0	3	0	65	4
UC Hathurusingha (SL)	1991-1999	26	44	1	1274	83	29.62	3573	35.65	0	8	2	154	0
CL Cairns (NZ)	1991-1999	43	72	3	2026	126	29.36	4022	50.37	2	17	5	222	45
MG Bevan (AUS)	1994-1998	18	30	3	785	91	29.07	1972	39.80	0	6	4	89	1
Moin Khan (PAK)	1990-1999	50	77	6	2049	117*	28.85	4084	50.17	3	13	5	248	21
IA Healy (AUS)	1990-1999	102	159	21	3949	161*	28.61	7863	50.22	4	21	15	389	5
PL Symcox (SA)	1993-1998	20	27	1	741	108	28.50	1321	56.09	1	4	1	80	12
A Jadeja (IND)	1992-1999	14	22	2	563	96	28.15	1391	40.47	0	4	1	61	3
KS More (IND)	1990-1993	21	26	5	587	73	27.95	1502+	36.61	0	5	2	56+	1
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1991-1999	38	67	6	1701	154	27.88	5072	33.53	1	10	10	168	3

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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, 3rd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1480]

Australia v India at Melbourne, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1999 [Test # 1479]

New Zealand v West Indies at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-29, 1999 [Test # 1478]