Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records for New Zealand in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RE Redmond	1973-1973	1	2	0	163	107	81.50	-	0.00	1	1	0	29	0
CS Dempster	1930-1933	10	15	4	723	136	65.72	0+	0.00	2	5	0	0+	1
KW Hough	1959-1959	2	3	2	62	31*	62.00	56	110.71	0	0	0	8	1
KS Williamson	2010-2024	100	176	17	8743	251	54.98	17006	51.41	32	34	11	971	24
MP Donnelly	1937-1949	7	12	1	582	206	52.90	-	0.00	1	4	2	50+	1
HM McGirr	1930-1930	2	1	0	51	51	51.00	0+	0.00	0	1	0	0+	0
DJ Mitchell	2019-2024	23	37	5	1608	190	50.25	3014	53.35	5	10	1	158	29
FB Smith	1947-1952	4	6	1	237	96	47.40	-	0.00	0	2	0	1+	3
JF Reid	1979-1986	19	31	3	1296	180	46.28	3616+	35.31	6	2	4	133	1
MD Crowe	1982-1995	77	131	11	5444	299	45.36	12190	44.65	17	18	9	659	27
MH Richardson	2000-2004	38	65	3	2776	145	44.77	7370	37.66	4	19	1	344	4
LRPL Taylor	2007-2022	112	196	24	7683	290	44.66	12957	59.29	19	35	14	932	55
GM Turner	1969-1983	41	73	6	2991	259	44.64	4061+	34.00	7	14	1	223+	0
AH Jones	1987-1995	39	74	8	2922	186	44.27	7443	39.25	7	11	2	245	8
HG Vivian	1931-1937	7	10	0	421	100	42.10	0+	0.00	1	5	0	0+	3
DP Conway	2021-2024	20	37	1	1497	200	41.58	2981	50.21	4	8	3	185	8
JD Ryder	2008-2011	18	33	2	1269	201	40.93	2299	55.19	3	6	4	146	6
B Sutcliffe	1947-1965	42	76	8	2727	230*	40.10	159+	45.91	5	15	5	144+	16
SP Fleming	1994-2008	111	189	10	7172	274*	40.06	15652	45.82	9	46	16	917	26
R Ravindra	2021-2024	7	14	1	519	240	39.92	1053	49.28	1	2	1	61	4
L Ronchi	2015-2016	4	8	0	319	88	39.87	432	73.84	0	2	1	41	6
TWM Latham	2014-2024	80	142	6	5418	264*	39.83	11541	46.94	13	28	11	617	19
C de Grandhomme	2016-2022	29	44	7	1432	120*	38.70	1780	80.44	2	8	6	141	41
BB McCullum	2004-2016	101	176	9	6453	302	38.64	9989	64.60	12	31	14	776	107
CD McMillan	1997-2005	55	91	10	3116	142	38.46	5670	54.95	6	19	7	367	54
HJH Marshall	2000-2006	13	19	2	652	160	38.35	1378	47.31	2	2	1	83	3
JG Wright	1978-1993	82	148	7	5334	185	37.82	14619+	35.26	12	23	7	621+	10
JV Coney	1974-1987	52	85	14	2668	174*	37.57	5783+	41.95	3	16	3	266+	8
BJ Watling	2009-2021	75	117	16	3790	205	37.52	8894	42.61	8	19	10	429	8
HM Nicholls	2016-2023	56	87	7	2973	200*	37.16	5922	50.20	9	12	6	322	9
NJ Astle	1996-2006	81	137	10	4702	222	37.02	9479	49.60	11	24	11	612	39
MD Craig	2014-2016	15	25	9	589	67	36.81	1083	54.38	0	3	1	65	10
TA Blundell	2017-2024	32	54	6	1756	138	36.58	3485	50.38	4	10	4	220	5
JDP Oram	2002-2009	33	59	10	1780	133	36.32	3533	50.38	5	6	4	209	21
SB Styris	2002-2007	29	48	4	1586	170	36.04	3089	51.34	5	6	5	205	13
GR Stead	1999-1999	5	8	0	278	78	34.75	671	41.43	0	2	0	36	0
L Vincent	2001-2007	23	40	1	1332	224	34.15	2827	47.11	3	9	4	161	12
JDS Neesham	2014-2017	12	22	1	709	137*	33.76	1069	66.32	2	4	2	88	11
CL Cairns	1989-2004	62	104	5	3320	158	33.53	5815	57.09	5	22	7	365	87
JR Reid	1949-1965	58	108	5	3428	142	33.28	128+	34.37	6	22	5	267+	33
GD Phillips	2020-2024	7	12	1	366	87	33.27	504	72.61	0	3	1	43	9
CJ Anderson	2013-2016	13	22	1	683	116	32.52	1201	56.86	1	4	3	94	14
GP Howarth	1975-1985	47	83	5	2531	147	32.44	5753+	39.11	6	11	7	251+	1
BE Congdon	1965-1978	61	114	7	3448	176	32.22	4280+	33.22	7	19	9	221+	12
MS Sinclair	1999-2010	33	56	5	1635	214	32.05	3795	43.08	3	4	4	197	7
PE Whitelaw	1933-1933	2	4	2	64	30	32.00	-	0.00	0	0	0	-	0
DD Taylor	1947-1956	3	5	0	159	77	31.80	-	0.00	0	1	0	1+	1
BA Young	1993-1999	35	68	4	2034	267*	31.78	5222	38.95	2	12	5	232	1
K Thomson	1968-1968	2	4	1	94	69	31.33	-	0.00	0	1	1	5+	1
RT Latham	1992-1993	4	7	0	219	119	31.28	447	48.99	1	0	1	27	1
GO Rabone	1949-1955	12	20	2	562	107	31.22	-	0.00	1	2	0	28+	0
MG Burgess	1968-1980	50	92	6	2684	119*	31.20	2300+	39.00	5	14	5	217+	17
GT Dowling	1961-1972	39	77	3	2306	239	31.16	812+	27.95	3	11	6	123+	14
SA Thomson	1990-1995	19	35	4	958	120*	30.90	2113	45.33	1	5	3	133	6
MJ Greatbatch	1988-1996	41	71	5	2021	146*	30.62	4946	40.86	3	10	9	227	10
BA Edgar	1978-1986	39	68	4	1958	161	30.59	5641+	32.06	3	12	7	163+	0
BF Hastings	1969-1976	31	56	6	1510	117*	30.20	1959+	33.99	4	7	6	116+	3
WA Hadlee	1937-1951	11	19	1	543	116	30.16	-	0.00	1	2	1	37+	0
DL Vettori	1997-2014	112	172	22	4523	140	30.15	7766	58.24	6	23	19	556	17
JA Raval	2016-2020	24	39	1	1143	132	30.07	2670	42.80	1	7	3	142	1
TW Jarvis	1965-1973	13	22	1	625	182	29.76	713+	30.99	1	2	6	54+	0
GL Weir	1930-1937	11	16	2	416	74*	29.71	1+	0.00	0	3	1	0+	0
DG Brownlie	2011-2013	14	25	1	711	109	29.62	1587	44.80	1	4	3	96	3
RH Vance	1988-1989	4	7	0	207	68	29.57	646	32.04	0	1	0	22	0
BW Sinclair	1963-1968	21	40	1	1148	138	29.43	260+	47.30	3	3	5	84+	0
MJ Guptill	2009-2016	47	89	1	2586	189	29.38	5548	46.61	3	17	10	326	23
VJ Scott	1946-1952	10	17	1	458	84	28.62	-	0.00	0	3	1	16+	0
MJ Horne	1997-2003	35	65	2	1788	157	28.38	4384	40.78	4	5	4	210	11
SR Gillespie	1986-1986	1	1	0	28	28	28.00	81	34.56	0	0	0	2	0
TC Lowry	1930-1931	7	8	0	223	80	27.87	0+	0.00	0	2	2	0+	0
AW Roberts	1930-1937	5	10	1	248	66*	27.55	-	0.00	0	3	0	-	0
TG McIntosh	2008-2011	17	33	2	854	136	27.54	2359	36.20	2	4	5	98	7
RC Blunt	1930-1932	9	13	1	330	96	27.50	0+	0.00	0	1	1	0+	0
Sir RJ Hadlee	1973-1990	86	134	19	3124	151*	27.16	4611+	57.34	2	15	12	323+	33
KR Rutherford	1985-1995	56	99	8	2465	107*	27.08	5354	46.04	3	18	16	314	15
HD Rutherford	2013-2015	16	29	1	755	171	26.96	1338	56.42	1	1	2	98	9
TE Blain	1986-1994	11	20	3	456	78	26.82	1201	37.96	0	2	2	62	4
JE Mills	1930-1933	7	10	1	241	117	26.77	0+	0.00	1	0	2	0+	0
WA Young	2020-2024	16	28	1	717	89	26.55	1721	41.66	0	7	1	93	1
CM Spearman	1995-2000	19	37	2	922	112	26.34	2212	41.68	1	3	3	115	4
AC Parore	1990-2002	78	128	19	2865	110	26.28	7399	38.72	2	14	6	316	12
JEF Beck	1953-1956	8	15	0	394	99	26.26	-	0.00	0	3	1	15+	2
JJ Crowe	1983-1990	39	65	4	1601	128	26.24	4659	34.36	3	6	6	183	4
DAR Moloney	1937-1937	3	6	0	156	64	26.00	-	0.00	0	1	1	-	0
DR Flynn	2008-2013	24	45	5	1038	95	25.95	2580	40.23	0	6	8	135	4
CD Cumming	2005-2008	11	19	2	441	74	25.94	1265	34.86	0	1	1	56	2
IDS Smith	1980-1992	63	88	17	1815	173	25.56	2873	63.17	2	6	7	231	7
VR Brown	1985-1985	2	3	1	51	36*	25.50	164	31.09	0	0	1	3	0
PG Fulton	2006-2014	23	39	1	967	136	25.44	2462	39.27	2	5	3	117	18
GN Edwards	1977-1981	8	15	0	377	55	25.13	646	58.35	0	3	2	52	3
RG Twose	1995-1999	16	27	2	628	94	25.12	2073	30.29	0	6	5	63	7
AJ McKay	2010-2010	1	2	1	25	20*	25.00	55	45.45	0	0	0	3	0
ML Page	1930-1937	14	20	0	492	104	24.60	0+	0.00	1	2	1	0+	0
JM Parker	1973-1980	36	63	2	1498	121	24.55	3031+	31.50	3	5	4	95+	0
MJ Santner	2015-2024	26	35	2	804	126	24.36	1858	43.27	1	2	3	93	19
V Pollard	1965-1973	32	59	7	1266	116	24.34	1108+	37.81	2	7	4	104+	4
MD Bell	1998-2008	18	32	2	729	107	24.30	1928	37.81	2	3	7	100	0
RA Young	2011-2011	5	10	3	169	57	24.14	419	40.33	0	1	1	19	1
SG Gedye	1964-1965	4	8	0	193	55	24.12	-	0.00	0	2	0	-	0
BAG Murray	1968-1971	13	26	1	598	90	23.92	340+	42.94	0	5	1	42+	2

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Records includes the following current or recent matches:

New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Mar 8-11, 2024 [Test # 2535]

New Zealand v Australia at Wellington, ICC World Test Championship 1st Test, Feb 29-Mar 3, 2024 [Test # 2533]

New Zealand v South Africa at Hamilton, ICC World Test Championship 2nd Test, Feb 13-16, 2024 [Test # 2529]