Batting Highest Career Batting Average - Australia

Cricket Records in 1980s in Test matches - Australia

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
MA Taylor	1989-1989	11	20	1	1219	219	64.15	2766	44.07	4	5	0	125	2
GS Chappell	1980-1984	33	55	6	2712	235	55.34	4961	54.66	9	10	6	289	7
AR Border	1980-1989	97	164	30	7386	205	55.11	17365+	42.26	20	40	4	765	20
DM Jones	1984-1989	30	53	7	2370	216	51.52	4868	48.68	7	9	4	231	5
GN Yallop	1980-1984	18	29	0	1268	268	43.72	2815	45.04	4	3	2	135	0
KC Wessels	1982-1985	24	42	1	1761	179	42.95	3460	50.89	4	9	3	197	2
SR Waugh	1985-1989	35	54	10	1889	177*	42.93	3806	49.63	3	13	6	185	2
DC Boon	1984-1989	45	82	7	3119	200	41.58	7358	42.38	8	14	5	348	1
GRJ Matthews	1983-1986	21	34	6	1031	130	36.82	2311	44.61	3	4	1	101	4
KJ Hughes	1980-1984	50	86	3	2989	213	36.01	6558+	44.89	6	14	8	307	18
GM Ritchie	1982-1987	30	53	5	1690	146	35.20	4254+	38.38	3	7	1	158	11
DW Hookes	1980-1985	16	28	3	870	143*	34.80	1433+	57.99	1	5	4	98	4
GR Marsh	1985-1989	33	61	3	2017	138	34.77	5913	34.11	4	9	1	210	1
BM Laird	1980-1982	18	34	2	1056	85	33.00	2974	35.50	0	8	1	70	0
WB Phillips	1983-1986	27	48	2	1485	159	32.28	3191+	42.74	2	7	1	171	5
GM Wood	1980-1988	44	82	5	2421	172	31.44	5651+	41.28	7	8	7	238	7
J Dyson	1980-1984	27	52	7	1258	127*	27.95	3660	34.37	2	4	3	115	3
RW Marsh	1980-1984	41	62	4	1162	91	20.03	2635	44.09	0	4	6	120	7
IA Healy	1988-1989	17	23	2	407	52	19.38	897	45.37	0	1	3	36	0
MG Hughes	1985-1989	20	24	3	401	72*	19.09	794	50.50	0	2	4	41	4
GF Lawson	1980-1989	46	68	12	894	74	15.96	1755+	50.25	0	4	6	100	1
JR Thomson	1981-1985	17	27	11	246	28*	15.37	463	53.13	0	0	3	24	5
RJ Bright	1980-1986	20	30	6	359	33	14.95	1099	32.66	0	0	5	35	2
B Yardley	1981-1983	19	28	0	402	53	14.35	821	48.96	0	1	7	44	1
RM Hogg	1980-1984	22	30	11	245	52	12.89	713+	33.23	0	1	6	26	1
DK Lillee	1980-1984	35	45	10	408	40*	11.65	1278	31.92	0	0	4	48	0
CJ McDermott	1984-1988	24	33	3	339	36	11.30	688	49.27	0	0	5	31	1
TM Alderman	1981-1989	33	42	18	163	23	6.79	546+	29.48	0	0	10	16	0
BA Reid	1985-1988	18	22	10	75	13	6.25	271	27.67	0	0	1	7	0

Adjust:Most recentPast weekPast MonthPast year4 years10 years25 years

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 Sri Lanka at Hobart, 2nd Test, Dec 16-20, 1989 [Test # 1133]

Pakistan v India at Sialkot, 4th Test, Dec 9-14, 1989 [Test # 1132]

Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, 1st Test, Dec 8-12, 1989 [Test # 1131]