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World Cup Highest Batting Averages

Qualification: 20 innings

Name Mat I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Team

IVA Richards 23 21 5 1013 181 63.31 85.05 3 5 9 - WI
SR Tendulkar 33 32 3 1732 152 59.72 87.56 4 12 10 - IND
MD Crowe 21 21 5 880 100* 55.00 83.49 1 8 8 - NZ
Saeed Anwar 21 21 4 915 113* 53.82 79.08 3 3 3 - PAK
ME Waugh 22 22 3 1004 130 52.84 83.04 4 4 11 - AUS
SR Waugh 33 30 10 978 120* 48.90 81.02 1 6 14 - AUS
G Kirsten 21 21 4 806 188* 47.41 75.46 1 5 9 - RSA
A Ranatunga 30 29 8 969 88* 46.14 80.95 - 7 7 - SL
GA Gooch 21 21 1 897 115 44.85 63.21 1 8 3 - ENG
BC Lara 25 25 3 956 116 43.45 87.70 2 6 11 - WI
Javed Miandad 33 30 5 1083 103 43.32 67.89 1 8 10 1 PAK
RT Ponting 28 27 3 998 140* 41.58 74.98 3 2 18 - AUS
M Azharuddin 30 25 4 826 93 39.33 77.19 - 8 11 - IND
RB Richardson 20 20 3 639 110 37.58 62.89 1 4 6 - WI
N Kapil Dev 26 24 6 669 175* 37.16 115.14 1 1 12 - IND
DL Haynes 25 25 2 854 105 37.13 57.50 1 3 12 - WI
PA de Silva 35 32 3 1064 145 36.68 86.57 2 6 14 - SL
Imran Khan 28 24 5 666 102* 35.05 65.61 1 4 6 - PAK
SP Fleming 23 23 2 722 134* 34.38 73.00 1 2 10 - NZ
CL Cairns 28 24 7 565 60 33.23 82.60 - 3 16 - NZ
RS Mahanama 25 21 3 596 89 33.11 56.54 - 5 6 - SL
Saleem Malik 27 23 5 591 100 32.83 82.65 1 4 6 - PAK
A Flower 30 29 4 815 115* 32.60 68.25 1 4 12 3 ZIM
AC Gilchrist 20 20 0 632 99 31.60 94.18 - 6 33 2 AUS
WJ Cronje 23 20 4 476 78 29.75 80.67 - 2 10 - RSA
ST Jayasuriya 27 26 2 698 120 29.08 86.17 1 4 15 - SL
AJ Stewart 25 22 1 606 88 28.85 61.52 - 4 21 2 ENG
CZ Harris 28 20 5 431 130 28.73 68.84 1 - 7 - NZ
GW Flower 21 20 2 512 78* 28.44 57.20 - 1 8 - ZIM
AC Waller 20 20 3 479 83* 28.17 72.13 - 2 3 - ZIM
Inzamam-ul-Haq 32 30 3 643 81 23.81 74.76 - 4 12 - PAK
K Srikkanth 23 23 1 521 75 23.68 68.28 - 2 9 - IND
Ijaz Ahmed 29 26 4 516 70 23.45 71.96 - 4 11 - PAK
JN Rhodes 24 20 3 354 43 20.82 88.05 - - 7 - RSA
NJ Astle 22 22 2 403 102* 20.15 70.45 2 1 9 - NZ
Wasim Akram 38 30 8 426 43 19.36 100.70 - - 8 - PAK
AR Border 25 24 0 452 67 18.83 70.40 - 1 10 - AUS