Batting Highest Career Batting Average

Cricket Records in 1998 in Test matches

Highest averages

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
SR Tendulkar (IND)	1998-1998	5	9	1	647	177	80.87	858	75.40	3	1	0	83	11
DJ Nash (NZ)	1998-1998	3	4	2	135	89*	67.50	327	41.28	0	1	0	8	1
M Azharuddin (IND)	1998-1998	5	9	2	470	163*	67.14	848	55.42	2	1	0	52	4
ME Waugh (AUS)	1998-1998	12	22	6	1034	153*	64.62	2198	47.04	4	3	2	104	7
SR Waugh (AUS)	1998-1998	11	20	5	906	157	60.40	1945	46.58	3	3	1	101	2
MA Taylor (AUS)	1998-1998	12	22	3	1112	334*	58.52	2475	44.92	3	4	1	118	1
A Flower (ZIM)	1998-1998	9	17	5	686	105*	57.16	1602	42.82	2	4	1	65	4
PA de Silva (SL)	1998-1998	8	14	2	682	152	56.83	1268	53.78	2	3	0	85	7
Saeed Anwar (PAK)	1998-1998	9	15	0	818	145	54.53	1521	53.78	3	3	0	109	4
CD McMillan (NZ)	1998-1998	6	10	1	484	142	53.77	720	67.22	2	2	1	51	13
MW Goodwin (ZIM)	1998-1998	9	17	2	804	166*	53.60	1529	52.58	1	6	1	97	4
SP Fleming (NZ)	1998-1998	6	10	1	471	174*	52.33	1150	40.95	1	2	0	52	1
JL Langer (AUS)	1998-1998	7	13	1	620	179*	51.66	1453	42.67	2	3	1	49	1
DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	1998-1998	4	6	0	309	167	51.50	747	41.36	1	2	0	36	0
MR Ramprakash (ENG)	1998-1998	13	24	4	961	154	48.05	2821	34.06	1	7	2	87	3
WJ Cronje (SA)	1998-1998	14	24	2	1040	126	47.27	2220	46.84	1	9	1	104	16
R Dravid (IND)	1998-1998	5	9	0	413	118	45.88	1091	37.85	1	3	1	53	0
Ijaz Ahmed (PAK)	1998-1998	8	13	2	496	155	45.09	1015	48.86	2	1	2	70	1
JN Rhodes (SA)	1998-1998	9	14	1	586	117	45.07	961	60.97	1	4	0	65	6
AJ Stewart (ENG)	1998-1998	16	31	3	1222	164	43.64	2599	47.01	2	7	2	152	0
BC Lara (WI)	1998-1998	9	15	1	608	93	43.42	1103	55.12	0	5	0	89	5
A Ranatunga (SL)	1998-1998	8	13	1	515	87*	42.91	1113	46.27	0	5	1	66	4
MS Atapattu (SL)	1998-1998	8	15	2	555	223	42.69	1314	42.23	1	2	2	71	1
NS Sidhu (IND)	1998-1998	5	9	0	381	97	42.33	726	52.47	0	4	2	52	9
NJ Astle (NZ)	1998-1998	6	10	1	375	114	41.66	961	39.02	1	2	0	47	3
BM McMillan (SA)	1998-1998	3	5	1	165	87*	41.25	340	48.52	0	2	0	23	1
G Kirsten (SA)	1998-1998	15	28	5	945	210	41.08	2318	40.76	2	5	2	118	3
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	1998-1998	7	12	1	448	120*	40.72	1037	43.20	1	4	0	62	2
IA Healy (AUS)	1998-1998	12	18	4	570	134	40.71	1233	46.22	1	2	1	52	0
DJ Cullinan (SA)	1998-1998	11	18	1	684	113	40.23	1406	48.64	2	4	2	81	2
VVS Laxman (IND)	1998-1998	2	3	0	116	95	38.66	226	51.32	0	1	0	19	0
MJ Horne (NZ)	1998-1998	6	11	1	380	157	38.00	791	48.04	1	0	0	45	5
MJ Slater (AUS)	1998-1998	10	19	0	719	113	37.84	1388	51.80	3	2	1	80	8
Mohammad Wasim (PAK)	1998-1998	4	7	0	262	192	37.42	528	49.62	1	0	1	32	0
N Hussain (ENG)	1998-1998	15	29	3	954	106	36.69	2737	34.85	2	6	3	109	2
ST Jayasuriya (SL)	1998-1998	8	15	1	511	213	36.50	742	68.86	1	3	2	72	6
PA Wallace (WI)	1998-1998	4	7	0	250	92	35.71	397	62.97	0	2	0	37	2
GW Flower (ZIM)	1998-1998	8	16	2	499	156*	35.64	1282	38.92	1	1	0	50	2
PL Symcox (SA)	1998-1998	6	9	0	320	108	35.55	477	67.08	1	1	0	38	1
JH Kallis (SA)	1998-1998	15	26	3	785	132	34.13	1974	39.76	1	4	1	91	1
CL Hooper (WI)	1998-1998	9	14	2	408	108*	34.00	913	44.68	1	1	0	46	2
SC Ganguly (IND)	1998-1998	5	9	1	267	65	33.37	574	46.51	0	1	0	32	2
CB Lambert (WI)	1998-1998	4	7	0	231	104	33.00	632	36.55	1	1	1	29	1
DS Lehmann (AUS)	1998-1998	4	6	0	196	98	32.66	357	54.90	0	2	0	24	0
Naved Ashraf (PAK)	1998-1998	1	1	0	32	32	32.00	90	35.55	0	0	0	4	0
Azhar Mahmood (PAK)	1998-1998	8	13	0	415	136	31.92	744	55.77	2	0	1	59	2
S Chanderpaul (WI)	1998-1998	9	15	1	446	118	31.85	1227	36.34	1	2	2	55	1
NC Johnson (ZIM)	1998-1998	3	4	0	126	107	31.50	174	72.41	1	0	0	17	0
RDB Croft (ENG)	1998-1998	5	10	5	157	37*	31.40	430	36.51	0	0	0	18	0
RS Kaluwitharana (SL)	1998-1998	8	13	0	406	88	31.23	703	57.75	0	3	1	64	0
IR Bishop (WI)	1998-1998	3	3	1	62	44*	31.00	196	31.63	0	0	0	6	1
GP Thorpe (ENG)	1998-1998	10	19	3	488	103	30.50	1296	37.65	1	2	3	43	0
BC Strang (ZIM)	1998-1998	2	4	1	91	53	30.33	180	50.55	0	1	0	6	1
SM Pollock (SA)	1998-1998	14	22	2	593	92	29.65	1112	53.32	0	3	0	60	3
RT Ponting (AUS)	1998-1998	9	14	1	382	76*	29.38	906	42.16	0	3	0	28	1
S Elworthy (SA)	1998-1998	1	2	0	58	48	29.00	71	81.69	0	0	0	8	0
MA Atherton (ENG)	1998-1998	15	29	1	802	103	28.64	2354	34.06	1	4	5	99	0
MA Butcher (ENG)	1998-1998	13	25	1	684	116	28.50	1789	38.23	2	2	5	80	0
JP Crawley (ENG)	1998-1998	6	10	1	252	156*	28.00	664	37.95	1	0	0	25	1
RIC Holder (WI)	1998-1998	2	2	0	55	45	27.50	151	36.42	0	0	0	6	0
PS de Villiers (SA)	1998-1998	2	3	1	54	46*	27.00	92	58.69	0	0	0	7	0
AC Parore (NZ)	1998-1998	6	10	1	242	78	26.88	573	42.23	0	2	0	24	1
RD Jacobs (WI)	1998-1998	3	6	1	133	42	26.60	361	36.84	0	0	0	12	3
GA Hick (ENG)	1998-1998	6	11	0	291	107	26.45	526	55.32	1	2	3	36	3
Moin Khan (PAK)	1998-1998	10	17	0	434	97	25.52	935	46.41	0	2	1	62	0
PA Strang (ZIM)	1998-1998	5	9	2	176	67*	25.14	405	43.45	0	1	1	21	1
Aamer Sohail (PAK)	1998-1998	7	12	0	298	133	24.83	671	44.41	1	0	0	37	1
SC Williams (WI)	1998-1998	6	10	0	233	62	23.30	443	52.59	0	1	1	31	2
L Klusener (SA)	1998-1998	6	8	1	160	57	22.85	266	60.15	0	1	1	25	0
Saleem Malik (PAK)	1998-1998	4	6	1	113	52*	22.60	325	34.76	0	1	2	14	0
GJ Rennie (ZIM)	1998-1998	8	16	1	338	84	22.53	1022	33.07	0	3	3	32	1
HH Streak (ZIM)	1998-1998	9	15	2	290	53	22.30	789	36.75	0	1	0	31	1
A Kumble (IND)	1998-1998	5	7	0	153	39	21.85	352	43.46	0	0	0	19	1
ADR Campbell (ZIM)	1998-1998	9	17	0	369	56	21.70	910	40.54	0	1	1	50	0
HP Tillakaratne (SL)	1998-1998	7	11	0	234	55	21.27	705	33.19	0	1	3	29	0
HH Gibbs (SA)	1998-1998	5	9	0	188	54	20.88	468	40.17	0	1	0	19	2
JR Murray (WI)	1998-1998	2	3	0	62	29	20.66	109	56.88	0	0	0	4	0
DW Fleming (AUS)	1998-1998	6	6	1	103	71*	20.60	187	55.08	0	1	2	16	0
HD Ackerman (SA)	1998-1998	4	8	0	161	57	20.12	475	33.89	0	1	0	15	0
GR Robertson (AUS)	1998-1998	4	7	0	140	57	20.00	415	33.73	0	1	2	15	1
MV Boucher (SA)	1998-1998	13	19	1	359	78	19.94	839	42.78	0	3	2	46	2
NR Mongia (IND)	1998-1998	5	9	2	139	58	19.85	328	42.37	0	1	2	18	0
AM Bacher (SA)	1998-1998	8	15	1	278	64	19.85	636	43.71	0	1	2	38	0
JC Adams (WI)	1998-1998	4	6	0	113	53	18.83	378	29.89	0	1	0	10	0
Mushtaq Ahmed (PAK)	1998-1998	7	11	2	169	57	18.77	461	36.65	0	1	3	19	2
WPUJC Vaas (SL)	1998-1998	3	3	0	56	30	18.66	117	47.86	0	0	1	9	0
M Muralidaran (SL)	1998-1998	8	12	4	147	30	18.37	244	60.24	0	0	1	22	1
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-1998	7	8	1	127	43	18.14	304	41.77	0	0	2	10	1
AJ Tudor (ENG)	1998-1998	1	2	1	18	18*	18.00	32	56.25	0	0	1	1	0
Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1998-1998	8	14	1	231	97	17.76	443	52.14	0	1	2	39	1
SP James (ENG)	1998-1998	2	4	0	71	36	17.75	283	25.08	0	0	1	6	0
Wasim Akram (PAK)	1998-1998	6	10	2	140	35	17.50	330	42.42	0	0	2	22	0
AC Hudson (SA)	1998-1998	3	5	0	87	42	17.40	255	34.11	0	0	1	11	0
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1998-1998	6	10	1	156	51	17.33	272	57.35	0	1	3	20	1
SK Warne (AUS)	1998-1998	5	8	1	121	35	17.28	235	51.48	0	0	1	14	2
CB Wishart (ZIM)	1998-1998	5	8	0	138	63	17.25	403	34.24	0	1	1	14	0
AF Giles (ENG)	1998-1998	1	2	1	17	16*	17.00	53	32.07	0	0	0	1	0
BA Young (NZ)	1998-1998	5	9	1	135	46	16.87	414	32.60	0	0	1	19	0
D Ganga (WI)	1998-1998	1	2	0	33	28	16.50	115	28.69	0	0	0	4	0
GJ Whittall (ZIM)	1998-1998	5	9	0	145	62	16.11	332	43.67	0	1	0	23	0

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Performances in matches that overlap years 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:

New Zealand v India at Wellington, 2nd Test, Dec 26-30, 1998 [Test # 1435]

South Africa v West Indies at Durban, 3rd Test, Dec 26-29, 1998 [Test # 1437]

Australia v England at Melbourne, 4th Test, Dec 26-29, 1998 [Test # 1436]