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Women Test: Highest batting average

Minimum 20 batting innings


Rank	Player	Teams	Highest batting average	Matches	Innings	Runs	Wickets
1	Enid Bakewell	England	59.88	12	22	1,078	50
2	Ellyse Perry	Australia	59.17	15	24	1,006	39
3	Karen Rolton	Australia	55.66	14	22	1,002	14
4	Debbie Hockley	New Zealand	52.04	19	29	1,301	5
5	Sandhya Agarwal	India	50.45	13	23	1,110	1
6	Janette Brittin	England	49.61	27	44	1,935	9
7	Belinda Clark	Australia	45.95	15	25	919	1
8	Rachael Heyhoe-Flint	England	45.54	22	38	1,594	3
9	Nat Sciver-Brunt	England	44.66	13	22	938	12
10	Charlotte Edwards	England	44.10	23	43	1,676	12
11	Judi Doull	New Zealand	43.27	11	22	779	0
12	Myrtle Maclagan	England	41.95	14	25	1,007	60
13	Claire Taylor	England	41.20	15	27	1,030	—
14	Peta Verco	Australia	40.26	13	20	765	21
15	Carole Hodges	England	40.13	18	31	1,164	23
16	Heather Knight	England	39.56	15	27	989	7
17	Molly Hide	England	36.33	15	27	872	36
18	Cecilia Robinson	England	33.16	14	27	829	—
19	Shantha Rangaswamy	India	32.60	16	26	750	21
20	Ruth Westbrook	England	31.73	11	20	476	—
21	Tammy Beaumont	England	30.70	12	20	614	—
22	Arran Brindle	England	30.61	11	20	551	0
23	Anjum Chopra	India	30.44	12	20	548	2
24	Trish McKelvey	New Zealand	29.12	15	26	699	—
25	Shashi Gupta	India	28.25	13	22	452	25
26	Gargi Banerjee	India	27.90	12	22	614	8
27	Edna Barker	England	25.05	15	21	426	16
28	Mary Duggan	England	24.14	17	31	652	77
29	Jane Smit	England	24.08	21	30	554	—
30	Jan Allen	England	23.33	13	22	490	2
30	Shubhangi Kulkarni	India	23.33	19	32	700	60
32	Polly Marshall	England	22.23	13	21	378	11
33	Alex Blackwell	Australia	22.20	12	22	444	0
34	Karen Smithies	England	22.15	15	21	443	16
35	Laura Newton	England	21.33	13	22	448	12
36	Jacqueline Court	England	20.60	17	30	577	8
37	Clare Connor	England	20.08	16	26	502	24
38	Wilkie Wilkinson	England	19.81	13	24	436	4
39	Sudha Shah	India	18.78	21	38	601	5
40	Chris Watmough	England	18.04	13	24	397	5
41	Phyl Blackler	New Zealand	17.66	12	21	371	18
42	Mary Allitt	Australia	17.40	11	20	348	—
43	Diana Edulji	India	16.16	20	30	404	63
44	Clare Taylor	England	16.14	16	21	226	25
45	Lydia Greenway	England	15.73	14	24	362	—
46	Hazel Sanders	England	15.14	12	22	318	0
47	Jackie Lord	New Zealand	13.57	15	22	258	55
48	Raelee Thompson	Australia	11.57	16	22	162	57
49	Chris Matthews	Australia	10.58	20	22	180	0

Tied figures share a competition rank. The initial table lists up to 100 qualifying records; filters browse all careers in this format. Snapshot 2026-09-07.

What this table shows

Enid Bakewell leads this snapshot. Highest batting average: 59.88. Minimum 20 batting innings. Changing the qualification can change the leader.

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