Test matches

2000s Cricket – Test matches Cricket Records

Test matches

Highest averages

Rank	Player	Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
🥇 1	A Flower	A Flower (ZIM)	2000-2002	24	42	7	2214	232*	63.25	4299	51.50	6	11	1	280	13
🥈 2	JH Kallis	JH Kallis (ICC/SA)	2000-2009	101	174	27	8630	189*	58.70	18559	46.50	27	42	7	993	63
🥉 3	Mohammad Yousuf	Mohammad Yousuf (PAK)	2000-2009	71	121	11	6439	223	58.53	12144	53.02	23	23	7	803	45
4	RT Ponting	RT Ponting (AUS)	2000-2009	107	184	22	9458	257	58.38	15129	62.51	32	40	8	1102	59
5	G Gambhir	G Gambhir (IND)	2004-2009	27	48	3	2553	206	56.73	4807	53.11	8	10	1	315	6
6	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Inzamam-ul-Haq (ICC/PAK)	2000-2007	62	103	11	5113	329	55.57	9120	56.06	17	23	7	639	33
7	DPMD Jayawardene	DPMD Jayawardene (SL)	2000-2009	95	160	12	8187	374	55.31	15313	53.46	25	30	10	972	38
8	KC Sangakkara	KC Sangakkara (SL)	2000-2009	88	147	10	7549	287	55.10	13594	55.53	21	32	4	977	22
9	R Dravid	R Dravid (ICC/IND)	2000-2009	103	179	23	8558	270	54.85	19676	43.49	22	42	7	1094	15
10	HP Tillakaratne	HP Tillakaratne (SL)	2001-2004	27	40	11	1573	204*	54.24	3668	42.88	5	4	1	190	1
11	BC Lara	BC Lara (ICC/WI)	2000-2006	66	120	2	6380	400*	54.06	10771	59.23	21	19	13	786	59
12	GP Thorpe	GP Thorpe (ENG)	2000-2005	43	74	15	3145	200*	53.30	6900	45.57	10	15	4	342	8
12	SR Waugh	SR Waugh (AUS)	2000-2004	44	63	10	2825	157*	53.30	5474	51.60	11	9	5	354	11
14	SR Tendulkar	SR Tendulkar (IND)	2000-2009	89	150	16	7129	248*	53.20	13115	54.35	21	31	7	939	25
15	ML Hayden	ML Hayden (AUS)	2000-2009	96	172	14	8364	380	52.93	13745	60.85	29	29	10	1020	81
16	V Sehwag	V Sehwag (ICC/IND)	2001-2009	72	123	4	6248	319	52.50	7767	80.44	17	19	10	885	75
17	S Chanderpaul	S Chanderpaul (WI)	2000-2009	86	148	25	6435	203*	52.31	14747	43.63	19	35	9	724	22
18	MEK Hussey	MEK Hussey (AUS)	2005-2009	46	79	9	3638	182	51.97	7542	48.23	10	19	7	411	18
19	TT Samaraweera	TT Samaraweera (SL)	2001-2009	57	90	13	3938	231	51.14	8265	47.64	11	21	6	473	5
20	Younis Khan	Younis Khan (PAK)	2000-2009	63	112	7	5260	313	50.09	9789	53.73	16	21	12	638	24
21	DJ Cullinan	DJ Cullinan (SA)	2000-2001	17	28	4	1200	134	50.00	2619	45.81	5	4	-	132	12
22	KP Pietersen	KP Pietersen (ENG)	2005-2009	56	100	4	4799	226	49.98	7678	62.50	16	16	4	555	49
23	G Kirsten	G Kirsten (SA)	2000-2004	45	76	6	3497	220	49.95	7598	46.02	11	16	5	437	8
24	VVS Laxman	VVS Laxman (IND)	2000-2009	92	150	24	6291	281	49.92	12569	50.05	14	37	9	853	4
25	JD Ryder	JD Ryder (NZ)	2008-2009	11	20	2	898	201	49.88	1618	55.50	2	4	1	103	3
26	MJ Clarke	MJ Clarke (AUS)	2004-2009	56	91	12	3926	151	49.69	7375	53.23	12	17	5	422	17
27	GC Smith	GC Smith (ICC/SA)	2002-2009	79	139	9	6451	277	49.62	10647	60.58	18	26	10	836	18
28	DS Lehmann	DS Lehmann (AUS)	2002-2004	22	34	2	1570	177	49.06	2507	62.62	5	8	1	185	10
29	JL Langer	JL Langer (AUS)	2000-2007	76	134	11	5994	250	48.73	10162	58.98	18	21	7	773	34
30	DR Martyn	DR Martyn (AUS)	2000-2006	60	97	13	4089	165	48.67	7838	52.16	13	20	6	485	9
31	AC Gilchrist	AC Gilchrist (AUS)	2000-2008	91	129	19	5130	204*	46.63	6258	81.97	16	23	13	628	99
32	CL Hooper	CL Hooper (WI)	2001-2002	22	37	2	1609	233	45.97	3309	48.62	4	9	-	185	12
33	AG Prince	AG Prince (SA)	2002-2009	50	81	12	3137	162*	45.46	7055	44.46	11	8	4	348	11
34	CL Cairns	CL Cairns (NZ)	2000-2004	18	30	2	1265	158	45.17	1717	73.67	3	5	2	138	42
35	MH Richardson	MH Richardson (NZ)	2000-2004	38	65	3	2776	145	44.77	7370	37.66	4	19	1	344	4
36	SM Katich	SM Katich (AUS)	2001-2009	47	81	5	3392	157	44.63	6794	49.92	8	20	3	394	8
37	AJ Strauss	AJ Strauss (ENG)	2004-2009	69	126	5	5367	177	44.35	10796	49.71	18	18	9	670	8
38	HH Gibbs	HH Gibbs (SA)	2000-2008	73	124	6	5198	228	44.05	10004	51.95	12	23	9	763	42
39	ME Trescothick	ME Trescothick (ENG)	2000-2006	76	143	10	5825	219	43.79	10685	54.51	14	29	12	831	42
40	AB de Villiers	AB de Villiers (SA)	2004-2009	54	93	8	3706	217*	43.60	6987	53.04	9	19	1	451	19
41	PD Collingwood	PD Collingwood (ENG)	2003-2009	55	96	10	3732	206	43.39	8120	45.96	9	18	4	412	17
42	AN Cook	AN Cook (ENG)	2006-2009	50	90	5	3654	160	42.98	7774	47.00	10	20	3	432	2
43	MS Atapattu	MS Atapattu (SL)	2000-2007	61	105	10	4055	249	42.68	9043	44.84	13	14	12	503	3
44	ME Waugh	ME Waugh (AUS)	2000-2002	29	45	6	1658	120	42.51	3093	53.60	3	10	4	208	7
45	TM Dilshan	TM Dilshan (SL)	2000-2009	57	91	9	3482	168	42.46	5299	65.71	10	13	9	424	17
46	LRPL Taylor	LRPL Taylor (NZ)	2007-2009	22	40	1	1644	154*	42.15	2758	59.60	4	8	-	228	16
47	MJ Prior	MJ Prior (ENG)	2007-2009	25	40	7	1390	131*	42.12	2185	63.61	2	11	5	163	6
48	MP Vaughan	MP Vaughan (ENG)	2000-2008	80	143	9	5631	197	42.02	10855	51.87	18	18	9	731	22
49	RR Sarwan	RR Sarwan (WI)	2000-2009	83	146	8	5759	291	41.73	12249	47.01	15	31	10	738	14
50	SP Fleming	SP Fleming (NZ)	2000-2008	63	105	4	4188	274*	41.46	8536	49.06	7	23	9	545	18
51	BJ Haddin	BJ Haddin (AUS)	2008-2009	23	38	4	1404	169	41.29	2427	57.84	2	5	1	165	22
52	CH Gayle	CH Gayle (WI)	2000-2009	85	150	6	5848	317	40.61	10034	58.28	12	31	14	873	65
52	A Symonds	A Symonds (AUS)	2004-2008	26	41	5	1462	162*	40.61	2256	64.80	2	10	4	154	28
54	SR Watson	SR Watson (AUS)	2005-2009	15	25	1	973	120*	40.54	1930	50.41	1	7	1	134	2
55	MA Butcher	MA Butcher (ENG)	2000-2004	46	83	6	3115	173*	40.45	6883	45.25	6	19	5	417	3
56	MS Dhoni	MS Dhoni (IND)	2005-2009	40	62	8	2176	148	40.29	3496	62.24	3	16	3	242	40
57	IR Bell	IR Bell (ENG)	2004-2009	51	91	9	3291	199	40.13	6547	50.26	9	21	7	380	14
58	HM Amla	HM Amla (SA)	2004-2009	39	69	4	2587	176*	39.80	5311	48.71	7	14	6	336	2
59	Taufeeq Umar	Taufeeq Umar (PAK)	2001-2006	25	46	2	1729	135	39.29	3852	44.88	4	9	3	251	3
60	SC Ganguly	SC Ganguly (IND)	2000-2008	81	134	12	4780	239	39.18	8968	53.30	9	23	9	586	34
61	PA de Silva	PA de Silva (SL)	2000-2002	14	24	-	939	206	39.12	1955	48.03	3	1	1	119	3
62	Shahid Afridi	Shahid Afridi (PAK)	2000-2006	20	35	1	1329	156	39.08	1442	92.16	4	7	4	165	43
63	ST Jayasuriya	ST Jayasuriya (SL)	2000-2007	66	114	5	4222	253	38.73	6425	65.71	9	17	6	561	38
64	Rashid Latif	Rashid Latif (PAK)	2001-2003	15	23	4	722	150	38.00	1331	54.24	1	4	1	86	3
65	Asim Kamal	Asim Kamal (PAK)	2003-2005	12	20	1	717	99	37.73	1518	47.23	-	8	2	104	6
66	ND McKenzie	ND McKenzie (SA)	2000-2009	58	94	7	3253	226	37.39	7744	42.00	5	16	9	409	22
67	NJ Astle	NJ Astle (NZ)	2000-2006	47	77	5	2682	222	37.25	5145	52.12	6	15	7	348	21
68	MG Vandort	MG Vandort (SL)	2001-2008	20	33	2	1144	140	36.90	2421	47.25	4	4	3	132	6
69	MA Atherton	MA Atherton (ENG)	2000-2001	22	40	1	1438	136	36.87	3919	36.69	3	8	1	170	1
70	Yuvraj Singh	Yuvraj Singh (IND)	2003-2009	31	48	6	1545	169	36.78	2641	58.50	3	8	6	215	15
71	JDP Oram	JDP Oram (NZ)	2002-2009	33	59	10	1780	133	36.32	3533	50.38	5	6	4	209	21
72	JA Rudolph	JA Rudolph (SA)	2003-2006	35	63	7	2028	222*	36.21	4721	42.95	5	8	8	288	6
73	DL Vettori	DL Vettori (ICC/NZ)	2000-2009	69	104	16	3176	140	36.09	5093	62.36	5	17	9	409	11
74	AJ Stewart	AJ Stewart (ENG)	2000-2003	40	66	9	2056	124*	36.07	4190	49.06	3	11	7	279	2
75	SB Styris	SB Styris (NZ)	2002-2007	29	48	4	1586	170	36.04	3089	51.34	5	6	5	205	13
76	Shoaib Malik	Shoaib Malik (PAK)	2001-2009	28	46	6	1440	148*	36.00	3261	44.15	2	7	4	186	13
77	CD McMillan	CD McMillan (NZ)	2000-2005	36	59	7	1860	142	35.76	3540	52.54	3	12	5	225	30
78	SM Warnapura	SM Warnapura (SL)	2007-2009	14	24	1	821	120	35.69	1412	58.14	2	7	5	98	2
79	Misbah-ul-Haq	Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK)	2001-2009	18	31	3	997	161*	35.60	2573	38.74	2	4	3	106	8
80	SS Das	SS Das (IND)	2000-2002	23	40	2	1326	110	34.89	3407	38.91	2	9	3	180	1
81	N Hussain	N Hussain (ENG)	2000-2004	51	90	8	2846	155	34.70	6927	41.08	6	20	5	369	16
82	Yasir Hameed	Yasir Hameed (PAK)	2003-2007	23	45	3	1450	170	34.52	2514	57.67	2	8	-	217	3
83	L Vincent	L Vincent (NZ)	2001-2007	23	40	1	1332	224	34.15	2827	47.11	3	9	4	161	12
84	Kamran Akmal	Kamran Akmal (PAK)	2002-2009	47	80	6	2525	158*	34.12	3983	63.39	6	12	10	353	13
85	MJ Slater	MJ Slater (AUS)	2000-2001	16	28	2	887	143	34.11	1561	56.82	1	5	-	117	4
86	W Jaffer	W Jaffer (IND)	2000-2008	31	58	1	1944	212	34.10	4045	48.05	5	11	6	272	3
86	Imran Farhat	Imran Farhat (PAK)	2001-2009	31	59	2	1944	128	34.10	3977	48.88	3	12	2	287	4
88	Mohammad Hafeez	Mohammad Hafeez (PAK)	2003-2007	11	21	1	677	104	33.85	1490	45.43	2	3	-	89	3
89	GJ Whittall	GJ Whittall (ZIM)	2000-2002	15	28	3	839	188*	33.56	1839	45.62	2	3	2	103	3
90	WW Hinds	WW Hinds (WI)	2000-2005	45	80	1	2608	213	33.01	5459	47.77	5	14	6	368	16
91	M Kaif	M Kaif (IND)	2000-2006	13	22	3	624	148*	32.84	1548	40.31	1	3	1	64	2
92	A Flintoff	A Flintoff (ENG/ICC)	2000-2009	74	122	9	3695	167	32.69	5967	61.92	5	26	15	484	82
93	SM Pollock	SM Pollock (SA)	2000-2008	70	100	27	2377	111	32.56	4400	54.02	2	8	7	265	26
94	DJ Bravo	DJ Bravo (WI)	2004-2009	34	63	1	2009	113	32.40	4065	49.42	3	11	5	254	16
95	BB McCullum	BB McCullum (NZ)	2004-2009	49	81	4	2474	143	32.12	3996	61.91	3	15	8	305	28
96	L Klusener	L Klusener (SA)	2000-2004	24	36	6	952	118*	31.73	1787	53.27	2	5	2	104	10
97	IK Pathan	IK Pathan (IND)	2003-2008	29	40	5	1105	102	31.57	2076	53.22	1	6	5	131	18
98	JC Adams	JC Adams (WI)	2000-2001	15	27	5	686	101*	31.18	2392	28.67	1	3	3	50	0
99	RWT Key	RWT Key (ENG)	2002-2005	15	26	1	775	221	31.00	1639	47.28	1	3	2	97	2
100	Habibul Bashar	Habibul Bashar (BAN)	2000-2008	50	99	1	3026	113	30.87	5020	60.27	3	24	7	401	4

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