South Africa: Batting figures (First-class)

Graeme Pollock has the highest batting average in first-class cricket for South Africa: 60.97 (minimum 20 innings).

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Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Graeme PollockSA	1963-1970	23	41	4	2256	274	60.97	2008	55.88	7	11	1	289	11
Jacques KallisSA	1995-2013	165	278	39	13206	224	55.26	28723	45.98	45	58	16	1477	96
Dudley NourseSA	1935-1951	34	62	7	2960	231	53.82	108	63.89	9	14	3	158	6
AB de VilliersSA	2004-2018	114	191	18	8765	278*	50.66	16077	54.52	22	46	8	1024	64
Colin BlandSA	1961-1966	21	39	5	1669	144*	49.09	1002	38.82	3	9	2	137	20
Bruce MitchellSA	1929-1949	42	80	9	3471	189*	48.89	158	29.11	8	21	3	103	1
Graeme SmithSA	2002-2014	116	203	13	9253	277	48.70	15495	59.72	27	38	10	1164	24
Hashim AmlaSA	2004-2019	124	215	16	9282	311*	46.64	18573	49.98	28	41	13	1170	14
Eddie BarlowSA	1961-1970	30	57	2	2516	201	45.75	1822	44.02	6	15	3	274	5
Gary KirstenSA	1993-2004	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	16783	43.43	21	34	13	922	12
Daryll CullinanSA	1993-2001	69	115	12	4554	275*	44.21	9300	48.97	14	20	10	548	25
Eric RowanSA	1935-1951	26	50	5	1965	236	43.67	81	28.40	3	12	4	42	0
Jackie McGlewSA	1951-1962	34	64	6	2440	255*	42.07	3	0.00	7	10	4	154	2
Herschelle GibbsSA	1996-2008	90	154	7	6167	228	41.95	12270	50.26	14	26	11	887	47
Ashwell PrinceSA	2002-2011	66	104	16	3665	162*	41.65	8385	43.71	11	11	7	397	13
Aubrey FaulknerSA	1906-1924	25	47	4	1754	204	40.79	1256	58.28	4	8	2	125	3
Herbie TaylorSA	1912-1932	42	76	4	2936	176	40.78	6	66.67	7	17	2	98	7
Faf du PlessisSA	2012-2021	69	118	14	4163	199	40.03	8986	46.33	10	21	9	516	21
Brian McMillanSA	1992-1998	38	62	12	1968	113	39.36	4592	42.86	3	13	3	206	11
Quinton de KockSA	2014-2021	54	91	6	3300	141*	38.82	4652	70.94	6	22	7	411	33
Temba BavumaSA	2014-2026	68	117	14	3993	179	38.77	8173	48.86	5	26	10	452	17
Kepler WesselsSA	1992-1994	16	29	2	1027	118	38.04	2538	40.46	2	6	2	107	1
Bob CatterallSA	1922-1931	24	43	2	1555	120	37.93	6	0.00	3	11	3	36	8
Dean ElgarSA	2012-2024	86	152	11	5347	199	37.92	11190	47.78	14	23	13	684	26
Denis LindsaySA	1963-1970	19	31	1	1130	182	37.67	663	64.25	3	5	2	122	13
Neil McKenzieSA	2000-2009	58	94	7	3253	226	37.39	7744	42.01	5	16	9	409	22
Hansie CronjeSA	1992-2000	68	111	9	3714	135	36.41	8320	44.64	6	23	11	409	33
Jonty RhodesSA	1992-2000	51	80	9	2532	117	35.66	5567	45.48	3	17	4	256	22
Aiden MarkramSA	2017-2026	52	95	2	3315	152	35.65	5739	57.76	8	14	7	471	16
David BedinghamSA	2023-2026	17	29	3	923	110	35.50	1370	67.37	1	4	3	108	17
Jacques RudolphSA	2003-2012	48	83	9	2622	222*	35.43	5984	43.82	6	11	8	362	7
Alviro PetersenSA	2010-2015	36	64	4	2093	182	34.88	4044	51.76	5	8	3	256	12
Wiaan MulderSA	2019-2026	26	43	5	1325	367*	34.87	2365	56.03	3	1	4	159	18
Trevor GoddardSA	1955-1970	41	78	5	2516	112	34.47	1067	35.99	1	18	4	154	6
Ryan RickeltonSA	2022-2026	17	30	3	930	259	34.44	1763	52.75	2	1	2	111	7
Russell EndeanSA	1951-1958	28	52	4	1630	162*	33.96	-	-	3	8	3	90	1
Andrew HudsonSA	1992-1998	34	63	3	2007	163	33.45	5129	39.13	4	13	7	254	5
Lance KlusenerSA	1996-2004	49	69	11	1906	174	32.86	3187	59.81	4	8	4	236	20
JP DuminySA	2008-2017	46	74	10	2103	166	32.86	4544	46.28	6	8	9	250	13
Billy ZulchSA	1910-1921	16	32	2	983	150	32.77	837	42.29	2	4	0	54	1
Ali BacherSA	1965-1970	12	22	1	679	73	32.33	722	47.09	0	6	1	49	0
Shaun PollockSA	1995-2008	108	156	39	3781	111	32.32	7198	52.53	2	16	9	412	35
Eric DaltonSA	1929-1939	15	24	2	698	117	31.73	-	-	2	3	1	38	2
Tony PitheySA	1957-1965	17	27	1	819	154	31.50	1203	27.10	1	4	2	67	2
Peter KirstenSA	1992-1994	12	22	2	626	104	31.30	2084	30.04	1	4	2	67	0
Tony de ZorziSA	2023-2025	17	31	1	919	177	30.63	1677	54.80	2	3	3	88	13
Mark BoucherSA	1997-2012	146	204	24	5498	125	30.54	10960	50.16	5	35	16	655	20
Tristan StubbsSA	2024-2026	15	28	2	792	122	30.46	1710	46.32	2	3	2	65	12
John WaiteSA	1951-1965	50	86	7	2405	134	30.44	289	40.83	4	16	9	137	1
Roy McLeanSA	1951-1964	40	73	3	2120	142	30.29	171	63.74	5	10	11	225	12

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