Best Averages in 2005 for Test

Position	Best Averages	Player Name	Team Name
1	1000 / 11	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan
2	595 / 7	Michael Hussey	Australia
2	85 / 1	Simon Jones	England
3	1011 / 12	Jacques Kallis	South Africa
4	381 / 5	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand
5	1544 / 22	Ricky Ponting	Australia
6	1110 / 16	Brian Lara	West Indies
7	899 / 13	Younis Khan	Pakistan
8	785 / 12	Virender Sehwag	India
9	189 / 3	Yuvraj Singh	India
9	1323 / 21	Marcus Trescothick	England
10	376 / 6	Brad Hodge	Australia
11	678 / 11	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka
12	964 / 16	Shiv Chanderpaul	West Indies
13	640 / 11	Rahul Dravid	India
14	406 / 7	Ashwell Prince	South Africa
15	1380 / 24	Matthew Hayden	Australia
16	990 / 18	Graeme Smith	South Africa
17	711 / 13	Ian Bell	England
18	541 / 10	Lou Vincent	New Zealand
19	480 / 9	Nathan Astle	New Zealand
20	1008 / 19	AB de Villiers	South Africa
21	617 / 12	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan
22	510 / 10	Shahid Afridi
23	508 / 10	VVS Laxman	India
24	607 / 12	Tatenda Taibu	Zimbabwe
25	49 / 1	Shane Bond	New Zealand
26	535 / 11	Thilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka
27	241 / 5	Graham Thorpe	England
28	674 / 14	Kevin Pietersen	England
29	474 / 10	Hamish Marshall	New Zealand
30	568 / 12	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka
31	466 / 10	Salman Butt	Pakistan
32	872 / 19	Justin Langer	Australia
33	534 / 12	Chris Gayle	West Indies
34	444 / 10	Sachin Tendulkar	India
35	836 / 19	Adam Gilchrist	Australia
36	219 / 5	Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa
37	350 / 8	Irfan Pathan	India
38	391 / 9	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies
39	765 / 18	Michael Vaughan	England
40	466 / 11	Wavell Hinds	West Indies
41	789 / 19	Andrew Strauss	England
42	248 / 6	Andy Blignaut	Zimbabwe
43	204 / 5	Rajin Saleh	Bangladesh
44	407 / 10	Asim Kamal	Pakistan
45	322 / 8	Brendon McCullum	New Zealand
46	636 / 16	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
47	387 / 10	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand
48	149 / 4	MS Dhoni	India
49	483 / 13	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies
50	480 / 13	Damien Martyn	Australia
51	550 / 15	Kamran Akmal	Pakistan
52	329 / 9	Nicky Boje	South Africa
53	422 / 12	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka
54	457 / 13	Marvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka
55	206 / 6	Paul Collingwood	England
56	377 / 11	Gautam Gambhir	India
57	34 / 1	Gavin Ewing	Zimbabwe
58	709 / 21	Andrew Flintoff	England
59	438 / 13	Simon Katich	Australia
60	134 / 4	Shaun Pollock	South Africa
61	266 / 8	Yasir Hameed	Pakistan
62	161 / 5	Elton Chigumbura	Zimbabwe
63	345 / 11	Mark Boucher	South Africa
64	376 / 12	Habibul Bashar	Bangladesh
65	438 / 14	Hamilton Masakadza	Zimbabwe
66	187 / 6	Anil Kumble	India
66	187 / 6	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan
67	62 / 2	Justin Kemp	South Africa
67	279 / 9	Denesh Ramdin	West Indies
68	92 / 3	Ajit Agarkar	India
69	153 / 5	Rob Key	England
70	61 / 2	Nathan Bracken	Australia
71	273 / 9	Nafees Iqbal	Bangladesh
72	90 / 3	Paul Wiseman	New Zealand
73	208 / 7	Craig Cumming	New Zealand
74	118 / 4	Blessing Mahwire	Zimbabwe
75	145 / 5	Harbhajan Singh	India
76	376 / 13	Ashley Giles	England
77	346 / 12	Javed Omar	Bangladesh
78	86 / 3	Shaun Udal	England
79	476 / 17	Michael Clarke	Australia
80	55 / 2	Stuart MacGill	Australia
81	317 / 12	Jacques Rudolph	South Africa
82	52 / 2	Scott Styris	New Zealand
82	156 / 6	Naved-ul-Hasan	Pakistan
82	494 / 19	Geraint Jones	England
83	258 / 10	Khaled Mashud	Bangladesh
84	101 / 4	Taufeeq Umar	Pakistan
85	249 / 10	Sourav Ganguly	India
86	49 / 2	Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka
87	416 / 17	Shane Warne	Australia
88	73 / 3	Ryan Hinds	West Indies
89	218 / 9	Aftab Ahmed	Bangladesh
90	120 / 5	Andrew Symonds	Australia
91	166 / 7	James Marshall	New Zealand
92	94 / 4	Mashrafe Mortaza	Bangladesh
93	68 / 3	Upul Chandana	Sri Lanka
94	224 / 10	Devon Smith	West Indies
95	291 / 13	Brett Lee	Australia
96	223 / 10	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka
97	333 / 15	Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe
98	88 / 4	Charles Coventry	Zimbabwe
98	22 / 1	Corey Collymore	West Indies
99	197 / 9	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan
100	107 / 5	Narsingh Deonarine	West Indies
101	171 / 8	Steve Harmison	England
102	192 / 9	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka
103	85 / 4	Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan
104	148 / 7	Dinesh Karthik	India
105	63 / 3	Jehan Mubarak	Sri Lanka
106	166 / 8	James Franklin	New Zealand
106	83 / 4	Glenn McGrath	Australia
107	82 / 4	Michael Kasprowicz	Australia
108	81 / 4	Shane Watson	Australia
109	40 / 2	Malinga Bandara	Sri Lanka
109	80 / 4	Terry Duffin	Zimbabwe
110	179 / 9	Mohammad Rafique	Bangladesh
111	176 / 9	Heath Streak	Zimbabwe
112	155 / 8	Stuart Matsikenyeri	Zimbabwe
113	57 / 3	Kyle Mills	New Zealand
114	56 / 3	Marlon Samuels	West Indies
115	37 / 2	Donovan Pagon	West Indies
116	90 / 5	Keith Dabengwa	Zimbabwe
116	18 / 1	Chris Martin	New Zealand
116	18 / 1	Anwar Hossain Monir	Bangladesh
116	72 / 4	Shahriar Nafees	Bangladesh
117	124 / 7	Courtney Browne	West Indies
118	53 / 3	Runako Morton	West Indies
119	35 / 2	Craig Wishart	Zimbabwe
119	35 / 2	Hashim Amla	South Africa
120	32 / 2	Bazid Khan	Pakistan
120	16 / 1	Zaheer Khan	India
120	48 / 3	Sylvester Joseph	West Indies
121	31 / 2	Stuart Carlisle	Zimbabwe
122	92 / 6	Tino Best	West Indies
123	15 / 1	Waddington Mwayenga	Zimbabwe
123	90 / 6	Barney Rogers	Zimbabwe
123	30 / 2	Phil Jaques	Australia
123	15 / 1	Charl Langeveldt	South Africa
124	178 / 12	Dion Ebrahim	Zimbabwe
125	157 / 11	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh
126	57 / 4	Omari Banks	West Indies
127	28 / 2	Mluleki Nkala	Zimbabwe
128	96 / 7	Jason Gillespie	Australia
129	54 / 4	Rangana Herath	Sri Lanka
129	54 / 4	Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka
129	27 / 2	Tinashe Panyangara	Zimbabwe
130	26 / 2	Ryan Ramdass	West Indies
131	38 / 3	Gayan Wijekoon	Sri Lanka
131	38 / 3	Avishka Gunawardene	Sri Lanka
131	38 / 3	Craig McMillan	New Zealand
132	100 / 8	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka
133	37 / 3	Andre Nel	South Africa
134	97 / 8	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa
135	36 / 3	Lakshmipathy Balaji	India
135	12 / 1	Vusi Sibanda	Zimbabwe
136	22 / 2	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh
136	22 / 2	Hasan Raza	Pakistan
136	44 / 4	Danish Kaneria	Pakistan
137	21 / 2	Neil Ferreira	Zimbabwe
138	90 / 9	Mohammad Sami	Pakistan
139	38 / 4	Tapash Baisya	Bangladesh
140	9 / 1	Liam Plunkett	England
140	18 / 2	Dwayne Smith	West Indies
141	115 / 14	Daren Powell	West Indies
142	8 / 1	Enamul Haque jnr	Bangladesh
142	8 / 1	Shaun Tait	Australia
142	8 / 1	Dale Steyn	South Africa
142	16 / 2	Monde Zondeki	South Africa
143	22 / 3	Andrew Hall	South Africa
144	50 / 7	Fidel Edwards	West Indies
145	13 / 2	Mohammad Kaif	India
145	26 / 4	Syed Rasel	Bangladesh
146	19 / 3	Douglas Hondo	Zimbabwe
147	63 / 10	Matthew Hoggard	England
148	6 / 1	Shabbir Ahmed	Pakistan
149	17 / 3	Chris Mpofu	Zimbabwe
150	16 / 3	Reon King	West Indies
151	21 / 4	Shahadat Hossain	Bangladesh
152	10 / 2	Iain O'Brien	New Zealand
153	9 / 2	Jermaine Lawson	West Indies
154	17 / 4	Xavier Marshall	West Indies
155	29 / 7	Graeme Cremer	Zimbabwe
156	4 / 1	Mohammad Khalil	Pakistan
156	8 / 2	Shantha Kalavitigoda	Sri Lanka
157	3 / 1	Tushar Imran	Bangladesh
158	2 / 1	Pedro Collins	West Indies