Batting average (cricket) are usually subject to a minimum qualification of 20 innings played or completed, in order to exclude batsmen who have not played enough games for their skill to be reliably assessed. Under this qualification, the highest Test batting average belongs to Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, with 99.94. Given that a career batting average over 50 is exceptional, and that only five other players have averages over 60, this is an outstanding statistic. The fact that Bradman's average is so far above that of "any" other cricketer has led several statisticians to argue that, statistically at least, he was the greatest
Donald Weekes Donald Weekes Donald James Weekes (born 8 May 1930) is a former English cricketer. Weekes was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Horsham, Sussex. Weekes made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Oxford University at University Parks, Oxford in 1952. In a drawn match, he bowled a total of fourteen wicketless overs, while in his only batting innings he was dismissed for a duck by Henry Joynt. This was his only major appearance for Sussex. His uncle is the West Indian Test cricketer Sir Everton Weekes, while his father-in-law, Leonard Bates, played first-class cricket