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
Jack Ryder (cricketer) made a selector again and held the post for 23 years, forming a long association with Sir Donald Bradman and Chappie Dwyer. He remains the only Test cricketer to be run out in both innings of his debut Test match. Ryder was also the first Australian to complete a Test Career of more than 20 innings with a batting average over 50.00. He was the oldest former player present at the Centenary Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1977. He died just weeks after the match. Ryder's long district cricket career for which he is best known spanned 37