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
Batting (cricket) team principally because of their batting skill is referred to as a specialist batsman, or simply "batsman", regardless of whether they are currently batting. (A specialist bowler, on the other hand, would be referred to as a "batsman" only while actually engaged in batting.) In women's cricket, the term "bats woman" is sometimes encountered, as is "batter", but 'batsman' is widely used in both men's and women's cricket. The batsman's act of hitting the ball is called a shot or stroke. Over time a standard batting technique has been developed which is used by most batsmen. Technique refers to the