Highest career average and Highest individual score For test cricket

Highest career                average 

Average	Player	Period
99.94 (80 innings)	Donald Bradman	1928–1948
62.07 (30 innings)	Cheteshwar Pujara†	2010–
60.97 (41 innings)	Graeme Pollock	1963–1970
60.83 (40 innings)	George Headley	1930–1954
60.73 (84 innings)	Herbert Sutcliffe	1924–1935
Qualification: 20 innings. Last updated: 10 February 2014 Runs Player Opponent Venue Season 400* Brian Lara v England Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's 2003–04 380 Matthew Hayden v Zimbabwe WACA Ground, Perth 2003–04 375 Brian Lara v England Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's 1993–94 374 Mahela Jayawardene† v South Africa Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 2006 365* Garfield Sobers v Pakistan Sabina Park, Kingston 1957–58 Last updated: 9 August 2009 Highest individual score – progression of record   Runs Player Opponent Venue Season 165* Charles Bannerman v England Melbourne Cricket Ground 1876–77 211 Billy Murdoch v England The Oval, London 1884 287 Tip Foster v Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 1903–04 325 Andy Sandham v West Indies Sabina Park, Kingston 1929–30 334 Donald Bradman v England Headingley Stadium, Leeds 1930 336* Wally Hammond v New Zealand Eden Park, Auckland 1932–33 364 Len Hutton v Australia The Oval, London 1938 365* Garfield Sobers v Pakistan Sabina Park, Kingston 1957–58 375 Brian Lara v England Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's 1993–94 380 Matthew Hayden v Zimbabwe WACA Ground, Perth 2003–04 400* Brian Lara v England Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's 2003–04 Last updated: 9 August 2009[42] Most runs in a match Runs Scores Player Match 456 333 and 123 Graham Gooch v India at Lord's, 1990 426 334* and 92 Mark Taylor v Pakistan at Peshawar, 1998-99 424 319 and 105 Kumar Sangakkara† v Bangladesh at Chittagong, 2013-14 400 400* Brian Lara v England at St John's, Antigua, 2003-04 380 247* and 133 Greg Chappell v New Zealand at Wellington, 1973-74 380 Matthew Hayden v Zimbabwe at Perth, 2003-04 Last updated: 7 February 2014 Most runs in a series   Runs Player Series 974 (7 innings) Donald Bradman v England, 1930 905 (9 innings) Wally Hammond v Australia, 1928–29 839 (11 innings) Mark Taylor v England, 1989 834 (9 innings) Neil Harvey v South Africa, 1952–53 829 (7 innings) Viv Richards v England, 1976 827 (10 innings) Clyde Walcott v Australia, 1955 824 (8 innings) Gary Sobers v Pakistan, 1957–58 810 (9 innings) Donald Bradman v England, 1936–37 806 (5 innings) Donald Bradman v South Africa, 1931–32 Last updated: 9 January 2012 Most runs in an over for test cricket Runs Sequence Batsman Bowler Venue Season 28 4–6–6–4–4–4    Brian Lara Robin Peterson† Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2003–04 4–6–2–4–6–6 George Bailey† James Anderson† WACA, Perth 2013–14 27 6–6–6–6–2–1 Shahid Afridi Harbhajan Singh† Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 2005–06 26 4–4–6–0–6–6 Mitchell Johnson† Paul Harris† Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 2008–09 4–0–6–6–6–4 Brian Lara Danish Kaneria† Multan Cricket Stadium 2006–07 4–4–4–4–6–4 Craig McMillan Younis Khan† Seddon Park, Hamilton 2000–01 Last updated: 16 December 2013