Top 5 players with the highest batting average in ICC World Cup Tournament

#2 Andrew Symonds (Australia) - 103.00

Andrew Symonds

Australian swashbuckling all-rounder Andrew Symonds participated in two World Cups (2003, 2007) during his career and his team was victorious on both occasions. He is one of the very few cricketers to have 100 percent tournament winning record.

Symonds played some crucial match-defining innings while batting in the lower middle order for his team during both the World Cups he played.

Before hanging up his boots, he featured in a total of 18 matches and scored 515 runs at a magnificent average of 103 including 1 century and 3 half centuries.

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#1 Lance Klusener (South African) - 124.00

Lance Klusner

The second South African cricketer to be in the list, Lance Klusener has the best batting average among all the batsmen in the tournament. He participated in two World Cup tournaments ( 1999 and 2003) during his career but failed to end on the victorious side on both the occasions.

He featured in a total of 14 matches and scored 372 runs at an astonishing average of 124 including 3 half centuries.