<Li> 15 and under is typical for specialist bowlers . </Li> <Li> A small number of players have averaged less than 5 for a complete career, though a player with such an average is a liability unless an exceptional bowler as Alf Valentine or B.S. Chandrasekhar were . </Li> <P> Career records for batting average 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 four 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 sportsman in any sport . As at 21 October 2016, Adam Voges of Australia has recorded an average of 72.75 from 27 innings played, but only 20 innings completed . </P> <P> Batting averages in One Day International (ODI) cricket tend to be lower than in Test cricket, because of the need to score runs more quickly and take riskier strokes and the lesser emphasis on building a large innings . It should also be remembered, especially in relation to the ODI histogram above, that there were no ODI competitions when Bradman played . </P>

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