| M | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avge | 100 | 50 | |
| RS Dravid | 12 | 12 | 2 | 600 | 129* | 60.00 | 3 | 2 |
| BR Hardie | 14 | 27 | 4 | 1245 | 118 | 54.13 | 5 | 3 |
| GL Willatt | 9 | 18 | 3 | 708 | 144* | 47.20 | 2 | 3 |
| B McMullen | 42 | 37 | 5 | 1385 | 151 | 43.28 | 3 | 8 |
| GN Reifer | 53 | 55 | 13 | 1763 | 153* | 41.97 | 3 | 13 |
| RW Young | 9 | 13 | 1 | 476 | 96 | 39.66 | - | 4 |
| J Kerr | 41 | 72 | 9 | 2485 | 178* | 39.44 | 5 | 12 |
| AC Storie | 33 | 36 | 4 | 1249 | 116 | 39.03 | 4 | 7 |
| GJ Bailey | 21 | 21 | 2 | 696 | 123* | 36.63 | 1 | 5 |
| TR Crosskey | 7 | 14 | 1 | 467 | 102 | 35.92 | 1 | 1 |
| JA Beukes | 15 | 15 | 0 | 527 | 92 | 35.13 | - | 4 |
| GT Main | 37 | 11 | 8 | 105 | 64* | 35.00 | - | 1 |
| HG Munsey | 152 | 146 | 17 | 4492 | 132 | 34.82 | 4 | 26 |
| CJ Richards | 10 | 10 | 1 | 312 | 88* | 34.66 | - | 3 |
| S Sriram | 13 | 11 | 2 | 312 | 88* | 34.66 | - | 2 |
| JD Moir | 22 | 13 | 10 | 103 | 19* | 34.33 | - | - |
| IL Philip | 135 | 148 | 7 | 4831 | 234 | 34.26 | 11 | 26 |
| KJ Coetzer | 230 | 229 | 17 | 7168 | 156 | 33.81 | 11 | 42 |
| PL Mommsen | 131 | 124 | 25 | 3315 | 139* | 33.48 | 4 | 14 |
| H Wass | 8 | 14 | 1 | 433 | 129 | 33.30 | 2 | 1 |
| J Aitchison | 69 | 119 | 7 | 3669 | 190* | 32.75 | 7 | 18 |
| JD Love | 15 | 15 | 2 | 423 | 87 | 32.53 | - | 3 |
| DL Bell | 9 | 14 | 4 | 323 | 63 | 32.30 | - | 3 |
| CS MacLeod | 229 | 224 | 25 | 6289 | 175 | 31.60 | 13 | 30 |
| JC Kent | 19 | 18 | 2 | 501 | 115* | 31.31 | 1 | 3 |
| MW Machan | 51 | 53 | 4 | 1526 | 114 | 31.14 | 1 | 8 |
| BMW Patterson | 124 | 136 | 6 | 4040 | 114 | 31.07 | 5 | 23 |
| GM Hamilton | 133 | 127 | 11 | 3604 | 131 | 31.06 | 5 | 21 |
| RD Berrington | 327 | 313 | 46 | 8243 | 129 | 30.87 | 9 | 45 |
| GWA Alexander | 13 | 22 | 0 | 673 | 136 | 30.59 | 1 | 4 |
The list shows the top 30 averages