Top 5 highest year-end averages for runs scored across all formats

#2 Michael Clarke – 77.62 (2012)

Michael Clarke started and finished the year with centuries to his name

Clarke scored 2251 runs in just 32 innings with 6 centuries and 8 half-centuries. 4 of those centuries were double tons – making Clarke the only man to score four double tons in the same year. One of those four was a triple ton as well. Two came in a series against India and two more came in a home Test series against South Africa.

So good was his year, that he started and finished it with centuries. What stands out is the fact that he was not-out only 3 times, and despite that, managed to score so many runs that his average was this good. His tally of runs and average took a massive hit because of a bad series in West Indies. There was just the one ODI century, even though he had plenty of starts.