Jake Libby, the Worcestershire captain, overtakes India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad to set the highest career List A batting average. He achieves the record during the One-Day Cup after scoring an unbeaten 109 against Sussex.
Both outlets link the milestone to his current run of form: it is his third consecutive one-day hundred, and he makes it a rare match-by-match pattern by reaching 109 each time. Times of India reports his average moves to 61.4 following the innings. It also provides his List A career totals, including 2,456 runs across 56 matches, with six centuries and 18 fifties. Wisden similarly emphasizes that the triple 109 sequence enables him to pass Gaikwad and claim the top List A average mark.
While the coverage focuses on different details—Wisden foregrounds the record average and the 109, 109, 109 feat, and Times of India adds specific run and match figures—the underlying event is the same: Libby’s innings against Sussex lifts him above Gaikwad in List A batting average history.
