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Top 10 Australian Batsmen Vs South Africa In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971. All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from Australia against South Africa in ODIs.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL
8. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
9. BRIEF EXPLANATION
9.1. Dynamic Nature
9.2. Trend Setter (TS)
9.3. Top Inns by SR (QIP) Qualification
9.4. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) AUS
Venue (V) ALL
Oposition (O) SA

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 300.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Attacking Strike Rate 200.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores by Runs 150.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Scores by SR 150.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 48 1879 300.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 48 1879 300.00
2 SR Waugh AUS 44 1581 252.42
3 DA Warner AUS 30 1255 200.37
4 MG Bevan AUS 31 1163 185.68
5 AC Gilchrist AUS 42 1127 179.94
6 ME Waugh AUS 41 1111 177.38
7 MEK Hussey AUS 23 807 128.85
8 DR Martyn AUS 27 787 125.65
9 SPD Smith AUS 21 733 117.03
10 TM Head AUS 16 543 86.70

CONSISTENT

R Ave

Relative Average (R Ave) is a more accurate type of average. Know How It Is Calculated. Briefly, it takes into account:-

  • Strength of Opposition.
  • Positions at which a batsman has played.
  • Venues at which he has played.
  • Time Period in which he has been active

Criteria: Points For Relative Average

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 400

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 31 5 1163 2 44.73 49.52 200.00
1 MG Bevan 31 5 1163 2 44.73 49.52 200.00
2 MEK Hussey 23 5 807 0 44.83 47.74 192.78
3 SR Waugh 44 7 1581 2 42.73 46.46 187.61
4 DA Warner 30 0 1255 5 41.83 44.73 180.65
5 RT Ponting 48 1 1879 2 39.98 43.65 176.26
6 SPD Smith 21 2 733 2 38.58 42.22 170.52
7 TM Head 16 1 543 1 36.20 38.22 154.35
8 DR Martyn 27 3 787 1 32.79 36.99 149.37
9 ME Waugh 41 3 1111 2 29.24 31.83 128.55
10 AC Gilchrist 42 2 1127 2 28.18 31.45 126.99

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR. Batsman who were active in earlier times benefit from this as SR was generally low earlier.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 400
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS TM Head 543 446 121.75 102.78 200.00
1 TM Head 543 446 121.75 102.78 200.00
2 DA Warner 1255 1219 102.95 91.39 177.84
3 AC Gilchrist 1127 1317 85.57 88.95 173.09
4 MEK Hussey 807 920 87.72 84.74 164.90
5 SR Waugh 1581 2020 78.27 84.71 164.85
6 RT Ponting 1879 2260 83.14 83.99 163.45
7 MG Bevan 1163 1495 77.79 82.86 161.25
8 DR Martyn 787 1006 78.23 80.41 156.48
9 SPD Smith 733 844 86.85 77.56 150.92
10 ME Waugh 1111 1591 69.83 75.52 146.95

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, the top 5 scores of the batsman have been taken. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 5 innings divided by 5.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS DA Warner 173 122 117 109 106 125.40 150.00
1 DA Warner 173 122 117 109 106 125.40 150.00
2 RT Ponting 164 129 92 91 80 111.20 133.01
3 SR Waugh 120* 114* 91 89 86 100.00 119.62
4 MG Bevan 106 103 82 79 65 87.00 104.07
5 AC Gilchrist 105 100 88 77 63 86.60 103.59
6 SPD Smith 108 104 76 73* 67 85.60 102.39
7 ME Waugh 115* 107 71 60 60 82.60 98.80
8 MEK Hussey 83* 81 78 73 62 75.40 90.19
9 DR Martyn 104* 79 74 51 50 71.60 85.65
10 TM Head 142 64 62 51 38 71.40 85.41

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS AC Gilchrist 52/34 26/17 88/66 51/40 55/44 140.66 150.00
1 AC Gilchrist 52/34 26/17 88/66 51/40 55/44 140.66 150.00
2 MEK Hussey 81/51 30/21 47/33 62/44 83/79 128.38 136.91
3 TM Head 64/36 38/24 142/103 62/48 33/28 119.74 127.69
4 RT Ponting 164/105 72/61 29/27 129/126 91/91 119.51 127.44
5 SR Waugh 91/81 67/60 120/110 114/106 30/31 117.72 125.54
6 DA Warner 29/18 35/23 78/56 173/136 69/60 116.34 124.06
7 MG Bevan 36/30 36/31 79/70 103/97 45/46 116.23 123.95
8 ME Waugh 60/53 60/55 34/35 107/111 115/126 107.01 114.11
9 DR Martyn 50/32 47/44 79/75 104/121 42/49 103.11 109.95
10 SPD Smith 73/55 52/49 108/107 104/112 67/74 90.87 96.91

TEAM VEN OPP RATING

The TEAM VEN OPP (TVO) Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP TVO RAT
1 RT Ponting 300.00 176.26 163.45 133.01 127.44 900.16
2 SR Waugh 252.42 187.61 164.85 119.62 125.54 850.03
3 DA Warner 200.37 180.65 177.84 150.00 124.06 832.93
4 MG Bevan 185.68 200.00 161.25 104.07 123.95 774.95
5 AC Gilchrist 179.94 126.99 173.09 103.59 150.00 733.61
6 MEK Hussey 128.85 192.78 164.90 90.19 136.91 713.62
7 ME Waugh 177.38 128.55 146.95 98.80 114.11 665.80
8 TM Head 86.70 154.35 200.00 85.41 127.69 654.14
9 SPD Smith 117.03 170.52 150.92 102.39 96.91 637.77
10 DR Martyn 125.65 149.37 156.48 85.65 109.95 627.09

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

Most of our ratings are dynamic, and as new matches are played, the rating of earlier batsmen may change if current batsmen set new benchmarks.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
    8. .

Top Inns by SR (QIP) Qualification

  1. Runs Scored in the innings must be more than 25
  2. They should also be more than 10% of runs scored by the team with the higher total.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. DIS - Dismissals or (Inns - Not Out)
  4. FP - First Played by Year
  5. INF - Infinite
  6. INNS - Innings
  7. LP - Last Played by Year
  8. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  9. NA - Not Applicable
  10. NI - Not In Top
  11. NK - Not Known
  12. NO, * - Not Out
  13. NQ - Not Qualified
  14. OPP - Opposition
  15. PTS - Points
  16. RAT - Rating
  17. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  18. TS - Trend Setter
  19. TT - Top Teams
  20. WTG - Weightage

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