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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 till the below mentioned last update date. 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. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). So, here are the Top 10 batsmen from Australia against South Africa in ODIs.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

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
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 250.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Attacking Strike Rate 200.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 200.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns By SR 150.00
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player who does the best in a criteria. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Know All About TS. Here is a simple example:-

  • TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  • TS Points: 250.00(Max); Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00
  • Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 48 1879 250.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 48 1879 250.00
2 SR Waugh AUS 44 1581 210.35
3 DA Warner AUS 30 1255 166.98
4 MG Bevan AUS 31 1163 154.74
5 AC Gilchrist AUS 42 1127 149.95
6 ME Waugh AUS 41 1111 147.82
7 MEK Hussey AUS 23 807 107.37
8 MR Marsh AUS 27 800 106.44
9 SPD Smith AUS 21 733 97.53
10 TM Head AUS 16 543 72.25

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 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS M Labuschagne 12 1 498 1 45.27 48.49 200.00
1 MG Bevan 31 5 1163 7 44.73 46.78 192.94
2 MEK Hussey 23 5 807 6 44.83 45.96 189.57
3 SR Waugh 44 7 1581 12 42.73 45.07 185.88
4 RT Ponting 48 1 1879 13 39.98 41.52 171.25
5 DA Warner 30 0 1255 5 41.83 40.76 168.13
6 SPD Smith 21 2 733 4 38.58 37.76 155.75
7 TM Head 16 1 543 3 36.20 36.85 152.02
8 MR Marsh 27 2 800 5 32.00 31.43 129.65
9 ME Waugh 41 3 1111 5 29.24 30.90 127.46
10 AC Gilchrist 42 2 1127 6 28.18 29.94 123.49

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

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 543 446 121.75 102.46 200.00
1 TM Head 543 446 121.75 102.46 200.00
2 DA Warner 1255 1219 102.95 88.81 173.35
3 AC Gilchrist 1127 1317 85.57 86.66 169.16
4 SR Waugh 1581 2020 78.27 83.75 163.49
5 MEK Hussey 807 920 87.72 83.05 162.12
6 RT Ponting 1879 2260 83.14 82.29 160.63
7 MG Bevan 1163 1495 77.79 81.38 158.86
8 MR Marsh 800 878 91.12 77.71 151.70
9 SPD Smith 733 844 86.85 77.30 150.90
10 ME Waugh 1111 1591 69.83 74.43 145.29

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman. 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 173 122 117 109 106 125.40 200.00
1 DA Warner 173 122 117 109 106 125.40 200.00
2 RT Ponting 164 129 92 91 80 111.20 177.35
3 SR Waugh 120* 114* 91 89 86 100.00 159.49
4 MG Bevan 106 103 82 79 65 87.00 138.76
5 AC Gilchrist 105 100 88 77 63 86.60 138.12
6 SPD Smith 108 104 76 73* 67 85.60 136.52
7 ME Waugh 115* 107 71 60 60 82.60 131.74
8 MR Marsh 100 88 86* 71 67 82.40 131.42
9 MEK Hussey 83* 81 78 73 62 75.40 120.26
10 TM Head 142 64 62 51 38 71.40 113.88

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 R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS AC Gilchrist 52/34 26/17 88/66 51/40 55/44 137.04 150.00
1 AC Gilchrist 52/34 26/17 88/66 51/40 55/44 137.04 150.00
2 MEK Hussey 81/51 30/21 47/33 62/44 83/79 125.83 137.73
3 TM Head 64/36 38/24 142/103 62/48 33/28 119.37 130.66
4 RT Ponting 164/105 72/61 29/27 129/126 91/91 117.08 128.15
5 SR Waugh 91/81 67/60 120/110 114/106 30/31 116.39 127.40
6 MG Bevan 36/30 36/31 79/70 103/97 45/46 114.16 124.96
7 DA Warner 29/18 35/23 78/56 173/136 69/60 113.05 123.74
8 ME Waugh 60/53 60/55 34/35 107/111 115/126 105.47 115.44
9 MR Marsh 86/51 71/56 31/25 100/106 35/38 99.81 109.26
10 SPD Smith 73/55 52/49 108/107 104/112 67/74 90.58 99.15

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 250.00 171.25 160.63 177.35 128.15 887.39
2 SR Waugh 210.35 185.88 163.49 159.49 127.40 846.61
3 DA Warner 166.98 168.13 173.35 200.00 123.74 832.20
4 MG Bevan 154.74 192.94 158.86 138.76 124.96 770.25
5 AC Gilchrist 149.95 123.49 169.16 138.12 150.00 730.71
6 MEK Hussey 107.37 189.57 162.12 120.26 137.73 717.04
7 TM Head 72.25 152.02 200.00 113.88 130.66 668.80
8 ME Waugh 147.82 127.46 145.29 131.74 115.44 667.75
9 SPD Smith 97.53 155.75 150.90 136.52 99.15 639.85
10 MR Marsh 106.44 129.65 151.70 131.42 109.26 628.46

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