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Top 10 Australian Batsmen In Tests In New Zealand

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from Australia in New Zealand in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

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

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

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 300.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS GS Chappell AUS 13 786 300.00
1 GS Chappell AUS 13 786 300.00
2 AR Border AUS 14 602 229.77
3 JL Langer AUS 15 581 221.76
4 DR Martyn AUS 11 551 210.31
5 SR Waugh AUS 17 529 201.91
6 KD Walters AUS 9 506 193.13
7 AC Gilchrist AUS 8 487 185.88
8 SM Katich AUS 7 479 182.82
9 RT Ponting AUS 8 362 138.17
10 SPD Smith AUS 7 313 119.47

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 250

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS AC Gilchrist 8 2 487 2 81.17 79.55 300.00
1 AC Gilchrist 8 2 487 2 81.17 79.55 300.00
2 SM Katich 7 1 479 2 79.83 75.40 284.34
3 GS Chappell 13 2 786 3 71.45 71.81 270.82
4 KD Walters 9 2 506 2 72.29 70.06 264.19
5 DR Martyn 11 2 551 1 61.22 59.75 225.34
6 RT Ponting 8 2 362 1 60.33 57.52 216.92
7 SPD Smith 7 1 313 1 52.17 55.47 209.19
8 AR Border 14 2 602 2 50.17 54.05 203.83
9 JL Langer 15 3 581 1 48.42 46.96 177.11
10 SR Waugh 17 2 529 1 35.27 36.75 138.58

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.

R4BF

Balls played by batsmen for many inns is not available for earlier times. When such is the case, we have used Runs For Balls Faced (R4BF) to determine the Strike Rate. This is the runs scored by the batsman for the available data of balls.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 250
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS AC Gilchrist 487 561 86.81 89.80 100.00
1 AC Gilchrist 487 561 86.81 89.80 100.00
2 GS Chappell 786 1253 62.73 71.46 79.59
3 KD Walters 506 816 62.01 67.81 75.52
4 JL Langer 581 900 64.56 66.79 74.38
5 RT Ponting 362 540 67.04 65.10 72.50
6 SPD Smith 313 522 59.96 56.97 63.44
7 DR Martyn 551 1012 54.45 56.92 63.39
8 SR Waugh 529 1152 45.92 51.77 57.65
9 AR Border 602 1499 40.16 47.84 53.27
10 SM Katich 479 1079 44.39 43.59 48.54

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 GS Chappell 247* 176 133 58 44 131.60 300.00
1 GS Chappell 247* 176 133 58 44 131.60 300.00
2 AR Border 140 114* 88 78* 71 98.20 223.86
3 AC Gilchrist 162 121 75 60* 59 95.40 217.48
4 KD Walters 250 104* 65 32 20* 94.20 214.74
5 DR Martyn 165 89* 78 74 38 88.80 202.43
6 SM Katich 118 106 88 79 35 85.20 194.22
7 SR Waugh 151* 75 74 62 41 80.60 183.74
8 JL Langer 122* 72* 63 59* 57 74.60 170.06
9 RT Ponting 105 86* 47* 46 41 65.00 148.18
10 SPD Smith 138 71 53* 31 11 60.80 138.60

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 TVO RAT
1 GS Chappell 300.00 270.82 79.59 300.00 950.41
2 AC Gilchrist 185.88 300.00 100.00 217.48 803.36
3 KD Walters 193.13 264.19 75.52 214.74 747.59
4 AR Border 229.77 203.83 53.27 223.86 710.74
5 SM Katich 182.82 284.34 48.54 194.22 709.93
6 DR Martyn 210.31 225.34 63.39 202.43 701.46
7 JL Langer 221.76 177.11 74.38 170.06 643.31
8 SR Waugh 201.91 138.58 57.65 183.74 581.88
9 RT Ponting 138.17 216.92 72.50 148.18 575.77
10 SPD Smith 119.47 209.19 63.44 138.60 530.70

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. .

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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