Top 10 Australian Batsmen In Tests In South Africa

All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). 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). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from Australia in South Africa in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. 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)	SA
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
Big Innings Potential	Top Scores	250.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	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

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	RT Ponting	AUS	21	937	300.00
1	RT Ponting	AUS	21	937	300.00
2	DA Warner	AUS	12	760	243.33
3	ML Hayden	AUS	18	624	199.79
4	RB Simpson	AUS	17	619	198.19
5	ME Waugh	AUS	15	611	195.62
6	SR Waugh	AUS	14	603	193.06
7	PJ Hughes	AUS	10	532	170.33
8	MJ Clarke	AUS	16	528	169.05
9	AC Gilchrist	AUS	10	523	167.45
10	KD Mackay	AUS	7	375	120.06

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	KD Mackay	7	4	375	0	125.00	146.63	300.00
1	KD Mackay	7	4	375	0	125.00	146.63	300.00
2	DA Warner	12	0	760	3	63.33	73.65	150.68
3	AC Gilchrist	10	2	523	2	65.38	70.27	143.77
4	PJ Hughes	10	0	532	2	53.20	58.97	120.64
5	SR Waugh	14	2	603	1	50.25	56.65	115.91
6	RT Ponting	21	1	937	3	46.85	51.04	104.42
7	ME Waugh	15	1	611	2	43.64	49.34	100.94
8	MJ Clarke	16	3	528	2	40.62	45.70	93.50
9	RB Simpson	17	1	619	1	38.69	42.69	87.34
10	ML Hayden	18	0	624	2	34.67	38.41	78.60

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	145	135	115	70	66	106.20	250.00
1	DA Warner	145	135	115	70	66	106.20	250.00
2	RT Ponting	116	103	100*	89	83	98.20	231.17
3	AC Gilchrist	204*	138*	91	24	24	96.20	226.46
4	ML Hayden	122	102	96	94	63	95.40	224.58
5	PJ Hughes	160	115	88	75	33	94.20	221.75
6	MJ Clarke	161*	151	68	47	23*	90.00	211.86
7	SR Waugh	160	86	67	64	60*	87.40	205.74
8	RB Simpson	153	94	65	60	48	84.00	197.74
9	ME Waugh	116	113*	53	45	43	74.00	174.20
10	KD Mackay	83*	77*	65*	63	52*	68.00	160.08

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	523	537	97.39	94.42	150.00
1	AC Gilchrist	523	537	97.39	94.42	150.00
2	DA Warner	760	942	80.68	77.73	123.48
3	RT Ponting	937	1516	61.81	59.85	95.09
4	PJ Hughes	532	871	61.08	59.07	93.85
5	MJ Clarke	528	914	57.77	55.68	88.46
6	ME Waugh	611	1172	52.13	54.88	87.19
7	ML Hayden	624	1190	52.44	53.15	84.44
8	SR Waugh	603	1414	42.64	44.70	71.01
9	RB Simpson	136	398	34.17	41.49	65.91
10	KD Mackay	375	1286	29.16	38.15	60.61

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	BIP	ATT	TVO RAT
1	DA Warner	243.33	150.68	250.00	123.48	767.49
2	RT Ponting	300.00	104.42	231.17	95.09	730.68
3	AC Gilchrist	167.45	143.77	226.46	150.00	687.68
4	KD Mackay	120.06	300.00	160.08	60.61	640.75
5	PJ Hughes	170.33	120.64	221.75	93.85	606.57
6	ML Hayden	199.79	78.60	224.58	84.44	587.40
7	SR Waugh	193.06	115.91	205.74	71.01	585.73
8	MJ Clarke	169.05	93.50	211.86	88.46	562.87
9	ME Waugh	195.62	100.94	174.20	87.19	557.95
10	RB Simpson	198.19	87.34	197.74	65.91	549.18