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Top 7 Australian Batsmen In Tests In Sri Lanka

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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 7 batsmen from Australia in Sri Lanka in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
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) SL
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 7

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3 MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS AR Border AUS 1983 1992 1987.5 7 290 240.00
1 AR Border AUS 1983 1992 1987.5 7 290 240.00
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1999 2011 2005 16 723 300.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 1999 2011 2005 16 723 300.00
2 DR Martyn AUS 2002 2004 2003 8 420 174.27
3 ML Hayden AUS 2002 2004 2003 8 321 133.20
4 AC Gilchrist AUS 2002 2004 2003 8 272 112.86
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SPD Smith AUS 2016 2025 2020.5 11 670 290.00
1 SPD Smith AUS 2016 2025 2020.5 11 670 290.00
2 UT Khawaja AUS 2011 2025 2018 14 547 236.76

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 SPD Smith 11 1 670 4 67.00 69.74 300.00
1 SPD Smith 11 1 670 4 67.00 69.74 300.00
2 DR Martyn 8 0 420 2 52.50 57.34 246.66
3 UT Khawaja 14 3 547 1 49.73 52.18 224.48
4 RT Ponting 16 1 723 2 48.20 51.58 221.90
5 AC Gilchrist 8 2 272 1 45.33 49.51 212.99
6 AR Border 7 1 290 1 48.33 48.52 208.73
7 ML Hayden 8 0 321 1 40.13 43.82 188.52

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 SPD Smith 145* 141 131 119 55 118.20 250.00
1 SPD Smith 145* 141 131 119 55 118.20 250.00
2 RT Ponting 141 105* 96 92 51 97.00 205.16
3 UT Khawaja 232 71 37 36 29 81.00 171.32
4 DR Martyn 161 110 67 42 20 80.00 169.20
5 ML Hayden 130 54 41 34 28 57.40 121.40
6 AR Border 106 78 47* 28 15 54.80 115.91
7 AC Gilchrist 144 66* 31* 22 5 53.60 113.37

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 272 411 66.18 66.79 150.00
1 AC Gilchrist 272 411 66.18 66.79 150.00
2 ML Hayden 321 516 62.21 62.78 141.00
3 RT Ponting 723 1250 57.84 58.45 131.28
4 UT Khawaja 547 994 55.03 52.69 118.34
5 AR Border 290 592 48.99 51.95 116.68
6 SPD Smith 670 1270 52.76 50.59 113.62
7 DR Martyn 420 933 45.02 45.43 102.03

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 SPD Smith 290.00 300.00 250.00 113.62 953.62
2 RT Ponting 300.00 221.90 205.16 131.28 858.34
3 UT Khawaja 236.76 224.48 171.32 118.34 750.90
4 DR Martyn 174.27 246.66 169.20 102.03 692.17
5 AR Border 240.00 208.73 115.91 116.68 681.32
6 AC Gilchrist 112.86 212.99 113.37 150.00 589.22
7 ML Hayden 133.20 188.52 121.40 141.00 584.11

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