Top 7 Australian Batsmen In Tests In Sri Lanka

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 7 batsmen from Australia in Sri Lanka in Test cricket.

CONTENTS

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)	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
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	RT Ponting	AUS	16	723	300.00
1	RT Ponting	AUS	16	723	300.00
2	SPD Smith	AUS	11	670	278.01
3	UT Khawaja	AUS	14	547	226.97
4	DR Martyn	AUS	8	420	174.27
5	JL Langer	AUS	12	389	161.41
6	ML Hayden	AUS	8	321	133.20
7	AC Gilchrist	AUS	8	272	112.86

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	71.12	300.00
1	SPD Smith	11	1	670	4	67.00	71.12	300.00
2	DR Martyn	8	0	420	2	52.50	63.04	265.92
3	AC Gilchrist	8	2	272	1	45.33	54.44	229.62
4	RT Ponting	16	1	723	2	48.20	54.26	228.87
5	UT Khawaja	14	3	547	1	49.73	52.81	222.75
6	ML Hayden	8	0	321	1	40.13	48.18	203.24
7	JL Langer	12	0	389	1	32.42	37.31	157.38

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	72.55	100.00
1	AC Gilchrist	272	411	66.18	72.55	100.00
2	ML Hayden	321	516	62.21	68.20	94.00
3	RT Ponting	723	1250	57.84	61.54	84.83
4	UT Khawaja	547	994	55.03	52.82	72.81
5	SPD Smith	670	1270	52.76	50.98	70.27
6	JL Langer	389	856	45.44	50.12	69.08
7	DR Martyn	420	933	45.02	49.35	68.02

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	300.00
1	SPD Smith	145*	141	131	119	55	118.20	300.00
2	RT Ponting	141	105*	96	92	51	97.00	246.19
3	UT Khawaja	232	71	37	36	29	81.00	205.58
4	DR Martyn	161	110	67	42	20	80.00	203.05
5	JL Langer	166	72	32	32	25	65.40	165.99
6	ML Hayden	130	54	41	34	28	57.40	145.69
7	AC Gilchrist	144	66*	31*	22	5	53.60	136.04

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	SPD Smith	278.01	300.00	70.27	300.00	948.28
2	RT Ponting	300.00	228.87	84.83	246.19	859.89
3	UT Khawaja	226.97	222.75	72.81	205.58	728.11
4	DR Martyn	174.27	265.92	68.02	203.05	711.26
5	AC Gilchrist	112.86	229.62	100.00	136.04	578.53
6	ML Hayden	133.20	203.24	94.00	145.69	576.12
7	JL Langer	161.41	157.38	69.08	165.99	553.86

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)

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. 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.
Know All About the Trend Setter