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 2026-02-05

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
Min Career Runs 1000

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 72.53 300.00
1 SPD Smith 11 1 670 4 67.00 72.53 300.00
2 DR Martyn 8 0 420 2 52.50 59.84 247.49
3 UT Khawaja 14 3 547 1 49.73 53.84 222.68
4 RT Ponting 16 1 723 2 48.20 52.05 215.29
5 AC Gilchrist 8 2 272 1 45.33 51.67 213.71
6 ML Hayden 8 0 321 1 40.13 45.73 189.15
7 JL Langer 12 0 389 1 32.42 37.83 156.46

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 JL Langer 166 72 32 32 25 65.40 138.32
6 ML Hayden 130 54 41 34 28 57.40 121.40
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 66.42 150.00
1 AC Gilchrist 272 411 66.18 66.42 150.00
2 ML Hayden 321 516 62.21 62.43 141.00
3 RT Ponting 723 1250 57.84 57.49 129.83
4 UT Khawaja 547 994 55.03 52.66 118.93
5 SPD Smith 670 1270 52.76 50.65 114.40
6 JL Langer 389 856 45.44 46.69 105.45
7 DR Martyn 420 933 45.02 45.18 102.03

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 278.01 300.00 250.00 114.40 942.40
2 RT Ponting 300.00 215.29 205.16 129.83 850.28
3 UT Khawaja 226.97 222.68 171.32 118.93 739.90
4 DR Martyn 174.27 247.49 169.20 102.03 693.00
5 AC Gilchrist 112.86 213.71 113.37 150.00 589.94
6 ML Hayden 133.20 189.15 121.40 141.00 584.75
7 JL Langer 161.41 156.46 138.32 105.45 561.64


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