Top 10 Australian Test Batsmen Vs England In Australia

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 against England in Australia 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)	AUS
Oposition (O)	ENG

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	GS Chappell	AUS	37	1599	300.00
1	GS Chappell	AUS	37	1599	300.00
2	SR Waugh	AUS	41	1567	294.00
3	AR Border	AUS	39	1466	275.05
4	SPD Smith	AUS	30	1417	265.85
5	DA Warner	AUS	26	1237	232.08
6	JL Langer	AUS	27	1162	218.01
7	RT Ponting	AUS	28	1153	216.32
8	MJ Slater	AUS	20	1083	203.19
9	MEK Hussey	AUS	16	1028	192.87
10	ML Hayden	AUS	17	909	170.54

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	SE Marsh	7	1	445	2	74.17	74.48	300.00
1	MEK Hussey	16	2	1028	3	73.43	72.89	293.57
2	MJ Slater	20	0	1083	6	54.15	56.65	228.16
3	SPD Smith	30	4	1417	5	54.50	56.57	227.86
4	ML Hayden	17	1	909	4	56.81	55.85	224.95
5	DA Warner	26	2	1237	3	51.54	53.81	216.72
6	GS Chappell	37	5	1599	6	49.97	53.75	216.49
7	AR Border	39	8	1466	3	47.29	49.13	197.86
8	SR Waugh	41	8	1567	3	47.48	48.77	196.43
9	JL Langer	27	3	1162	3	48.42	48.68	196.08
10	RT Ponting	28	2	1153	4	44.35	44.29	178.40

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	239	141*	115	111	102*	141.60	250.00
1	SPD Smith	239	141*	115	111	102*	141.60	250.00
2	RT Ponting	196	154	142	123	75	138.00	243.64
3	JL Langer	250	179*	100*	82	74	137.00	241.88
4	ML Hayden	197	153	103	102	92	129.40	228.46
5	MJ Slater	176	124	123	113	103	127.80	225.64
6	MEK Hussey	195	116	103	93	91	119.60	211.16
6	GS Chappell	144	117	115	114	108	119.60	211.16
8	SR Waugh	122*	112	102	99*	96	106.20	187.50
9	DA Warner	124	112	103	95	94	105.60	186.44
10	AR Border	125	115	100*	89	83*	102.40	180.79

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	562	550	102.18	97.03	150.00
1	ML Hayden	909	1394	65.21	61.91	95.71
2	MJ Slater	1083	1881	57.58	60.02	92.78
3	DA Warner	1237	2083	59.39	57.32	88.60
4	RT Ponting	1153	1955	58.98	56.91	87.97
5	SR Waugh	1567	2919	53.68	55.27	85.43
6	JL Langer	1162	2070	56.14	55.12	85.21
7	GS Chappell	1599	3316	48.22	53.42	82.58
8	MEK Hussey	1028	1988	51.71	49.47	76.48
9	SPD Smith	1417	2896	48.93	47.13	72.85
10	AR Border	1466	3667	39.98	43.02	66.50

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	265.85	227.86	250.00	72.85	816.56
2	GS Chappell	300.00	216.49	211.16	82.58	810.23
3	MEK Hussey	192.87	293.57	211.16	76.48	774.07
4	SR Waugh	294.00	196.43	187.50	85.43	763.36
5	MJ Slater	203.19	228.16	225.64	92.78	749.76
6	JL Langer	218.01	196.08	241.88	85.21	741.18
7	RT Ponting	216.32	178.40	243.64	87.97	726.34
8	DA Warner	232.08	216.72	186.44	88.60	723.85
9	AR Border	275.05	197.86	180.79	66.50	720.20
10	ML Hayden	170.54	224.95	228.46	95.71	719.66