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Top 10 Australian Test Batsmen Vs India In Australia

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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 10 batsmen from Australia against India in Australia in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
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) AUS
Oposition (O) IND

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 26 1893 300.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 26 1893 300.00
2 SPD Smith AUS 25 1396 221.24
3 MJ Clarke AUS 15 1077 170.68
4 DC Boon AUS 15 879 139.30
5 ML Hayden AUS 13 861 136.45
6 RB Simpson AUS 15 833 132.01
7 DA Warner AUS 18 760 120.44
8 TM Head AUS 19 747 118.38
9 JL Langer AUS 13 658 104.28
10 KD Walters AUS 9 470 74.48

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 Walters 9 4 470 0 94.00 88.78 300.00
1 KD Walters 9 4 470 0 94.00 88.78 300.00
2 RT Ponting 26 4 1893 7 86.05 79.33 268.07
3 MJ Clarke 15 1 1077 4 76.93 71.21 240.64
4 SPD Smith 25 3 1396 7 63.45 66.77 225.62
5 DC Boon 15 3 879 5 73.25 65.08 219.91
6 ML Hayden 13 1 861 4 71.75 64.65 218.46
7 RB Simpson 15 0 833 4 55.53 50.46 170.52
8 TM Head 19 1 747 2 41.50 46.50 157.14
9 JL Langer 13 0 658 3 50.62 45.68 154.37
10 DA Warner 18 0 760 4 42.22 39.30 132.81

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 467 642 72.74 71.25 100.00
1 DA Warner 760 955 79.58 71.05 99.71
2 ML Hayden 861 1229 70.06 66.36 93.14
3 JL Langer 658 1034 63.64 64.56 90.60
4 TM Head 747 1196 62.46 60.74 85.24
5 MJ Clarke 1077 1668 64.57 58.27 81.78
6 RT Ponting 1893 3140 60.29 57.72 81.01
7 KD Walters 315 642 49.07 57.14 80.20
8 SPD Smith 1396 2318 60.22 56.69 79.56
9 RB Simpson 624 1451 43.00 49.77 69.85
10 DC Boon 879 2307 38.10 42.19 59.21

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 RT Ponting 257 242 221 141* 140 200.20 300.00
1 RT Ponting 257 242 221 141* 140 200.20 300.00
2 MJ Clarke 329* 210 128 118 81 173.20 259.54
3 SPD Smith 192 162* 140 133 131 151.60 227.17
4 DC Boon 135 131 129* 123 107 125.00 187.31
5 ML Hayden 136 124 123 103 99 117.00 175.32
6 RB Simpson 176 109 103 100 89 115.40 172.93
7 DA Warner 180 145 102 101 48 115.20 172.63
8 JL Langer 223 121 117 58 47 113.20 169.63
9 TM Head 152 140 89 72 58 102.20 153.15
10 KD Walters 94* 93 78 67 62* 78.80 118.08

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 RT Ponting 300.00 268.07 81.01 300.00 949.08
2 SPD Smith 221.24 225.62 79.56 227.17 753.59
3 MJ Clarke 170.68 240.64 81.78 259.54 752.64
4 ML Hayden 136.45 218.46 93.14 175.32 623.37
5 DC Boon 139.30 219.91 59.21 187.31 605.74
6 KD Walters 74.48 300.00 80.20 118.08 572.76
7 RB Simpson 132.01 170.52 69.85 172.93 545.31
8 DA Warner 120.44 132.81 99.71 172.63 525.60
9 JL Langer 104.28 154.37 90.60 169.63 518.89
10 TM Head 118.38 157.14 85.24 153.15 513.91

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)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
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Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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