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Top 10 Australian Batsmen Vs India In Test Cricket

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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 10 batsmen from Australia against India 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) ALL
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
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 10

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 51 2555 300.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 51 2555 300.00
2 SPD Smith AUS 46 2356 276.63
3 MJ Clarke AUS 40 2049 240.59
4 ML Hayden AUS 35 1888 221.68
5 AR Border AUS 35 1567 183.99
6 DC Boon AUS 20 1204 141.37
7 TM Head AUS 27 1163 136.56
8 RB Simpson AUS 21 1125 132.09
9 MEK Hussey AUS 24 1078 126.58
10 KJ Hughes AUS 21 988 116.01

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 500

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS DC Boon 20 3 1204 6 70.82 70.10 300.00
1 DC Boon 20 3 1204 6 70.82 70.10 300.00
2 SPD Smith 46 6 2356 11 58.90 66.50 284.59
3 ML Hayden 35 3 1888 6 59.00 58.31 249.54
4 KJ Hughes 21 2 988 2 52.00 55.16 236.06
5 RT Ponting 51 4 2555 8 54.36 55.14 235.98
6 MJ Clarke 40 2 2049 7 53.92 54.63 233.79
7 RB Simpson 21 0 1125 4 53.57 54.17 231.82
8 AR Border 35 5 1567 4 52.23 53.71 229.87
9 TM Head 27 2 1163 3 46.52 52.98 226.74
10 MEK Hussey 24 2 1078 3 49.00 49.16 210.41

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* 140 200.20 250.00
1 RT Ponting 257 242 221 141* 140 200.20 250.00
2 MJ Clarke 329* 210 151 130 128 189.60 236.76
3 SPD Smith 192 178* 162* 140 133 161.00 201.05
4 ML Hayden 203 136 124 123 119 141.00 176.07
5 AR Border 163 162 124 106 91* 129.20 161.34
6 DC Boon 135 131 129* 123 122 128.00 159.84
7 TM Head 163 152 140 90 89 126.80 158.34
8 MEK Hussey 150* 146 145* 90 89 124.00 154.85
9 RB Simpson 176 109 103 100 89 115.40 144.11
10 KJ Hughes 213 100 92 86 80 114.20 142.61

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 500
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS AC Gilchrist 809 1052 76.90 75.85 150.00
1 TM Head 1163 1739 66.88 65.18 128.91
2 ML Hayden 1888 2864 65.92 65.02 128.59
3 RT Ponting 2555 4428 57.70 57.26 113.24
4 MJ Clarke 2049 3623 56.56 55.73 110.21
5 SPD Smith 2356 4460 52.83 51.91 102.66
6 KJ Hughes 937 2050 45.71 50.52 99.90
7 RB Simpson 624 1451 43.00 48.64 96.19
8 AR Border 1535 3535 43.42 46.88 92.71
9 MEK Hussey 1078 2239 48.15 46.72 92.39
10 DC Boon 1204 3021 39.85 42.15 83.36

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 RT Ponting 300.00 235.98 250.00 113.24 899.22
2 SPD Smith 276.63 284.59 201.05 102.66 864.93
3 MJ Clarke 240.59 233.79 236.76 110.21 821.36
4 ML Hayden 221.68 249.54 176.07 128.59 775.89
5 DC Boon 141.37 300.00 159.84 83.36 684.57
6 AR Border 183.99 229.87 161.34 92.71 667.91
7 TM Head 136.56 226.74 158.34 128.91 650.54
8 RB Simpson 132.09 231.82 144.11 96.19 604.21
9 KJ Hughes 116.01 236.06 142.61 99.90 594.57
10 MEK Hussey 126.58 210.41 154.85 92.39 584.22

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