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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). 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 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) 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
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10
Min Runs 250

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 KJ Hughes AUS 21 988 116.01
10 KD Walters AUS 17 756 88.77

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 SPD Smith 46 6 2356 11 58.90 65.63 300.00
1 SPD Smith 46 6 2356 11 58.90 65.63 300.00
2 DC Boon 20 3 1204 6 70.82 64.33 294.05
3 KD Walters 17 5 756 1 63.00 64.22 293.57
4 ML Hayden 35 3 1888 6 59.00 58.88 269.16
5 KJ Hughes 21 2 988 2 52.00 54.76 250.32
6 TM Head 27 2 1163 3 46.52 54.07 247.18
7 RT Ponting 51 4 2555 8 54.36 53.86 246.19
8 MJ Clarke 40 2 2049 7 53.92 52.53 240.14
9 AR Border 35 5 1567 4 52.23 51.78 236.68
10 RB Simpson 21 0 1125 4 53.57 48.35 221.04

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 78.78 100.00
1 ML Hayden 1888 2864 65.92 67.05 85.12
2 TM Head 1163 1739 66.88 65.84 83.58
3 RT Ponting 2555 4428 57.70 58.32 74.03
4 KD Walters 597 1343 44.45 55.88 70.93
5 MJ Clarke 2049 3623 56.56 55.52 70.48
6 KJ Hughes 937 2050 45.71 53.77 68.26
7 SPD Smith 2356 4460 52.83 52.00 66.01
8 RB Simpson 624 1451 43.00 50.75 64.43
9 AR Border 1535 3535 43.42 49.58 62.94
10 DC Boon 1204 3021 39.85 43.96 55.80

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* 210 151 130 128 189.60 284.12
3 SPD Smith 192 178* 162* 140 133 161.00 241.26
4 ML Hayden 203 136 124 123 119 141.00 211.29
5 AR Border 163 162 124 106 91* 129.20 193.61
6 DC Boon 135 131 129* 123 122 128.00 191.81
7 TM Head 163 152 140 90 89 126.80 190.01
8 RB Simpson 176 109 103 100 89 115.40 172.93
9 KJ Hughes 213 100 92 86 80 114.20 171.13
10 KD Walters 102 94* 93 78 67 86.80 130.07

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 300.00 246.19 74.03 300.00 920.22
2 SPD Smith 276.63 300.00 66.01 241.26 883.90
3 MJ Clarke 240.59 240.14 70.48 284.12 835.32
4 ML Hayden 221.68 269.16 85.12 211.29 787.25
5 DC Boon 141.37 294.05 55.80 191.81 683.03
6 AR Border 183.99 236.68 62.94 193.61 677.22
7 TM Head 136.56 247.18 83.58 190.01 657.33
8 KJ Hughes 116.01 250.32 68.26 171.13 605.72
9 RB Simpson 132.09 221.04 64.43 172.93 590.49
10 KD Walters 88.77 293.57 70.93 130.07 583.34

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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