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Top 10 Australian Test Batsmen Vs South Africa In Aus

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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 South Africa 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) SA

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 27 1195 300.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 27 1195 300.00
2 MJ Clarke AUS 11 959 240.75
3 ML Hayden AUS 18 862 216.40
4 DA Warner AUS 15 655 164.44
5 MA Taylor AUS 10 569 142.85
6 SR Waugh AUS 11 544 136.57
7 BC Booth AUS 7 531 133.31
8 UT Khawaja AUS 10 523 131.30
9 WM Lawry AUS 10 496 124.52
10 DR Martyn AUS 7 372 93.39

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 MJ Clarke 11 2 959 3 106.56 104.18 300.00
1 MJ Clarke 11 2 959 3 106.56 104.18 300.00
2 BC Booth 7 1 531 2 88.50 97.51 280.80
3 DR Martyn 7 2 372 2 74.40 84.09 242.16
4 MA Taylor 10 1 569 2 63.22 70.51 203.05
5 UT Khawaja 10 1 523 2 58.11 62.19 179.08
6 WM Lawry 10 1 496 1 55.11 59.69 171.90
7 ML Hayden 18 2 862 4 53.88 56.30 162.11
8 SR Waugh 11 0 544 1 49.45 55.78 160.62
9 RT Ponting 27 2 1195 5 47.80 50.20 144.55
10 DA Warner 15 0 655 2 43.67 45.66 131.50

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 DA Warner 655 825 79.39 74.81 100.00
1 DA Warner 655 825 79.39 74.81 100.00
2 WM Lawry 314 582 53.95 69.99 93.56
3 RT Ponting 1195 2050 58.29 59.56 79.62
4 DR Martyn 372 713 52.17 59.18 79.11
5 SR Waugh 544 1062 51.22 57.85 77.34
6 ML Hayden 862 1545 55.79 57.15 76.39
7 MJ Clarke 959 1581 60.66 56.96 76.14
8 BC Booth 280 710 39.44 51.00 68.17
9 UT Khawaja 523 1072 48.79 46.19 61.74
10 MA Taylor 569 1412 40.30 45.39 60.67

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 MJ Clarke 259* 230 138 88* 62 155.40 300.00
1 MJ Clarke 259* 230 138 88* 62 155.40 300.00
2 ML Hayden 138 137 131 105 90 120.20 232.05
3 RT Ponting 143* 120 117 105 101 117.20 226.25
4 UT Khawaja 195* 145 97 64 11 102.40 197.68
5 DA Warner 200 119 97 47 45 101.60 196.14
6 MA Taylor 170 169* 62 59 38 99.60 192.28
7 BC Booth 169 102* 87 75 58 98.20 189.58
8 SR Waugh 164 96 90 85 34 93.80 181.08
9 WM Lawry 157 89 87* 43 38 82.80 159.85
10 DR Martyn 124* 117 59 52 8 72.00 139.00

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 MJ Clarke 240.75 300.00 76.14 300.00 916.90
2 RT Ponting 300.00 144.55 79.62 226.25 750.42
3 ML Hayden 216.40 162.11 76.39 232.05 686.95
4 BC Booth 133.31 280.80 68.17 189.58 671.86
5 MA Taylor 142.85 203.05 60.67 192.28 598.84
6 DA Warner 164.44 131.50 100.00 196.14 592.07
7 UT Khawaja 131.30 179.08 61.74 197.68 569.81
8 SR Waugh 136.57 160.62 77.34 181.08 555.61
9 DR Martyn 93.39 242.16 79.11 139.00 553.66
10 WM Lawry 124.52 171.90 93.56 159.85 549.82

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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