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Top 10 Australian Batsmen Vs South Africa In Tests

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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 South Africa 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) SA

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 48 2132 300.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 48 2132 300.00
2 MJ Clarke AUS 27 1487 209.24
3 ML Hayden AUS 36 1486 209.10
4 DA Warner AUS 27 1415 199.11
5 SR Waugh AUS 25 1147 161.40
6 ME Waugh AUS 29 1135 159.71
7 WM Lawry AUS 28 985 138.60
8 AC Gilchrist AUS 19 754 106.10
9 DR Martyn AUS 18 743 104.55
10 PJ Hughes AUS 10 532 74.86

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 MJ Clarke 27 5 1487 5 67.59 72.93 300.00
1 MJ Clarke 27 5 1487 5 67.59 72.93 300.00
2 PJ Hughes 10 0 532 2 53.20 58.97 242.55
3 DA Warner 27 0 1415 5 52.41 58.47 240.52
4 DR Martyn 18 4 743 4 53.07 56.20 231.18
5 SR Waugh 25 2 1147 2 49.87 54.82 225.51
6 RT Ponting 48 3 2132 8 47.38 49.88 205.19
7 AC Gilchrist 19 3 754 2 47.13 48.82 200.83
8 ME Waugh 29 2 1135 4 42.04 46.39 190.81
9 ML Hayden 36 2 1486 6 43.71 45.83 188.52
10 WM Lawry 28 1 985 1 36.48 39.75 163.51

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* 230 161* 151 138 187.80 250.00
1 MJ Clarke 259* 230 161* 151 138 187.80 250.00
2 DA Warner 200 145 135 119 115 142.80 190.10
3 ML Hayden 138 137 131 122 105 126.60 168.53
4 RT Ponting 143* 120 117 116 105 120.20 160.01
5 SR Waugh 164 160 96 90 86 119.20 158.68
6 AC Gilchrist 204* 138* 91 86 44 112.60 149.89
7 DR Martyn 133 124* 117 101 59 106.80 142.17
8 ME Waugh 116 115* 113* 100 84 105.60 140.58
9 WM Lawry 157 98 89 87* 83 102.80 136.85
10 PJ Hughes 160 115 88 75 33 94.20 125.40

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 754 871 86.57 83.78 150.00
1 AC Gilchrist 754 871 86.57 83.78 150.00
2 DA Warner 1415 1767 80.08 76.63 137.22
3 PJ Hughes 532 871 61.08 59.07 105.77
4 RT Ponting 2132 3566 59.79 58.36 104.50
5 MJ Clarke 1487 2495 59.60 57.22 102.46
6 WM Lawry 507 1020 49.71 56.94 101.95
7 ML Hayden 1486 2735 54.33 53.65 96.06
8 ME Waugh 1135 2301 49.33 51.99 93.09
9 DR Martyn 743 1451 51.21 50.67 90.73
10 SR Waugh 1147 2476 46.32 48.46 86.77

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 MJ Clarke 209.24 300.00 250.00 102.46 861.70
2 RT Ponting 300.00 205.19 160.01 104.50 769.70
3 DA Warner 199.11 240.52 190.10 137.22 766.94
4 ML Hayden 209.10 188.52 168.53 96.06 662.21
5 SR Waugh 161.40 225.51 158.68 86.77 632.36
6 AC Gilchrist 106.10 200.83 149.89 150.00 606.82
7 ME Waugh 159.71 190.81 140.58 93.09 584.18
8 DR Martyn 104.55 231.18 142.17 90.73 568.63
9 PJ Hughes 74.86 242.55 125.40 105.77 548.58
10 WM Lawry 138.60 163.51 136.85 101.95 540.90

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