Top 7 Australian Test Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka In Australia

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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 7 batsmen from Australia against Sri Lanka in Australia in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

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) SL

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 7

PROLIFIC


CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Waugh AUS 8 649 300.00
1 SR Waugh AUS 8 649 300.00
2 MJ Clarke AUS 7 532 245.92
3 MEK Hussey AUS 8 531 245.45
4 MA Taylor AUS 9 463 214.02
5 RT Ponting AUS 9 400 184.90
6 ML Hayden AUS 7 381 176.12
7 DC Boon AUS 9 332 153.47

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 SR Waugh 8 3 649 3 129.80 125.63 300.00
1 SR Waugh 8 3 649 3 129.80 125.63 300.00
2 MEK Hussey 8 4 531 3 132.75 123.84 295.74
3 MJ Clarke 7 2 532 2 106.40 100.16 239.20
4 MA Taylor 9 1 463 2 57.88 56.70 135.39
5 ML Hayden 7 0 381 2 54.43 52.01 124.20
6 RT Ponting 9 1 400 0 50.00 47.58 113.63
7 DC Boon 9 0 332 1 36.89 35.87 85.65

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 SR Waugh 170 134* 131* 61* 60 111.20 250.00
1 SR Waugh 170 134* 131* 61* 60 111.20 250.00
2 MJ Clarke 145* 106 74 71 57* 90.60 203.69
3 MEK Hussey 133 132 115* 34* 34 89.60 201.44
4 MA Taylor 164 108 96 25* 23 83.20 187.05
5 ML Hayden 132 117 43 37 33 72.40 162.77
6 RT Ponting 96 71 56 53* 45 64.20 144.33
7 DC Boon 110 64 43 41 35 58.60 131.74

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 ML Hayden 381 609 62.56 59.53 150.00
1 ML Hayden 381 609 62.56 59.53 150.00
2 MJ Clarke 532 877 60.66 56.83 143.19
3 MEK Hussey 531 900 59.00 55.28 139.28
4 SR Waugh 649 1198 54.17 54.89 138.30
5 RT Ponting 400 755 52.98 52.16 131.43
6 MA Taylor 463 926 50.00 51.08 128.69
7 DC Boon 332 800 41.50 42.04 105.93

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 SR Waugh 300.00 300.00 250.00 138.30 988.30
2 MEK Hussey 245.45 295.74 201.44 139.28 881.91
3 MJ Clarke 245.92 239.20 203.69 143.19 831.99
4 MA Taylor 214.02 135.39 187.05 128.69 665.16
5 ML Hayden 176.12 124.20 162.77 150.00 613.09
6 RT Ponting 184.90 113.63 144.33 131.43 574.29
7 DC Boon 153.47 85.65 131.74 105.93 476.79


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