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Top 10 Australian Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka 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) 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 10

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS MEK Hussey AUS 13 994 300.00
1 MEK Hussey AUS 13 994 300.00
2 RT Ponting AUS 23 975 294.27
3 MJ Clarke AUS 12 746 225.15
4 SR Waugh AUS 11 701 211.57
5 SPD Smith AUS 11 670 202.21
6 ML Hayden AUS 13 664 200.40
7 UT Khawaja AUS 17 659 198.89
8 DS Lehmann AUS 10 554 167.20
9 DM Jones AUS 11 537 162.07
10 DR Martyn AUS 10 536 161.77

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 MEK Hussey 13 4 994 5 110.44 106.87 300.00
1 MEK Hussey 13 4 994 5 110.44 106.87 300.00
2 SR Waugh 11 3 701 3 87.63 87.02 244.27
3 MJ Clarke 12 2 746 3 74.60 72.81 204.39
4 SPD Smith 11 1 670 4 67.00 69.74 195.77
5 DS Lehmann 10 0 554 2 55.40 58.50 164.23
6 DM Jones 11 2 537 3 59.67 57.84 162.36
7 DR Martyn 10 0 536 2 53.60 56.60 158.89
8 ML Hayden 13 0 664 3 51.08 51.93 145.78
9 UT Khawaja 17 4 659 2 50.69 51.82 145.47
10 RT Ponting 23 2 975 1 46.43 47.37 132.97

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 MEK Hussey 142 133 132 118 115* 128.00 250.00
1 MEK Hussey 142 133 132 118 115* 128.00 250.00
2 SPD Smith 145* 141 131 119 55 118.20 230.86
3 SR Waugh 170 134* 131* 61* 60 111.20 217.19
4 MJ Clarke 145* 112 106 74 71 101.60 198.44
5 UT Khawaja 232 101* 71 37 36 95.40 186.33
6 ML Hayden 132 130 117 54 43 95.20 185.94
7 DR Martyn 161 110 97 52 47 93.40 182.42
8 RT Ponting 105* 96 96 92 71 92.00 179.69
9 DM Jones 118* 102 100* 77 57 90.80 177.34
10 DS Lehmann 153 129 63 57 51 90.60 176.95

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 ML Hayden 664 1051 63.18 62.51 150.00
1 ML Hayden 664 1051 63.18 62.51 150.00
2 DS Lehmann 554 904 61.28 61.66 147.95
3 MJ Clarke 746 1224 60.95 57.81 138.72
4 DM Jones 537 958 56.05 57.74 138.54
5 MEK Hussey 994 1674 59.38 56.27 135.03
6 UT Khawaja 659 1162 56.71 53.81 129.11
7 RT Ponting 975 1830 53.28 53.68 128.80
8 SR Waugh 701 1351 51.89 53.35 128.02
9 DR Martyn 536 1035 51.79 52.11 125.03
10 SPD Smith 670 1270 52.76 50.59 121.38

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 MEK Hussey 300.00 300.00 250.00 135.03 985.03
2 SR Waugh 211.57 244.27 217.19 128.02 801.04
3 MJ Clarke 225.15 204.39 198.44 138.72 766.69
4 SPD Smith 202.21 195.77 230.86 121.38 750.22
5 RT Ponting 294.27 132.97 179.69 128.80 735.72
6 ML Hayden 200.40 145.78 185.94 150.00 682.12
7 UT Khawaja 198.89 145.47 186.33 129.11 659.80
8 DS Lehmann 167.20 164.23 176.95 147.95 656.34
9 DM Jones 162.07 162.36 177.34 138.54 640.32
10 DR Martyn 161.77 158.89 182.42 125.03 628.11

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