ODIs - Best English Middle Order Batsmen

Top 10 English Middle Order Batsmen In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 English middle order (3-6) batsmen in ODI Cricket of all time.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ATTACKING
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Familiar Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Non Asians Outside Asia
4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. IMPACT INNINGS
5.3. TOP FORM
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS
Nations Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from England.

  • The Rating of the players from England remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from England.
Position Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to include performances of middle order (3-6) batsmen. Innings played only at the specified position are counted in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns (Runs and SR)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, Impact Inns
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which 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 an 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.
TT and NWT

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams (TT) and non weak teams (NWT). Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A batsman's performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 30
Min Overall Runs 1000

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1996
Era 2 MP between 1995 And 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS M Azharuddin IND 1985 2000 1992.5 300 9237 170.00
1 AJ Lamb ENG 1982 1992 1987 118 4010 73.80
2 DI Gower ENG 1978 1991 1984.5 95 2737 50.37
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 358 13422 200.00
1 PD Collingwood ENG 2001 2011 2006 165 4856 72.36
2 KP Pietersen ENG 2004 2013 2008.5 112 3941 58.72
3 GA Hick ENG 1991 2001 1996 115 3798 56.59
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 2009 2025 2017 279 13977 200.00
1 EJG Morgan ENG 2006 2022 2014 226 7597 108.71
2 JE Root ENG 2013 2025 2019 170 7197 102.98
3 JC Buttler ENG 2012 2025 2018.5 136 4456 63.76
4 BA Stokes ENG 2011 2023 2017 89 3305 47.29
5 IJL Trott ENG 2009 2013 2011 62 2611 37.36

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 2500
Min Runs (TT) 2000

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 176 55 6530 46 53.97 56.33 150.00
1 IJL Trott 62 9 2611 19 49.26 47.42 126.27
2 JE Root 170 22 7197 43 48.63 45.48 121.11
3 BA Stokes 89 14 3305 24 44.07 44.19 117.66
4 AJ Lamb 118 16 4010 26 39.31 41.43 110.33
5 JC Buttler 136 22 4456 23 39.09 40.29 107.29
6 KP Pietersen 112 15 3941 23 40.63 39.92 106.31
7 GA Hick 115 15 3798 27 37.98 38.82 103.37
8 EJG Morgan 226 32 7597 46 39.16 38.67 102.98
9 PD Collingwood 165 34 4856 26 37.07 38.18 101.68
10 DI Gower 95 8 2737 11 31.46 35.33 94.08

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 142 44 5422 38 55.33 58.67 150.00
1 BA Stokes 69 10 2708 21 45.90 46.29 118.35
2 IJL Trott 53 8 2054 15 45.64 44.53 113.86
3 JE Root 140 17 5620 37 45.69 43.13 110.29
4 AJ Lamb 100 16 3348 20 39.86 42.38 108.35
5 KP Pietersen 91 11 3325 20 41.56 41.21 105.36
6 JC Buttler 107 16 3409 17 37.46 39.10 99.96
7 GA Hick 94 10 3067 20 36.51 38.31 97.95
8 EJG Morgan 173 25 5500 36 37.16 37.20 95.11
9 PD Collingwood 119 18 3534 19 34.99 36.80 94.09
10 DI Gower 89 7 2535 11 30.91 34.94 89.34

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 2500
Min Runs (TT) 2000
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 3030 2365 128.12 113.59 150.00
1 JC Buttler 4456 3864 115.32 101.35 133.83
2 DI Gower 2737 3595 76.13 88.60 116.99
3 BA Stokes 3305 3445 95.94 85.19 112.49
4 EJG Morgan 7597 8240 92.20 84.18 111.16
5 KP Pietersen 3941 4544 86.73 84.08 111.03
6 AJ Lamb 4010 5324 75.32 83.43 110.17
7 GA Hick 3798 5131 74.02 79.44 104.90
8 JE Root 7197 8219 87.57 78.60 103.79
9 PD Collingwood 4856 6346 76.52 74.65 98.57
10 IJL Trott 2611 3357 77.78 72.56 95.81

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 2435 2031 119.89 106.20 150.00
1 JC Buttler 3409 3049 111.81 98.10 138.56
2 DI Gower 2535 3367 75.29 88.03 124.33
3 KP Pietersen 3325 3825 86.93 84.30 119.07
4 BA Stokes 2708 2856 94.82 83.75 118.29
5 AJ Lamb 3348 4517 74.12 82.59 116.65
6 EJG Morgan 5500 6091 90.30 82.55 116.59
7 GA Hick 3067 4119 74.46 80.66 113.93
8 JE Root 5620 6558 85.70 76.94 108.68
9 PD Collingwood 3534 4752 74.37 72.94 103.02
10 IJL Trott 2054 2673 76.84 71.88 101.52

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 7 Inns

RANK ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS IVA Richards 189* 181 153* 149 138* 119* 119 149.71 100.00
1 DI Gower 158 130 114* 109 102 101* 92* 115.14 76.91
2 AJ Lamb 118 108* 102 100* 99 97* 94 102.57 68.51
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RT Ponting 164 145 141* 140* 134* 129 126 139.86 100.00
1 KP Pietersen 116 111* 110* 108* 104 100* 100 107.00 76.51
2 PD Collingwood 120* 112* 106 105* 100 95 93 104.43 74.67
3 GA Hick 126* 109 108 105* 91 91 86* 102.29 73.14
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS V Kohli 183 166* 160* 157* 154* 140 139* 157.00 100.00
1 JE Root 166* 133* 125 121 120 113* 113 127.29 81.07
2 JC Buttler 150 131 129 116* 110* 110* 105 121.57 77.43
3 EJG Morgan 121 113 110* 107* 107 107 106 110.14 70.15
4 BA Stokes 182 102* 101 101 99 89 89 109.00 69.43
5 IJL Trott 137 110 109* 102 98* 94 86 105.14 66.97

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate against Non Weak Teams. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 34/12 102/40 77/35 55/26 124/60 221.65 100.00
1 EJG Morgan 67/30 57/27 67/34 88/47 39/24 179.22 80.86
2 JC Buttler 116/52 41/20 110/55 150/77 62/32 178.37 80.47
3 AJ Lamb 33/19 55/39 76/58 30/23 62/50 150.03 67.69
4 BA Stokes 99/52 34/20 62/40 57/38 182/124 140.65 63.46
5 DI Gower 158/118 109/85 27/24 130/120 101/100 136.68 61.66
6 PD Collingwood 54/30 37/24 70/50 112/86 91/71 136.05 61.38
7 KP Pietersen 100/69 56/39 91/65 33/25 40/34 133.72 60.33
8 GA Hick 63/42 71/51 55/42 56/51 126/118 130.98 59.09
9 JE Root 79/56 104/78 57/45 68/55 82/68 115.92 52.30
10 IJL Trott 47/38 137/126 63/60 109/104 82/84 99.18 44.75

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40 percent.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP TOT PRI PTS
1 JC Buttler 63.76 207.25 272.39 77.43 80.47 701.30 280.52
2 EJG Morgan 108.71 198.09 227.75 70.15 80.86 685.56 274.22
3 JE Root 102.98 231.40 212.47 81.07 52.30 680.23 272.09
4 AJ Lamb 73.80 218.67 226.82 68.51 67.69 655.50 262.20
5 BA Stokes 47.29 236.01 230.78 69.43 63.46 646.96 258.79
6 KP Pietersen 58.72 211.67 230.11 76.51 60.33 637.34 254.94
7 DI Gower 50.37 183.42 241.32 76.91 61.66 613.69 245.48
8 GA Hick 56.59 201.32 218.83 73.14 59.09 608.97 243.59
9 PD Collingwood 72.36 195.76 201.60 74.67 61.38 605.77 242.31
10 IJL Trott 37.36 240.13 197.34 66.97 44.75 586.54 234.62

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 20.00
Away 80.00
Familiar Conditions 20.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
  • U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 EJG Morgan 110 4061 44.63 97.13 713.48 14.27
2 JC Buttler 63 2127 41.71 114.66 688.62 13.77
3 JE Root 88 3677 47.75 89.81 656.11 13.12
4 BA Stokes 47 1887 48.38 95.93 646.37 12.93
5 AJ Lamb 41 1433 40.94 77.80 622.94 12.46
6 DI Gower 36 1207 38.94 75.67 612.10 12.24
7 GA Hick 34 1179 42.11 75.48 590.00 11.80
8 PD Collingwood 61 1747 34.25 76.35 542.62 10.85
9 KP Pietersen 41 1130 32.29 85.67 541.47 10.83
10 IJL Trott 35 1394 48.07 76.34 541.20 10.82

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JC Buttler 73 2329 36.97 115.93 687.74 55.02
2 JE Root 82 3520 49.58 85.33 679.51 54.36
3 KP Pietersen 71 2811 45.34 87.16 666.45 53.32
4 AJ Lamb 77 2577 38.46 74.01 636.57 50.93
5 PD Collingwood 104 3109 38.86 76.61 619.46 49.56
6 EJG Morgan 116 3536 34.33 87.12 611.95 48.96
7 BA Stokes 42 1418 39.39 95.94 611.13 48.89
8 IJL Trott 27 1217 50.71 79.49 603.59 48.29
9 GA Hick 81 2619 36.38 73.38 597.86 47.83
10 DI Gower 59 1530 27.32 76.50 586.03 46.88

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FC/UC RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JC Buttler 101 3593 44.36 118.31 767.58 15.35
2 EJG Morgan 189 6453 39.35 92.40 747.07 14.94
3 JE Root 133 5631 48.54 88.34 723.81 14.48
4 AJ Lamb 98 3268 38.00 73.47 664.58 13.29
5 DI Gower 83 2483 33.11 76.49 656.15 13.12
6 BA Stokes 71 2481 41.35 93.24 651.04 13.02
7 GA Hick 87 2918 39.43 75.46 630.85 12.62
8 PD Collingwood 126 3881 38.43 78.52 628.08 12.56
9 KP Pietersen 80 2715 39.93 86.63 628.05 12.56
10 IJL Trott 47 1949 49.97 77.62 609.95 12.20

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JE Root 37 1566 48.94 84.88 678.33 54.27
2 BA Stokes 18 824 54.93 105.10 655.36 52.43
3 EJG Morgan 37 1144 38.13 91.08 626.30 50.10
4 KP Pietersen 32 1226 42.28 86.95 612.42 48.99
5 AJ Lamb 20 742 46.38 84.70 593.76 47.50
6 JC Buttler 35 863 26.15 104.35 569.78 45.58
7 IJL Trott 15 662 47.29 78.25 504.38 40.35
8 GA Hick 28 880 33.85 69.62 504.26 40.34
9 PD Collingwood 39 975 32.50 69.49 490.76 39.26
10 DI Gower 12 254 21.17 72.78 349.98 28.00

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC CON PTS
1 JE Root 54.36 13.12 54.27 14.48 136.23
2 JC Buttler 55.02 13.77 45.58 15.35 129.73
3 EJG Morgan 48.96 14.27 50.10 14.94 128.27
4 BA Stokes 48.89 12.93 52.43 13.02 127.27
5 KP Pietersen 53.32 10.83 48.99 12.56 125.70
6 AJ Lamb 50.93 12.46 47.50 13.29 124.18
7 GA Hick 47.83 11.80 40.34 12.62 112.59
8 PD Collingwood 49.56 10.85 39.26 12.56 112.23
9 IJL Trott 48.29 10.82 40.35 12.20 111.66
10 DI Gower 46.88 12.24 28.00 13.12 100.25

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 150.00
Impact Innings 150.00
Top Form 100.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BA Stokes 16 769 59.15 91.55 668.36 100.25
2 AJ Lamb 17 656 50.46 83.78 662.88 99.43
3 JE Root 24 934 40.61 86.56 640.61 96.09
4 DI Gower 11 434 54.25 82.20 597.95 89.69
5 GA Hick 19 635 42.33 74.10 549.54 82.43
6 KP Pietersen 9 444 55.50 81.02 500.00 75.00
6 IJL Trott 7 422 60.29 80.84 500.00 75.00
8 JC Buttler 18 450 25.00 113.64 498.67 74.80
9 EJG Morgan 27 672 25.85 84.85 464.23 69.63
10 PD Collingwood 17 460 41.82 77.83 376.49 56.47
Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of Runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • Both Inns are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 25 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 30.00% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 10.00% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 AJ Lamb 102 35 34.31 630.34 94.55
2 BA Stokes 75 26 34.67 627.58 94.14
3 GA Hick 100 33 33.00 580.93 87.14
4 KP Pietersen 97 29 29.90 576.97 86.54
5 EJG Morgan 194 57 29.38 571.54 85.73
6 JC Buttler 114 40 35.09 552.54 82.88
7 DI Gower 87 22 25.29 525.70 78.85
8 JE Root 148 40 27.03 512.26 76.84
9 IJL Trott 53 17 32.08 505.22 75.78
10 PD Collingwood 131 32 24.43 456.28 68.44
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JC Buttler 50 1885 53.86 123.53 736.41 73.64
2 DI Gower 50 1797 41.79 79.06 709.59 70.96
3 JE Root 50 2654 61.72 92.28 706.43 70.64
4 KP Pietersen 50 2061 49.07 88.61 694.08 69.41
5 BA Stokes 50 2159 58.35 96.51 677.75 67.78
6 EJG Morgan 50 2087 50.90 98.63 663.93 66.39
7 AJ Lamb 50 1786 41.53 74.82 655.10 65.51
8 PD Collingwood 50 1753 42.76 82.61 631.26 63.13
9 GA Hick 50 1793 40.75 76.82 622.60 62.26
10 IJL Trott 50 2191 50.95 75.87 617.24 61.72

SECONDARY RATING

The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BATSMAN WC TF II SEC RAT
1 BA Stokes 100.25 67.78 94.14 262.17
2 AJ Lamb 99.43 65.51 94.55 259.49
3 JE Root 96.09 70.64 76.84 243.57
4 DI Gower 89.69 70.96 78.85 239.51
5 GA Hick 82.43 62.26 87.14 231.83
6 JC Buttler 74.80 73.64 82.88 231.32
7 KP Pietersen 75.00 69.41 86.54 230.95
8 EJG Morgan 69.63 66.39 85.73 221.76
9 IJL Trott 75.00 61.72 75.78 212.51
10 PD Collingwood 56.47 63.13 68.44 188.04

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK OV RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 23 JE Root ENG 272.09 136.23 243.57 651.89
2 27 BA Stokes ENG 258.79 127.27 262.17 648.22
3 28 AJ Lamb ENG 262.20 124.18 259.49 645.87
4 31 JC Buttler ENG 280.52 129.73 231.32 641.57
5 39 EJG Morgan ENG 274.22 128.27 221.76 624.25
6 43 KP Pietersen ENG 254.94 125.70 230.95 611.59
7 59 GA Hick ENG 243.59 112.59 231.83 588.01
8 62 DI Gower ENG 245.48 100.25 239.51 585.23
9 76 IJL Trott ENG 234.62 111.66 212.51 558.78
10 89 PD Collingwood ENG 242.31 112.23 188.04 542.58

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL ZIM
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ ZIM
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI BAN
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN WI
2020s IND NZ SL AUS PAK SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL
2020s IND NZ SL AUS PAK SA BAN

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