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Top 10 English Batsmen Vs South Africa 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. 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). So, here are the Top 10 batsmen from England against South Africa in ODIs.

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

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL
8. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) ENG
Venue (V) ALL
Oposition (O) SA

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 250.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Attacking Strike Rate 200.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 200.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns By SR 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 JE Root ENG 19 895 250.00
1 JE Root ENG 19 895 250.00
2 JC Buttler ENG 19 714 199.44
3 KP Pietersen ENG 14 646 180.45
4 GA Hick ENG 20 590 164.80
5 EJG Morgan ENG 20 574 160.34
6 AJ Stewart ENG 15 441 123.18
7 PD Collingwood ENG 11 406 113.41
8 GP Thorpe ENG 11 388 108.38
9 BA Stokes ENG 10 366 102.23
10 A Flintoff ENG 10 321 89.66

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 400

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS KP Pietersen 14 4 646 2 64.60 71.36 200.00
1 KP Pietersen 14 4 646 2 64.60 71.36 200.00
2 A Flintoff 10 3 321 3 45.86 49.44 138.56
3 JE Root 19 0 895 4 47.11 45.34 127.07
4 PD Collingwood 11 1 406 2 40.60 45.22 126.73
5 JC Buttler 19 4 714 4 47.60 44.52 124.77
6 GP Thorpe 11 1 388 4 38.80 41.93 117.52
7 AJ Stewart 15 2 441 3 33.92 34.65 97.11
8 EJG Morgan 20 4 574 3 35.88 33.95 95.15
9 GA Hick 20 1 590 5 31.05 33.77 94.64
10 BA Stokes 10 0 366 3 36.60 32.63 91.46

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 400
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS KP Pietersen 646 640 100.94 99.93 200.00
1 A Flintoff 321 316 101.58 101.64 200.00
2 KP Pietersen 646 640 100.94 99.93 200.00
3 BA Stokes 366 322 113.66 94.20 188.54
4 JC Buttler 714 639 111.74 91.46 183.05
5 PD Collingwood 406 475 85.47 85.22 170.55
6 GA Hick 590 776 76.03 81.03 162.17
7 EJG Morgan 574 616 93.18 80.30 160.70
8 JE Root 895 999 89.59 74.51 149.13
9 GP Thorpe 388 612 63.40 69.30 138.71
10 AJ Stewart 441 689 64.01 69.08 138.26

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman. 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 KP Pietersen 116 108* 100* 90* 75 97.80 200.00
1 KP Pietersen 116 108* 100* 90* 75 97.80 200.00
2 JE Root 125 109 100 86 61 96.20 196.73
3 JC Buttler 131 105 94* 65* 62* 91.40 186.91
4 EJG Morgan 107 73 67 57 45 69.80 142.74
5 GA Hick 83 81 65 64 55 69.60 142.33
6 PD Collingwood 105* 86 82 40 30 68.60 140.29
7 BA Stokes 101 89 57 53 29 65.80 134.56
8 GP Thorpe 72* 63 62 55 46 59.60 121.88
9 A Flintoff 78* 78 54 32 31* 54.60 111.66
10 AJ Stewart 77 64 52 33 32 51.60 105.52

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate. 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 A Flintoff 31/12 32/21 54/40 78/70 78/77 124.16 150.00
1 A Flintoff 31/12 32/21 54/40 78/70 78/77 124.16 150.00
2 JC Buttler 62/32 48/28 105/76 65/53 61/51 116.30 140.50
3 KP Pietersen 100/69 40/34 108/96 90/82 116/110 114.95 138.88
4 EJG Morgan 67/34 27/18 107/93 73/67 29/28 108.79 131.43
5 BA Stokes 57/38 53/37 101/79 89/79 29/32 102.89 124.31
6 GA Hick 55/42 65/68 83/90 64/72 81/116 95.59 115.48
7 JE Root 86/77 125/113 27/25 100/96 39/41 89.08 107.62
8 PD Collingwood 86/82 40/41 105/110 82/94 30/57 89.05 107.59
9 AJ Stewart 77/88 27/32 64/78 31/44 52/75 85.46 103.24
10 GP Thorpe 63/74 72/85 46/69 62/96 26/41 80.56 97.33

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 QIP TVO RAT
1 KP Pietersen 180.45 200.00 200.00 200.00 138.88 919.32
2 JC Buttler 199.44 124.77 183.05 186.91 140.50 834.67
3 JE Root 250.00 127.07 149.13 196.73 107.62 830.55
4 EJG Morgan 160.34 95.15 160.70 142.74 131.43 690.36
5 A Flintoff 89.66 138.56 200.00 111.66 150.00 689.88
6 GA Hick 164.80 94.64 162.17 142.33 115.48 679.42
7 PD Collingwood 113.41 126.73 170.55 140.29 107.59 658.56
8 BA Stokes 102.23 91.46 188.54 134.56 124.31 641.10
9 GP Thorpe 108.38 117.52 138.71 121.88 97.33 583.82
10 AJ Stewart 123.18 97.11 138.26 105.52 103.24 567.32

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