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Top 10 English Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka 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) SL

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 26 1178 250.00
1 JE Root ENG 26 1178 250.00
2 EJG Morgan ENG 29 854 181.24
3 AN Cook ENG 23 809 171.69
4 ME Trescothick ENG 17 697 147.92
5 AJ Stewart ENG 22 683 144.95
6 IR Bell ENG 25 657 139.43
7 GA Hick ENG 15 587 124.58
8 JC Buttler ENG 20 582 123.51
9 NV Knight ENG 15 528 112.05
10 JJ Roy ENG 11 490 103.99

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 JE Root 26 7 1178 9 62.00 60.04 200.00
1 JE Root 26 7 1178 9 62.00 60.04 200.00
2 GA Hick 15 3 587 3 48.92 52.06 173.42
3 JJ Roy 11 2 490 1 54.44 51.40 171.24
4 ME Trescothick 17 0 697 4 41.00 41.55 138.43
5 AN Cook 23 2 809 4 38.52 39.58 131.85
6 JC Buttler 20 5 582 3 38.80 38.14 127.06
7 NV Knight 15 0 528 3 35.20 36.52 121.65
8 EJG Morgan 29 5 854 8 35.58 34.52 115.01
9 AJ Stewart 22 1 683 7 32.52 33.17 110.51
10 IR Bell 25 1 657 2 27.38 27.19 90.58

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 JC Buttler 582 483 120.50 105.04 200.00
1 JC Buttler 582 483 120.50 105.04 200.00
2 JJ Roy 490 428 114.49 98.23 187.04
3 ME Trescothick 697 811 85.94 84.75 161.36
4 GA Hick 587 807 72.74 77.93 148.38
5 EJG Morgan 854 959 89.05 77.73 147.99
6 AJ Stewart 683 917 74.48 75.64 144.01
7 JE Root 1178 1389 84.81 73.37 139.70
8 NV Knight 528 748 70.59 71.55 136.23
9 IR Bell 657 890 73.82 69.31 131.96
10 AN Cook 809 1085 74.56 69.20 131.76

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 JE Root 121 104* 93 80 79* 95.40 200.00
1 JE Root 121 104* 93 80 79* 95.40 200.00
2 ME Trescothick 121 85 82 67 66 84.20 176.52
3 JJ Roy 162 112* 60 45 41 84.00 176.10
4 AN Cook 119 95* 80 59 56 81.80 171.49
5 GA Hick 126* 86 73* 66* 46 79.40 166.46
6 JC Buttler 121 93 70 55* 39* 75.60 158.49
7 AJ Stewart 88 83 64 59 55 69.80 146.33
7 EJG Morgan 92 75* 62* 62 58* 69.80 146.33
9 NV Knight 94 88 58 45 42 65.40 137.11
10 IR Bell 77 50 49 47 41* 52.80 110.69

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 JC Buttler 39/19 121/74 70/45 55/37 26/20 139.03 150.00
1 JC Buttler 39/19 121/74 70/45 55/37 26/20 139.03 150.00
2 AJ Stewart 59/36 38/31 39/33 64/60 51/59 116.39 125.57
3 ME Trescothick 82/60 27/23 44/40 121/118 85/86 108.26 116.80
4 JJ Roy 41/26 162/118 112/95 60/52 34/34 107.98 116.50
5 EJG Morgan 62/47 52/40 45/35 58/49 92/91 102.94 111.06
6 GA Hick 126/118 86/97 37/43 73/88 36/44 98.35 106.11
7 JE Root 68/55 65/54 121/108 45/41 48/48 98.10 105.84
8 IR Bell 41/33 35/35 49/54 50/56 37/42 90.47 97.61
9 AN Cook 95/75 39/38 48/52 31/35 119/143 89.83 96.92
10 NV Knight 31/36 29/34 88/110 40/54 94/136 77.26 83.35

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 JE Root 250.00 200.00 139.70 200.00 105.84 895.54
2 JC Buttler 123.51 127.06 200.00 158.49 150.00 759.07
3 JJ Roy 103.99 171.24 187.04 176.10 116.50 754.87
4 ME Trescothick 147.92 138.43 161.36 176.52 116.80 741.02
5 GA Hick 124.58 173.42 148.38 166.46 106.11 718.94
6 AN Cook 171.69 131.85 131.76 171.49 96.92 703.71
7 EJG Morgan 181.24 115.01 147.99 146.33 111.06 701.63
8 AJ Stewart 144.95 110.51 144.01 146.33 125.57 671.36
9 NV Knight 112.05 121.65 136.23 137.11 83.35 590.40
10 IR Bell 139.43 90.58 131.96 110.69 97.61 570.27

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