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Top 10 English Batsmen In Tests In India

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from England in India in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

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

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

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 300.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 30 1272 300.00
1 JE Root ENG 30 1272 300.00
2 AN Cook ENG 26 1235 291.27
3 MW Gatting ENG 21 862 203.30
4 BA Stokes ENG 28 747 176.18
5 AW Greig ENG 16 724 170.75
6 KP Pietersen ENG 16 703 165.80
7 KF Barrington ENG 10 674 158.96
8 IT Botham ENG 9 554 130.66
9 AJ Strauss ENG 10 489 115.33
10 RT Robinson ENG 9 444 104.72

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 KF Barrington 10 3 674 3 96.29 87.48 300.00
1 KF Barrington 10 3 674 3 96.29 87.48 300.00
2 IT Botham 9 0 554 2 61.56 67.20 230.48
3 RT Robinson 9 2 444 1 63.43 63.92 219.22
4 AW Greig 16 2 724 2 51.71 62.82 215.44
5 JE Root 30 2 1272 3 45.43 58.35 200.10
6 AJ Strauss 10 1 489 3 54.33 55.67 190.93
7 MW Gatting 21 4 862 2 50.71 53.48 183.40
8 AN Cook 26 2 1235 5 51.46 52.59 180.35
9 KP Pietersen 16 0 703 2 43.94 43.25 148.33
10 BA Stokes 28 1 747 1 27.67 36.44 124.98

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 APE Knott 436 674 64.69 85.22 100.00
1 IT Botham 554 850 65.18 75.37 88.44
2 KP Pietersen 703 1165 60.34 62.42 73.25
3 MW Gatting 862 1706 50.53 58.18 68.27
4 JE Root 1272 2511 50.66 52.79 61.94
5 BA Stokes 747 1509 49.50 51.66 60.62
6 AW Greig 724 1892 38.27 50.44 59.19
7 KF Barrington 0 0 NK NA 58.67
8 AJ Strauss 489 1100 44.45 46.74 54.85
9 AN Cook 1235 2818 43.83 45.57 53.47
10 RT Robinson 444 1146 38.74 43.44 50.97

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 AN Cook 190 176 130 122 104* 144.40 300.00
1 AN Cook 190 176 130 122 104* 144.40 300.00
2 JE Root 218 124 122* 88 84 127.20 264.27
3 KF Barrington 172 151* 113* 80 52* 113.60 236.01
4 KP Pietersen 186 144 87 73 64 110.80 230.19
5 MW Gatting 207 136 81 62 61 109.40 227.29
6 AW Greig 148 103 76 68* 67 92.40 191.97
7 IT Botham 142 114 66 58 55 87.00 180.75
8 AJ Strauss 128 123 108 46 28 86.60 179.92
9 BA Stokes 128 82 70 70 55 81.00 168.28
10 RT Robinson 160 96 74 36 22 77.60 161.22

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 TVO RAT
1 JE Root 300.00 200.10 61.94 264.27 826.31
2 AN Cook 291.27 180.35 53.47 300.00 825.10
3 KF Barrington 158.96 300.00 58.67 236.01 753.64
4 MW Gatting 203.30 183.40 68.27 227.29 682.26
5 AW Greig 170.75 215.44 59.19 191.97 637.35
6 IT Botham 130.66 230.48 88.44 180.75 630.33
7 KP Pietersen 165.80 148.33 73.25 230.19 617.57
8 AJ Strauss 115.33 190.93 54.85 179.92 541.02
9 RT Robinson 104.72 219.22 50.97 161.22 536.13
10 BA Stokes 176.18 124.98 60.62 168.28 530.06

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
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Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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