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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). 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 England in India 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) 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
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 7

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 GA Gooch ENG 16 591 139.39
9 IT Botham ENG 9 554 130.66
10 AJ Strauss ENG 10 489 115.33

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 97.79 300.00
1 KF Barrington 10 3 674 3 96.29 97.79 300.00
2 IT Botham 9 0 554 2 61.56 61.08 187.38
3 AW Greig 16 2 724 2 51.71 57.50 176.39
4 AJ Strauss 10 1 489 3 54.33 54.27 166.50
5 AN Cook 26 2 1235 5 51.46 53.37 163.73
6 JE Root 30 2 1272 3 45.43 52.06 159.72
7 MW Gatting 21 4 862 2 50.71 50.69 155.49
8 KP Pietersen 16 0 703 2 43.94 45.62 139.96
9 GA Gooch 16 2 591 1 42.21 43.34 132.96
10 BA Stokes 28 1 747 1 27.67 31.76 97.43

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* 144.40 250.00
1 AN Cook 190 176 130 122 104* 144.40 250.00
2 JE Root 218 124 122* 88 84 127.20 220.22
3 KF Barrington 172 151* 113* 80 52* 113.60 196.68
4 KP Pietersen 186 144 87 73 64 110.80 191.83
5 MW Gatting 207 136 81 62 61 109.40 189.40
6 AW Greig 148 103 76 68* 67 92.40 159.97
7 IT Botham 142 114 66 58 55 87.00 150.62
8 AJ Strauss 128 123 108 46 28 86.60 149.93
9 BA Stokes 128 82 70 70 55 81.00 140.24
10 GA Gooch 127 71 63 58 58 75.40 130.54

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 BM Duckett 361 452 79.87 76.06 150.00
1 IT Botham 554 850 65.18 69.55 137.15
2 KP Pietersen 703 1165 60.34 61.40 121.09
3 GA Gooch 591 1165 50.73 54.45 107.37
4 MW Gatting 862 1706 50.53 53.66 105.81
5 KF Barrington 0 0 NA NA 98.60
6 JE Root 1272 2511 50.66 49.67 97.94
7 BA Stokes 747 1509 49.50 48.31 95.27
8 AJ Strauss 489 1100 44.45 45.09 88.92
9 AN Cook 1235 2818 43.83 44.10 86.97
10 AW Greig 724 1892 38.27 42.86 84.53

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 AN Cook 291.27 163.73 250.00 86.97 791.97
2 JE Root 300.00 159.72 220.22 97.94 777.88
3 KF Barrington 158.96 300.00 196.68 98.60 754.24
4 MW Gatting 203.30 155.49 189.40 105.81 654.01
5 KP Pietersen 165.80 139.96 191.83 121.09 618.68
6 IT Botham 130.66 187.38 150.62 137.15 605.82
7 AW Greig 170.75 176.39 159.97 84.53 591.64
8 AJ Strauss 115.33 166.50 149.93 88.92 520.68
9 GA Gooch 139.39 132.96 130.54 107.37 510.25
10 BA Stokes 176.18 97.43 140.24 95.27 509.11

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