Top 10 English Batsmen In Tests In New Zealand

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 New Zealand in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS

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)	NZ
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

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	22	1006	300.00
1	JE Root	ENG	22	1006	300.00
2	HC Brook	ENG	9	679	202.49
3	MC Cowdrey	ENG	16	671	200.10
4	AJ Stewart	ENG	9	587	175.05
5	GP Thorpe	ENG	10	521	155.37
6	BA Stokes	ENG	15	516	153.88
7	IT Botham	ENG	11	454	135.39
8	AJ Lamb	ENG	9	420	125.25
9	N Hussain	ENG	10	397	118.39
10	BM Duckett	ENG	10	331	98.71

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	HC Brook	9	0	679	3	75.44	84.69	300.00
1	HC Brook	9	0	679	3	75.44	84.69	300.00
2	GP Thorpe	10	2	521	3	65.13	67.14	237.84
3	AJ Stewart	9	0	587	3	65.22	65.08	230.54
4	MC Cowdrey	16	4	671	1	55.92	61.46	217.70
5	JE Root	22	2	1006	3	50.30	53.85	190.77
6	AJ Lamb	9	0	420	1	46.67	48.68	172.45
7	IT Botham	11	1	454	2	45.40	47.60	168.61
8	N Hussain	10	1	397	1	44.11	45.48	161.09
9	BA Stokes	15	1	516	0	36.86	39.89	141.31
10	BM Duckett	10	0	331	0	33.10	37.14	131.57

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	JE Root	226	153*	106	95	57	127.40	250.00
1	JE Root	226	153*	106	95	57	127.40	250.00
2	HC Brook	186	171	123	89	55	124.80	244.90
3	AJ Stewart	173	148	107	63	52	108.60	213.11
4	GP Thorpe	200*	119	108	42	18	97.40	191.13
5	MC Cowdrey	128*	89*	86	59	54	83.20	163.27
6	IT Botham	138	103	70	53	30*	78.80	154.63
7	AJ Lamb	142	93	60	49	30	74.80	146.78
8	N Hussain	106	82	66	64	33	70.20	137.76
9	BA Stokes	91	80	66	49*	33	63.80	125.20
10	BM Duckett	92	84	46	33	27	56.40	110.68

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	HC Brook	679	678	100.15	94.12	150.00
1	HC Brook	679	678	100.15	94.12	150.00
2	BM Duckett	331	376	88.03	82.66	131.74
3	IT Botham	454	868	52.30	58.37	93.03
4	GP Thorpe	521	955	54.55	55.06	87.75
5	JE Root	1006	1813	55.49	53.80	85.75
6	AJ Lamb	420	850	49.41	53.38	85.08
7	AJ Stewart	587	1156	50.78	52.97	84.43
8	MC Cowdrey	200	450	44.44	51.56	82.17
9	BA Stokes	516	1020	50.59	48.92	77.96
10	N Hussain	397	894	44.41	44.82	71.42

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	HC Brook	202.49	300.00	244.90	150.00	897.38
2	JE Root	300.00	190.77	250.00	85.75	826.52
3	AJ Stewart	175.05	230.54	213.11	84.43	703.12
4	GP Thorpe	155.37	237.84	191.13	87.75	672.08
5	MC Cowdrey	200.10	217.70	163.27	82.17	663.23
6	IT Botham	135.39	168.61	154.63	93.03	551.66
7	AJ Lamb	125.25	172.45	146.78	85.08	529.56
8	BA Stokes	153.88	141.31	125.20	77.96	498.34
9	N Hussain	118.39	161.09	137.76	71.42	488.66
10	BM Duckett	98.71	131.57	110.68	131.74	472.69