Top 10 English Batsmen In Tests In Pakistan & UAE

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 Pakistan and U.A.E. 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)	PAK & UAE
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	HC Brook	ENG	10	841	300.00
1	HC Brook	ENG	10	841	300.00
2	JE Root	ENG	16	764	272.53
3	BM Duckett	ENG	11	619	220.81
4	AN Cook	ENG	11	609	217.24
5	IR Bell	ENG	18	522	186.21
6	ME Trescothick	ENG	12	445	158.74
7	APE Knott	ENG	8	377	134.48
8	Z Crawley	ENG	11	374	133.41
9	KWR Fletcher	ENG	9	362	129.13
10	OJD Pope	ENG	10	293	104.52

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	10	0	841	4	84.10	87.07	300.00
1	HC Brook	10	0	841	4	84.10	87.07	300.00
2	BM Duckett	11	1	619	2	61.90	63.63	219.22
3	APE Knott	8	2	377	0	62.83	63.29	218.05
4	AN Cook	11	0	609	1	55.36	58.24	200.65
5	JE Root	16	1	764	1	50.93	53.02	182.68
6	KWR Fletcher	9	1	362	0	45.25	45.34	156.22
7	ME Trescothick	12	0	445	1	37.08	35.42	122.03
8	Z Crawley	11	0	374	1	34.00	34.95	120.41
9	IR Bell	18	1	522	1	30.71	31.24	107.62
10	OJD Pope	10	0	293	1	29.30	30.34	104.52

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	HC Brook	317	153	111	108	87	155.20	250.00
1	HC Brook	317	153	111	108	87	155.20	250.00
2	JE Root	262	88	85	73	71	115.80	186.53
3	AN Cook	263	94	65	63	49	106.80	172.04
4	BM Duckett	114	107	84	82*	79	93.20	150.13
5	ME Trescothick	193	71	50	48	30	78.40	126.29
6	IR Bell	115	92	71	63	46	77.40	124.68
7	Z Crawley	122	78	50	41	29	64.00	103.09
8	APE Knott	96*	71	63*	52	34	63.20	101.80
9	KWR Fletcher	83	78	55	54	38	61.60	99.23
10	OJD Pope	108	60	51	29	22	54.00	86.98

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	HC Brook	841	907	92.72	82.10	150.00
1	HC Brook	841	907	92.72	82.10	150.00
2	BM Duckett	619	678	91.30	81.14	148.24
3	Z Crawley	374	440	85.00	75.54	138.01
4	OJD Pope	293	359	81.62	72.27	132.03
5	JE Root	764	1195	63.93	59.83	109.31
6	KWR Fletcher	1	13	NA	NA	91.35
7	APE Knott	0	0	NA	NA	91.35
8	ME Trescothick	445	930	47.85	45.87	83.79
9	AN Cook	609	1463	41.63	43.18	78.88
10	IR Bell	522	1352	38.61	38.93	71.13

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	300.00	300.00	250.00	150.00	1,000.00
2	JE Root	272.53	182.68	186.53	109.31	751.05
3	BM Duckett	220.81	219.22	150.13	148.24	738.39
4	AN Cook	217.24	200.65	172.04	78.88	668.81
5	APE Knott	134.48	218.05	101.80	91.35	545.69
6	Z Crawley	133.41	120.41	103.09	138.01	494.93
7	ME Trescothick	158.74	122.03	126.29	83.79	490.85
8	IR Bell	186.21	107.62	124.68	71.13	489.63
9	KWR Fletcher	129.13	156.22	99.23	91.35	475.93
10	OJD Pope	104.52	104.52	86.98	132.03	428.05