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Top 10 English Batsmen In Tests In South Africa

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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 South Africa in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2026-02-05

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) SA
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
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS AJ Strauss ENG 17 826 300.00
1 AJ Strauss ENG 17 826 300.00
2 BA Stokes ENG 14 729 264.77
3 JE Root ENG 15 703 255.33
4 MA Atherton ENG 16 615 223.37
5 AJ Stewart ENG 16 577 209.56
6 KF Barrington ENG 7 508 184.50
7 ME Trescothick ENG 10 448 162.71
8 N Hussain ENG 8 370 134.38
9 JM Bairstow ENG 9 369 134.02
10 ER Dexter ENG 7 344 124.94

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 7 2 508 2 101.60 104.56 300.00
1 KF Barrington 7 2 508 2 101.60 104.56 300.00
2 N Hussain 8 2 370 1 61.67 78.26 224.54
3 JM Bairstow 9 2 369 1 52.71 67.76 194.41
4 BA Stokes 14 0 729 2 52.07 63.62 182.54
5 JE Root 15 1 703 1 50.21 61.13 175.40
6 ER Dexter 7 1 344 1 57.33 59.23 169.95
7 AJ Strauss 17 1 826 3 51.63 55.10 158.09
8 MA Atherton 16 1 615 2 41.00 50.79 145.72
9 ME Trescothick 10 0 448 2 44.80 46.20 132.56
10 AJ Stewart 16 0 577 0 36.06 44.67 128.18

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 AJ Strauss 147 136 126 94* 54 111.40 250.00
1 AJ Strauss 147 136 126 94* 54 111.40 250.00
2 BA Stokes 258 120 72 58 47 111.00 249.10
3 MA Atherton 185* 108 78 72 71 102.80 230.70
4 KF Barrington 148* 121 93 72 49 96.60 216.79
5 ME Trescothick 180 132 47 28 20 81.40 182.68
6 AJ Stewart 95 86 81 73 45 76.00 170.56
7 JE Root 110 76 73 61 59 75.80 170.11
8 JM Bairstow 150* 79 45 41 30* 69.00 154.85
9 ER Dexter 172 61 40 38 28 67.80 152.15
9 N Hussain 146* 82 70* 25 16 67.80 152.15

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 BA Stokes 729 850 85.76 77.67 150.00
1 BA Stokes 729 850 85.76 77.67 150.00
2 JM Bairstow 369 529 69.75 64.84 125.24
3 JE Root 703 1156 60.81 55.35 106.90
4 AJ Stewart 577 1263 45.68 52.85 102.07
5 KF Barrington 14 31 NA NA 96.57
6 ER Dexter 0 0 NA NA 96.57
7 ME Trescothick 448 856 52.34 49.62 95.84
8 AJ Strauss 826 1624 50.86 48.51 93.68
9 MA Atherton 615 1755 35.04 40.54 78.29
10 N Hussain 370 1035 35.75 39.49 76.27

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 BA Stokes 264.77 182.54 249.10 150.00 846.41
2 AJ Strauss 300.00 158.09 250.00 93.68 801.77
3 KF Barrington 184.50 300.00 216.79 96.57 797.86
4 JE Root 255.33 175.40 170.11 106.90 707.73
5 MA Atherton 223.37 145.72 230.70 78.29 678.08
6 AJ Stewart 209.56 128.18 170.56 102.07 610.36
7 JM Bairstow 134.02 194.41 154.85 125.24 608.52
8 N Hussain 134.38 224.54 152.15 76.27 587.35
9 ME Trescothick 162.71 132.56 182.68 95.84 573.78
10 ER Dexter 124.94 169.95 152.15 96.57 543.61

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