Top 7 English Batsmen In Tests In Sri Lanka

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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 7 batsmen from England in Sri Lanka in Test cricket.

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

TVO RATING

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

Team (T) ENG
Venue (V) SL
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


The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3 MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS MP Vaughan ENG 2001 2007 2004 14 470 270.00
1 MP Vaughan ENG 2001 2007 2004 14 470 270.00
2 GP Thorpe ENG 2001 2003 2002 12 452 259.66
3 AN Cook ENG 2007 2012 2009.5 10 435 249.89
4 ME Trescothick ENG 2001 2003 2002 12 415 238.40
5 KP Pietersen ENG 2007 2012 2009.5 10 352 202.21
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2018 2021 2019.5 10 655 300.00
1 JE Root ENG 2018 2021 2019.5 10 655 300.00
2 JC Buttler ENG 2018 2021 2019.5 9 381 174.50

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 JE Root 10 0 655 3 65.50 68.13 300.00
1 JE Root 10 0 655 3 65.50 68.13 300.00
2 AN Cook 10 1 435 1 48.33 52.17 229.70
3 GP Thorpe 12 2 452 1 45.20 49.66 218.68
4 JC Buttler 9 1 381 0 47.63 49.49 217.94
5 KP Pietersen 10 2 352 1 44.00 47.49 209.11
6 ME Trescothick 12 0 415 1 34.58 38.00 167.32
7 MP Vaughan 14 0 470 1 33.57 36.70 161.60

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 228 186 124 46 35 123.80 250.00
1 JE Root 228 186 124 46 35 123.80 250.00
2 AN Cook 118 94 81 62 49* 80.80 163.17
3 MP Vaughan 105 87 61 52 37 68.40 138.13
4 GP Thorpe 113* 59 57 46 43 63.60 128.43
5 ME Trescothick 122 70 57 36 24 61.80 124.80
6 KP Pietersen 151 45* 42* 31 30 59.80 120.76
7 JC Buttler 64 63 55 46* 38 53.20 107.43

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 KP Pietersen 352 529 66.54 67.32 150.00
1 KP Pietersen 352 529 66.54 67.32 150.00
2 JC Buttler 381 547 69.65 66.94 149.16
3 JE Root 655 971 67.46 64.75 144.28
4 ME Trescothick 415 974 42.61 44.22 98.52
5 MP Vaughan 470 1148 40.94 42.39 94.46
6 AN Cook 435 1054 41.27 41.75 93.04
7 GP Thorpe 452 1234 36.63 38.01 84.70

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 JE Root 300.00 300.00 250.00 144.28 994.28
2 AN Cook 249.89 229.70 163.17 93.04 735.80
3 GP Thorpe 259.66 218.68 128.43 84.70 691.48
4 KP Pietersen 202.21 209.11 120.76 150.00 682.08
5 MP Vaughan 270.00 161.60 138.13 94.46 664.18
6 JC Buttler 174.50 217.94 107.43 149.16 649.04
7 ME Trescothick 238.40 167.32 124.80 98.52 629.05


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