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Top 10 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 10 batsmen from England in Sri Lanka 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) 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
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 10 655 300.00
1 JE Root ENG 10 655 300.00
2 MP Vaughan ENG 14 470 215.27
3 GP Thorpe ENG 12 452 207.02
4 AN Cook ENG 10 435 199.24
5 ME Trescothick ENG 12 415 190.08
6 JC Buttler ENG 9 381 174.50
7 KP Pietersen ENG 10 352 161.22
8 IR Bell ENG 9 344 157.56
9 PD Collingwood ENG 10 254 116.34
10 MJ Prior ENG 8 224 102.60

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 67.25 300.00
1 JE Root 10 0 655 3 65.50 67.25 300.00
2 AN Cook 10 1 435 1 48.33 54.98 245.25
3 GP Thorpe 12 2 452 1 45.20 50.13 223.61
4 KP Pietersen 10 2 352 1 44.00 50.05 223.26
5 JC Buttler 9 1 381 0 47.63 47.63 212.48
6 IR Bell 9 0 344 0 38.22 42.77 190.80
7 ME Trescothick 12 0 415 1 34.58 38.35 171.09
8 MP Vaughan 14 0 470 1 33.57 37.10 165.49
9 MJ Prior 8 1 224 0 32.00 35.87 160.02
10 PD Collingwood 10 1 254 0 28.22 32.78 146.21

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 IR Bell 83 74 54 52 34 59.40 119.95
8 JC Buttler 64 63 55 46* 38 53.20 107.43
9 MJ Prior 79 63 41 19* 11 42.60 86.03
10 PD Collingwood 52 45 36 29 28 38.00 76.74

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 67.52 150.00
1 KP Pietersen 352 529 66.54 67.52 150.00
2 JC Buttler 381 547 69.65 65.04 144.49
3 JE Root 655 971 67.46 63.78 141.69
4 IR Bell 344 731 47.06 48.07 106.80
5 ME Trescothick 415 974 42.61 45.00 99.98
6 MJ Prior 224 510 43.92 44.73 99.37
7 MP Vaughan 470 1148 40.94 42.97 95.46
8 AN Cook 435 1054 41.27 41.88 93.04
9 PD Collingwood 254 676 37.57 40.34 89.61
10 GP Thorpe 452 1234 36.63 38.69 85.95

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 300.00 300.00 250.00 141.69 991.69
2 AN Cook 199.24 245.25 163.17 93.04 700.69
3 KP Pietersen 161.22 223.26 120.76 150.00 655.24
4 GP Thorpe 207.02 223.61 128.43 85.95 645.01
5 JC Buttler 174.50 212.48 107.43 144.49 638.91
6 MP Vaughan 215.27 165.49 138.13 95.46 614.35
7 ME Trescothick 190.08 171.09 124.80 99.98 585.94
8 IR Bell 157.56 190.80 119.95 106.80 575.11
9 MJ Prior 102.60 160.02 86.03 99.37 448.01
10 PD Collingwood 116.34 146.21 76.74 89.61 428.90

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