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Top 10 English Batsmen In Tests In West Indies

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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 West Indies in Test cricket.

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

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) WI
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 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS G Boycott ENG 1968 1981 1974.5 25 1179 300.00
1 G Boycott ENG 1968 1981 1974.5 25 1179 300.00
2 MC Cowdrey ENG 1960 1968 1964 18 1025 260.81
3 GA Gooch ENG 1981 1990 1985.5 22 864 219.85
4 KF Barrington ENG 1960 1968 1964 16 708 180.15
5 DL Amiss ENG 1974 1974 1974 9 663 168.70
6 ER Dexter ENG 1960 1960 1960 9 526 133.84
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS AJ Stewart ENG 1990 1998 1994 28 1099 290.00
1 AJ Stewart ENG 1990 1998 1994 28 1099 290.00
2 GP Thorpe ENG 1994 2004 1999 26 852 224.82
3 AJ Strauss ENG 2009 2009 2009 9 541 142.76
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2015 2022 2018.5 17 824 270.00
1 JE Root ENG 2015 2022 2018.5 17 824 270.00

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 DL Amiss 9 1 663 3 82.88 82.57 300.00
1 DL Amiss 9 1 663 3 82.88 82.57 300.00
2 ER Dexter 9 1 526 2 65.75 68.29 248.13
3 AJ Strauss 9 1 541 3 67.63 65.57 238.22
4 MC Cowdrey 18 1 1025 4 60.29 62.20 226.00
5 JE Root 17 1 824 4 51.50 55.46 201.51
6 G Boycott 25 2 1179 3 51.26 54.11 196.60
7 AJ Stewart 28 2 1099 2 42.27 47.76 173.53
8 GA Gooch 22 1 864 2 41.14 47.43 172.33
9 GP Thorpe 26 6 852 2 42.60 46.49 168.91
10 KF Barrington 16 0 708 3 44.25 46.06 167.34

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 182* 153 122 109 83 129.80 250.00
1 JE Root 182* 153 122 109 83 129.80 250.00
2 DL Amiss 262* 174 118 44 27 125.00 240.76
3 MC Cowdrey 148 119 114 101 97 115.80 223.04
4 G Boycott 116 112 104* 99 93 104.80 201.85
4 KF Barrington 143 128 121 69 63 104.80 201.85
6 AJ Strauss 169 142 142 38 14 101.00 194.53
7 AJ Stewart 143 118 83 79 79 100.40 193.37
8 GA Gooch 153 116 84 83 53 97.80 188.37
9 GP Thorpe 119* 103 90 86 84* 96.40 185.67
10 ER Dexter 136* 110 77 76 47 89.20 171.80

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 406 664 61.14 61.77 150.00
1 JE Root 824 1416 58.19 59.49 144.46
2 AJ Strauss 541 943 57.37 57.71 140.15
3 AJ Stewart 1099 2336 47.05 50.21 121.94
4 ER Dexter 0 0 NA NA 121.43
5 KF Barrington 4 24 NA NA 121.43
6 GA Gooch 864 1912 45.19 47.91 116.35
7 DL Amiss 663 1596 41.54 46.76 113.56
8 GP Thorpe 852 2118 40.23 42.47 103.13
9 G Boycott 862 2445 35.26 39.06 94.86
10 MC Cowdrey 141 453 31.13 35.66 86.60

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 270.00 201.51 250.00 144.46 865.98
2 DL Amiss 168.70 300.00 240.76 113.56 823.02
3 MC Cowdrey 260.81 226.00 223.04 86.60 796.45
4 G Boycott 300.00 196.60 201.85 94.86 793.30
5 AJ Stewart 290.00 173.53 193.37 121.94 778.85
6 AJ Strauss 142.76 238.22 194.53 140.15 715.66
7 GA Gooch 219.85 172.33 188.37 116.35 696.89
8 GP Thorpe 224.82 168.91 185.67 103.13 682.54
9 ER Dexter 133.84 248.13 171.80 121.43 675.21
10 KF Barrington 180.15 167.34 201.85 121.43 670.76

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