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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). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from England in West Indies in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
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
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS G Boycott ENG 25 1179 300.00
1 G Boycott ENG 25 1179 300.00
2 AJ Stewart ENG 28 1099 279.64
3 MC Cowdrey ENG 18 1025 260.81
4 GA Gooch ENG 22 864 219.85
5 GP Thorpe ENG 26 852 216.79
6 JE Root ENG 17 824 209.67
7 DI Gower ENG 18 746 189.82
8 KF Barrington ENG 16 708 180.15
9 DL Amiss ENG 9 663 168.70
10 AJ Strauss ENG 9 541 137.66

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 70.43 300.00
1 DL Amiss 9 1 663 3 82.88 70.43 300.00
2 MC Cowdrey 18 1 1025 4 60.29 58.13 247.62
3 AJ Strauss 9 1 541 3 67.63 56.74 241.72
4 JE Root 17 1 824 4 51.50 55.34 235.75
5 DI Gower 18 1 746 1 43.88 52.98 225.69
6 AJ Stewart 28 2 1099 2 42.27 51.96 221.33
7 GP Thorpe 26 6 852 2 42.60 50.56 215.38
8 G Boycott 25 2 1179 3 51.26 50.55 215.32
9 GA Gooch 22 1 864 2 41.14 50.10 213.41
10 KF Barrington 16 0 708 3 44.25 43.48 185.22

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 AJ Lamb 614 1109 55.37 61.39 100.00
1 JE Root 824 1416 58.19 58.19 94.78
2 AJ Strauss 541 943 57.37 54.58 88.90
3 DL Amiss 663 1596 41.54 54.28 88.41
4 DI Gower 746 1610 46.34 52.92 86.19
5 AJ Stewart 1099 2336 47.05 51.85 84.46
6 GA Gooch 864 1912 45.19 51.00 83.06
7 KF Barrington 4 24 16.67 NA 81.44
8 GP Thorpe 852 2118 40.23 44.94 73.19
9 G Boycott 862 2445 35.26 44.12 71.87
10 MC Cowdrey 141 453 31.13 39.74 64.72

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 83 129.80 300.00
1 JE Root 182* 153 122 109 83 129.80 300.00
2 DL Amiss 262* 174 118 44 27 125.00 288.91
3 MC Cowdrey 148 119 114 101 97 115.80 267.64
4 KF Barrington 143 128 121 69 63 104.80 242.22
4 G Boycott 116 112 104* 99 93 104.80 242.22
6 AJ Strauss 169 142 142 38 14 101.00 233.44
7 AJ Stewart 143 118 83 79 79 100.40 232.05
8 GA Gooch 153 116 84 83 53 97.80 226.04
9 GP Thorpe 119* 103 90 86 84* 96.40 222.80
10 DI Gower 154* 90 66 66 54 86.00 198.77

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 ATT BIP TVO RAT
1 DL Amiss 168.70 300.00 88.41 288.91 846.02
2 MC Cowdrey 260.81 247.62 64.72 267.64 840.79
3 JE Root 209.67 235.75 94.78 300.00 840.20
4 G Boycott 300.00 215.32 71.87 242.22 829.40
5 AJ Stewart 279.64 221.33 84.46 232.05 817.48
6 GA Gooch 219.85 213.41 83.06 226.04 742.36
7 GP Thorpe 216.79 215.38 73.19 222.80 728.17
8 AJ Strauss 137.66 241.72 88.90 233.44 701.72
9 DI Gower 189.82 225.69 86.19 198.77 700.48
10 KF Barrington 180.15 185.22 81.44 242.22 689.04

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
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Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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