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Top 10 English Test Batsmen Vs Australia In England

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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 against Australia in England 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) ENG
Oposition (O) AUS

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 1964 1981 1972.5 34 1549 300.00
1 G Boycott ENG 1964 1981 1972.5 34 1549 300.00
2 GA Gooch ENG 1975 1993 1984 46 1543 298.84
3 DI Gower ENG 1980 1989 1984.5 32 1445 279.86
4 JH Edrich ENG 1964 1975 1969.5 31 1361 263.59
5 KF Barrington ENG 1961 1968 1964.5 21 1065 206.26
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS MA Atherton ENG 1989 2001 1995 38 1104 270.00
1 KP Pietersen ENG 2005 2013 2009 24 1014 247.99
2 AJ Strauss ENG 2005 2009 2007 19 867 212.04
3 RA Smith ENG 1989 1993 1991 20 836 204.46
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2013 2023 2018 38 1536 300.00
1 JE Root ENG 2013 2023 2018 38 1536 300.00
2 BA Stokes ENG 2015 2023 2019 27 1047 204.49

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 21 3 1065 1 59.17 63.48 300.00
1 KF Barrington 21 3 1065 1 59.17 63.48 300.00
2 G Boycott 34 3 1549 5 49.97 53.21 251.45
3 JE Root 38 3 1536 4 43.89 48.30 228.24
4 AJ Strauss 19 0 867 3 45.63 47.81 225.94
5 JH Edrich 31 0 1361 3 43.90 47.54 224.68
6 DI Gower 32 0 1445 4 45.16 47.38 223.92
7 KP Pietersen 24 1 1014 2 44.09 46.93 221.78
8 RA Smith 20 1 836 2 44.00 46.87 221.51
9 BA Stokes 27 2 1047 3 41.88 46.17 218.21
10 GA Gooch 46 0 1543 3 33.54 35.57 168.11

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 DI Gower 215 166 157 106 89 146.60 250.00
1 DI Gower 215 166 157 106 89 146.60 250.00
2 G Boycott 191 137 128* 113 107 135.20 230.56
3 JE Root 180 134 130 118* 91 130.60 222.71
4 JH Edrich 175 164 120 96 88 128.60 219.30
5 GA Gooch 196 133 120 79 74 120.40 205.32
6 KF Barrington 256 85 83 78 75 115.40 196.79
7 BA Stokes 155 135* 115* 87 80 114.40 195.09
8 AJ Strauss 161 129 106 75 69 108.00 184.17
9 RA Smith 143 101 96 86 77* 100.60 171.56
10 KP Pietersen 158 113 71 69 64* 95.00 162.01

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 GP Swann 375 435 86.21 82.98 150.00
1 BA Stokes 1047 1708 61.30 58.40 105.57
2 KP Pietersen 1014 1687 60.11 58.10 105.02
3 DI Gower 1445 2607 55.43 57.62 104.16
4 RA Smith 836 1601 52.22 54.71 98.89
5 JE Root 1536 2810 54.66 52.35 94.63
6 GA Gooch 1543 3145 49.06 51.44 92.98
7 AJ Strauss 867 1631 53.16 51.07 92.32
8 KF Barrington 701 1689 41.50 47.99 86.76
9 JH Edrich 1361 3777 36.03 40.90 73.93
10 G Boycott 1549 4336 35.72 39.19 70.83

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 DI Gower 279.86 223.92 250.00 104.16 857.94
2 G Boycott 300.00 251.45 230.56 70.83 852.85
3 JE Root 300.00 228.24 222.71 94.63 845.59
4 KF Barrington 206.26 300.00 196.79 86.76 789.81
5 JH Edrich 263.59 224.68 219.30 73.93 781.51
6 GA Gooch 298.84 168.11 205.32 92.98 765.25
7 KP Pietersen 247.99 221.78 162.01 105.02 736.80
8 BA Stokes 204.49 218.21 195.09 105.57 723.36
9 AJ Strauss 212.04 225.94 184.17 92.32 714.47
10 RA Smith 204.46 221.51 171.56 98.89 696.41

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