Top 10 English Test Batsmen Vs Australia In England

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 2026-02-05

CONTENTS

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
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	G Boycott	ENG	34	1549	300.00
1	G Boycott	ENG	34	1549	300.00
2	GA Gooch	ENG	46	1543	298.84
3	JE Root	ENG	38	1536	297.48
4	DI Gower	ENG	32	1445	279.86
5	JH Edrich	ENG	31	1361	263.59
6	KF Barrington	ENG	21	1065	206.26
7	BA Stokes	ENG	27	1047	202.78
8	KP Pietersen	ENG	24	1014	196.38
9	ER Dexter	ENG	21	859	166.37
10	PBH May	ENG	18	810	156.88

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	PBH May	18	3	810	1	54.00	69.93	300.00
1	PBH May	18	3	810	1	54.00	69.93	300.00
2	KF Barrington	21	3	1065	1	59.17	69.75	299.19
3	G Boycott	34	3	1549	5	49.97	55.66	238.77
4	JH Edrich	31	0	1361	3	43.90	50.37	216.05
5	DI Gower	32	0	1445	4	45.16	50.19	215.31
6	JE Root	38	3	1536	4	43.89	48.58	208.41
7	ER Dexter	21	0	859	2	40.90	48.21	206.83
8	KP Pietersen	24	1	1014	2	44.09	47.02	201.71
9	BA Stokes	27	2	1047	3	41.88	46.10	197.76
10	GA Gooch	46	0	1543	3	33.54	37.60	161.28

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	ER Dexter	180	174	76	68	66	112.80	192.36
9	KP Pietersen	158	113	71	69	64*	95.00	162.01
10	PBH May	101	95	83*	73	71	84.60	144.27

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	IT Botham	736	983	74.87	82.00	150.00
1	DI Gower	1445	2607	55.43	60.12	109.98
2	KP Pietersen	1014	1687	60.11	56.13	102.68
3	BA Stokes	1047	1708	61.30	54.68	100.03
4	GA Gooch	1543	3145	49.06	53.52	97.90
5	ER Dexter	481	1147	41.94	53.12	97.18
6	KF Barrington	701	1689	41.50	52.56	96.15
7	PBH May	538	1454	37.00	49.98	91.42
8	JE Root	1536	2810	54.66	49.66	90.85
9	JH Edrich	1361	3777	36.03	44.82	81.98
10	G Boycott	1549	4336	35.72	42.03	76.89

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	215.31	250.00	109.98	855.14
2	G Boycott	300.00	238.77	230.56	76.89	846.21
3	JE Root	297.48	208.41	222.71	90.85	819.45
4	KF Barrington	206.26	299.19	196.79	96.15	798.40
5	JH Edrich	263.59	216.05	219.30	81.98	780.93
6	GA Gooch	298.84	161.28	205.32	97.90	763.33
7	BA Stokes	202.78	197.76	195.09	100.03	695.66
8	PBH May	156.88	300.00	144.27	91.42	692.57
9	KP Pietersen	196.38	201.71	162.01	102.68	662.78
10	ER Dexter	166.37	206.83	192.36	97.18	662.73