Top 10 English Batsmen Vs Australia In Test Cricket

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 Test cricket.

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

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)	ALL
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

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	DI Gower	ENG	1978	1991	1984.5	77	3269	300.00
1	DI Gower	ENG	1978	1991	1984.5	77	3269	300.00
2	G Boycott	ENG	1964	1981	1972.5	71	2945	270.27
3	JH Edrich	ENG	1964	1975	1969.5	57	2644	242.64
4	GA Gooch	ENG	1975	1995	1985	79	2632	241.54
5	KF Barrington	ENG	1961	1968	1964.5	39	2111	193.73

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	64	2493	280.00
1	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	64	2493	280.00
2	KP Pietersen	ENG	2005	2014	2009.5	50	2158	242.37
3	MP Vaughan	ENG	2002	2005	2003.5	20	959	107.71

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2013	2023	2018	65	2428	270.00
1	JE Root	ENG	2013	2023	2018	65	2428	270.00
2	BA Stokes	ENG	2013	2023	2018	45	1562	173.70

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	500

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	KF Barrington	39	6	2111	5	63.97	65.92	300.00
1	KF Barrington	39	6	2111	5	63.97	65.92	300.00
2	JH Edrich	57	3	2644	7	48.96	52.62	239.45
3	MP Vaughan	20	0	959	4	47.95	50.81	231.22
4	G Boycott	71	9	2945	7	47.50	50.61	230.32
5	DI Gower	77	4	3269	9	44.78	48.09	218.86
6	KP Pietersen	50	2	2158	4	44.96	47.45	215.96
7	JE Root	65	5	2428	4	40.47	44.72	203.54
8	AN Cook	64	2	2493	5	40.21	42.44	193.15
9	BA Stokes	45	2	1562	4	36.33	40.68	185.12
10	GA Gooch	79	0	2632	4	33.32	36.13	164.44

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	AN Cook	244*	235*	189	148	116	186.40	250.00
1	AN Cook	244*	235*	189	148	116	186.40	250.00
2	DI Gower	215	166	157	136	123	159.40	213.79
3	KP Pietersen	227	158	158	113	92	149.60	200.64
4	MP Vaughan	183	177	166	145	58	145.80	195.55
5	G Boycott	191	142*	137	128*	119*	143.40	192.33
6	KF Barrington	256	132*	115	102	101	141.20	189.38
7	JH Edrich	175	164	130	120	115*	140.80	188.84
8	GA Gooch	196	133	120	117	99	133.00	178.38
9	JE Root	180	134	130	118*	91	130.60	175.16
10	BA Stokes	155	135*	120	115*	87	122.40	164.16

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	500
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	Z Crawley	646	824	78.40	74.41	150.00
1	DI Gower	3269	5985	54.62	57.96	116.84
2	MP Vaughan	959	1627	58.94	57.11	115.14
3	KP Pietersen	2158	3853	56.01	54.15	109.15
4	BA Stokes	1562	2818	55.43	53.32	107.48
5	GA Gooch	2632	5660	46.50	49.48	99.76
6	KF Barrington	1256	2903	43.27	49.29	99.36
7	JE Root	2428	4825	50.32	48.49	97.75
8	AN Cook	2493	5288	47.14	45.50	91.73
9	JH Edrich	2644	7333	36.06	40.71	82.07
10	G Boycott	2945	8569	34.37	38.03	76.67

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	300.00	218.86	213.79	116.84	849.48
2	AN Cook	280.00	193.15	250.00	91.73	814.88
3	KF Barrington	193.73	300.00	189.38	99.36	782.47
4	G Boycott	270.27	230.32	192.33	76.67	769.59
5	KP Pietersen	242.37	215.96	200.64	109.15	768.13
6	JH Edrich	242.64	239.45	188.84	82.07	753.01
7	JE Root	270.00	203.54	175.16	97.75	746.45
8	GA Gooch	241.54	164.44	178.38	99.76	684.12
9	MP Vaughan	107.71	231.22	195.55	115.14	649.62
10	BA Stokes	173.70	185.12	164.16	107.48	630.46