Top 10 English Batsmen Vs Australia In Test Cricket

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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 Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

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 10
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC


CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS DI Gower ENG 77 3269 300.00
1 DI Gower ENG 77 3269 300.00
2 G Boycott ENG 71 2945 270.27
3 JH Edrich ENG 57 2644 242.64
4 GA Gooch ENG 79 2632 241.54
5 AN Cook ENG 64 2493 228.79
6 MC Cowdrey ENG 75 2433 223.28
7 JE Root ENG 65 2428 222.82
8 KP Pietersen ENG 50 2158 198.04
9 KF Barrington ENG 39 2111 193.73
10 PBH May ENG 37 1566 143.71

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 67.06 300.00
1 KF Barrington 39 6 2111 5 63.97 67.06 300.00
2 PBH May 37 3 1566 3 46.06 61.38 274.60
3 JH Edrich 57 3 2644 7 48.96 54.89 245.57
4 G Boycott 71 9 2945 7 47.50 52.05 232.85
5 DI Gower 77 4 3269 9 44.78 49.53 221.60
6 KP Pietersen 50 2 2158 4 44.96 46.29 207.08
7 JE Root 65 5 2428 4 40.47 45.50 203.54
8 AN Cook 64 2 2493 5 40.21 41.49 185.63
9 MC Cowdrey 75 4 2433 5 34.27 39.78 177.96
10 GA Gooch 79 0 2632 4 33.32 37.78 169.00

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 G Boycott 191 142* 137 128* 119* 143.40 192.33
5 KF Barrington 256 132* 115 102 101 141.20 189.38
6 JH Edrich 175 164 130 120 115* 140.80 188.84
7 GA Gooch 196 133 120 117 99 133.00 178.38
8 JE Root 180 134 130 118* 91 130.60 175.16
9 MC Cowdrey 113 104 104 102 100* 104.60 140.29
10 PBH May 113 104 101 95 92 101.00 135.46

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 IT Botham 1673 2683 62.36 69.86 150.00
1 DI Gower 3269 5985 54.62 60.52 129.95
2 KF Barrington 1256 2903 43.27 53.08 113.97
3 KP Pietersen 2158 3853 56.01 52.47 112.65
4 GA Gooch 2632 5660 46.50 51.59 110.77
5 PBH May 1294 3406 37.99 51.35 110.26
6 JE Root 2428 4825 50.32 46.84 100.58
7 MC Cowdrey 2135 5929 36.01 45.63 97.97
8 JH Edrich 2644 7333 36.06 44.09 94.66
9 AN Cook 2493 5288 47.14 43.82 94.09
10 G Boycott 2945 8569 34.37 40.79 87.58

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 300.00 221.60 213.79 129.95 865.33
2 KF Barrington 193.73 300.00 189.38 113.97 797.08
3 G Boycott 270.27 232.85 192.33 87.58 783.02
4 JH Edrich 242.64 245.57 188.84 94.66 771.72
5 AN Cook 228.79 185.63 250.00 94.09 758.50
6 KP Pietersen 198.04 207.08 200.64 112.65 718.42
7 JE Root 222.82 203.54 175.16 100.58 702.10
8 GA Gooch 241.54 169.00 178.38 110.77 699.69
9 PBH May 143.71 274.60 135.46 110.26 664.04
10 MC Cowdrey 223.28 177.96 140.29 97.97 639.50


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