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Top 10 English Test Batsmen Vs India In England

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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 against India in England 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) ENG
Oposition (O) IND

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 JE Root ENG 34 2111 300.00
1 JE Root ENG 34 2111 300.00
2 AN Cook ENG 28 1196 169.97
3 GA Gooch ENG 17 1134 161.16
4 IR Bell ENG 19 991 140.83
5 MP Vaughan ENG 13 910 129.32
6 KP Pietersen ENG 12 878 124.77
7 DI Gower ENG 20 833 118.38
8 G Boycott ENG 12 707 100.47
9 IT Botham ENG 8 647 91.95
10 JL Smith ENG 9 434 61.68

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 KP Pietersen 12 1 878 4 79.82 76.40 300.00
1 KP Pietersen 12 1 878 4 79.82 76.40 300.00
2 JE Root 34 5 2111 10 72.79 75.74 297.41
3 IT Botham 8 0 647 3 80.88 74.71 293.35
4 JL Smith 9 2 434 1 62.00 72.63 285.18
5 MP Vaughan 13 1 910 4 75.83 70.74 277.75
6 GA Gooch 17 0 1134 4 66.71 59.60 234.01
7 G Boycott 12 1 707 3 64.27 57.45 225.58
8 IR Bell 19 0 991 3 52.16 48.04 188.65
9 DI Gower 20 4 833 2 52.06 46.59 182.93
10 AN Cook 28 1 1196 2 44.30 41.66 163.59

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 647 812 79.68 88.99 100.00
1 IT Botham 647 812 79.68 88.99 100.00
2 JL Smith 434 544 79.78 73.81 82.94
3 DI Gower 833 1471 56.63 61.99 69.66
4 GA Gooch 1134 2046 55.43 60.24 67.69
5 IR Bell 991 1500 66.07 59.54 66.91
6 MP Vaughan 910 1525 59.67 57.89 65.05
7 KP Pietersen 878 1406 62.45 56.55 63.55
8 JE Root 2111 3604 58.57 54.29 61.01
9 G Boycott 707 1647 42.93 49.32 55.43
10 AN Cook 1196 2556 46.79 42.46 47.71

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 180* 154* 150 149* 142* 155.00 300.00
1 JE Root 180* 154* 150 149* 142* 155.00 300.00
2 GA Gooch 333 123 116 114 88 154.80 299.61
3 MP Vaughan 197 195 124 100 79 139.00 269.03
4 IR Bell 235 167 159 67 63 138.20 267.48
5 AN Cook 294 147 95 79 71 137.20 265.55
6 KP Pietersen 202* 175 134 101 63 135.00 261.29
7 G Boycott 246* 155 125 35 33 118.80 229.94
8 IT Botham 208 137 128 67 38 115.60 223.74
9 DI Gower 200* 157* 82 49 47 107.00 207.10
10 JL Smith 184* 88 51 44* 40 81.40 157.55

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 JE Root 300.00 297.41 61.01 300.00 958.42
2 GA Gooch 161.16 234.01 67.69 299.61 762.48
3 KP Pietersen 124.77 300.00 63.55 261.29 749.61
4 MP Vaughan 129.32 277.75 65.05 269.03 741.16
5 IT Botham 91.95 293.35 100.00 223.74 709.04
6 IR Bell 140.83 188.65 66.91 267.48 663.87
7 AN Cook 169.97 163.59 47.71 265.55 646.81
8 G Boycott 100.47 225.58 55.43 229.94 611.42
9 JL Smith 61.68 285.18 82.94 157.55 587.34
10 DI Gower 118.38 182.93 69.66 207.10 578.06

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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