Top 10 English Test Batsmen Vs India 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 India in England 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)	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
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	GA Gooch	ENG	1979	1990	1984.5	17	1134	270.00
1	GA Gooch	ENG	1979	1990	1984.5	17	1134	270.00
2	DI Gower	ENG	1979	1990	1984.5	20	833	198.33
3	G Boycott	ENG	1967	1979	1973	12	707	168.33
4	KF Barrington	ENG	1959	1967	1963	11	681	162.14
5	IT Botham	ENG	1979	1982	1980.5	8	647	154.05

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AN Cook	ENG	2007	2018	2012.5	28	1196	280.00
1	AN Cook	ENG	2007	2018	2012.5	28	1196	280.00
2	IR Bell	ENG	2007	2014	2010.5	19	991	232.01
3	MP Vaughan	ENG	2002	2007	2004.5	13	910	213.04
4	KP Pietersen	ENG	2007	2011	2009	12	878	205.55

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2014	2022	2018	25	1574	300.00
1	JE Root	ENG	2014	2022	2018	25	1574	300.00

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	80.87	300.00
1	KP Pietersen	12	1	878	4	79.82	80.87	300.00
2	IT Botham	8	0	647	3	80.88	80.75	299.54
3	JE Root	25	4	1574	7	74.95	79.51	294.94
4	MP Vaughan	13	1	910	4	75.83	74.43	276.09
5	GA Gooch	17	0	1134	4	66.71	66.12	245.25
6	G Boycott	12	1	707	3	64.27	65.68	243.65
7	KF Barrington	11	0	681	0	61.91	65.02	241.19
8	IR Bell	19	0	991	3	52.16	53.27	197.61
9	DI Gower	20	4	833	2	52.06	51.34	190.44
10	AN Cook	28	1	1196	2	44.30	45.42	168.50

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	GA Gooch	333	123	116	114	88	154.80	250.00
1	GA Gooch	333	123	116	114	88	154.80	250.00
2	JE Root	180*	154*	149*	142*	125	150.00	242.25
3	MP Vaughan	197	195	124	100	79	139.00	224.48
4	IR Bell	235	167	159	67	63	138.20	223.19
5	AN Cook	294	147	95	79	71	137.20	221.58
6	KP Pietersen	202*	175	134	101	63	135.00	218.02
7	G Boycott	246*	155	125	35	33	118.80	191.86
8	IT Botham	208	137	128	67	38	115.60	186.69
9	DI Gower	200*	157*	82	49	47	107.00	172.80
10	KF Barrington	97	93	87	80	80	87.40	141.15

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	86.68	150.00
1	IT Botham	647	812	79.68	86.68	150.00
2	IR Bell	991	1500	66.07	62.69	108.49
3	DI Gower	833	1471	56.63	60.30	104.35
4	KP Pietersen	878	1406	62.45	59.18	102.41
5	GA Gooch	1134	2046	55.43	58.97	102.05
6	MP Vaughan	910	1525	59.67	56.21	97.28
7	JE Root	1574	2660	59.17	55.71	96.41
8	KF Barrington	324	706	45.89	53.60	92.75
9	G Boycott	707	1647	42.93	47.67	82.50
10	AN Cook	1196	2556	46.79	44.43	76.88

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	JE Root	300.00	294.94	242.25	96.41	933.59
2	GA Gooch	270.00	245.25	250.00	102.05	867.30
3	KP Pietersen	205.55	300.00	218.02	102.41	825.99
4	MP Vaughan	213.04	276.09	224.48	97.28	810.90
5	IT Botham	154.05	299.54	186.69	150.00	790.28
6	IR Bell	232.01	197.61	223.19	108.49	761.30
7	AN Cook	280.00	168.50	221.58	76.88	746.96
8	G Boycott	168.33	243.65	191.86	82.50	686.34
9	DI Gower	198.33	190.44	172.80	104.35	665.93
10	KF Barrington	162.14	241.19	141.15	92.75	637.23