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Top 10 English Batsmen Vs India In Test Cricket

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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 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) ALL
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 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 64 3383 300.00
1 JE Root ENG 64 3383 300.00
2 AN Cook ENG 54 2431 215.58
3 GA Gooch ENG 33 1725 152.97
4 KP Pietersen ENG 28 1581 140.20
5 KF Barrington ENG 21 1355 120.16
6 IR Bell ENG 35 1343 119.10
7 IT Botham ENG 17 1201 106.50
8 MW Gatting ENG 27 1155 102.42
9 G Boycott ENG 22 1084 96.13
10 MP Vaughan ENG 16 1016 90.10

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 IT Botham 17 0 1201 5 70.65 71.05 300.00
1 IT Botham 17 0 1201 5 70.65 71.05 300.00
2 MP Vaughan 16 2 1016 4 72.57 70.01 295.61
3 KF Barrington 21 3 1355 3 75.28 67.89 286.66
4 JE Root 64 7 3383 13 59.35 67.79 286.23
5 KP Pietersen 28 1 1581 6 58.56 56.95 240.46
6 MW Gatting 27 6 1155 3 55.00 56.59 238.97
7 G Boycott 22 3 1084 4 57.05 55.90 236.04
8 GA Gooch 33 2 1725 5 55.65 54.87 231.67
9 AN Cook 54 3 2431 7 47.67 46.62 196.85
10 IR Bell 35 3 1343 4 41.97 39.92 168.57

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 1201 1662 72.26 82.19 100.00
1 IT Botham 1201 1662 72.26 82.19 100.00
2 GA Gooch 1725 3211 53.72 60.63 73.76
3 KP Pietersen 1581 2571 61.49 59.95 72.94
4 MW Gatting 1155 2275 50.77 57.97 70.53
5 KF Barrington 324 706 45.89 57.86 70.40
6 MP Vaughan 1016 1765 57.56 57.26 69.67
7 JE Root 3383 6115 55.32 54.08 65.80
8 IR Bell 1343 2416 55.59 53.25 64.79
9 G Boycott 1084 2688 40.33 46.63 56.73
10 AN Cook 2431 5374 45.24 43.73 53.20

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 294 190 176 147 130 187.40 300.00
1 AN Cook 294 190 176 147 130 187.40 300.00
2 JE Root 218 180* 154* 150 149* 170.20 272.47
3 KP Pietersen 202* 186 175 144 134 168.20 269.26
4 GA Gooch 333 127 123 116 114 162.60 260.30
5 IR Bell 235 167 159 116* 67 148.80 238.21
6 IT Botham 208 142 137 128 114 145.80 233.40
7 MP Vaughan 197 195 124 100 79 139.00 222.52
8 G Boycott 246* 155 125 105 60 138.20 221.24
9 MW Gatting 207 183* 136 81 62 133.80 214.19
10 KF Barrington 172 151* 113* 97 93 125.20 200.43

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 300.00 286.23 65.80 272.47 924.50
2 AN Cook 215.58 196.85 53.20 300.00 765.63
3 IT Botham 106.50 300.00 100.00 233.40 739.91
4 KP Pietersen 140.20 240.46 72.94 269.26 722.87
5 GA Gooch 152.97 231.67 73.76 260.30 718.70
6 MP Vaughan 90.10 295.61 69.67 222.52 677.89
7 KF Barrington 120.16 286.66 70.40 200.43 677.64
8 MW Gatting 102.42 238.97 70.53 214.19 626.11
9 G Boycott 96.13 236.04 56.73 221.24 610.14
10 IR Bell 119.10 168.57 64.79 238.21 590.66

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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