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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). 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 Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
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) 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 10

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 55 2846 300.00
1 JE Root ENG 55 2846 300.00
2 AN Cook ENG 54 2431 256.25
3 GA Gooch ENG 33 1725 181.83
4 KP Pietersen ENG 28 1581 166.65
5 KF Barrington ENG 21 1355 142.83
6 IR Bell ENG 35 1343 141.57
7 IT Botham ENG 17 1201 126.60
8 MW Gatting ENG 27 1155 121.75
9 G Boycott ENG 22 1084 114.27
10 MP Vaughan ENG 16 1016 107.10

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 KF Barrington 21 3 1355 3 75.28 77.80 300.00
1 KF Barrington 21 3 1355 3 75.28 77.80 300.00
2 MP Vaughan 16 2 1016 4 72.57 71.02 273.85
3 IT Botham 17 0 1201 5 70.65 70.31 271.12
4 JE Root 55 6 2846 10 58.08 64.22 247.64
5 KP Pietersen 28 1 1581 6 58.56 60.16 231.99
6 G Boycott 22 3 1084 4 57.05 58.36 225.04
7 GA Gooch 33 2 1725 5 55.65 56.09 216.31
8 MW Gatting 27 6 1155 3 55.00 55.29 213.21
9 AN Cook 54 3 2431 7 47.67 49.15 189.52
10 IR Bell 35 3 1343 4 41.97 43.04 165.99

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 294 190 176 147 130 187.40 250.00
1 AN Cook 294 190 176 147 130 187.40 250.00
2 JE Root 218 180* 154* 149* 142* 168.60 224.92
3 KP Pietersen 202* 186 175 144 134 168.20 224.39
4 GA Gooch 333 127 123 116 114 162.60 216.92
5 IR Bell 235 167 159 116* 67 148.80 198.51
6 IT Botham 208 142 137 128 114 145.80 194.50
7 MP Vaughan 197 195 124 100 79 139.00 185.43
8 G Boycott 246* 155 125 105 60 138.20 184.36
9 MW Gatting 207 183* 136 81 62 133.80 178.50
10 KF Barrington 172 151* 113* 97 93 125.20 167.02

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 77.81 150.00
1 IT Botham 1201 1662 72.26 77.81 150.00
2 KP Pietersen 1581 2571 61.49 60.66 116.94
3 GA Gooch 1725 3211 53.72 57.40 110.65
4 MP Vaughan 1016 1765 57.56 54.87 105.79
5 IR Bell 1343 2416 55.59 54.46 104.99
6 KF Barrington 324 706 45.89 54.35 104.77
7 MW Gatting 1155 2275 50.77 53.86 103.82
8 JE Root 2846 5171 55.04 52.97 102.11
9 G Boycott 1084 2688 40.33 44.26 85.32
10 AN Cook 2431 5374 45.24 44.15 85.12

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 300.00 247.64 224.92 102.11 874.66
2 AN Cook 256.25 189.52 250.00 85.12 780.89
3 IT Botham 126.60 271.12 194.50 150.00 742.22
4 KP Pietersen 166.65 231.99 224.39 116.94 739.97
5 GA Gooch 181.83 216.31 216.92 110.65 725.71
6 KF Barrington 142.83 300.00 167.02 104.77 714.63
7 MP Vaughan 107.10 273.85 185.43 105.79 672.17
8 MW Gatting 121.75 213.21 178.50 103.82 617.28
9 IR Bell 141.57 165.99 198.51 104.99 611.05
10 G Boycott 114.27 225.04 184.36 85.32 608.99

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