Top 10 English Test Batsmen Vs New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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)	NZ

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	1978	1994	1986	19	987	300.00
1	GA Gooch	ENG	1978	1994	1986	19	987	300.00
2	DI Gower	ENG	1978	1986	1982	18	982	298.48
3	G Boycott	ENG	1965	1978	1971.5	17	737	224.01
4	MC Cowdrey	ENG	1958	1965	1961.5	8	462	140.43

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	MA Atherton	ENG	1990	1999	1994.5	13	763	280.00
1	MA Atherton	ENG	1990	1999	1994.5	13	763	280.00
2	AN Cook	ENG	2008	2015	2011.5	12	640	234.86
3	AJ Strauss	ENG	2004	2008	2006	10	539	197.80

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2013	2022	2017.5	18	919	290.00
1	JE Root	ENG	2013	2022	2017.5	18	919	290.00
2	JM Bairstow	ENG	2013	2022	2017.5	10	530	167.25
3	BA Stokes	ENG	2015	2022	2018.5	9	422	133.17

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	MC Cowdrey	8	1	462	1	66.00	71.44	300.00
1	MC Cowdrey	8	1	462	1	66.00	71.44	300.00
2	JM Bairstow	10	2	530	2	66.25	70.07	294.27
3	JE Root	18	2	919	3	57.44	60.91	255.81
4	DI Gower	18	1	982	4	57.76	60.25	253.00
5	GA Gooch	19	2	987	3	58.06	58.59	246.04
6	MA Atherton	13	0	763	3	58.69	58.24	244.56
7	BA Stokes	9	1	422	1	52.75	55.61	233.55
8	AN Cook	12	0	640	2	53.33	54.81	230.16
9	AJ Strauss	10	0	539	2	53.90	53.27	223.69
10	G Boycott	17	1	737	2	46.06	48.31	202.88

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	210	183	154	91*	85	144.60	250.00
1	GA Gooch	210	183	154	91*	85	144.60	250.00
2	JE Root	176	115*	104	98	86*	115.80	200.21
3	DI Gower	131	112*	111	108	72	106.80	184.65
4	MA Atherton	151	111	101	82	70	103.00	178.08
5	AN Cook	162	130	75	61	56	96.80	167.36
6	G Boycott	131	115	92	76	61	95.00	164.25
7	JM Bairstow	162	136	71*	64	41	94.80	163.90
8	AJ Strauss	112	106	83	63	62	85.20	147.30
9	MC Cowdrey	119	85	81	70	65	84.00	145.23
10	BA Stokes	101	92	75*	54	46	73.60	127.25

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	JM Bairstow	530	569	93.15	86.88	150.00
1	JM Bairstow	530	569	93.15	86.88	150.00
2	BA Stokes	422	489	86.30	80.61	139.18
3	GA Gooch	987	1816	54.35	57.72	99.66
4	JE Root	919	1516	60.62	56.73	97.95
5	DI Gower	982	1962	50.05	54.25	93.67
6	MC Cowdrey	0	0	NA	NA	86.33
7	AJ Strauss	539	1124	47.95	46.11	79.60
8	AN Cook	640	1375	46.55	44.95	77.61
9	G Boycott	580	1487	39.00	43.58	75.24
10	MA Atherton	763	1938	39.37	40.58	70.06

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	GA Gooch	300.00	246.04	250.00	99.66	895.70
2	JE Root	290.00	255.81	200.21	97.95	843.97
3	DI Gower	298.48	253.00	184.65	93.67	829.80
4	JM Bairstow	167.25	294.27	163.90	150.00	775.42
5	MA Atherton	280.00	244.56	178.08	70.06	772.71
6	AN Cook	234.86	230.16	167.36	77.61	709.99
7	MC Cowdrey	140.43	300.00	145.23	86.33	671.98
8	G Boycott	224.01	202.88	164.25	75.24	666.38
9	AJ Strauss	197.80	223.69	147.30	79.60	648.40
10	BA Stokes	133.17	233.55	127.25	139.18	633.14