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

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 GA Gooch ENG 19 987 300.00
1 GA Gooch ENG 19 987 300.00
2 DI Gower ENG 18 982 298.48
3 JE Root ENG 18 919 279.33
4 MA Atherton ENG 13 763 231.91
5 G Boycott ENG 17 737 224.01
6 AN Cook ENG 12 640 194.53
7 AJ Strauss ENG 10 539 163.83
8 JM Bairstow ENG 10 530 161.09
9 AJ Lamb ENG 14 521 158.36
10 MC Cowdrey ENG 8 462 140.43

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 JM Bairstow 10 2 530 2 66.25 65.12 300.00
1 JM Bairstow 10 2 530 2 66.25 65.12 300.00
2 MC Cowdrey 8 1 462 1 66.00 63.44 292.26
3 DI Gower 18 1 982 4 57.76 58.21 268.17
4 GA Gooch 19 2 987 3 58.06 57.28 263.86
5 JE Root 18 2 919 3 57.44 56.51 260.33
6 MA Atherton 13 0 763 3 58.69 55.95 257.73
7 AJ Strauss 10 0 539 2 53.90 51.45 237.02
8 AN Cook 12 0 640 2 53.33 50.54 232.81
9 AJ Lamb 14 3 521 2 47.36 48.82 224.91
10 G Boycott 17 1 737 2 46.06 46.47 214.09

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 88.39 100.00
1 JM Bairstow 530 569 93.15 88.39 100.00
2 GA Gooch 987 1816 54.35 60.36 68.29
3 AJ Lamb 521 1000 52.10 58.95 66.70
4 JE Root 919 1516 60.62 57.89 65.50
5 DI Gower 982 1962 50.05 57.24 64.76
6 MC Cowdrey 0 0 NK NA 56.57
7 AJ Strauss 539 1124 47.95 47.20 53.40
8 G Boycott 580 1487 39.00 45.65 51.65
9 AN Cook 640 1375 46.55 44.45 50.28
10 MA Atherton 763 1938 39.37 41.92 47.42

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* 85 144.60 300.00
1 GA Gooch 210 183 154 91* 85 144.60 300.00
2 JE Root 176 115* 104 98 86* 115.80 240.25
3 DI Gower 131 112* 111 108 72 106.80 221.58
4 MA Atherton 151 111 101 82 70 103.00 213.69
5 AN Cook 162 130 75 61 56 96.80 200.83
6 G Boycott 131 115 92 76 61 95.00 197.10
7 JM Bairstow 162 136 71* 64 41 94.80 196.68
8 AJ Strauss 112 106 83 63 62 85.20 176.76
9 MC Cowdrey 119 85 81 70 65 84.00 174.27
9 AJ Lamb 137* 102* 84* 58 39 84.00 174.27

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 GA Gooch 300.00 263.86 68.29 300.00 932.15
2 DI Gower 298.48 268.17 64.76 221.58 852.99
3 JE Root 279.33 260.33 65.50 240.25 845.41
4 JM Bairstow 161.09 300.00 100.00 196.68 757.77
5 MA Atherton 231.91 257.73 47.42 213.69 750.76
6 G Boycott 224.01 214.09 51.65 197.10 686.85
7 AN Cook 194.53 232.81 50.28 200.83 678.45
8 MC Cowdrey 140.43 292.26 56.57 174.27 663.52
9 AJ Strauss 163.83 237.02 53.40 176.76 631.01
10 AJ Lamb 158.36 224.91 66.70 174.27 624.24

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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