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Top 10 English Batsmen Vs New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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) 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 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 40 1925 300.00
1 JE Root ENG 40 1925 300.00
2 GA Gooch ENG 24 1148 178.91
3 AJ Stewart ENG 26 1145 178.44
4 MC Cowdrey ENG 24 1133 176.57
5 MA Atherton ENG 17 1088 169.56
6 DI Gower ENG 22 1051 163.79
7 AJ Lamb ENG 23 941 146.65
8 GP Thorpe ENG 23 905 141.04
9 JH Edrich ENG 15 840 130.91
10 JM Bairstow ENG 16 702 109.40

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 MA Atherton 17 1 1088 4 68.00 65.07 300.00
1 MA Atherton 17 1 1088 4 68.00 65.07 300.00
2 JH Edrich 15 1 840 3 60.00 63.69 293.63
3 MC Cowdrey 24 5 1133 2 59.63 59.68 275.13
4 JE Root 40 4 1925 6 53.47 56.04 258.34
5 DI Gower 22 1 1051 4 50.05 51.57 237.75
6 JM Bairstow 16 2 702 3 50.14 51.32 236.58
7 GA Gooch 24 2 1148 4 52.18 51.28 236.42
8 GP Thorpe 23 6 905 4 53.24 50.92 234.76
9 AJ Lamb 23 3 941 3 47.05 48.67 224.41
10 AJ Stewart 26 1 1145 4 45.80 43.36 199.88

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 JM Bairstow 702 900 78.00 75.38 100.00
1 JM Bairstow 702 900 78.00 75.38 100.00
2 AJ Lamb 941 1850 50.86 58.45 77.53
3 GA Gooch 1148 2185 52.54 58.31 77.35
4 DI Gower 1051 2128 49.39 57.60 76.41
5 JH Edrich 800 1700 47.06 56.13 74.46
6 JE Root 1925 3329 57.83 56.01 74.31
7 MC Cowdrey 200 450 44.44 54.09 71.75
8 GP Thorpe 905 1760 51.42 53.18 70.55
9 AJ Stewart 1145 2307 49.63 52.90 70.18
10 MA Atherton 1088 2767 39.32 41.76 55.40

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 JE Root 226 176 153* 115* 106 155.20 300.00
1 JE Root 226 176 153* 115* 106 155.20 300.00
2 GA Gooch 210 183 154 114 91* 150.40 290.72
3 JH Edrich 310* 155 115 68 64 142.40 275.26
4 AJ Stewart 173 148 119 107 83* 126.00 243.56
5 GP Thorpe 200* 119 108 104* 51* 116.40 225.00
6 MA Atherton 151 118 111 101 94* 115.00 222.29
7 AJ Lamb 142 137* 102* 93 84* 111.60 215.72
8 DI Gower 131 112* 111 108 72 106.80 206.44
8 JM Bairstow 162 136 101 71* 64 106.80 206.44
10 MC Cowdrey 128* 119 89* 86 85 101.40 196.01

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 300.00 258.34 74.31 300.00 932.65
2 GA Gooch 178.91 236.42 77.35 290.72 783.41
3 JH Edrich 130.91 293.63 74.46 275.26 774.26
4 MA Atherton 169.56 300.00 55.40 222.29 747.26
5 MC Cowdrey 176.57 275.13 71.75 196.01 719.46
6 AJ Stewart 178.44 199.88 70.18 243.56 692.06
7 DI Gower 163.79 237.75 76.41 206.44 684.39
8 GP Thorpe 141.04 234.76 70.55 225.00 671.35
9 AJ Lamb 146.65 224.41 77.53 215.72 664.31
10 JM Bairstow 109.40 236.58 100.00 206.44 652.43

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
    8. .

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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