Top 10 English Test Batsmen Vs Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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)	PAK

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	TW Graveney	ENG	1954	1967	1960.5	12	767	270.00
1	TW Graveney	ENG	1954	1967	1960.5	12	767	270.00
2	DI Gower	ENG	1978	1992	1985	22	736	259.09
3	MW Gatting	ENG	1982	1987	1984.5	14	556	195.72
4	MC Cowdrey	ENG	1962	1971	1966.5	11	500	176.01
5	KF Barrington	ENG	1962	1967	1964.5	9	486	171.08

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	25	1110	300.00
1	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	25	1110	300.00
2	AJ Stewart	ENG	1992	2001	1996.5	16	895	241.89
3	IR Bell	ENG	2006	2006	2006	7	375	101.35

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2016	2020	2018	15	723	270.00
1	JE Root	ENG	2016	2020	2018	15	723	270.00
2	JC Buttler	ENG	2018	2020	2019	7	426	159.09

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	IR Bell	7	3	375	3	93.75	91.82	300.00
1	IR Bell	7	3	375	3	93.75	91.82	300.00
2	JC Buttler	7	2	426	1	85.20	90.58	295.94
3	KF Barrington	9	3	486	3	81.00	81.14	265.10
4	AJ Stewart	16	2	895	2	63.93	67.21	219.60
5	TW Graveney	12	0	767	2	63.92	64.75	211.56
6	JE Root	15	2	723	1	55.62	58.91	192.48
7	MC Cowdrey	11	1	500	2	50.00	50.11	163.72
8	MW Gatting	14	2	556	2	46.33	48.33	157.89
9	AN Cook	25	1	1110	4	46.25	47.90	156.50
10	DI Gower	22	2	736	0	36.80	38.66	126.30

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	AJ Stewart	190	170	89	74	69*	118.40	250.00
1	AJ Stewart	190	170	89	74	69*	118.40	250.00
2	AN Cook	127	110	105	105	83	106.00	223.82
3	TW Graveney	153	114	97	84	81	105.80	223.40
4	JE Root	254	71*	68	62	48	100.60	212.42
5	KF Barrington	148	142	109*	50*	14	92.60	195.52
6	MC Cowdrey	182	159	41	34	20	87.20	184.12
7	MW Gatting	150*	124	61	43	42	84.00	177.36
8	JC Buttler	152	80*	75	67	38	82.40	173.99
9	IR Bell	119	106*	100*	28	9*	72.40	152.87
10	DI Gower	74	74	73	61	58	68.00	143.58

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	MM Ali	316	457	69.15	66.08	150.00
1	JE Root	723	1215	59.51	56.99	129.36
2	IR Bell	375	626	59.90	56.75	128.81
3	AJ Stewart	895	1606	55.73	55.92	126.94
4	TW Graveney	330	666	49.55	55.21	125.33
5	DI Gower	736	1488	49.46	52.12	118.32
6	JC Buttler	426	787	54.13	52.02	118.08
7	AN Cook	1110	2042	54.36	51.83	117.65
8	MC Cowdrey	91	287	NA	NA	113.50
9	MW Gatting	556	1277	43.54	46.20	104.88
10	KF Barrington	426	1035	41.16	45.99	104.40

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	AJ Stewart	241.89	219.60	250.00	126.94	838.43
2	TW Graveney	270.00	211.56	223.40	125.33	830.29
3	JE Root	270.00	192.48	212.42	129.36	804.25
4	AN Cook	300.00	156.50	223.82	117.65	797.97
5	JC Buttler	159.09	295.94	173.99	118.08	747.09
6	KF Barrington	171.08	265.10	195.52	104.40	736.11
7	IR Bell	101.35	300.00	152.87	128.81	683.03
8	DI Gower	259.09	126.30	143.58	118.32	647.28
9	MC Cowdrey	176.01	163.72	184.12	113.50	637.35
10	MW Gatting	195.72	157.89	177.36	104.88	635.86