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Top 10 English Test Batsmen Vs Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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) PAK

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 AN Cook ENG 25 1110 300.00
1 AN Cook ENG 25 1110 300.00
2 AJ Stewart ENG 16 895 241.89
3 TW Graveney ENG 12 767 207.30
4 DI Gower ENG 22 736 198.92
5 JE Root ENG 15 723 195.41
6 AJ Strauss ENG 14 599 161.89
7 MW Gatting ENG 14 556 150.27
8 KF Barrington ENG 9 486 131.35
9 JC Buttler ENG 7 426 115.14
10 IR Bell ENG 7 375 101.35

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 89.38 300.00
1 IR Bell 7 3 375 3 93.75 89.38 300.00
2 JC Buttler 7 2 426 1 85.20 88.20 296.04
3 AJ Stewart 16 2 895 2 63.93 68.25 229.08
4 KF Barrington 9 3 486 3 81.00 65.45 219.67
5 JE Root 15 2 723 1 55.62 58.04 194.82
6 TW Graveney 12 0 767 2 63.92 51.57 173.08
7 MW Gatting 14 2 556 2 46.33 48.56 162.98
8 AN Cook 25 1 1110 4 46.25 45.90 154.06
9 AJ Strauss 14 1 599 2 46.08 43.63 146.45
10 DI Gower 22 2 736 0 36.80 38.04 127.68

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 65.47 100.00
1 AJ Stewart 895 1606 55.73 59.03 90.16
2 JE Root 723 1215 59.51 56.11 85.69
3 IR Bell 375 626 59.90 56.05 85.60
4 TW Graveney 330 666 49.55 55.00 84.00
5 DI Gower 736 1488 49.46 54.87 83.80
6 AJ Strauss 599 1004 59.66 54.65 83.47
7 JC Buttler 426 787 54.13 51.39 78.49
8 AN Cook 1110 2042 54.36 50.44 77.04
9 MW Gatting 556 1277 43.54 49.00 74.84
10 KF Barrington 426 1035 41.16 46.02 70.28

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* 118.40 300.00
1 AJ Stewart 190 170 89 74 69* 118.40 300.00
2 AN Cook 127 110 105 105 83 106.00 268.58
3 TW Graveney 153 114 97 84 81 105.80 268.07
4 JE Root 254 71* 68 62 48 100.60 254.90
5 KF Barrington 148 142 109* 50* 14 92.60 234.63
6 MW Gatting 150* 124 61 43 42 84.00 212.84
7 JC Buttler 152 80* 75 67 38 82.40 208.78
8 AJ Strauss 128 116 54 53* 45 79.20 200.68
9 IR Bell 119 106* 100* 28 9* 72.40 183.45
10 DI Gower 74 74 73 61 58 68.00 172.30

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 AJ Stewart 241.89 229.08 90.16 300.00 861.13
2 AN Cook 300.00 154.06 77.04 268.58 799.68
3 TW Graveney 207.30 173.08 84.00 268.07 732.45
4 JE Root 195.41 194.82 85.69 254.90 730.81
5 JC Buttler 115.14 296.04 78.49 208.78 698.44
6 IR Bell 101.35 300.00 85.60 183.45 670.40
7 KF Barrington 131.35 219.67 70.28 234.63 655.94
8 MW Gatting 150.27 162.98 74.84 212.84 600.93
9 AJ Strauss 161.89 146.45 83.47 200.68 592.48
10 DI Gower 198.92 127.68 83.80 172.30 582.69

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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