Top 10 English Batsmen Vs Pakistan In Test Cricket

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 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)	ALL
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	DI Gower	ENG	1978	1992	1985	27	1185	270.00
1	DI Gower	ENG	1978	1992	1985	27	1185	270.00
2	TW Graveney	ENG	1954	1969	1961.5	16	943	214.86
3	DL Amiss	ENG	1967	1974	1970.5	18	779	177.49
4	ER Dexter	ENG	1961	1962	1961.5	10	749	170.66
5	KF Barrington	ENG	1961	1967	1964	12	715	162.91
6	G Boycott	ENG	1967	1978	1972.5	10	591	134.66

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	36	1719	300.00
1	AN Cook	ENG	2006	2018	2012	36	1719	300.00
2	AJ Stewart	ENG	1992	2001	1996.5	22	994	173.47

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JE Root	ENG	2015	2024	2019.5	31	1487	290.00
1	JE Root	ENG	2015	2024	2019.5	31	1487	290.00
2	HC Brook	ENG	2022	2024	2023	10	841	164.01

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	ER Dexter	10	2	749	2	93.63	96.27	300.00
1	ER Dexter	10	2	749	2	93.63	96.27	300.00
2	HC Brook	10	0	841	4	84.10	87.07	271.33
3	G Boycott	10	3	591	3	84.43	86.05	268.13
4	KF Barrington	12	3	715	4	79.44	81.00	252.40
5	TW Graveney	16	0	943	3	58.94	60.37	188.13
6	DL Amiss	18	4	779	3	55.64	57.19	178.21
7	JE Root	31	3	1487	2	53.11	55.75	173.72
8	AJ Stewart	22	3	994	2	52.32	53.51	166.75
9	DI Gower	27	3	1185	2	49.38	52.24	162.79
10	AN Cook	36	1	1719	5	49.11	51.11	159.25

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	HC Brook	317	153	111	108	87	155.20	250.00
1	HC Brook	317	153	111	108	87	155.20	250.00
2	JE Root	262	254	88	85	73	152.40	245.49
3	AN Cook	263	127	110	105	105	142.00	228.74
4	KF Barrington	148	142	139	109*	84	124.40	200.39
5	DL Amiss	183	158	112	99	56	121.60	195.88
6	ER Dexter	205	172	85	72	66*	120.00	193.30
7	AJ Stewart	190	170	89	74	69*	118.40	190.72
8	TW Graveney	153	114	105	97	84	110.60	178.16
9	DI Gower	173*	152	74	74	73	109.20	175.90
10	G Boycott	121*	112	100*	79	63	95.00	153.03

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	HC Brook	841	907	92.72	82.10	150.00
1	HC Brook	841	907	92.72	82.10	150.00
2	JE Root	1487	2410	61.70	58.38	106.67
3	TW Graveney	330	666	49.55	56.32	102.89
4	DI Gower	1185	2406	49.25	52.26	95.48
5	AJ Stewart	994	1901	52.29	51.84	94.71
6	ER Dexter	0	0	NA	NA	91.35
7	DL Amiss	394	876	44.98	49.97	91.29
8	AN Cook	1719	3505	49.04	47.94	87.59
9	KF Barrington	426	1035	41.16	46.96	85.79
10	G Boycott	591	1666	35.47	39.93	72.95

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	HC Brook	164.01	271.33	250.00	150.00	835.34
2	JE Root	290.00	173.72	245.49	106.67	815.88
3	AN Cook	300.00	159.25	228.74	87.59	775.58
4	ER Dexter	170.66	300.00	193.30	91.35	755.31
5	DI Gower	270.00	162.79	175.90	95.48	704.18
6	KF Barrington	162.91	252.40	200.39	85.79	701.49
7	TW Graveney	214.86	188.13	178.16	102.89	684.04
8	DL Amiss	177.49	178.21	195.88	91.29	642.87
9	G Boycott	134.66	268.13	153.03	72.95	628.76
10	AJ Stewart	173.47	166.75	190.72	94.71	625.65