Top 10 English Test Batsmen Vs South Africa In England

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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 South Africa in England in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
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) SA

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 7

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS AJ Stewart ENG 23 873 300.00
1 AJ Stewart ENG 23 873 300.00
2 AN Cook ENG 21 792 272.16
3 PBH May ENG 12 753 258.76
4 MA Butcher ENG 15 744 255.67
5 MA Atherton ENG 16 700 240.55
6 MC Cowdrey ENG 17 690 237.11
7 KP Pietersen ENG 11 640 219.93
8 JM Bairstow ENG 13 546 187.63
9 JE Root ENG 12 507 174.23
10 ME Trescothick ENG 10 487 167.35

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 PBH May 12 1 753 3 68.45 80.41 300.00
1 PBH May 12 1 753 3 68.45 80.41 300.00
2 ME Trescothick 10 2 487 1 60.88 62.32 232.50
3 KP Pietersen 11 0 640 3 58.18 60.58 226.01
4 MA Butcher 15 1 744 2 53.14 55.86 208.40
5 MA Atherton 16 1 700 1 46.67 50.73 189.24
6 MC Cowdrey 17 1 690 2 43.13 47.76 178.18
7 JE Root 12 0 507 1 42.25 47.08 175.66
8 JM Bairstow 13 0 546 0 42.00 46.68 174.17
9 AJ Stewart 23 2 873 1 41.57 44.29 165.25
10 AN Cook 21 0 792 1 37.71 40.36 150.56

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 PBH May 138 117 112 97 89* 110.60 250.00
1 PBH May 138 117 112 97 89* 110.60 250.00
2 KP Pietersen 152 149 100 94 45 108.00 244.12
3 MC Cowdrey 155 105 78* 67 58 92.60 209.31
4 MA Atherton 103 99 98* 89 63 90.40 204.34
5 MA Butcher 116 106 77 77 75 90.20 203.89
6 AJ Stewart 164 89 72 62 56 88.60 200.27
7 ME Trescothick 219 69* 59 52* 31 86.00 194.39
8 JE Root 190 78 52 50 49 83.80 189.42
9 AN Cook 115 88 76 69 67 83.00 187.61
10 JM Bairstow 99 95 63 54 51 72.40 163.65

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 KP Pietersen 640 852 75.12 71.76 150.00
1 KP Pietersen 640 852 75.12 71.76 150.00
2 JE Root 507 767 66.10 62.89 131.46
3 JM Bairstow 546 831 65.70 62.86 131.40
4 ME Trescothick 487 868 56.11 53.81 112.49
5 AJ Stewart 873 1713 50.96 52.41 109.56
6 MC Cowdrey 3 50 NA NA 104.52
7 MA Butcher 744 1515 49.11 49.19 102.82
8 PBH May 138 386 35.75 44.32 92.65
9 AN Cook 792 1824 43.42 41.63 87.02
10 MA Atherton 700 1917 36.52 38.99 81.51

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 PBH May 258.76 300.00 250.00 92.65 901.41
2 KP Pietersen 219.93 226.01 244.12 150.00 840.06
3 AJ Stewart 300.00 165.25 200.27 109.56 775.08
4 MA Butcher 255.67 208.40 203.89 102.82 770.78
5 MC Cowdrey 237.11 178.18 209.31 104.52 729.12
6 MA Atherton 240.55 189.24 204.34 81.51 715.64
7 ME Trescothick 167.35 232.50 194.39 112.49 706.74
8 AN Cook 272.16 150.56 187.61 87.02 697.36
9 JE Root 174.23 175.66 189.42 131.46 670.77
10 JM Bairstow 187.63 174.17 163.65 131.40 656.85

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