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Top 10 English Batsmen Vs South Africa In Test Cricket

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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 Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

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) ALL
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 10
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS AJ Stewart ENG 39 1450 300.00
1 AJ Stewart ENG 39 1450 300.00
2 MA Atherton ENG 32 1315 272.07
3 JE Root ENG 27 1210 250.34
4 BA Stokes ENG 26 1177 243.52
5 MC Cowdrey ENG 27 1021 211.24
6 KF Barrington ENG 23 989 204.62
7 ME Trescothick ENG 20 935 193.45
8 JM Bairstow ENG 22 915 189.31
9 PBH May ENG 22 906 187.45
10 KP Pietersen ENG 18 817 169.03

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 PD Collingwood 12 2 576 1 57.60 60.93 300.00
1 PBH May 22 1 906 3 43.14 56.33 277.38
2 JM Bairstow 22 2 915 1 45.75 55.48 273.18
3 JE Root 27 1 1210 2 46.54 55.30 272.30
4 KF Barrington 23 3 989 2 49.45 54.91 270.39
5 BA Stokes 26 0 1177 4 45.27 53.84 265.12
6 ME Trescothick 20 2 935 3 51.94 53.02 261.06
7 MA Atherton 32 2 1315 3 43.83 50.47 248.54
8 KP Pietersen 18 0 817 3 45.39 49.04 241.48
9 MC Cowdrey 27 1 1021 3 39.27 47.14 232.13
10 AJ Stewart 39 2 1450 1 39.19 43.79 215.60

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 BA Stokes 258 120 112 103 72 133.00 250.00
1 BA Stokes 258 120 112 103 72 133.00 250.00
2 ME Trescothick 219 180 132 69* 59 131.80 247.74
3 MA Atherton 185* 108 103 99 98* 118.60 222.93
4 KP Pietersen 152 149 100 94 81 115.20 216.54
5 PBH May 138 117 112 97 89* 110.60 207.89
6 KF Barrington 148* 121 93 91 80 106.60 200.38
7 JE Root 190 110 78 76 73 105.40 198.12
8 AJ Stewart 164 95 89 86 81 103.00 193.61
9 MC Cowdrey 155 105 101 78* 67 101.20 190.23
10 JM Bairstow 150* 99 95 79 63 97.20 182.71

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 BA Stokes 1177 1589 74.07 66.47 150.00
1 BA Stokes 1177 1589 74.07 66.47 150.00
2 KP Pietersen 817 1208 67.63 63.09 142.37
3 JM Bairstow 915 1360 67.28 61.68 139.19
4 JE Root 1210 1923 62.92 56.64 127.82
5 AJ Stewart 1450 2976 48.72 51.94 117.21
6 PBH May 138 394 35.03 51.09 115.29
7 ME Trescothick 935 1724 54.23 50.37 113.66
8 MC Cowdrey 3 50 NA NA 112.83
9 KF Barrington 15 40 NA NA 112.83
10 MA Atherton 1315 3672 35.81 39.42 88.95

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 BA Stokes 243.52 265.12 250.00 150.00 908.64
2 JE Root 250.34 272.30 198.12 127.82 848.58
3 MA Atherton 272.07 248.54 222.93 88.95 832.49
4 AJ Stewart 300.00 215.60 193.61 117.21 826.42
5 ME Trescothick 193.45 261.06 247.74 113.66 815.91
6 KF Barrington 204.62 270.39 200.38 112.83 788.21
7 PBH May 187.45 277.38 207.89 115.29 788.01
8 JM Bairstow 189.31 273.18 182.71 139.19 784.39
9 KP Pietersen 169.03 241.48 216.54 142.37 769.43
10 MC Cowdrey 211.24 232.13 190.23 112.83 746.42

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