Best English Batsmen In Tests Against South Africa Featured

Top 10 English Batsmen Vs South Africa In Test Cricket

by

Kindly switch to Landscape Mode for better viewing experience

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 South Africa 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) 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
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10
Min Runs 250

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 AJ Strauss ENG 30 1113 230.28
6 N Hussain ENG 26 1010 208.97
7 KF Barrington ENG 23 989 204.62
8 ME Trescothick ENG 20 935 193.45
9 JM Bairstow ENG 22 915 189.31
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 ME Trescothick 20 2 935 3 51.94 59.85 300.00
1 ME Trescothick 20 2 935 3 51.94 59.85 300.00
2 JE Root 27 1 1210 2 46.54 55.68 279.08
3 KF Barrington 23 3 989 2 49.45 55.61 278.74
4 BA Stokes 26 0 1177 4 45.27 54.34 272.37
5 JM Bairstow 22 2 915 1 45.75 53.50 268.18
6 N Hussain 26 3 1010 3 43.91 51.13 256.28
7 MA Atherton 32 2 1315 3 43.83 50.63 253.78
8 KP Pietersen 18 0 817 3 45.39 46.38 232.44
9 AJ Stewart 39 2 1450 1 39.19 45.23 226.68
10 AJ Strauss 30 1 1113 3 38.38 41.29 206.96

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 70.32 100.00
1 BA Stokes 1177 1589 74.07 70.32 100.00
2 JM Bairstow 915 1360 67.28 64.02 91.04
3 KP Pietersen 817 1208 67.63 63.52 90.33
4 JE Root 1210 1923 62.92 59.79 85.03
5 ME Trescothick 935 1724 54.23 57.05 81.13
6 AJ Stewart 1450 2976 48.72 55.97 79.60
7 KF Barrington 15 40 37.50 NA 71.11
8 AJ Strauss 1113 2361 47.14 45.63 64.89
9 MA Atherton 1315 3672 35.81 41.64 59.22
10 N Hussain 1010 2802 36.05 40.63 57.78

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 72 133.00 300.00
1 BA Stokes 258 120 112 103 72 133.00 300.00
2 ME Trescothick 219 180 132 69* 59 131.80 297.29
3 MA Atherton 185* 108 103 99 98* 118.60 267.52
4 KP Pietersen 152 149 100 94 81 115.20 259.85
5 AJ Strauss 147 136 126 94* 58 112.20 253.08
6 N Hussain 146* 116 105 94 82 108.60 244.96
7 KF Barrington 148* 121 93 91 80 106.60 240.45
8 JE Root 190 110 78 76 73 105.40 237.74
9 AJ Stewart 164 95 89 86 81 103.00 232.33
10 JM Bairstow 150* 99 95 79 63 97.20 219.25

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 BA Stokes 243.52 272.37 100.00 300.00 915.88
2 ME Trescothick 193.45 300.00 81.13 297.29 871.87
3 MA Atherton 272.07 253.78 59.22 267.52 852.58
4 JE Root 250.34 279.08 85.03 237.74 852.20
5 AJ Stewart 300.00 226.68 79.60 232.33 838.61
6 KF Barrington 204.62 278.74 71.11 240.45 794.92
7 N Hussain 208.97 256.28 57.78 244.96 768.00
8 JM Bairstow 189.31 268.18 91.04 219.25 767.78
9 AJ Strauss 230.28 206.96 64.89 253.08 755.21
10 KP Pietersen 169.03 232.44 90.33 259.85 751.66

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
    8. .

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

Leave a Comment