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Top 7 English Test Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka 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 7 batsmen from England against Sri Lanka 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) SL

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 AN Cook ENG 18 855 300.00
1 AN Cook ENG 18 855 300.00
2 JE Root ENG 14 721 252.98
3 ME Trescothick ENG 10 542 190.18
4 KP Pietersen ENG 9 522 183.16
5 IR Bell ENG 8 468 164.21
6 AJ Stewart ENG 8 353 123.86
7 MM Ali ENG 8 351 123.16

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 8 3 468 2 93.60 92.38 300.00
1 IR Bell 8 3 468 2 93.60 92.38 300.00
2 JE Root 14 2 721 3 60.08 60.39 196.12
3 ME Trescothick 10 1 542 2 60.22 58.74 190.76
4 MM Ali 8 2 351 2 58.50 58.16 188.85
5 AJ Stewart 8 2 353 2 58.83 57.45 186.56
6 KP Pietersen 9 0 522 2 58.00 56.99 185.06
7 AN Cook 18 3 855 2 57.00 56.31 182.84

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 JE Root 200* 143 103 80 62* 117.60 250.00
1 JE Root 200* 143 103 80 62* 117.60 250.00
2 AN Cook 133 106 96 89 85 101.80 216.41
3 KP Pietersen 158 142 85 72 41 99.60 211.73
4 ME Trescothick 161 106 81 76 31 91.00 193.45
5 IR Bell 119* 103* 64 57* 56 79.80 169.64
6 MM Ali 155* 108* 48 25 9 69.00 146.68
7 AJ Stewart 123 113* 43 32 26* 67.40 143.28

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 522 720 72.50 68.40 150.00
1 KP Pietersen 522 720 72.50 68.40 150.00
2 IR Bell 468 689 67.92 63.81 139.93
3 JE Root 721 1174 61.41 56.62 124.18
4 ME Trescothick 542 922 58.79 55.70 122.15
5 MM Ali 351 692 50.72 47.70 104.61
6 AN Cook 855 1754 48.75 45.91 100.69
7 AJ Stewart 353 815 43.31 42.88 94.04

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 JE Root 252.98 196.12 250.00 124.18 823.28
2 AN Cook 300.00 182.84 216.41 100.69 799.95
3 IR Bell 164.21 300.00 169.64 139.93 773.79
4 KP Pietersen 183.16 185.06 211.73 150.00 729.95
5 ME Trescothick 190.18 190.76 193.45 122.15 696.54
6 MM Ali 123.16 188.85 146.68 104.61 563.30
7 AJ Stewart 123.86 186.56 143.28 94.04 547.75

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