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Top 10 English Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka In Test Cricket

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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 Sri Lanka 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) SL

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 JE Root ENG 24 1376 300.00
1 JE Root ENG 24 1376 300.00
2 AN Cook ENG 28 1290 281.25
3 ME Trescothick ENG 22 957 208.65
4 KP Pietersen ENG 19 874 190.55
5 IR Bell ENG 17 812 177.03
6 MP Vaughan ENG 19 755 164.61
7 GP Thorpe ENG 16 699 152.40
8 JM Bairstow ENG 10 651 141.93
9 MA Butcher ENG 12 539 117.51
10 AJ Stewart ENG 16 536 116.86

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 JM Bairstow 10 2 651 3 81.38 77.95 300.00
1 JM Bairstow 10 2 651 3 81.38 77.95 300.00
2 JE Root 24 2 1376 6 62.55 59.06 227.29
3 IR Bell 17 3 812 2 58.00 56.13 216.03
4 GP Thorpe 16 2 699 2 49.93 55.22 212.53
5 KP Pietersen 19 2 874 3 51.41 53.59 206.23
6 AN Cook 28 4 1290 3 53.75 51.10 196.67
7 ME Trescothick 22 1 957 3 45.57 49.24 189.51
8 MA Butcher 12 0 539 2 44.92 47.74 183.73
9 MP Vaughan 19 1 755 2 41.94 47.40 182.41
10 AJ Stewart 16 3 536 2 41.23 40.44 155.62

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 KP Pietersen 874 1249 69.98 69.49 100.00
1 KP Pietersen 874 1249 69.98 69.49 100.00
2 JE Root 1376 2145 64.15 58.82 84.65
3 JM Bairstow 651 1039 62.66 58.18 83.72
4 IR Bell 812 1420 57.18 56.08 80.70
5 ME Trescothick 957 1896 50.47 54.88 78.98
6 MP Vaughan 755 1640 46.04 51.74 74.46
7 GP Thorpe 699 1654 42.26 48.00 69.08
8 AN Cook 1290 2808 45.94 44.01 63.33
9 MA Butcher 539 1383 38.97 43.80 63.03
10 AJ Stewart 536 1411 37.99 41.08 59.12

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 228 200* 186 143 124 176.20 300.00
1 JE Root 228 200* 186 143 124 176.20 300.00
2 KP Pietersen 158 151 142 85 72 121.60 207.04
3 AN Cook 133 118 106 96 94 109.40 186.27
4 ME Trescothick 161 122 106 81 76 109.20 185.93
5 JM Bairstow 167* 140 110 48 47 102.40 174.35
6 IR Bell 119* 103* 83 74 64 88.60 150.85
7 MP Vaughan 115 105 87 64 61 86.40 147.11
8 MA Butcher 123 105 94 54 51 85.40 145.40
9 GP Thorpe 123 113* 65 59 57 83.40 142.00
10 AJ Stewart 123 113* 63 54 43 79.20 134.85

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 JE Root 300.00 227.29 84.65 300.00 911.94
2 AN Cook 281.25 196.67 63.33 186.27 727.51
3 KP Pietersen 190.55 206.23 100.00 207.04 703.82
4 JM Bairstow 141.93 300.00 83.72 174.35 700.00
5 ME Trescothick 208.65 189.51 78.98 185.93 663.06
6 IR Bell 177.03 216.03 80.70 150.85 624.61
7 GP Thorpe 152.40 212.53 69.08 142.00 576.00
8 MP Vaughan 164.61 182.41 74.46 147.11 568.59
9 MA Butcher 117.51 183.73 63.03 145.40 509.68
10 AJ Stewart 116.86 155.62 59.12 134.85 466.45

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
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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

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