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Top 10 English Batsmen Vs West Indies 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 West Indies 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) WI

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 G Boycott ENG 53 2205 300.00
1 G Boycott ENG 53 2205 300.00
2 GA Gooch ENG 51 2197 298.91
3 MC Cowdrey ENG 36 1751 238.23
4 GP Thorpe ENG 47 1740 236.73
5 AN Cook ENG 35 1739 236.60
6 TW Graveney ENG 31 1532 208.44
7 JE Root ENG 29 1513 205.85
8 AJ Strauss ENG 32 1408 191.56
9 RA Smith ENG 35 1333 181.36
10 DL Amiss ENG 18 1130 153.74

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 DL Amiss 18 2 1130 4 70.63 65.78 300.00
1 DL Amiss 18 2 1130 4 70.63 65.78 300.00
2 TW Graveney 31 5 1532 5 58.92 64.74 295.24
3 JE Root 29 2 1513 6 56.04 55.57 253.40
4 GA Gooch 51 2 2197 5 44.84 54.90 250.36
5 RA Smith 35 5 1333 3 44.43 54.77 249.77
6 MC Cowdrey 36 2 1751 6 51.50 54.22 247.27
7 AN Cook 35 5 1739 6 57.97 50.72 231.31
8 GP Thorpe 47 6 1740 3 42.44 48.55 221.41
9 G Boycott 53 5 2205 5 45.94 48.15 219.57
10 AJ Strauss 32 3 1408 6 48.55 42.74 194.92

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 MJ Prior 774 1023 75.66 70.15 100.00
1 JE Root 1513 2458 61.55 58.47 83.35
2 DL Amiss 1130 2528 44.70 57.25 81.61
3 GA Gooch 2197 4568 48.10 54.48 77.66
4 TW Graveney 561 1430 39.23 52.19 74.40
5 AJ Strauss 1408 2730 51.58 48.32 68.88
6 RA Smith 1333 3099 43.01 47.56 67.79
7 GP Thorpe 1740 4031 43.17 47.30 67.42
8 MC Cowdrey 432 1226 35.24 45.77 65.24
9 AN Cook 1739 3528 49.29 45.69 65.13
10 G Boycott 1888 5243 36.01 44.38 63.27

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 DL Amiss 262* 203 174 118 86* 168.60 300.00
1 DL Amiss 262* 203 174 118 86* 168.60 300.00
2 TW Graveney 258 165 164 118 109 162.80 289.68
3 AN Cook 243 160 139* 106 105 150.60 267.97
4 AJ Strauss 169 142 142 141 137 146.20 260.14
5 JE Root 182* 153 136 122 122 143.00 254.45
6 GA Gooch 154* 153 146 123 116 138.40 246.26
7 MC Cowdrey 154 152 148 119 114 137.40 244.48
8 RA Smith 175 148* 109 90 84 121.20 215.66
9 G Boycott 128 116 112 106 104* 113.20 201.42
10 GP Thorpe 119* 114 103 94 90 104.00 185.05

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 GA Gooch 298.91 250.36 77.66 246.26 873.19
2 TW Graveney 208.44 295.24 74.40 289.68 867.76
3 DL Amiss 153.74 300.00 81.61 300.00 835.35
4 AN Cook 236.60 231.31 65.13 267.97 801.01
5 JE Root 205.85 253.40 83.35 254.45 797.05
6 MC Cowdrey 238.23 247.27 65.24 244.48 795.22
7 G Boycott 300.00 219.57 63.27 201.42 784.26
8 AJ Strauss 191.56 194.92 68.88 260.14 715.51
9 RA Smith 181.36 249.77 67.79 215.66 714.58
10 GP Thorpe 236.73 221.41 67.42 185.05 710.62

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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