Top 10 English Batsmen Vs West Indies In Test Cricket

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 West Indies in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS

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)	WI

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

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	AN Cook	ENG	35	1739	236.60
5	TW Graveney	ENG	31	1532	208.44
6	JE Root	ENG	29	1513	205.85
7	AJ Strauss	ENG	32	1408	191.56
8	BA Stokes	ENG	31	1339	182.18
9	DL Amiss	ENG	18	1130	153.74
10	KP Pietersen	ENG	21	1124	152.93

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	71.80	300.00
1	DL Amiss	18	2	1130	4	70.63	71.80	300.00
2	TW Graveney	31	5	1532	5	58.92	60.77	253.92
3	JE Root	29	2	1513	6	56.04	58.83	245.80
4	AN Cook	35	5	1739	6	57.97	57.07	238.45
5	MC Cowdrey	36	2	1751	6	51.50	54.89	229.35
6	KP Pietersen	21	1	1124	3	56.20	54.74	228.73
7	GA Gooch	51	2	2197	5	44.84	50.92	212.75
8	BA Stokes	31	3	1339	3	47.82	50.19	209.72
9	G Boycott	53	5	2205	5	45.94	49.52	206.92
10	AJ Strauss	32	3	1408	6	48.55	46.75	195.33

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	250.00
1	DL Amiss	262*	203	174	118	86*	168.60	250.00
2	TW Graveney	258	165	164	118	109	162.80	241.40
3	AN Cook	243	160	139*	106	105	150.60	223.31
4	AJ Strauss	169	142	142	141	137	146.20	216.79
5	JE Root	182*	153	136	122	122	143.00	212.04
6	GA Gooch	154*	153	146	123	116	138.40	205.22
7	MC Cowdrey	154	152	148	119	114	137.40	203.74
8	KP Pietersen	226	109	102	97	80	122.80	182.09
9	G Boycott	128	116	112	106	104*	113.20	167.85
10	BA Stokes	176	120	100	79	79	110.80	164.29

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	73.36	150.00
1	KP Pietersen	1124	1599	70.29	68.01	139.07
2	BA Stokes	1339	2126	62.98	61.41	125.56
3	JE Root	1513	2458	61.55	60.08	122.84
4	GA Gooch	2197	4568	48.10	51.15	104.59
5	DL Amiss	1130	2528	44.70	50.05	102.34
6	AJ Strauss	1408	2730	51.58	49.57	101.37
7	AN Cook	1739	3528	49.29	47.86	97.86
8	TW Graveney	561	1430	39.23	45.76	93.57
9	MC Cowdrey	432	1226	35.24	41.02	83.88
10	G Boycott	1888	5243	36.01	40.06	81.92

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	GA Gooch	298.91	212.75	205.22	104.59	821.48
2	DL Amiss	153.74	300.00	250.00	102.34	806.09
3	TW Graveney	208.44	253.92	241.40	93.57	797.32
4	AN Cook	236.60	238.45	223.31	97.86	796.21
5	JE Root	205.85	245.80	212.04	122.84	786.53
6	G Boycott	300.00	206.92	167.85	81.92	756.69
7	MC Cowdrey	238.23	229.35	203.74	83.88	755.19
8	AJ Strauss	191.56	195.33	216.79	101.37	705.04
9	KP Pietersen	152.93	228.73	182.09	139.07	702.81
10	BA Stokes	182.18	209.72	164.29	125.56	681.75