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Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen In Tests In Australia

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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 New Zealand in Australia 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) NZ
Venue (V) AUS
Oposition (O) ALL

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 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS MD Crowe NZ 15 870 300.00
1 MD Crowe NZ 15 870 300.00
2 LRPL Taylor NZ 20 793 273.45
3 AH Jones NZ 12 647 223.10
4 NJ Astle NZ 15 567 195.52
5 JG Wright NZ 19 558 192.41
6 KS Williamson NZ 14 557 192.07
7 CL Cairns NZ 16 474 163.45
8 SP Fleming NZ 15 439 151.38
9 AC Parore NZ 11 379 130.69
10 MJ Greatbatch NZ 8 289 99.66

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 MD Crowe 15 2 870 2 66.92 74.36 300.00
1 MD Crowe 15 2 870 2 66.92 74.36 300.00
2 AC Parore 11 4 379 1 54.14 69.57 280.70
3 AH Jones 12 0 647 2 53.92 59.75 241.07
4 NJ Astle 15 2 567 1 43.62 54.87 221.39
5 KS Williamson 14 1 557 2 42.85 48.02 193.75
6 LRPL Taylor 20 1 793 1 41.74 47.09 190.01
7 MJ Greatbatch 8 1 289 1 41.29 45.54 183.72
8 CL Cairns 16 1 474 0 31.60 38.58 155.64
9 SP Fleming 15 0 439 1 29.27 36.82 148.55
10 JG Wright 19 0 558 0 29.37 33.79 136.33

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 KS Williamson 557 867 64.24 62.24 100.00
1 KS Williamson 557 867 64.24 62.24 100.00
2 CL Cairns 474 859 55.18 61.04 98.07
3 LRPL Taylor 793 1280 61.95 60.50 97.20
4 NJ Astle 567 1112 50.99 55.57 89.28
5 MD Crowe 870 1833 47.46 51.73 83.11
6 AC Parore 379 856 44.28 49.19 79.03
7 SP Fleming 439 1001 43.86 47.79 76.79
8 AH Jones 647 1565 41.34 44.96 72.23
9 MJ Greatbatch 289 770 37.53 41.35 66.43
10 JG Wright 558 1679 33.23 37.05 59.52

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 MD Crowe 188 137 82 79 71 111.40 300.00
1 MD Crowe 188 137 82 79 71 111.40 300.00
2 LRPL Taylor 290 80 75 56 44 109.00 293.54
3 AH Jones 150 143 64 56 47 92.00 247.76
4 KS Williamson 166 140 59 34 34 86.60 233.21
5 SP Fleming 105 91 83 71 57 81.40 219.21
6 NJ Astle 156* 66 52 49 40 72.60 195.51
7 CL Cairns 78 64 61 52 43 59.60 160.50
8 AC Parore 110 63 44 41 39* 59.40 159.96
9 MJ Greatbatch 146* 76 35 18 12 57.40 154.58
10 JG Wright 99 46 45 44 43 55.40 149.19

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 MD Crowe 300.00 300.00 83.11 300.00 983.11
2 LRPL Taylor 273.45 190.01 97.20 293.54 854.19
3 AH Jones 223.10 241.07 72.23 247.76 784.15
4 KS Williamson 192.07 193.75 100.00 233.21 719.04
5 NJ Astle 195.52 221.39 89.28 195.51 701.69
6 AC Parore 130.69 280.70 79.03 159.96 650.39
7 SP Fleming 151.38 148.55 76.79 219.21 595.93
8 CL Cairns 163.45 155.64 98.07 160.50 577.66
9 JG Wright 192.41 136.33 59.52 149.19 537.46
10 MJ Greatbatch 99.66 183.72 66.43 154.58 504.39

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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