Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen In Tests In Australia

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 New Zealand in Australia in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

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)	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
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
Min Career Runs	1000

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	74.46	300.00
1	MD Crowe	15	2	870	2	66.92	74.46	300.00
2	AC Parore	11	4	379	1	54.14	60.73	244.70
3	AH Jones	12	0	647	2	53.92	60.02	241.83
4	MJ Greatbatch	8	1	289	1	41.29	49.07	197.69
5	NJ Astle	15	2	567	1	43.62	45.81	184.58
6	KS Williamson	14	1	557	2	42.85	44.65	179.92
7	LRPL Taylor	20	1	793	1	41.74	44.22	178.16
8	CL Cairns	16	1	474	0	31.60	35.39	142.58
9	JG Wright	19	0	558	0	29.37	33.67	135.65
10	SP Fleming	15	0	439	1	29.27	30.74	123.86

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	250.00
1	MD Crowe	188	137	82	79	71	111.40	250.00
2	LRPL Taylor	290	80	75	56	44	109.00	244.61
3	AH Jones	150	143	64	56	47	92.00	206.46
4	KS Williamson	166	140	59	34	34	86.60	194.34
5	SP Fleming	105	91	83	71	57	81.40	182.68
6	NJ Astle	156*	66	52	49	40	72.60	162.93
7	CL Cairns	78	64	61	52	43	59.60	133.75
8	AC Parore	110	63	44	41	39*	59.40	133.30
9	MJ Greatbatch	146*	76	35	18	12	57.40	128.82
10	JG Wright	99	46	45	44	43	55.40	124.33

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	59.56	150.00
1	KS Williamson	557	867	64.24	59.56	150.00
2	LRPL Taylor	793	1280	61.95	58.00	146.08
3	CL Cairns	474	859	55.18	55.17	138.94
4	MD Crowe	870	1833	47.46	51.46	129.59
5	NJ Astle	567	1112	50.99	48.96	123.31
6	AH Jones	647	1565	41.34	43.95	110.70
7	AC Parore	379	856	44.28	43.25	108.94
8	SP Fleming	439	1001	43.86	42.11	106.06
9	MJ Greatbatch	289	770	37.53	39.92	100.54
10	JG Wright	558	1679	33.23	36.76	92.58

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	MD Crowe	300.00	300.00	250.00	129.59	979.59
2	LRPL Taylor	273.45	178.16	244.61	146.08	842.30
3	AH Jones	223.10	241.83	206.46	110.70	782.10
4	KS Williamson	192.07	179.92	194.34	150.00	716.33
5	NJ Astle	195.52	184.58	162.93	123.31	666.34
6	AC Parore	130.69	244.70	133.30	108.94	617.63
7	CL Cairns	163.45	142.58	133.75	138.94	578.73
8	SP Fleming	151.38	123.86	182.68	106.06	563.97
9	JG Wright	192.41	135.65	124.33	92.58	544.97
10	MJ Greatbatch	99.66	197.69	128.82	100.54	526.70