Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen In Tests In England

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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 England in Test cricket.

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

TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) NZ
Venue (V) ENG
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

PROLIFIC


CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS MD Crowe NZ 23 845 300.00
1 MD Crowe NZ 23 845 300.00
2 BE Congdon NZ 23 726 257.75
3 JG Wright NZ 21 714 253.49
4 LRPL Taylor NZ 20 708 251.36
5 SP Fleming NZ 19 644 228.64
6 V Pollard NZ 16 621 220.47
7 BB McCullum NZ 20 581 206.27
8 DJ Mitchell NZ 7 544 193.14
9 DP Conway NZ 12 530 188.17
10 TA Blundell NZ 7 417 148.05

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 DJ Mitchell 7 1 544 3 90.67 100.29 300.00
1 DJ Mitchell 7 1 544 3 90.67 100.29 300.00
2 TA Blundell 7 1 417 1 69.50 76.88 229.96
3 V Pollard 16 3 621 2 47.77 54.12 161.88
4 DP Conway 12 0 530 1 44.17 48.93 146.37
5 LRPL Taylor 20 3 708 1 41.65 45.49 136.07
6 MD Crowe 23 2 845 3 40.24 40.94 122.47
7 SP Fleming 19 2 644 1 37.88 38.62 115.53
8 BE Congdon 23 1 726 2 33.00 37.07 110.88
9 JG Wright 21 1 714 1 35.70 36.98 110.62
10 BB McCullum 20 0 581 0 29.05 31.14 93.16

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 DJ Mitchell 190 109 108 62* 56 105.00 250.00
1 DJ Mitchell 190 109 108 62* 56 105.00 250.00
2 BE Congdon 176 175 66 47 41 101.00 240.48
3 MD Crowe 142 115 106 70 59 98.40 234.29
4 JG Wright 119 98 93 88 62 92.00 219.05
5 DP Conway 200 80 54 52 46 86.40 205.71
5 LRPL Taylor 154* 80 70 66 62 86.40 205.71
7 V Pollard 116 105* 81* 62 55 83.80 199.52
8 SP Fleming 117 97 66* 54 45 75.80 180.48
8 TA Blundell 106 96 88* 55 34 75.80 180.48
10 BB McCullum 97 96 71 55 54 74.60 177.62

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 250
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS CL Cairns 343 450 76.22 74.84 150.00
1 BB McCullum 581 892 65.13 62.35 124.96
2 LRPL Taylor 708 1131 62.60 60.26 120.77
3 DP Conway 530 1055 50.24 47.72 95.64
4 V Pollard 340 823 41.31 47.64 95.47
5 DJ Mitchell 544 1089 49.95 46.59 93.38
6 MD Crowe 845 1887 44.78 46.48 93.16
7 TA Blundell 417 848 49.17 45.87 91.92
8 JG Wright 714 1805 39.56 41.74 83.65
9 SP Fleming 644 1599 40.28 40.14 80.44
10 BE Congdon 615 1834 33.53 38.45 77.06

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 DJ Mitchell 193.14 300.00 250.00 93.38 836.52
2 MD Crowe 300.00 122.47 234.29 93.16 749.92
3 LRPL Taylor 251.36 136.07 205.71 120.77 713.91
4 BE Congdon 257.75 110.88 240.48 77.06 686.17
5 V Pollard 220.47 161.88 199.52 95.47 677.35
6 JG Wright 253.49 110.62 219.05 83.65 666.81
7 TA Blundell 148.05 229.96 180.48 91.92 650.41
8 DP Conway 188.17 146.37 205.71 95.64 635.88
9 SP Fleming 228.64 115.53 180.48 80.44 605.08
10 BB McCullum 206.27 93.16 177.62 124.96 602.01


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