Top 7 New Zealand Batsmen In Tests In South Africa

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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 7 batsmen from New Zealand in South Africa in Test cricket.

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

TVO RATING

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

Team (T) NZ
Venue (V) SA
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 SP Fleming NZ 20 927 300.00
1 SP Fleming NZ 20 927 300.00
2 PGZ Harris NZ 10 284 91.91
3 DL Vettori NZ 9 270 87.38
4 JDP Oram NZ 8 242 78.32
5 PT Barton NZ 8 240 77.67
6 JEF Beck NZ 7 203 65.70
7 JEC Franklin NZ 7 191 61.81

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 SP Fleming 20 0 927 1 46.35 53.74 300.00
1 SP Fleming 20 0 927 1 46.35 53.74 300.00
2 DL Vettori 9 2 270 0 38.57 44.99 251.15
3 JEC Franklin 7 2 191 1 38.20 41.68 232.65
4 JEF Beck 7 0 203 0 29.00 41.48 231.52
5 JDP Oram 8 1 242 1 34.57 40.49 226.02
6 PT Barton 8 0 240 1 30.00 34.00 189.78
7 PGZ Harris 10 1 284 1 31.56 33.04 184.44

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 SP Fleming 262 99 79 57 54 110.20 250.00
1 SP Fleming 262 99 79 57 54 110.20 250.00
2 PGZ Harris 101 74 46 30 13 52.80 119.78
3 DL Vettori 81 60 46* 38 17* 48.40 109.80
4 JDP Oram 133 40 27 18 13 46.20 104.81
5 PT Barton 109 54 23 22 11 43.80 99.36
6 JEF Beck 99 48 21 16 12 39.20 88.93
7 JEC Franklin 122* 22 19 19 8 38.00 86.21

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 DL Vettori 270 377 71.62 67.22 150.00
1 DL Vettori 270 377 71.62 67.22 150.00
2 SP Fleming 927 1815 51.07 52.17 116.42
3 JEF Beck 0 0 NA NA 111.57
4 PGZ Harris 0 1 NA NA 111.57
5 PT Barton 0 0 NA NA 111.57
6 JDP Oram 242 476 50.84 47.76 106.57
7 JEC Franklin 191 425 44.94 41.25 92.05

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 BIP ATT TVO RAT
1 SP Fleming 300.00 300.00 250.00 116.42 966.42
2 DL Vettori 87.38 251.15 109.80 150.00 598.33
3 JDP Oram 78.32 226.02 104.81 106.57 515.72
4 PGZ Harris 91.91 184.44 119.78 111.57 507.70
5 JEF Beck 65.70 231.52 88.93 111.57 497.72
6 PT Barton 77.67 189.78 99.36 111.57 478.38
7 JEC Franklin 61.81 232.65 86.21 92.05 472.72


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