Best Kiwi Batsmen In Tests Against Australia In New Zealand

Top 10 New Zealand Test Batsmen Vs Australia In NZ

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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 against Australia in New Zealand 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) NZ
Oposition (O) AUS

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 JG Wright NZ 17 719 300.00
1 JG Wright NZ 17 719 300.00
2 GM Turner NZ 9 481 200.70
3 BB McCullum NZ 13 445 185.67
4 KR Rutherford NZ 11 425 177.33
5 JV Coney NZ 11 413 172.32
6 DL Vettori NZ 13 408 170.24
7 CL Cairns NZ 10 389 162.31
8 MD Crowe NZ 14 385 160.64
9 NJ Astle NZ 12 363 151.46
10 BE Congdon NZ 9 306 127.68

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 GM Turner 9 1 481 2 60.13 66.72 300.00
1 GM Turner 9 1 481 2 60.13 66.72 300.00
2 JG Wright 17 3 719 2 51.36 52.19 234.66
3 JV Coney 11 2 413 1 45.89 47.87 215.22
4 KR Rutherford 11 2 425 1 47.22 47.36 212.93
5 DL Vettori 13 3 408 0 40.80 46.65 209.77
6 CL Cairns 10 0 389 1 38.90 44.39 199.59
7 BE Congdon 9 1 306 2 38.25 42.44 190.85
8 NJ Astle 12 1 363 0 33.00 38.67 173.86
9 BB McCullum 13 0 445 2 34.23 37.65 169.30
10 MD Crowe 14 1 385 1 29.62 30.33 136.37

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 BB McCullum 445 622 71.54 69.56 100.00
1 BB McCullum 445 622 71.54 69.56 100.00
2 DL Vettori 408 613 66.56 68.23 98.09
3 CL Cairns 389 649 59.94 67.45 96.96
4 NJ Astle 363 668 54.34 57.73 82.99
5 JV Coney 413 880 46.93 54.23 77.96
6 MD Crowe 385 840 45.83 51.29 73.73
7 GM Turner 481 1262 38.11 47.59 68.42
8 BE Congdon 306 815 37.55 46.89 67.40
9 KR Rutherford 425 1003 42.37 46.76 67.23
10 JG Wright 719 2166 33.19 37.00 53.19

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 JG Wright 141 117* 72 59 56 89.00 300.00
1 JG Wright 141 117* 72 59 56 89.00 300.00
2 GM Turner 110* 101 79 72 41 80.60 271.69
3 JV Coney 101* 98 93 73 15 76.00 256.18
4 BB McCullum 145 104 51 29 25 70.80 238.65
5 KR Rutherford 102 65 57 53* 50* 65.40 220.45
6 CL Cairns 109 71 69 37 35 64.20 216.40
7 MD Crowe 137 98 31 25 23* 62.80 211.69
8 BE Congdon 132 107* 25 23 8 59.00 198.88
9 DL Vettori 77 65 46 45 41* 54.80 184.72
10 NJ Astle 74 69 61 35 31 54.00 182.02

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 JG Wright 300.00 234.66 53.19 300.00 887.86
2 GM Turner 200.70 300.00 68.42 271.69 840.80
3 JV Coney 172.32 215.22 77.96 256.18 721.69
4 BB McCullum 185.67 169.30 100.00 238.65 693.63
5 KR Rutherford 177.33 212.93 67.23 220.45 677.94
6 CL Cairns 162.31 199.59 96.96 216.40 675.26
7 DL Vettori 170.24 209.77 98.09 184.72 662.81
8 NJ Astle 151.46 173.86 82.99 182.02 590.33
9 BE Congdon 127.68 190.85 67.40 198.88 584.81
10 MD Crowe 160.64 136.37 73.73 211.69 582.43

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
    8. .

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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