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). 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 against Australia in New Zealand in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
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) 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
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 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 RJ Hadlee NZ 16 395 164.81
8 CL Cairns NZ 10 389 162.31
9 MD Crowe NZ 14 385 160.64
10 NJ Astle NZ 12 363 151.46

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 65.85 300.00
1 GM Turner 9 1 481 2 60.13 65.85 300.00
2 JG Wright 17 3 719 2 51.36 54.86 249.92
3 KR Rutherford 11 2 425 1 47.22 50.23 228.84
4 JV Coney 11 2 413 1 45.89 48.87 222.65
5 DL Vettori 13 3 408 0 40.80 44.35 202.06
6 CL Cairns 10 0 389 1 38.90 42.94 195.60
7 NJ Astle 12 1 363 0 33.00 36.72 167.28
8 BB McCullum 13 0 445 2 34.23 36.40 165.84
9 MD Crowe 14 1 385 1 29.62 31.47 143.38
10 RJ Hadlee 16 2 395 0 28.21 30.26 137.86

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 JG Wright 141 117* 72 59 56 89.00 250.00
1 JG Wright 141 117* 72 59 56 89.00 250.00
2 GM Turner 110* 101 79 72 41 80.60 226.40
3 JV Coney 101* 98 93 73 15 76.00 213.48
4 BB McCullum 145 104 51 29 25 70.80 198.88
5 KR Rutherford 102 65 57 53* 50* 65.40 183.71
6 CL Cairns 109 71 69 37 35 64.20 180.34
7 MD Crowe 137 98 31 25 23* 62.80 176.40
8 DL Vettori 77 65 46 45 41* 54.80 153.93
9 RJ Hadlee 81 72* 44 40 33 54.00 151.69
9 NJ Astle 74 69 61 35 31 54.00 151.69

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 69.69 150.00
1 BB McCullum 445 622 71.54 69.69 150.00
2 DL Vettori 408 613 66.56 65.22 140.38
3 RJ Hadlee 395 674 58.61 64.50 138.82
4 CL Cairns 389 649 59.94 61.18 131.69
5 NJ Astle 363 668 54.34 53.64 115.45
6 JV Coney 413 880 46.93 51.34 110.51
7 MD Crowe 385 840 45.83 49.19 105.88
8 KR Rutherford 425 1003 42.37 45.49 97.92
9 GM Turner 481 1262 38.11 43.16 92.90
10 JG Wright 719 2166 33.19 35.68 76.79

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 JG Wright 300.00 249.92 250.00 76.79 876.71
2 GM Turner 200.70 300.00 226.40 92.90 820.00
3 JV Coney 172.32 222.65 213.48 110.51 718.97
4 BB McCullum 185.67 165.84 198.88 150.00 700.39
5 KR Rutherford 177.33 228.84 183.71 97.92 687.81
6 CL Cairns 162.31 195.60 180.34 131.69 669.93
7 DL Vettori 170.24 202.06 153.93 140.38 666.61
8 RJ Hadlee 164.81 137.86 151.69 138.82 593.19
9 MD Crowe 160.64 143.38 176.40 105.88 586.31
10 NJ Astle 151.46 167.28 151.69 115.45 585.88

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