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Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen Vs Australia In Tests

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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 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) ALL
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 10

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3 MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JG Wright NZ 1980 1993 1986.5 36 1277 300.00
1 JG Wright NZ 1980 1993 1986.5 36 1277 300.00
2 MD Crowe NZ 1982 1993 1987.5 29 1255 294.83
3 AH Jones NZ 1987 1993 1990 20 808 189.82
4 KR Rutherford NZ 1986 1993 1989.5 19 677 159.04
5 GM Turner NZ 1973 1977 1975 12 541 127.09
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS LRPL Taylor NZ 2008 2020 2014 24 999 280.00
1 LRPL Taylor NZ 2008 2020 2014 24 999 280.00
2 NJ Astle NZ 1997 2005 2001 27 930 260.66
3 CL Cairns NZ 1989 2001 1995 26 863 241.88
4 BB McCullum NZ 2004 2016 2010 30 834 233.75
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS KS Williamson NZ 2011 2024 2017.5 22 776 260.00
1 KS Williamson NZ 2011 2024 2017.5 22 776 260.00

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 500

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS GM Turner 12 1 541 2 49.18 53.58 300.00
1 GM Turner 12 1 541 2 49.18 53.58 300.00
2 MD Crowe 29 3 1255 3 48.27 51.64 289.12
3 LRPL Taylor 24 1 999 2 43.43 46.47 260.21
4 AH Jones 20 1 808 2 42.53 46.09 258.05
5 KR Rutherford 19 2 677 1 39.82 43.20 241.88
6 NJ Astle 27 3 930 1 38.75 42.29 236.79
7 JG Wright 36 3 1277 2 38.70 41.43 232.00
8 KS Williamson 22 1 776 2 36.95 39.86 223.22
9 CL Cairns 26 1 863 1 34.52 37.86 212.01
10 BB McCullum 30 1 834 2 28.76 30.40 170.23

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 188 137 137 98 82 128.40 250.00
1 MD Crowe 188 137 137 98 82 128.40 250.00
2 LRPL Taylor 290 138 80 75 56 127.80 248.83
3 KS Williamson 166 140 97 59 51 102.60 199.77
4 JG Wright 141 117* 99 72 59 97.60 190.03
5 BB McCullum 145 104 84* 80 51 92.80 180.69
6 AH Jones 150 143 64 56 47 92.00 179.13
7 NJ Astle 156* 74 69 66 61 85.20 165.89
8 GM Turner 110* 101 79 72 41 80.60 156.93
9 CL Cairns 109 78 71 69 64 78.20 152.26
10 KR Rutherford 102 86 65 57 55 73.00 142.13

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 500
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS LRPL Taylor 999 1490 67.05 65.43 150.00
1 LRPL Taylor 999 1490 67.05 65.43 150.00
2 BB McCullum 834 1281 65.11 63.33 145.18
3 CL Cairns 863 1508 57.23 58.38 133.83
4 KS Williamson 776 1373 56.52 54.59 125.14
5 NJ Astle 930 1780 52.25 51.91 119.00
6 MD Crowe 1255 2673 46.95 49.74 114.01
7 KR Rutherford 677 1473 45.96 48.75 111.76
8 GM Turner 541 1419 38.13 42.96 98.48
9 AH Jones 808 2104 38.40 40.54 92.94
10 JG Wright 1277 3845 33.21 35.25 80.80

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 294.83 289.12 250.00 114.01 947.97
2 LRPL Taylor 280.00 260.21 248.83 150.00 939.04
3 KS Williamson 260.00 223.22 199.77 125.14 808.12
4 JG Wright 300.00 232.00 190.03 80.80 802.83
5 NJ Astle 260.66 236.79 165.89 119.00 782.33
6 CL Cairns 241.88 212.01 152.26 133.83 739.98
7 BB McCullum 233.75 170.23 180.69 145.18 729.85
8 AH Jones 189.82 258.05 179.13 92.94 719.94
9 GM Turner 127.09 300.00 156.93 98.48 682.51
10 KR Rutherford 159.04 241.88 142.13 111.76 654.81

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