Top 10 New Zealand Test Batsmen Vs England In NZ

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 England in New Zealand in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS

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)	ENG

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

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	1978	1992	1985	22	804	280.00
1	JG Wright	NZ	1978	1992	1985	22	804	280.00
2	MD Crowe	NZ	1984	1992	1988	15	576	200.60

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	LRPL Taylor	NZ	2008	2019	2013.5	17	622	260.00
1	LRPL Taylor	NZ	2008	2019	2013.5	17	622	260.00
2	SP Fleming	NZ	1997	2008	2002.5	18	585	244.53
3	NJ Astle	NZ	1997	2002	1999.5	12	486	203.15
4	BB McCullum	NZ	2008	2013	2010.5	10	460	192.28

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	KS Williamson	NZ	2013	2024	2018.5	21	1033	300.00
1	KS Williamson	NZ	2013	2024	2018.5	21	1033	300.00
2	TWM Latham	NZ	2018	2024	2021	16	545	158.28
3	BJ Watling	NZ	2013	2019	2016	9	494	143.47
4	TA Blundell	NZ	2023	2024	2023.5	10	480	139.40

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	TA Blundell	10	1	480	2	53.33	58.45	300.00
1	TA Blundell	10	1	480	2	53.33	58.45	300.00
2	KS Williamson	21	2	1033	4	54.37	57.36	294.43
3	BJ Watling	9	0	494	1	54.89	56.26	288.76
4	BB McCullum	10	1	460	0	51.11	51.56	264.67
5	NJ Astle	12	2	486	2	48.60	49.75	255.36
6	LRPL Taylor	17	2	622	2	41.47	42.07	215.94
7	MD Crowe	15	1	576	2	41.14	41.81	214.62
8	JG Wright	22	1	804	3	38.29	39.89	204.77
9	TWM Latham	16	0	545	1	34.06	36.45	187.11
10	SP Fleming	18	0	585	1	32.50	33.05	169.65

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	KS Williamson	156	132	104*	102	93	117.40	250.00
1	KS Williamson	156	132	104*	102	93	117.40	250.00
2	JG Wright	130	116	103	99	55	100.60	214.22
3	NJ Astle	222	102*	65	36	15	88.00	187.39
4	BJ Watling	205	85	60	55	31	87.20	185.69
5	TA Blundell	138	115	90	44*	38	85.00	181.01
6	LRPL Taylor	120	105*	74	55	53	81.40	173.34
7	MD Crowe	143	100	56	48	45	78.40	166.95
8	SP Fleming	129	66	66	62	59	76.40	162.69
9	TWM Latham	105	83	83	63	47	76.20	162.27
10	BB McCullum	85	74	69	67*	51	69.20	147.36

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	460	525	87.62	85.72	150.00
1	BB McCullum	460	525	87.62	85.72	150.00
2	NJ Astle	486	705	68.94	69.52	121.65
3	TA Blundell	480	675	71.11	67.83	118.70
4	LRPL Taylor	622	1153	53.95	52.82	92.43
5	KS Williamson	1033	2107	49.03	47.48	83.09
6	TWM Latham	545	1126	48.40	46.68	81.70
7	SP Fleming	585	1318	44.39	44.23	77.41
8	MD Crowe	576	1453	39.64	42.68	74.69
9	BJ Watling	494	1233	40.06	39.52	69.16
10	JG Wright	804	2549	31.54	34.65	60.64

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	KS Williamson	300.00	294.43	250.00	83.09	927.51
2	NJ Astle	203.15	255.36	187.39	121.65	767.56
3	JG Wright	280.00	204.77	214.22	60.64	759.64
4	BB McCullum	192.28	264.67	147.36	150.00	754.31
5	LRPL Taylor	260.00	215.94	173.34	92.43	741.71
6	TA Blundell	139.40	300.00	181.01	118.70	739.11
7	BJ Watling	143.47	288.76	185.69	69.16	687.08
8	MD Crowe	200.60	214.62	166.95	74.69	656.86
9	SP Fleming	244.53	169.65	162.69	77.41	654.28
10	TWM Latham	158.28	187.11	162.27	81.70	589.35