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Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen Vs England 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 England 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) 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 10

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JG Wright NZ 43 1518 300.00
1 JG Wright NZ 43 1518 300.00
2 MD Crowe NZ 38 1421 280.83
3 KS Williamson NZ 35 1390 274.70
4 LRPL Taylor NZ 35 1272 251.38
5 BE Congdon NZ 41 1143 225.89
6 BB McCullum NZ 30 1041 205.73
7 DJ Mitchell NZ 18 956 188.93
8 TA Blundell NZ 17 897 177.27
9 NJ Astle NZ 24 817 161.46
10 BJ Watling NZ 17 794 156.92

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 TA Blundell 17 2 897 3 59.80 65.79 300.00
1 TA Blundell 17 2 897 3 59.80 65.79 300.00
2 DJ Mitchell 18 2 956 3 59.75 65.45 298.45
3 BJ Watling 17 2 794 2 52.93 56.67 258.42
4 KS Williamson 35 2 1390 5 42.12 45.66 208.20
5 LRPL Taylor 35 4 1272 3 41.03 43.24 197.17
6 MD Crowe 38 3 1421 5 40.60 41.29 188.30
7 JG Wright 43 2 1518 4 37.02 38.47 175.43
8 NJ Astle 24 2 817 3 37.14 38.18 174.11
9 BB McCullum 30 1 1041 0 35.90 37.70 171.90
10 BE Congdon 41 1 1143 3 28.58 32.02 146.01

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 156 132 132 104* 102 125.20 250.00
1 KS Williamson 156 132 132 104* 102 125.20 250.00
2 MD Crowe 143 142 115 106 100 121.20 242.01
3 BE Congdon 176 175 104 66 64 117.00 233.63
4 JG Wright 130 119 116 103 99 113.40 226.44
5 DJ Mitchell 190 109 108 84 73 112.80 225.24
6 NJ Astle 222 102* 101 65 64 110.80 221.25
7 TA Blundell 138 115 106 96 90 109.00 217.65
8 LRPL Taylor 154* 120 105* 80 74 106.60 212.86
9 BJ Watling 205 120 85 61* 60 106.20 212.06
10 BB McCullum 97 96 85 74 71 84.60 168.93

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 BB McCullum 1041 1417 73.47 70.83 150.00
1 BB McCullum 1041 1417 73.47 70.83 150.00
2 NJ Astle 817 1300 62.85 62.53 132.42
3 LRPL Taylor 1272 2147 59.25 57.30 121.34
4 TA Blundell 897 1523 58.90 55.66 117.87
5 DJ Mitchell 956 1864 51.29 48.51 102.73
6 MD Crowe 1421 3340 42.54 44.80 94.87
7 KS Williamson 1390 3012 46.15 44.53 94.30
8 BJ Watling 794 1757 45.19 44.10 93.38
9 BE Congdon 905 2722 33.25 38.39 81.30
10 JG Wright 1518 4354 34.86 37.55 79.51

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 274.70 208.20 250.00 94.30 827.20
2 DJ Mitchell 188.93 298.45 225.24 102.73 815.36
3 TA Blundell 177.27 300.00 217.65 117.87 812.80
4 MD Crowe 280.83 188.30 242.01 94.87 806.01
5 LRPL Taylor 251.38 197.17 212.86 121.34 782.76
6 JG Wright 300.00 175.43 226.44 79.51 781.38
7 BJ Watling 156.92 258.42 212.06 93.38 720.78
8 BB McCullum 205.73 171.90 168.93 150.00 696.57
9 NJ Astle 161.46 174.11 221.25 132.42 689.24
10 BE Congdon 225.89 146.01 233.63 81.30 686.83

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