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Top 10 New Zealand Test Batsmen Vs India 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 India 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) IND

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 BB McCullum NZ 9 767 300.00
1 BB McCullum NZ 9 767 300.00
2 JG Wright NZ 9 576 225.29
3 GT Dowling NZ 8 471 184.22
4 BE Congdon NZ 12 458 179.14
5 MG Burgess NZ 12 434 169.75
6 LRPL Taylor NZ 10 430 168.19
7 DL Vettori NZ 10 371 145.11
8 CD McMillan NZ 7 305 119.30
9 KS Williamson NZ 7 267 104.43
10 SP Fleming NZ 9 263 102.87

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 BB McCullum 9 0 767 3 85.22 78.53 300.00
1 BB McCullum 9 0 767 3 85.22 78.53 300.00
2 JG Wright 9 2 576 3 82.29 67.71 258.68
3 GT Dowling 8 0 471 2 58.88 60.89 232.64
4 CD McMillan 7 1 305 0 50.83 46.91 179.21
5 LRPL Taylor 10 1 430 2 47.78 46.47 177.51
6 DL Vettori 10 2 371 1 46.38 43.92 167.78
7 BE Congdon 12 1 458 0 41.64 41.04 156.77
8 KS Williamson 7 0 267 1 38.14 35.78 136.68
9 MG Burgess 12 0 434 0 36.17 35.65 136.18
10 SP Fleming 9 0 263 0 29.22 26.65 101.80

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 CD McMillan 305 448 68.08 72.55 100.00
1 CD McMillan 305 448 68.08 72.55 100.00
2 GT Dowling 239 519 46.05 58.21 80.24
3 DL Vettori 371 654 56.73 56.41 77.76
4 BB McCullum 767 1242 61.76 55.90 77.05
5 LRPL Taylor 430 733 58.66 53.94 74.35
6 KS Williamson 267 480 55.63 50.60 69.75
7 BE Congdon 28 93 30.11 NA 68.92
8 MG Burgess 26 84 30.95 NA 68.92
9 SP Fleming 263 600 43.83 47.19 65.05
10 JG Wright 576 1598 36.05 40.40 55.68

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 BB McCullum 302 224 115 84 24 149.80 300.00
1 BB McCullum 302 224 115 84 24 149.80 300.00
2 JG Wright 185 113* 110 74 33* 103.00 206.28
3 GT Dowling 239 143 37 15 14 89.60 179.44
4 LRPL Taylor 151 107 44 42 41 77.00 154.21
5 MG Burgess 95 66 60 50 39 62.00 124.17
6 DL Vettori 118 57 55 43* 24 59.40 118.96
7 CD McMillan 92 84 74* 24 18 58.40 116.96
8 BE Congdon 61* 58 58 54 54 57.00 114.15
9 KS Williamson 113 89 47 7 5 52.20 104.54
10 SP Fleming 92 42 32 25 21 42.40 84.91

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 BB McCullum 300.00 300.00 77.05 300.00 977.05
2 JG Wright 225.29 258.68 55.68 206.28 745.93
3 GT Dowling 184.22 232.64 80.24 179.44 676.53
4 LRPL Taylor 168.19 177.51 74.35 154.21 574.26
5 BE Congdon 179.14 156.77 68.92 114.15 518.98
6 CD McMillan 119.30 179.21 100.00 116.96 515.46
7 DL Vettori 145.11 167.78 77.76 118.96 509.61
8 MG Burgess 169.75 136.18 68.92 124.17 499.01
9 KS Williamson 104.43 136.68 69.75 104.54 415.40
10 SP Fleming 102.87 101.80 65.05 84.91 354.63

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
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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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