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Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen Vs India In Tests

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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 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) ALL
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 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS BB McCullum NZ 19 1224 300.00
1 BB McCullum NZ 19 1224 300.00
2 GT Dowling NZ 22 964 236.27
3 LRPL Taylor NZ 31 890 218.14
4 KS Williamson NZ 24 871 213.48
5 JG Wright NZ 15 804 197.06
6 CD McMillan NZ 14 647 158.58
7 JD Ryder NZ 10 601 147.30
8 GM Turner NZ 16 583 142.89
9 IDS Smith NZ 12 439 107.60
10 WA Young NZ 10 359 87.99

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 BB McCullum 19 1 1224 4 68.00 63.12 300.00
1 BB McCullum 19 1 1224 4 68.00 63.12 300.00
2 CD McMillan 14 3 647 1 58.82 60.67 288.37
3 WA Young 10 1 359 0 39.89 59.15 281.14
4 JD Ryder 10 0 601 3 60.10 56.59 268.97
5 JG Wright 15 2 804 3 61.85 56.25 267.35
6 GT Dowling 22 2 964 3 48.20 49.55 235.50
7 IDS Smith 12 2 439 1 43.90 43.37 206.13
8 GM Turner 16 1 583 2 38.87 42.80 203.41
9 KS Williamson 24 1 871 2 37.87 38.63 183.61
10 LRPL Taylor 31 2 890 3 30.69 32.28 153.43

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 CD McMillan 647 1064 60.81 68.15 100.00
1 IDS Smith 439 571 76.88 88.24 100.00
2 CD McMillan 647 1064 60.81 68.15 100.00
3 GT Dowling 239 519 46.05 60.16 88.28
4 BB McCullum 1224 2013 60.80 57.92 84.98
5 LRPL Taylor 890 1584 56.19 56.10 82.31
6 JD Ryder 601 1053 57.08 54.64 80.16
7 WA Young 359 730 49.18 50.88 74.65
8 GM Turner 0 0 NK NA 73.36
9 KS Williamson 871 1997 43.62 43.46 63.77
10 JG Wright 804 2279 35.28 40.30 59.13

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 302 225 224 115 84 190.00 300.00
1 BB McCullum 302 225 224 115 84 190.00 300.00
2 GT Dowling 239 143 129 69 60 128.00 202.11
3 JG Wright 185 113* 110 74 62 108.80 171.79
4 JD Ryder 201 103 102 70 59 107.00 168.95
5 KS Williamson 131 113 89 75 69 95.40 150.63
6 LRPL Taylor 151 113 107 56 47* 94.80 149.68
7 CD McMillan 100* 92 84 83* 74* 86.60 136.74
8 GM Turner 117 113 65 64 57 83.20 131.37
9 IDS Smith 173 79 54 30 25 72.20 114.00
10 WA Young 89 71 51 48* 33 58.40 92.21

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 84.98 300.00 984.98
2 GT Dowling 236.27 235.50 88.28 202.11 762.15
3 JG Wright 197.06 267.35 59.13 171.79 695.33
4 CD McMillan 158.58 288.37 100.00 136.74 683.68
5 JD Ryder 147.30 268.97 80.16 168.95 665.39
6 KS Williamson 213.48 183.61 63.77 150.63 611.49
7 LRPL Taylor 218.14 153.43 82.31 149.68 603.57
8 GM Turner 142.89 203.41 73.36 131.37 551.03
9 WA Young 87.99 281.14 74.65 92.21 535.99
10 IDS Smith 107.60 206.13 100.00 114.00 527.73

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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