Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen Vs India In Tests

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 India 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)	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
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

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	MG Burgess	NZ	24	725	177.70
7	CD McMillan	NZ	14	647	158.58
8	JD Ryder	NZ	10	601	147.30
9	GM Turner	NZ	16	583	142.89
10	IDS Smith	NZ	12	439	107.60

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	70.99	300.00
1	BB McCullum	19	1	1224	4	68.00	70.99	300.00
2	JG Wright	15	2	804	3	61.85	63.21	267.11
3	JD Ryder	10	0	601	3	60.10	62.40	263.69
4	CD McMillan	14	3	647	1	58.82	59.78	252.63
5	GT Dowling	22	2	964	3	48.20	52.12	220.25
6	IDS Smith	12	2	439	1	43.90	45.19	190.96
7	GM Turner	16	1	583	2	38.87	42.70	180.44
8	KS Williamson	24	1	871	2	37.87	41.08	173.58
9	LRPL Taylor	31	2	890	3	30.69	33.57	141.85
10	MG Burgess	24	0	725	0	30.21	32.93	139.15

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	250.00
1	BB McCullum	302	225	224	115	84	190.00	250.00
2	GT Dowling	239	143	129	69	60	128.00	168.42
3	JG Wright	185	113*	110	74	62	108.80	143.16
4	JD Ryder	201	103	102	70	59	107.00	140.79
5	KS Williamson	131	113	89	75	69	95.40	125.53
6	LRPL Taylor	151	113	107	56	47*	94.80	124.74
7	CD McMillan	100*	92	84	83*	74*	86.60	113.95
8	GM Turner	117	113	65	64	57	83.20	109.47
9	MG Burgess	95	89	66	60	54	72.80	95.79
10	IDS Smith	173	79	54	30	25	72.20	95.00

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	63.38	150.00
1	IDS Smith	439	571	76.88	83.43	150.00
2	CD McMillan	647	1064	60.81	63.38	150.00
3	BB McCullum	1224	2013	60.80	60.34	142.80
4	JD Ryder	601	1053	57.08	56.92	134.72
5	LRPL Taylor	890	1584	56.19	55.64	131.68
6	GT Dowling	239	519	46.05	55.02	130.21
7	GM Turner	0	0	NA	NA	118.34
8	MG Burgess	26	84	NA	NA	118.34
9	KS Williamson	871	1997	43.62	43.37	102.64
10	JG Wright	804	2279	35.28	38.32	90.70

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	BB McCullum	300.00	300.00	250.00	142.80	992.80
2	GT Dowling	236.27	220.25	168.42	130.21	755.15
3	JG Wright	197.06	267.11	143.16	90.70	698.03
4	JD Ryder	147.30	263.69	140.79	134.72	686.50
5	CD McMillan	158.58	252.63	113.95	150.00	675.15
6	LRPL Taylor	218.14	141.85	124.74	131.68	616.40
7	KS Williamson	213.48	173.58	125.53	102.64	615.23
8	GM Turner	142.89	180.44	109.47	118.34	551.14
9	IDS Smith	107.60	190.96	95.00	150.00	543.55
10	MG Burgess	177.70	139.15	95.79	118.34	530.98