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Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen Vs Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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) PAK

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 KS Williamson NZ 25 1519 300.00
1 KS Williamson NZ 25 1519 300.00
2 LRPL Taylor NZ 26 999 197.30
3 MD Crowe NZ 20 973 192.17
4 TWM Latham NZ 22 842 166.29
5 MG Burgess NZ 23 753 148.72
6 BB McCullum NZ 14 695 137.26
7 SP Fleming NZ 16 665 131.34
8 HM Nicholls NZ 16 633 125.02
9 DL Vettori NZ 16 629 124.23
10 JF Reid NZ 12 584 115.34

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 KS Williamson 25 2 1519 5 66.04 66.52 300.00
1 KS Williamson 25 2 1519 5 66.04 66.52 300.00
2 MD Crowe 20 3 973 2 57.24 62.50 281.86
3 JF Reid 12 1 584 3 53.09 56.27 253.76
4 SP Fleming 16 2 665 1 47.50 54.35 245.12
5 BB McCullum 14 0 695 1 49.64 48.39 218.24
6 HM Nicholls 16 2 633 2 45.21 46.66 210.42
7 DL Vettori 16 1 629 3 41.93 42.86 193.31
8 LRPL Taylor 26 2 999 2 41.63 42.08 189.79
9 TWM Latham 22 1 842 3 40.10 40.53 182.76
10 MG Burgess 23 3 753 2 37.65 39.48 178.03

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 695 1000 69.50 66.11 100.00
1 BB McCullum 695 1000 69.50 66.11 100.00
2 DL Vettori 629 945 66.56 64.29 97.25
3 LRPL Taylor 999 1692 59.04 57.57 87.08
4 KS Williamson 1519 2867 52.98 52.14 78.86
5 MD Crowe 973 2257 43.11 50.54 76.45
6 SP Fleming 665 1377 48.29 50.53 76.43
7 MG Burgess 0 0 NK NA 75.63
8 TWM Latham 842 1709 49.27 48.94 74.03
9 JF Reid 565 1460 38.70 45.34 68.58
10 HM Nicholls 633 1431 44.23 43.89 66.39

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 238 200* 192 139 129 179.60 300.00
1 KS Williamson 238 200* 192 139 129 179.60 300.00
2 JF Reid 158* 148 106 97 24 106.60 178.06
3 MD Crowe 174 108* 84 84 78 105.60 176.39
4 DL Vettori 137* 134 110 99 44 104.80 175.06
5 TWM Latham 137 113 103 80 71 100.80 168.37
6 SP Fleming 192 92* 86 67 66 100.60 168.04
7 BB McCullum 202 89 78 64 56 97.80 163.36
8 LRPL Taylor 104 102* 97 94 82 95.80 160.02
9 HM Nicholls 157 126* 77 56 55 94.20 157.35
10 MG Burgess 119* 111 79 71 59 87.80 146.66

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 KS Williamson 300.00 300.00 78.86 300.00 978.86
2 MD Crowe 192.17 281.86 76.45 176.39 726.87
3 LRPL Taylor 197.30 189.79 87.08 160.02 634.19
4 SP Fleming 131.34 245.12 76.43 168.04 620.93
5 BB McCullum 137.26 218.24 100.00 163.36 618.86
6 JF Reid 115.34 253.76 68.58 178.06 615.74
7 TWM Latham 166.29 182.76 74.03 168.37 591.45
8 DL Vettori 124.23 193.31 97.25 175.06 589.84
9 HM Nicholls 125.02 210.42 66.39 157.35 559.18
10 MG Burgess 148.72 178.03 75.63 146.66 549.03

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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