Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen Vs Pakistan 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 Pakistan in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

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)	PAK

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
Min Career Runs	1000

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	MD Crowe	20	3	973	2	57.24	66.25	300.00
1	MD Crowe	20	3	973	2	57.24	66.25	300.00
2	KS Williamson	25	2	1519	5	66.04	64.48	291.96
3	JF Reid	12	1	584	3	53.09	58.20	263.54
4	SP Fleming	16	2	665	1	47.50	53.15	240.67
5	BB McCullum	14	0	695	1	49.64	52.96	239.81
6	DL Vettori	16	1	629	3	41.93	45.33	205.26
7	HM Nicholls	16	2	633	2	45.21	43.00	194.72
8	LRPL Taylor	26	2	999	2	41.63	42.44	192.19
9	MG Burgess	23	3	753	2	37.65	41.71	188.85
10	TWM Latham	22	1	842	3	40.10	38.46	174.14

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	250.00
1	KS Williamson	238	200*	192	139	129	179.60	250.00
2	JF Reid	158*	148	106	97	24	106.60	148.39
3	MD Crowe	174	108*	84	84	78	105.60	146.99
4	DL Vettori	137*	134	110	99	44	104.80	145.88
5	TWM Latham	137	113	103	80	71	100.80	140.31
6	SP Fleming	192	92*	86	67	66	100.60	140.03
7	BB McCullum	202	89	78	64	56	97.80	136.14
8	LRPL Taylor	104	102*	97	94	82	95.80	133.35
9	HM Nicholls	157	126*	77	56	55	94.20	131.12
10	MG Burgess	119*	111	79	71	59	87.80	122.22

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	69.10	150.00
1	BB McCullum	695	1000	69.50	69.10	150.00
2	DL Vettori	629	945	66.56	64.88	140.83
3	LRPL Taylor	999	1692	59.04	57.09	123.93
4	KS Williamson	1519	2867	52.98	51.03	110.77
5	MD Crowe	973	2257	43.11	50.16	108.89
6	MG Burgess	0	0	NA	NA	108.54
7	SP Fleming	665	1377	48.29	49.25	106.91
8	TWM Latham	842	1709	49.27	47.74	103.63
9	JF Reid	565	1460	38.70	45.99	99.83
10	HM Nicholls	633	1431	44.23	42.08	91.35

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	300.00	291.96	250.00	110.77	952.72
2	MD Crowe	192.17	300.00	146.99	108.89	748.05
3	BB McCullum	137.26	239.81	136.14	150.00	663.20
4	LRPL Taylor	197.30	192.19	133.35	123.93	646.77
5	JF Reid	115.34	263.54	148.39	99.83	627.09
6	SP Fleming	131.34	240.67	140.03	106.91	618.96
7	DL Vettori	124.23	205.26	145.88	140.83	616.20
8	TWM Latham	166.29	174.14	140.31	103.63	584.37
9	MG Burgess	148.72	188.85	122.22	108.54	568.32
10	HM Nicholls	125.02	194.72	131.12	91.35	542.21