Top 5 New Zealand Test Batsmen Vs South Africa In NZ

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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 5 batsmen from New Zealand against South Africa in New Zealand in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

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) SA

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 7

PROLIFIC


CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS KS Williamson NZ 13 941 300.00
1 KS Williamson NZ 13 941 300.00
2 BB McCullum NZ 11 350 111.58
3 HM Nicholls NZ 7 288 91.82
4 DL Vettori NZ 13 233 74.28
5 N Wagner NZ 8 151 48.14

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 KS Williamson 13 2 941 6 85.55 90.51 300.00
1 KS Williamson 13 2 941 6 85.55 90.51 300.00
2 HM Nicholls 7 0 288 2 41.14 43.77 145.07
3 BB McCullum 11 2 350 0 38.89 40.62 134.66
4 N Wagner 8 3 151 0 30.20 32.37 107.31
5 DL Vettori 13 1 233 0 19.42 20.49 67.93

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 176 133* 130 118 109 133.20 250.00
1 KS Williamson 176 133* 130 118 109 133.20 250.00
2 HM Nicholls 118 105 39 12 7 56.20 105.48
3 BB McCullum 61 58* 57 55 48 55.80 104.73
4 DL Vettori 53 46 32 30 21 36.40 68.32
5 N Wagner 49 33 32 21 10* 29.00 54.43

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 250
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS HM Nicholls 288 467 61.67 58.38 150.00
1 N Wagner 151 180 83.89 79.40 150.00
2 HM Nicholls 288 467 61.67 58.38 150.00
3 DL Vettori 233 448 52.01 52.23 134.18
4 BB McCullum 350 699 50.07 48.75 125.24
5 KS Williamson 941 1897 49.60 47.56 122.20

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 300.00 300.00 250.00 122.20 972.20
2 HM Nicholls 91.82 145.07 105.48 150.00 492.37
3 BB McCullum 111.58 134.66 104.73 125.24 476.21
4 N Wagner 48.14 107.31 54.43 150.00 359.88
5 DL Vettori 74.28 67.93 68.32 134.18 344.72


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