Top 7 New Zealand Batsmen Vs South Africa In Tests

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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 7 batsmen from New Zealand against South Africa 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) ALL
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 10

PROLIFIC


The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3 MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS ME Chapple NZ 1953 1964 1958.5 21 458 240.00
1 ME Chapple NZ 1953 1964 1958.5 21 458 240.00
2 SN McGregor NZ 1961 1964 1962.5 16 410 214.85
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SP Fleming NZ 1994 2007 2000.5 27 1072 300.00
1 SP Fleming NZ 1994 2007 2000.5 27 1072 300.00
2 JDP Oram NZ 2004 2007 2005.5 12 525 146.92
3 SB Styris NZ 2004 2007 2005.5 15 506 141.60
4 DL Vettori NZ 1999 2012 2005.5 22 503 140.76
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS KS Williamson NZ 2012 2024 2018 20 1068 300.00
1 KS Williamson NZ 2012 2024 2018 20 1068 300.00

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 20 3 1068 6 62.82 68.63 300.00
1 KS Williamson 20 3 1068 6 62.82 68.63 300.00
2 JDP Oram 12 2 525 2 52.50 56.85 248.49
3 SP Fleming 27 1 1072 1 41.23 45.32 198.11
4 SB Styris 15 2 506 1 38.92 42.09 183.99
5 DL Vettori 22 3 503 0 26.47 28.35 123.93
6 SN McGregor 16 0 410 0 25.63 27.98 122.31
7 ME Chapple 21 1 458 0 22.90 26.06 113.93

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 SP Fleming 262 99 79 57 54 110.20 206.83
3 JDP Oram 133 119* 90 40 40 84.40 158.41
4 SB Styris 170 74 73 54* 42 82.60 155.03
5 DL Vettori 81 60 53 46* 46 57.20 107.36
6 ME Chapple 76 69 59 42 37 56.60 106.23
7 SN McGregor 68 62 55 39 29 50.60 94.97

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 DL Vettori 503 825 60.97 60.28 150.00
1 DL Vettori 503 825 60.97 60.28 150.00
2 JDP Oram 525 940 55.85 54.41 135.39
3 SB Styris 506 948 53.38 52.00 129.39
4 SP Fleming 1072 2111 50.78 51.29 127.62
5 SN McGregor 0 0 NA NA 124.42
6 ME Chapple 0 0 NA NA 124.42
7 KS Williamson 1068 2159 49.47 47.48 118.14

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 300.00 300.00 250.00 118.14 968.14
2 SP Fleming 300.00 198.11 206.83 127.62 832.57
3 JDP Oram 146.92 248.49 158.41 135.39 689.20
4 SB Styris 141.60 183.99 155.03 129.39 610.02
5 ME Chapple 240.00 113.93 106.23 124.42 584.58
6 SN McGregor 214.85 122.31 94.97 124.42 556.54
7 DL Vettori 140.76 123.93 107.36 150.00 522.05


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