Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen Vs South Africa 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 South Africa 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)	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
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SP Fleming	NZ	27	1072	300.00
1	SP Fleming	NZ	27	1072	300.00
2	KS Williamson	NZ	20	1068	298.88
3	BB McCullum	NZ	24	575	160.91
4	JDP Oram	NZ	12	525	146.92
5	SB Styris	NZ	15	506	141.60
6	DL Vettori	NZ	22	503	140.76
7	ME Chapple	NZ	21	458	128.17
8	NJ Astle	NZ	16	448	125.37
9	SN McGregor	NZ	16	410	114.74
10	MH Richardson	NZ	10	342	95.71

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	68.53	300.00
1	KS Williamson	20	3	1068	6	62.82	68.53	300.00
2	JDP Oram	12	2	525	2	52.50	60.65	265.51
3	SP Fleming	27	1	1072	1	41.23	47.29	207.00
4	SB Styris	15	2	506	1	38.92	45.39	198.71
5	MH Richardson	10	0	342	0	34.20	40.70	178.15
6	NJ Astle	16	1	448	0	29.87	33.18	145.24
7	SN McGregor	16	0	410	0	25.63	29.80	130.43
8	ME Chapple	21	1	458	0	22.90	29.61	129.60
9	BB McCullum	24	2	575	0	26.14	29.40	128.72
10	DL Vettori	22	3	503	0	26.47	28.74	125.82

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	BB McCullum	61	58*	57	55	51	56.40	105.86
8	NJ Astle	69*	62	50	45	44	54.00	101.35
9	MH Richardson	77	60	46	45	37	53.00	99.47
10	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	58.85	150.00
1	DL Vettori	503	825	60.97	58.85	150.00
2	JDP Oram	525	940	55.85	53.18	135.57
3	SP Fleming	1072	2111	50.78	51.73	131.85
4	SB Styris	506	948	53.38	50.80	129.49
5	ME Chapple	0	0	NA	NA	127.45
6	SN McGregor	0	0	NA	NA	127.45
7	NJ Astle	448	906	49.45	49.69	126.66
8	BB McCullum	575	1179	48.77	45.83	116.82
9	KS Williamson	1068	2159	49.47	45.82	116.78
10	MH Richardson	342	926	36.93	37.20	94.82

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	298.88	300.00	250.00	116.78	965.66
2	SP Fleming	300.00	207.00	206.83	131.85	845.68
3	JDP Oram	146.92	265.51	158.41	135.57	706.40
4	SB Styris	141.60	198.71	155.03	129.49	624.83
5	DL Vettori	140.76	125.82	107.36	150.00	523.94
6	BB McCullum	160.91	128.72	105.86	116.82	512.31
7	NJ Astle	125.37	145.24	101.35	126.66	498.62
8	ME Chapple	128.17	129.60	106.23	127.45	491.46
9	MH Richardson	95.71	178.15	99.47	94.82	468.15
10	SN McGregor	114.74	130.43	94.97	127.45	467.59