Top 7 New Zealand Test Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka 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 7 batsmen from New Zealand against Sri Lanka 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) SL

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


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 JG Wright NZ 1983 1991 1987 8 356 230.00
1 JG Wright NZ 1983 1991 1987 8 356 230.00
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS BB McCullum NZ 2005 2015 2010 14 525 250.00
1 BB McCullum NZ 2005 2015 2010 14 525 250.00
2 BA Young NZ 1995 1997 1996 7 433 206.19
2 SP Fleming NZ 1995 2006 2000.5 13 433 206.19
4 NJ Astle NZ 1997 2006 2001.5 10 264 125.71
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS KS Williamson NZ 2014 2023 2018.5 14 1142 300.00
1 KS Williamson NZ 2014 2023 2018.5 14 1142 300.00
2 TWM Latham NZ 2014 2023 2018.5 14 810 212.78

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 14 4 1142 4 114.20 109.18 300.00
1 KS Williamson 14 4 1142 4 114.20 109.18 300.00
2 BA Young 7 2 433 1 86.60 85.83 235.84
3 TWM Latham 14 2 810 3 67.50 64.53 177.32
4 JG Wright 8 0 356 1 44.50 43.54 119.64
5 BB McCullum 14 2 525 1 43.75 41.35 113.63
6 SP Fleming 13 0 433 0 33.31 32.52 89.35
7 NJ Astle 10 0 264 1 26.40 25.50 70.06

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 242* 215 121* 108* 91 155.40 250.00
1 KS Williamson 242* 215 121* 108* 91 155.40 250.00
2 TWM Latham 264* 176 109* 67 35 130.20 209.46
3 BB McCullum 195 99 75 43 22 86.80 139.64
4 BA Young 267* 84 62 14 4 86.20 138.67
5 JG Wright 101 88 84 21 20 62.80 101.03
6 SP Fleming 88 66 59 51 48 62.40 100.39
7 NJ Astle 114 52 27 24 19 47.20 75.93

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 BB McCullum 525 611 85.92 81.95 150.00
1 BB McCullum 525 611 85.92 81.95 150.00
2 KS Williamson 1142 1819 62.78 58.40 106.90
3 JG Wright 356 713 49.93 52.36 95.84
4 BA Young 433 915 47.32 50.53 92.50
5 NJ Astle 264 575 45.91 45.58 83.42
6 TWM Latham 810 1689 47.96 44.61 81.66
7 SP Fleming 433 1018 42.53 43.09 78.87

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 300.00 300.00 250.00 106.90 956.90
2 TWM Latham 212.78 177.32 209.46 81.66 681.22
3 BA Young 206.19 235.84 138.67 92.50 673.20
4 BB McCullum 250.00 113.63 139.64 150.00 653.27
5 JG Wright 230.00 119.64 101.03 95.84 546.51
6 SP Fleming 206.19 89.35 100.39 78.87 474.80
7 NJ Astle 125.71 70.06 75.93 83.42 355.13


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