Top 10 New Zealand Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka in Test cricket.

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

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)	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

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	MD Crowe	NZ	1984	1992	1988	13	627	240.00
1	MD Crowe	NZ	1984	1992	1988	13	627	240.00
2	AH Jones	NZ	1987	1992	1989.5	11	625	239.23
3	JG Wright	NZ	1983	1992	1987.5	17	624	238.85

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	SP Fleming	NZ	1995	2006	2000.5	23	1166	280.00
1	SP Fleming	NZ	1995	2006	2000.5	23	1166	280.00
2	LRPL Taylor	NZ	2009	2019	2014	22	770	184.91
3	BB McCullum	NZ	2005	2015	2010	22	706	169.54
4	BA Young	NZ	1995	1998	1996.5	13	557	133.76

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	KS Williamson	NZ	2012	2024	2018	25	1467	300.00
1	KS Williamson	NZ	2012	2024	2018	25	1467	300.00
2	TWM Latham	NZ	2014	2024	2019	21	1139	232.92
3	BJ Watling	NZ	2014	2019	2016.5	11	454	92.84

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	25	4	1467	5	69.86	69.50	300.00
1	KS Williamson	25	4	1467	5	69.86	69.50	300.00
2	AH Jones	11	1	625	3	62.50	62.61	270.24
3	TWM Latham	21	2	1139	4	59.95	59.04	254.84
4	SP Fleming	23	3	1166	2	58.30	58.75	253.61
5	BJ Watling	11	3	454	2	56.75	54.89	236.93
6	MD Crowe	13	1	627	2	52.25	54.01	233.12
7	BA Young	13	2	557	1	50.64	50.62	218.52
8	JG Wright	17	0	624	1	36.71	37.25	160.78
9	LRPL Taylor	22	1	770	1	36.67	36.61	158.03
10	BB McCullum	22	2	706	1	35.30	34.79	150.16

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	135	121*	108*	164.20	250.00
1	KS Williamson	242*	215	135	121*	108*	164.20	250.00
2	TWM Latham	264*	176	154	109*	70	154.60	235.38
3	SP Fleming	274*	174*	88	78	78	138.40	210.72
4	AH Jones	186	122	100*	73	38	103.80	158.04
5	MD Crowe	299	107	45	36	30	103.40	157.43
6	BA Young	267*	84	62	46	30	97.80	148.90
7	BB McCullum	195	99	75	68	43	96.00	146.16
8	LRPL Taylor	142	86	81	74	50	86.60	131.85
9	BJ Watling	142*	105*	77	46	28	79.60	121.19
10	JG Wright	101	88	84	50	48	74.20	112.97

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	BB McCullum	706	925	76.32	74.18	150.00
1	BB McCullum	706	925	76.32	74.18	150.00
2	LRPL Taylor	770	1335	57.68	55.78	112.80
3	KS Williamson	1467	2520	58.21	55.00	111.23
4	MD Crowe	627	1304	48.08	51.21	103.55
5	TWM Latham	1139	2299	49.54	46.54	94.10
6	BA Young	557	1301	42.81	45.86	92.74
7	SP Fleming	1166	2700	43.19	44.44	89.87
8	AH Jones	625	1594	39.21	41.68	84.29
9	BJ Watling	454	1032	43.99	41.64	84.21
10	JG Wright	624	1666	37.45	39.61	80.09

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	111.23	961.23
2	SP Fleming	280.00	253.61	210.72	89.87	834.19
3	TWM Latham	232.92	254.84	235.38	94.10	817.25
4	AH Jones	239.23	270.24	158.04	84.29	751.81
5	MD Crowe	240.00	233.12	157.43	103.55	734.11
6	BB McCullum	169.54	150.16	146.16	150.00	615.86
7	BA Young	133.76	218.52	148.90	92.74	593.92
8	JG Wright	238.85	160.78	112.97	80.09	592.70
9	LRPL Taylor	184.91	158.03	131.85	112.80	587.59
10	BJ Watling	92.84	236.93	121.19	84.21	535.17