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

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2026-02-05

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
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 10
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS KS Williamson NZ 25 1467 300.00
1 KS Williamson NZ 25 1467 300.00
2 SP Fleming NZ 23 1166 238.45
3 TWM Latham NZ 21 1139 232.92
4 LRPL Taylor NZ 22 770 157.46
5 BB McCullum NZ 22 706 144.38
6 MD Crowe NZ 13 627 128.22
7 AH Jones NZ 11 625 127.81
8 JG Wright NZ 17 624 127.61
9 BA Young NZ 13 557 113.91
10 BJ Watling NZ 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 68.18 300.00
1 KS Williamson 25 4 1467 5 69.86 68.18 300.00
2 SP Fleming 23 3 1166 2 58.30 63.24 278.28
3 AH Jones 11 1 625 3 62.50 62.29 274.12
4 TWM Latham 21 2 1139 4 59.95 57.46 252.86
5 BA Young 13 2 557 1 50.64 57.43 252.70
6 BJ Watling 11 3 454 2 56.75 56.41 248.21
7 MD Crowe 13 1 627 2 52.25 54.41 239.44
8 JG Wright 17 0 624 1 36.71 38.60 169.86
9 LRPL Taylor 22 1 770 1 36.67 35.92 158.07
10 BB McCullum 22 2 706 1 35.30 34.19 150.43

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 73.79 150.00
1 BB McCullum 706 925 76.32 73.79 150.00
2 LRPL Taylor 770 1335 57.68 55.24 112.30
3 MD Crowe 627 1304 48.08 54.47 110.73
4 KS Williamson 1467 2520 58.21 53.87 109.51
5 BA Young 557 1301 42.81 49.61 100.86
6 SP Fleming 1166 2700 43.19 45.98 93.48
7 TWM Latham 1139 2299 49.54 45.33 92.15
8 AH Jones 625 1594 39.21 43.71 88.85
9 JG Wright 624 1666 37.45 41.86 85.10
10 BJ Watling 454 1032 43.99 39.20 79.69

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 300.00 300.00 250.00 109.51 959.51
2 SP Fleming 238.45 278.28 210.72 93.48 820.92
3 TWM Latham 232.92 252.86 235.38 92.15 813.31
4 AH Jones 127.81 274.12 158.04 88.85 648.82
5 MD Crowe 128.22 239.44 157.43 110.73 635.82
6 BA Young 113.91 252.70 148.90 100.86 616.37
7 BB McCullum 144.38 150.43 146.16 150.00 590.97
8 LRPL Taylor 157.46 158.07 131.85 112.30 559.68
9 BJ Watling 92.84 248.21 121.19 79.69 541.93
10 JG Wright 127.61 169.86 112.97 85.10 495.54

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