Top 10 New Zealand Test Batsmen Vs West Indies In NZ

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 West Indies in New Zealand 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)	NZ
Oposition (O)	WI

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
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	LRPL Taylor	NZ	13	823	300.00
1	LRPL Taylor	NZ	13	823	300.00
2	KS Williamson	NZ	7	508	185.18
3	SP Fleming	NZ	8	410	149.45
4	BB McCullum	NZ	10	362	131.96
5	JG Wright	NZ	11	322	117.38
6	RJ Hadlee	NZ	8	252	91.86
7	JV Coney	NZ	11	217	79.10
8	PG Fulton	NZ	8	211	76.91
9	JEF Beck	NZ	8	191	69.62
10	DL Vettori	NZ	7	171	62.33

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	LRPL Taylor	13	4	823	4	91.44	86.76	300.00
1	LRPL Taylor	13	4	823	4	91.44	86.76	300.00
2	KS Williamson	7	0	508	1	72.57	71.21	246.24
3	SP Fleming	8	0	410	0	51.25	55.72	192.68
4	RJ Hadlee	8	2	252	1	42.00	51.10	176.72
5	JEF Beck	8	0	191	0	23.88	43.06	148.89
6	BB McCullum	10	0	362	1	36.20	36.74	127.05
7	JG Wright	11	0	322	1	29.27	36.67	126.82
8	JV Coney	11	2	217	0	24.11	30.21	104.46
9	DL Vettori	7	0	171	0	24.43	28.63	99.01
10	PG Fulton	8	0	211	0	26.38	28.55	98.73

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	LRPL Taylor	217*	131	129	107*	93	135.40	250.00
1	LRPL Taylor	217*	131	129	107*	93	135.40	250.00
2	KS Williamson	251	58	56	54	45	92.80	171.34
3	SP Fleming	97	67	66	56	47	66.60	122.97
4	JG Wright	138	75	23	23	21	56.00	103.40
4	BB McCullum	113	74	37	31	25	56.00	103.40
6	RJ Hadlee	103	51	35*	25*	17	46.20	85.30
7	JV Coney	80	49*	36	17	15	39.40	72.75
8	PG Fulton	75	61	28	17	11	38.40	70.90
9	JEF Beck	66	55	38	13	7	35.80	66.10
10	DL Vettori	42	33	30	29	29	32.60	60.19

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	RJ Hadlee	252	381	66.14	83.90	150.00
1	RJ Hadlee	252	381	66.14	83.90	150.00
2	BB McCullum	362	556	65.11	61.01	109.08
3	JV Coney	217	532	40.79	53.93	96.41
4	DL Vettori	171	326	52.45	53.76	96.12
5	KS Williamson	508	896	56.70	51.77	92.56
6	LRPL Taylor	823	1433	57.43	51.58	92.21
7	JEF Beck	0	0	NA	NA	89.39
8	SP Fleming	410	883	46.43	49.37	88.27
9	JG Wright	322	1048	30.73	40.62	72.62
10	PG Fulton	211	552	38.22	36.50	65.25

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	LRPL Taylor	300.00	300.00	250.00	92.21	942.21
2	KS Williamson	185.18	246.24	171.34	92.56	695.32
3	SP Fleming	149.45	192.68	122.97	88.27	553.37
4	RJ Hadlee	91.86	176.72	85.30	150.00	503.88
5	BB McCullum	131.96	127.05	103.40	109.08	471.48
6	JG Wright	117.38	126.82	103.40	72.62	420.22
7	JEF Beck	69.62	148.89	66.10	89.39	374.00
8	JV Coney	79.10	104.46	72.75	96.41	352.72
9	DL Vettori	62.33	99.01	60.19	96.12	317.65
10	PG Fulton	76.91	98.73	70.90	65.25	311.79