Top ODI Batsmen of the Decade (1990 – 1999)

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THE CRITERIA


CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns (Runs and SR)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, Impact Inns
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which 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 an 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.
Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine Top Teams.
  • The Top Teams are calculated by decades.
  • A batsman’s performace is counted in TT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out matches of T20 World Cup are also counted in TT.
Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against Non Weak Teams. Here is some information about the Non Weak Teams:-

  • Non Weak Teams are calculated in the same way as Top Teams.
  • However, they are less in number.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings (TT) 20

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 100.00

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 221 8571 200.00
1 SR Tendulkar IND 221 8571 200.00
2 M Azharuddin IND 209 6858 160.03
3 ME Waugh AUS 187 6839 159.58
4 Saeed Anwar PAK 178 6664 155.50
5 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 189 6475 151.09
6 PA de Silva SL 191 6441 150.30
7 BC Lara WI 159 6166 143.88
8 ST Jayasuriya SL 187 5083 118.61
9 MG Bevan AUS 107 3922 91.52
10 L Klusener SA 56 1718 40.09

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 1500
Min Runs (TT) 1500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 107 42 3922 27 60.34 64.93 100.00
1 MG Bevan 107 42 3922 27 60.34 64.93 100.00
2 L Klusener 56 19 1718 10 46.43 52.36 80.65
3 BC Lara 159 15 6166 38 42.82 44.87 69.10
4 SR Tendulkar 221 22 8571 44 43.07 43.80 67.46
5 ME Waugh 187 15 6839 44 39.76 41.37 63.72
6 Saeed Anwar 178 14 6664 33 40.63 41.15 63.38
7 M Azharuddin 209 37 6858 50 39.87 40.56 62.47
8 Inzamam-ul-Haq 189 25 6475 47 39.48 40.32 62.09
9 PA de Silva 191 19 6441 41 37.45 37.68 58.03
10 ST Jayasuriya 187 8 5083 33 28.40 29.78 45.87

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS MG Bevan 81 31 2998 22 59.96 64.52 150.00
1 MG Bevan 81 31 2998 22 59.96 64.52 150.00
2 L Klusener 36 12 1101 8 45.88 51.74 120.27
3 BC Lara 121 10 4626 29 41.68 43.67 101.52
4 Inzamam-ul-Haq 136 16 4835 36 40.29 41.14 95.65
5 SR Tendulkar 150 13 5518 32 40.28 40.96 95.22
6 M Azharuddin 150 22 4907 34 38.34 39.00 90.67
7 Saeed Anwar 129 7 4641 17 38.04 38.52 89.56
8 ME Waugh 129 6 4337 26 35.26 36.69 85.29
9 PA de Silva 143 12 4557 28 34.79 35.00 81.37
10 ST Jayasuriya 136 7 3589 24 27.82 29.18 67.84

ATTACKING


R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 1500
Min Runs (TT) 1500
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS L Klusener 1718 1840 93.37 100.85 100.00
1 L Klusener 1718 1840 93.37 100.85 100.00
2 ST Jayasuriya 5083 5594 90.87 96.40 95.58
3 SR Tendulkar 8571 9897 86.60 91.25 90.48
4 Saeed Anwar 6664 8020 83.09 88.32 87.57
5 PA de Silva 6441 7791 82.67 87.55 86.81
6 BC Lara 6166 7817 78.88 85.84 85.11
7 ME Waugh 6839 8859 77.20 82.75 82.05
8 MG Bevan 3922 5087 77.10 81.94 81.25
9 M Azharuddin 6858 8939 76.72 81.10 80.41
10 Inzamam-ul-Haq 6475 8929 72.52 77.47 76.81

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 1673 1619 103.34 107.65 150.00
1 L Klusener 1101 1131 97.35 105.15 146.51
2 ST Jayasuriya 3589 3999 89.75 95.21 132.67
3 Saeed Anwar 4641 5596 82.93 88.15 122.83
4 SR Tendulkar 5518 6760 81.63 86.00 119.84
5 PA de Silva 4557 5657 80.56 85.31 118.87
6 MG Bevan 2998 3861 77.65 82.52 114.99
7 BC Lara 4626 6181 74.84 81.44 113.48
8 ME Waugh 4337 5743 75.52 80.95 112.79
9 M Azharuddin 4907 6524 75.21 79.51 110.79
10 Inzamam-ul-Haq 4835 6672 72.47 77.41 107.87

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)


Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams in the 1990s. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 7 Inns

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 186* 143 141 137 134 128 120 141.29 150.00
1 SR Tendulkar 186* 143 141 137 134 128 120 141.29 150.00
2 BC Lara 169 153 146* 139 128 114 111* 137.14 145.60
3 Saeed Anwar 194 140 131 126 115 113* 112* 133.00 141.20
4 ST Jayasuriya 151* 140 134* 134 120* 96 88 123.29 130.89
5 ME Waugh 130 126 121* 115* 113 110 108 117.57 124.82
6 PA de Silva 134 122 107* 105 105 104 104 111.57 118.45
7 Inzamam-ul-Haq 137* 117 116* 107 101 91* 91 108.57 115.27
8 M Azharuddin 111* 108 101 100 95* 94 94 100.43 106.62
9 MG Bevan 108* 103 101* 83 82 79* 79 90.71 96.31
10 L Klusener 103* 99 92 88* 64 55* 54* 79.29 84.18

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)


QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate against Non Weak Teams. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS ST Jayasuriya 76/28 134/65 30/15 82/44 68/38 217.76 150.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 76/28 134/65 30/15 82/44 68/38 217.76 150.00
2 L Klusener 31/16 27/14 35/19 36/21 54/36 186.48 128.45
3 SR Tendulkar 82/49 36/22 30/19 41/26 40/26 169.92 117.05
4 Saeed Anwar 37/23 37/24 74/49 48/32 54/37 161.04 110.94
5 BC Lara 55/32 60/41 60/43 169/129 26/21 151.37 104.27
6 PA de Silva 32/21 43/30 50/35 66/47 39/29 150.35 103.57
7 M Azharuddin 95/63 63/44 54/39 58/45 47/39 145.69 100.36
8 ME Waugh 49/31 48/32 40/32 34/28 70/58 142.72 98.31
9 Inzamam-ul-Haq 60/37 37/28 67/54 42/35 73/61 138.62 95.49
10 MG Bevan 29/22 53/42 36/30 32/27 43/37 129.82 89.43

PRIMARY RATING


The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 SR Tendulkar 200.00 162.68 210.32 150.00 117.05 840.04 420.02
2 Saeed Anwar 155.50 152.94 210.40 141.20 110.94 770.98 385.49
3 BC Lara 143.88 170.62 198.59 145.60 104.27 762.96 381.48
4 ST Jayasuriya 118.61 113.71 228.25 130.89 150.00 741.46 370.73
5 ME Waugh 159.58 149.02 194.84 124.82 98.31 726.57 363.29
6 MG Bevan 91.52 250.00 196.23 96.31 89.43 723.49 361.74
7 PA de Silva 150.30 139.40 205.68 118.45 103.57 717.40 358.70
8 M Azharuddin 160.03 153.14 191.20 106.62 100.36 711.35 355.68
9 Inzamam-ul-Haq 151.09 157.74 184.68 115.27 95.49 704.27 352.13
10 L Klusener 40.09 200.92 246.51 84.18 128.45 700.16 350.08

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 200.00
Away 800.00
Familiar Conditions 200.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 800.00

HOME/AWAY


HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 72 2908 46.16 85.86 820.88 164.18
2 Saeed Anwar 76 3145 45.58 82.42 805.40 161.08
3 Inzamam-ul-Haq 68 2771 49.48 75.71 758.96 151.79
4 BC Lara 35 1607 53.57 86.26 753.49 150.70
5 MG Bevan 36 1254 73.76 73.90 735.20 147.04
6 PA de Silva 47 2014 53.00 87.53 723.54 144.71
7 ME Waugh 80 2657 36.40 73.76 714.38 142.88
8 M Azharuddin 63 2038 40.76 83.83 694.19 138.84
9 ST Jayasuriya 49 1499 33.31 95.36 681.50 136.30
10 L Klusener 18 453 34.85 93.60 591.76 118.35

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 149 5663 41.64 86.99 844.03 675.23
2 BC Lara 124 4559 39.99 76.57 776.03 620.83
3 ST Jayasuriya 138 3584 26.75 89.11 765.64 612.51
4 Saeed Anwar 102 3519 37.04 83.71 748.52 598.82
5 ME Waugh 107 4182 42.24 79.55 738.09 590.47
6 M Azharuddin 146 4820 39.51 74.06 729.16 583.33
7 L Klusener 38 1265 52.71 93.29 723.74 578.99
8 MG Bevan 71 2668 55.58 78.70 721.80 577.44
9 PA de Silva 144 4427 33.04 80.64 716.57 573.25
10 Inzamam-ul-Haq 121 3704 34.30 70.30 654.99 524.00

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS


FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 ME Waugh 139 5006 39.11 76.76 792.12 158.42
2 BC Lara 99 3789 44.06 75.86 781.83 156.37
3 MG Bevan 65 2389 66.36 75.46 755.51 151.10
4 L Klusener 50 1408 44.00 91.67 715.33 143.07

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 144 6112 47.38 90.13 938.98 187.80
2 Saeed Anwar 107 4483 45.74 86.48 844.24 168.85
3 ST Jayasuriya 121 3553 31.17 94.42 808.93 161.79
4 PA de Silva 130 4679 41.04 82.74 783.64 156.73
5 M Azharuddin 127 4323 42.80 79.97 768.96 153.79
6 Inzamam-ul-Haq 95 3755 47.53 76.43 760.58 152.12

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BC Lara 60 2377 40.98 84.23 935.11 748.09
2 MG Bevan 42 1533 52.86 79.80 799.95 639.96
3 ME Waugh 48 1833 41.66 78.43 792.57 634.06
4 L Klusener 6 310 62.00 101.97 500.00 400.00

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Inzamam-ul-Haq 94 2720 32.00 67.73 818.67 654.94
2 M Azharuddin 82 2535 35.70 71.75 813.28 650.62
3 SR Tendulkar 77 2459 35.13 78.92 810.84 648.68
4 Saeed Anwar 71 2181 33.05 76.90 804.47 643.57
5 PA de Silva 61 1762 30.38 82.49 704.75 563.80
6 ST Jayasuriya 66 1530 23.54 83.56 694.09 555.27

CONDITIONS RATING


The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 BC Lara 620.83 150.70 748.09 156.37 1,675.98 167.60
2 SR Tendulkar 675.23 164.18 648.68 187.80 1,675.87 167.59
3 Saeed Anwar 598.82 161.08 643.57 168.85 1,572.32 157.23
4 M Azharuddin 583.33 138.84 650.62 153.79 1,526.58 152.66
5 ME Waugh 590.47 142.88 634.06 158.42 1,525.83 152.58
6 MG Bevan 577.44 147.04 639.96 151.10 1,515.55 151.55
7 Inzamam-ul-Haq 524.00 151.79 654.94 152.12 1,482.84 148.28
8 ST Jayasuriya 612.51 136.30 555.27 161.79 1,465.87 146.59
9 PA de Silva 573.25 144.71 563.80 156.73 1,438.49 143.85
10 L Klusener 578.99 118.35 400.00 143.07 1,240.41 124.04

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00

WORLD CUP


Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 21 1059 58.83 86.52 791.19 791.19
2 ME Waugh 22 1004 52.84 83.95 745.59 745.59
3 L Klusener 8 281 140.50 122.17 701.24 701.24
4 BC Lara 19 708 44.25 89.62 685.48 685.48
5 Saeed Anwar 16 697 53.62 81.71 659.72 659.72
6 PA de Silva 18 696 40.94 87.55 630.45 630.45
7 Inzamam-ul-Haq 24 624 29.71 76.28 625.99 625.99
8 M Azharuddin 20 636 35.33 76.72 613.05 613.05
9 ST Jayasuriya 16 377 23.56 96.92 470.83 470.83
10 MG Bevan 13 389 43.22 68.25 455.38 455.38
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM


Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BC Lara 50 2557 58.11 88.14 856.05 856.05
2 ST Jayasuriya 50 2064 44.87 113.10 848.56 848.56
3 SR Tendulkar 50 2182 46.43 93.73 798.09 798.09
4 Saeed Anwar 50 2164 47.04 90.51 783.40 783.40
5 MG Bevan 50 2078 69.27 78.53 764.20 764.20
6 PA de Silva 50 2191 52.17 85.96 755.43 755.43
7 ME Waugh 50 2131 45.34 79.31 723.13 723.13
8 L Klusener 50 1518 46.00 95.17 712.54 712.54
9 Inzamam-ul-Haq 50 2014 49.12 74.54 685.50 685.50
10 M Azharuddin 50 1805 46.28 79.45 673.71 673.71
Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of Runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • Both Inns are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 25 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 25% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 10% of the total runs at a high SR.
  • The SR should be 1.2 times the SR of the better innings.

IMPACT INNINGS


Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS II II Perc RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 221 78 35.29 961.88 961.88
2 Saeed Anwar 178 64 35.96 916.16 916.16
3 BC Lara 159 55 34.59 882.88 882.88
4 L Klusener 56 19 33.93 826.17 826.17
5 MG Bevan 107 33 30.84 783.28 783.28
6 ME Waugh 187 53 28.34 700.22 700.22
7 PA de Silva 191 50 26.18 682.80 682.80
8 M Azharuddin 209 51 24.40 675.47 675.47
9 Inzamam-ul-Haq 189 44 23.28 656.88 656.88
10 ST Jayasuriya 187 46 24.60 644.10 644.10

SECONDARY RATING


The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BATSMAN WC TF II SEC RAT
1 SR Tendulkar 79.12 79.81 96.19 255.12
2 BC Lara 68.55 85.60 88.29 242.44
3 Saeed Anwar 65.97 78.34 91.62 235.93
4 L Klusener 70.12 71.25 82.62 224.00
5 ME Waugh 74.56 72.31 70.02 216.89
6 PA de Silva 63.05 75.54 68.28 206.87
7 MG Bevan 45.54 76.42 78.33 200.29
8 Inzamam-ul-Haq 62.60 68.55 65.69 196.84
9 ST Jayasuriya 47.08 84.86 64.41 196.35
10 M Azharuddin 61.30 67.37 67.55 196.22

DECADES RATING

DECADES Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 SR Tendulkar IND 420.02 167.59 255.12 842.72
2 BC Lara WI 381.48 167.60 242.44 791.52
3 Saeed Anwar PAK 385.49 157.23 235.93 778.65
4 ME Waugh AUS 363.29 152.58 216.89 732.76
5 ST Jayasuriya SL 370.73 146.59 196.35 713.66
6 MG Bevan AUS 361.74 151.55 200.29 713.58
7 PA de Silva SL 358.70 143.85 206.87 709.42
8 M Azharuddin IND 355.68 152.66 196.22 704.56
9 L Klusener SA 350.08 124.04 224.00 698.11
10 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 352.13 148.28 196.84 697.26

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI BAN
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN WI
2020s IND PAK AUS SA NZ SL BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK
2020s IND PAK AUS SA NZ SL


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