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Top 7 Pakistani Opening Batsmen In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 7 Pakistani opening batsmen in ODI Cricket of all time.

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

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ATTACKING
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Familiar Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Asians In Asia
4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Asians Outside Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNINGS
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS
Nations Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from Pakistan.

  • The Rating of the players from Pakistan remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from Pakistan.
Position Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to include performances of opening batsmen. Innings played only at the specified position are counted in this rating.

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) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A batsman’s performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 30

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

The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket 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 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 237 8648 160.00
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1994 2012 2003 340 15310 200.00
1 Saeed Anwar PAK 1989 2003 1996 220 8156 106.54
2 Aamer Sohail PAK 1990 2000 1995 132 4169 54.46
3 Ramiz Raja PAK 1986 1997 1991.5 125 3934 51.39
4 Shahid Afridi PAK 1996 2009 2002.5 145 3543 46.28
5 Salman Butt PAK 2004 2010 2007 77 2725 35.60
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RG Sharma IND 2011 2025 2018 184 9138 160.00
1 Fakhar Zaman PAK 2017 2025 2021 84 3627 63.51
2 Imam-ul-Haq PAK 2017 2025 2021 72 3148 55.12

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 2500
Min Runs (TT) 1500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS S Gill 50 8 2509 14 59.74 58.78 100.00
1 Imam-ul-Haq 72 6 3148 20 47.70 45.60 77.58
2 Fakhar Zaman 84 6 3627 17 46.50 44.41 75.55
3 Saeed Anwar 220 16 8156 37 39.98 40.60 69.07
4 Salman Butt 77 4 2725 14 37.33 37.39 63.61
5 Ramiz Raja 125 8 3934 21 33.62 34.99 59.53
6 Aamer Sohail 132 2 4169 27 32.07 32.89 55.96
7 Shahid Afridi 145 1 3543 22 24.60 25.14 42.78

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS BC Lara 44 5 1902 13 48.77 51.90 150.00
1 Fakhar Zaman 47 3 2271 11 51.61 49.29 142.47
2 Imam-ul-Haq 39 4 1569 9 44.83 42.86 123.87
3 Saeed Anwar 162 7 5907 22 38.11 38.70 111.86
4 Salman Butt 50 3 1793 9 38.15 38.21 110.44
5 Ramiz Raja 98 6 3124 17 33.96 35.34 102.13
6 Aamer Sohail 91 1 2800 18 31.11 31.91 92.23
7 Shahid Afridi 104 1 2588 14 25.13 25.68 74.22

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 2500
Min Runs (TT) 1500
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS V Sehwag 7518 7169 104.87 101.28 100.00
1 Shahid Afridi 3543 3482 101.75 103.25 100.00
2 Saeed Anwar 8156 10202 79.95 83.86 82.80
3 Fakhar Zaman 3627 3849 94.23 82.94 81.90
4 Salman Butt 2725 3571 76.31 73.07 72.15
5 Imam-ul-Haq 3148 3827 82.26 72.51 71.60
6 Ramiz Raja 3934 6262 62.82 71.57 70.67
7 Aamer Sohail 4169 6355 65.60 71.39 70.50

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 2588 2507 103.23 104.75 150.00
1 Shahid Afridi 2588 2507 103.23 104.75 150.00
2 Fakhar Zaman 2271 2328 97.55 85.86 122.95
3 Saeed Anwar 5907 7404 79.78 83.69 119.84
4 Imam-ul-Haq 1569 1918 81.80 72.11 103.26
5 Ramiz Raja 3124 4964 62.93 71.69 102.67
6 Salman Butt 1793 2404 74.58 71.41 102.27
7 Aamer Sohail 2800 4337 64.56 70.26 100.61

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. 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 ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS DL Haynes 152* 148 145* 142* 138* 133* 123* 140.14 150.00
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 200* 186* 175 163* 143 141* 141 164.14 150.00
1 Saeed Anwar 194 140 131 126 115 113* 112* 133.00 121.54
2 Salman Butt 136 132 129* 129 108* 101 101 119.43 109.14
3 Ramiz Raja 119* 116* 114 113 109* 107* 102* 111.43 101.83
4 Aamer Sohail 134 114 111 105 100 91 91 106.57 97.39
5 Shahid Afridi 109 108* 102 83 80 72 71 89.29 81.59
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 162 159 152* 189.29 150.00
1 Fakhar Zaman 193 180* 138 126* 117 114 101 138.43 109.70
2 Imam-ul-Haq 151 106 103 101 100 100 91 107.43 85.13

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 BB McCullum 77/25 80/28 51/22 59/26 55/25 238.05 150.00
1 Shahid Afridi 102/46 47/23 44/23 83/44 56/30 202.94 127.87
2 Saeed Anwar 37/23 74/49 48/32 54/37 46/34 155.25 97.82
3 Fakhar Zaman 126/81 41/28 50/36 31/23 138/106 123.99 78.13
4 Aamer Sohail 45/37 55/46 78/76 42/41 46/46 117.68 74.15
5 Ramiz Raja 35/32 85/82 71/72 109/115 114/123 111.23 70.09
6 Salman Butt 36/31 36/32 136/124 76/72 132/127 103.19 65.02
7 Imam-ul-Haq 151/131 106/97 103/96 100/100 72/72 94.55 59.58

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 OVERALL Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 Saeed Anwar 106.54 180.93 202.64 121.54 97.82 709.48 354.74
2 Fakhar Zaman 63.51 218.03 204.85 109.70 78.13 674.21 337.11
3 Shahid Afridi 46.28 117.00 250.00 81.59 127.87 622.75 311.37
4 Imam-ul-Haq 55.12 201.45 174.86 85.13 59.58 576.14 288.07
5 Ramiz Raja 51.39 161.66 173.33 101.83 70.09 558.30 279.15
6 Salman Butt 35.60 174.05 174.41 109.14 65.02 558.22 279.11
7 Aamer Sohail 54.46 148.19 171.11 97.39 74.15 545.30 272.65

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. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

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 Saeed Anwar 79 3283 45.60 82.10 637.04 127.41
2 Shahid Afridi 60 1603 27.17 99.81 553.97 110.79
3 Imam-ul-Haq 31 1408 52.15 82.19 524.66 104.93
4 Fakhar Zaman 35 1344 39.53 88.77 515.53 103.11
5 Salman Butt 42 1539 38.48 75.85 515.23 103.05
6 Ramiz Raja 48 1655 35.98 62.69 493.13 98.63
7 Aamer Sohail 48 1604 33.42 67.57 488.57 97.71

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Saeed Anwar 141 4873 36.92 78.56 703.64 562.91
2 Fakhar Zaman 49 2283 51.89 97.77 678.97 543.18
3 Shahid Afridi 85 1940 22.82 103.41 614.70 491.76
4 Imam-ul-Haq 41 1740 44.62 82.31 567.84 454.27
5 Ramiz Raja 77 2279 32.10 62.92 554.34 443.47
6 Aamer Sohail 84 2565 31.28 64.43 536.45 429.16
7 Salman Butt 35 1186 35.94 76.91 531.79 425.43

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

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Saeed Anwar 117 4858 45.40 84.27 718.59 143.72
2 Shahid Afridi 90 2422 27.21 105.49 640.17 128.03
3 Salman Butt 61 2446 42.91 77.95 607.04 121.41
4 Fakhar Zaman 44 1654 39.38 90.63 583.87 116.77
5 Imam-ul-Haq 41 1744 47.14 81.50 561.31 112.26
6 Ramiz Raja 62 2081 35.27 64.61 539.70 107.94
7 Aamer Sohail 64 2024 32.65 69.36 532.37 106.47

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Saeed Anwar 103 3298 34.00 74.33 750.13 600.10
2 Fakhar Zaman 40 1973 54.81 97.48 732.80 586.24
3 Imam-ul-Haq 31 1404 48.41 83.22 607.40 485.92
4 Ramiz Raja 63 1853 31.95 60.93 602.40 481.92
5 Aamer Sohail 68 2145 31.54 62.41 596.67 477.33
6 Shahid Afridi 55 1121 20.38 94.52 551.57 441.26
7 Salman Butt 16 279 17.44 64.43 323.47 258.78

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 Saeed Anwar 562.91 127.41 600.10 143.72 1,434.14 143.41
2 Fakhar Zaman 543.18 103.11 586.24 116.77 1,349.30 134.93
3 Shahid Afridi 491.76 110.79 441.26 128.03 1,171.84 117.18
4 Imam-ul-Haq 454.27 104.93 485.92 112.26 1,157.39 115.74
5 Ramiz Raja 443.47 98.63 481.92 107.94 1,131.96 113.20
6 Aamer Sohail 429.16 97.71 477.33 106.47 1,110.68 111.07
7 Salman Butt 425.43 103.05 258.78 121.41 908.66 90.87

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

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 Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Saeed Anwar 21 915 53.82 79.15 727.62 727.62
2 Ramiz Raja 15 698 53.69 64.10 664.13 664.13
3 Aamer Sohail 16 598 37.38 69.37 593.30 593.30
4 Fakhar Zaman 12 406 36.91 100.00 591.38 591.38
5 Salman Butt 0 0 NA NA 500.00 500.00
5 Shahid Afridi 7 50 7.14 68.49 500.00 500.00
7 Imam-ul-Haq 14 467 33.36 80.52 491.52 491.52
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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 Saeed Anwar 50 2210 49.11 90.95 774.83 774.83
2 Fakhar Zaman 50 2176 45.33 93.47 692.01 692.01
3 Salman Butt 50 2086 44.38 79.23 678.05 678.05
4 Aamer Sohail 50 2010 41.02 76.86 666.38 666.38
5 Imam-ul-Haq 50 2282 50.71 81.97 651.62 651.62
6 Ramiz Raja 50 1857 42.20 64.21 634.99 634.99
7 Shahid Afridi 50 1293 26.39 113.12 632.59 632.59
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 30.00% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 10.00% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 Saeed Anwar 204 60 29.41 635.42 635.42
2 Imam-ul-Haq 66 21 31.82 595.12 595.12
3 Fakhar Zaman 78 21 26.92 588.71 588.71
4 Shahid Afridi 144 35 24.31 531.77 531.77
5 Aamer Sohail 130 26 20.00 392.41 392.41
6 Salman Butt 73 12 16.44 288.87 288.87
7 Ramiz Raja 117 15 12.82 258.76 258.76

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 Saeed Anwar 72.76 77.48 63.54 213.79
2 Fakhar Zaman 59.14 69.20 58.87 187.21
3 Imam-ul-Haq 49.15 65.16 59.51 173.83
4 Shahid Afridi 50.00 63.26 53.18 166.44
5 Aamer Sohail 59.33 66.64 39.24 165.21
6 Ramiz Raja 66.41 63.50 25.88 155.79
7 Salman Butt 50.00 67.81 28.89 146.69

OVERALL RATING

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

RANK OV RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 12 Saeed Anwar PAK 354.74 143.41 213.79 711.94
2 19 Fakhar Zaman PAK 337.11 134.93 187.21 659.25
3 36 Shahid Afridi PAK 311.37 117.18 166.44 594.99
4 40 Imam-ul-Haq PAK 288.07 115.74 173.83 577.63
5 45 Aamer Sohail PAK 272.65 111.07 165.21 548.93
6 46 Ramiz Raja PAK 279.15 113.20 155.79 548.14
7 57 Salman Butt PAK 279.11 90.87 146.69 516.67

NON WEAK TEAMS

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

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL
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 NZ AUS SL SA

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