Top 10 Pakistani Batsmen Vs New Zealand 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 Pakistan against New Zealand 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)	PAK
Venue (V)	ALL
Oposition (O)	NZ

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	Javed Miandad	PAK	1976	1993	1984.5	29	1919	300.00
1	Javed Miandad	PAK	1976	1993	1984.5	29	1919	300.00
2	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	PAK	1965	1979	1972	28	1113	174.00
3	Majid Khan	PAK	1965	1979	1972	17	936	146.33
4	Shoaib Mohammad	PAK	1984	1990	1987	10	854	133.51

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	Inzamam-ul-Haq	PAK	1993	2003	1998	19	1059	260.00
1	Inzamam-ul-Haq	PAK	1993	2003	1998	19	1059	260.00
2	Younis Khan	PAK	2001	2016	2008.5	19	749	183.89
3	Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	2001	2009	2005	15	747	183.40

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	Azhar Ali	PAK	2011	2021	2016	22	940	250.00
1	Azhar Ali	PAK	2011	2021	2016	22	940	250.00
2	Sarfraz Ahmed	PAK	2014	2023	2018.5	18	693	184.31
3	Babar Azam	PAK	2016	2023	2019.5	13	635	168.88

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	Shoaib Mohammad	10	2	854	5	106.75	114.51	300.00
1	Shoaib Mohammad	10	2	854	5	106.75	114.51	300.00
2	Javed Miandad	29	5	1919	7	79.96	82.16	215.24
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	19	3	1059	3	66.19	67.41	176.61
4	Majid Khan	17	1	936	3	58.50	57.50	150.64
5	Babar Azam	13	2	635	2	57.73	57.20	149.85
6	Mohammad Yousuf	15	1	747	1	53.36	55.31	144.91
7	Sarfraz Ahmed	18	3	693	2	46.20	45.57	119.40
8	Younis Khan	19	2	749	2	44.06	44.54	116.68
9	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	28	2	1113	3	42.81	44.04	115.37
10	Azhar Ali	22	0	940	1	42.73	43.29	113.42

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	Javed Miandad	271	206	163	160*	118	183.60	250.00
1	Javed Miandad	271	206	163	160*	118	183.60	250.00
2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	135*	130	82	75	150.20	204.52
3	Shoaib Mohammad	203*	163	142	112	105	145.00	197.44
4	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	175	166	104	92	73	122.00	166.12
5	Mohammad Yousuf	203	89	88*	83	60	104.60	142.43
6	Majid Khan	119*	112	110	98	80	103.80	141.34
7	Younis Khan	149*	100*	91	81	73	98.80	134.53
8	Babar Azam	161	127*	90*	62	51	98.20	133.71
9	Azhar Ali	134	93	87	81	75	94.00	128.00
10	Sarfraz Ahmed	118	112	86	78	53	89.40	121.73

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	Sarfraz Ahmed	693	1048	66.13	65.13	150.00
1	Sarfraz Ahmed	693	1048	66.13	65.13	150.00
2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	1059	1770	59.83	60.84	140.12
3	Younis Khan	749	1301	57.57	56.71	130.60
4	Javed Miandad	1118	2303	48.55	52.79	121.58
5	Babar Azam	635	1223	51.92	50.72	116.83
6	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	0	0	NA	NA	115.16
7	Majid Khan	0	0	NA	NA	115.16
8	Mohammad Yousuf	747	1634	45.72	45.02	103.69
9	Shoaib Mohammad	854	2087	40.92	43.85	101.00
10	Azhar Ali	940	2469	38.07	37.44	86.24

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	Javed Miandad	300.00	215.24	250.00	121.58	886.82
2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	260.00	176.61	204.52	140.12	781.24
3	Shoaib Mohammad	133.51	300.00	197.44	101.00	731.95
4	Azhar Ali	250.00	113.42	128.00	86.24	577.65
5	Sarfraz Ahmed	184.31	119.40	121.73	150.00	575.44
6	Mohammad Yousuf	183.40	144.91	142.43	103.69	574.43
7	Asif Iqbal (PAK)	174.00	115.37	166.12	115.16	570.65
8	Babar Azam	168.88	149.85	133.71	116.83	569.27
9	Younis Khan	183.89	116.68	134.53	130.60	565.71
10	Majid Khan	146.33	150.64	141.34	115.16	553.46