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Top 10 Pakistani Batsmen Vs South Africa In Tests

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from Pakistan against South Africa in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
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) SA

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 300.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS Younis Khan PAK 28 990 300.00
1 Younis Khan PAK 28 990 300.00
2 Taufeeq Umar PAK 12 730 221.21
3 Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 23 710 215.15
4 Shan Masood PAK 18 686 207.88
5 Babar Azam PAK 18 667 202.12
6 Misbah-ul-Haq PAK 17 660 200.00
7 Asad Shafiq PAK 16 640 193.94
8 Azhar Ali PAK 24 596 180.61
9 Imran Farhat PAK 12 442 133.94
10 Mohammad Rizwan PAK 11 409 123.94

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 Taufeeq Umar 12 0 730 2 60.83 64.06 300.00
1 Taufeeq Umar 12 0 730 2 60.83 64.06 300.00
2 Mohammad Rizwan 11 1 409 1 40.90 49.50 231.81
3 Misbah-ul-Haq 17 3 660 1 47.14 47.54 222.64
4 Asad Shafiq 16 0 640 2 40.00 46.73 218.86
5 Shan Masood 18 0 686 1 38.11 45.97 215.28
6 Babar Azam 18 0 667 0 37.06 45.75 214.24
7 Imran Farhat 12 0 442 1 36.83 42.77 200.31
8 Younis Khan 28 3 990 4 39.60 42.22 197.72
9 Inzamam-ul-Haq 23 1 710 0 32.27 38.00 177.94
10 Azhar Ali 24 2 596 0 27.09 29.57 138.50

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 Babar Azam 667 1068 62.45 58.70 100.00
1 Babar Azam 667 1068 62.45 58.70 100.00
2 Inzamam-ul-Haq 710 1350 52.59 56.17 95.68
3 Shan Masood 686 1321 51.93 48.92 83.34
4 Asad Shafiq 640 1270 50.39 48.28 82.24
5 Younis Khan 990 2053 48.22 47.72 81.30
6 Taufeeq Umar 730 1645 44.38 46.71 79.57
7 Mohammad Rizwan 409 827 49.46 46.19 78.69
8 Imran Farhat 442 985 44.87 45.25 77.08
9 Misbah-ul-Haq 660 1584 41.67 40.63 69.22
10 Azhar Ali 596 1681 35.46 34.28 58.39

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 Younis Khan 131* 130 126 111 68 113.20 300.00
1 Younis Khan 131* 130 126 111 68 113.20 300.00
2 Asad Shafiq 130 111 88 65 61 91.00 241.17
3 Taufeeq Umar 135 111 71 68 67 90.40 239.58
4 Shan Masood 145 87 76 75 65 89.60 237.46
5 Misbah-ul-Haq 100 88 77 76* 64 81.00 214.66
6 Inzamam-ul-Haq 96 95 92* 60 60 80.60 213.60
7 Babar Azam 81 77 72 71 58 71.80 190.28
8 Imran Farhat 128 68 58 43 41 67.60 179.15
9 Azhar Ali 90 65 63 56 51 65.00 172.26
10 Mohammad Rizwan 115* 75 46 41 33 62.00 164.31

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 ATT BIP TVO RAT
1 Younis Khan 300.00 197.72 81.30 300.00 879.02
2 Taufeeq Umar 221.21 300.00 79.57 239.58 840.36
3 Shan Masood 207.88 215.28 83.34 237.46 743.96
4 Asad Shafiq 193.94 218.86 82.24 241.17 736.21
5 Babar Azam 202.12 214.24 100.00 190.28 706.65
6 Misbah-ul-Haq 200.00 222.64 69.22 214.66 706.52
7 Inzamam-ul-Haq 215.15 177.94 95.68 213.60 702.37
8 Mohammad Rizwan 123.94 231.81 78.69 164.31 598.75
9 Imran Farhat 133.94 200.31 77.08 179.15 590.48
10 Azhar Ali 180.61 138.50 58.39 172.26 549.76

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
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Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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