Top 10 Pakistani Batsmen Vs South Africa 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 South Africa 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)	SA

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 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	Younis Khan	PAK	2002	2013	2007.5	28	990	300.00
1	Younis Khan	PAK	2002	2013	2007.5	28	990	300.00
2	Taufeeq Umar	PAK	2002	2010	2006	12	730	221.21
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	PAK	1995	2007	2001	23	710	215.15
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	PAK	2007	2013	2010	17	660	200.00
5	Asad Shafiq	PAK	2010	2019	2014.5	16	640	193.94
6	Imran Farhat	PAK	2003	2013	2008	12	442	133.94
7	Mohammad Yousuf	PAK	1998	2007	2002.5	13	357	108.18

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	Azhar Ali	PAK	2010	2021	2015.5	24	596	260.00
1	Azhar Ali	PAK	2010	2021	2015.5	24	596	260.00
2	Babar Azam	PAK	2018	2025	2021.5	14	536	233.83
3	Shan Masood	PAK	2013	2025	2019	14	516	225.10

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	61.02	300.00
1	Taufeeq Umar	12	0	730	2	60.83	61.02	300.00
2	Misbah-ul-Haq	17	3	660	1	47.14	49.44	243.08
3	Asad Shafiq	16	0	640	2	40.00	44.72	219.86
4	Babar Azam	14	0	536	0	38.29	43.66	214.67
5	Younis Khan	28	3	990	4	39.60	41.69	204.99
6	Shan Masood	14	0	516	1	36.86	41.45	203.80
7	Imran Farhat	12	0	442	1	36.83	38.53	189.43
8	Inzamam-ul-Haq	23	1	710	0	32.27	34.90	171.58
9	Mohammad Yousuf	13	1	357	0	29.75	31.31	153.92
10	Azhar Ali	24	2	596	0	27.09	29.43	144.69

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	250.00
1	Younis Khan	131*	130	126	111	68	113.20	250.00
2	Asad Shafiq	130	111	88	65	61	91.00	200.97
3	Taufeeq Umar	135	111	71	68	67	90.40	199.65
4	Misbah-ul-Haq	100	88	77	76*	64	81.00	178.89
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	96	95	92*	60	60	80.60	178.00
6	Shan Masood	145	75	65	61	44	78.00	172.26
7	Babar Azam	81	77	72	71	58	71.80	158.57
8	Imran Farhat	128	68	58	43	41	67.60	149.29
9	Azhar Ali	90	65	63	56	51	65.00	143.55
10	Mohammad Yousuf	83	63*	50	42	32	54.00	119.26

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	536	839	63.89	60.75	150.00
1	Babar Azam	536	839	63.89	60.75	150.00
2	Mohammad Yousuf	357	586	60.92	60.65	149.76
3	Inzamam-ul-Haq	710	1350	52.59	53.32	131.66
4	Shan Masood	516	976	52.87	50.82	125.47
5	Asad Shafiq	640	1270	50.39	48.88	120.69
6	Younis Khan	990	2053	48.22	47.25	116.67
7	Imran Farhat	442	985	44.87	43.67	107.83
8	Taufeeq Umar	730	1645	44.38	43.51	107.43
9	Misbah-ul-Haq	660	1584	41.67	40.90	100.99
10	Azhar Ali	596	1681	35.46	34.54	85.28

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	Younis Khan	300.00	204.99	250.00	116.67	871.66
2	Taufeeq Umar	221.21	300.00	199.65	107.43	828.29
3	Babar Azam	233.83	214.67	158.57	150.00	757.07
4	Asad Shafiq	193.94	219.86	200.97	120.69	735.46
5	Shan Masood	225.10	203.80	172.26	125.47	726.63
6	Misbah-ul-Haq	200.00	243.08	178.89	100.99	722.96
7	Inzamam-ul-Haq	215.15	171.58	178.00	131.66	696.39
8	Azhar Ali	260.00	144.69	143.55	85.28	633.52
9	Imran Farhat	133.94	189.43	149.29	107.83	580.50
10	Mohammad Yousuf	108.18	153.92	119.26	149.76	531.13