Top 10 South African Middle Order Batsmen In ODIs

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Nations Filter

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

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

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to include performances of middle order (3-6) 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 batsmanโ€™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 Javed Miandad PAK 1975 1996 1985.5 213 7281 150.00
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 358 13422 200.00
1 JH Kallis SA 1996 2014 2005 305 11405 169.94
2 JN Rhodes SA 1992 2003 1997.5 200 5643 84.09
3 WJ Cronje SA 1992 2000 1996 170 5492 81.84
4 DJ Cullinan SA 1993 2000 1996.5 122 3606 53.73
5 HH Gibbs SA 1996 2009 2002.5 56 1924 28.67
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 2009 2025 2017 279 13977 200.00
1 AB de Villiers SA 2005 2018 2011.5 182 8532 122.09
2 F du Plessis SA 2011 2019 2015 135 5497 78.66
3 DA Miller SA 2010 2025 2017.5 143 4396 62.90
4 HE van der Dussen SA 2019 2025 2022 65 2657 38.02
5 H Klaasen SA 2018 2025 2021.5 56 2141 30.64

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 AB de Villiers 182 36 8532 46 58.44 56.64 100.00
1 AB de Villiers 182 36 8532 46 58.44 56.64 100.00
2 HE van der Dussen 65 12 2657 17 50.13 48.07 84.86
3 JH Kallis 305 53 11405 85 45.26 46.58 82.24
4 F du Plessis 135 20 5497 35 47.80 44.73 78.96
5 H Klaasen 56 7 2141 11 43.69 43.79 77.32
6 DA Miller 143 40 4396 22 42.68 42.98 75.88
7 WJ Cronje 170 29 5492 39 38.95 40.83 72.09
8 JN Rhodes 200 43 5643 32 35.94 38.48 67.93
9 HH Gibbs 56 4 1924 12 37.00 38.20 67.45
10 DJ Cullinan 122 16 3606 22 34.02 34.98 61.75

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS AB de Villiers 114 25 5156 31 57.93 56.15 150.00
1 AB de Villiers 114 25 5156 31 57.93 56.15 150.00
2 HE van der Dussen 34 6 1589 11 56.75 54.41 145.36
3 JH Kallis 194 33 7019 54 43.60 44.87 119.86
4 H Klaasen 38 6 1384 7 43.25 43.35 115.80
5 F du Plessis 83 10 3242 20 44.41 41.55 111.01
6 JN Rhodes 152 33 4535 27 38.11 40.80 108.98
7 WJ Cronje 121 20 3905 27 38.66 40.53 108.27
8 DA Miller 89 21 2594 14 38.15 38.41 102.62
9 DJ Cullinan 91 11 2644 17 33.05 33.98 90.78
10 HH Gibbs 37 1 1180 7 32.78 33.85 90.41

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 GJ Maxwell 3030 2365 128.12 113.40 100.00
1 H Klaasen 2141 1829 117.06 101.30 89.33
2 AB de Villiers 8532 8295 102.86 95.38 84.10
3 DA Miller 4396 4221 104.15 91.11 80.34
4 JN Rhodes 5643 6938 81.33 85.23 75.16
5 HH Gibbs 1924 2291 83.98 84.57 74.58
6 WJ Cronje 5492 7169 76.61 81.83 72.16
7 F du Plessis 5497 6202 88.63 79.97 70.52
8 HE van der Dussen 2657 3053 87.03 75.69 66.74
9 DJ Cullinan 3606 5177 69.65 74.29 65.51
10 JH Kallis 11405 15619 73.02 74.05 65.30

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 2233 1900 117.53 104.03 150.00
1 H Klaasen 1384 1222 113.26 98.01 141.32
2 AB de Villiers 5156 5190 99.34 92.12 132.83
3 DA Miller 2594 2589 100.19 87.65 126.38
4 JN Rhodes 4535 5640 80.41 84.26 121.50
5 WJ Cronje 3905 5024 77.73 83.03 119.72
6 HH Gibbs 1180 1471 80.22 80.78 116.48
7 F du Plessis 3242 3758 86.27 77.84 112.23
8 HE van der Dussen 1589 1814 87.60 76.18 109.85
9 DJ Cullinan 2644 3853 68.62 73.19 105.54
10 JH Kallis 7019 9832 71.39 72.40 104.40

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 IVA Richards 189* 181 153* 149 138* 119* 119 149.71 150.00
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RT Ponting 164 145 141* 140* 134* 129 126 139.86 150.00
1 JH Kallis 139 121* 119* 113* 111 109* 109* 117.29 125.79
2 HH Gibbs 175 118 100 93* 81 78 77 103.14 110.62
3 WJ Cronje 112 100* 98* 97 94 91* 90 97.43 104.49
4 DJ Cullinan 124 110* 106 94 89 85* 73 97.29 104.34
5 JN Rhodes 121 107* 98 94* 83* 83 82* 95.43 102.35
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS V Kohli 183 166* 160* 157* 154* 140 139* 157.00 150.00
1 AB de Villiers 176 162* 149 136* 128 125* 121 142.43 136.08
2 F du Plessis 185 133* 126 125 120 112* 111 130.29 124.48
3 HE van der Dussen 134 133 129* 123* 111 108 95 119.00 113.69
4 H Klaasen 174 123* 119* 109 97 90 87 114.14 109.05
5 DA Miller 139 130* 118* 117* 101 100* 82* 112.43 107.42

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 Shahid Afridi 34/12 102/40 77/35 55/26 124/60 221.55 150.00
1 AB de Villiers 149/44 162/66 54/27 119/61 102/59 211.43 143.15
2 DA Miller 49/18 50/27 82/45 53/30 36/21 167.52 113.41
3 H Klaasen 174/83 119/61 81/43 90/49 109/67 163.65 110.80
4 WJ Cronje 39/22 39/25 58/42 31/23 38/31 153.14 103.68
5 JN Rhodes 39/24 57/39 71/50 53/39 28/21 150.22 101.70
6 DJ Cullinan 94/56 57/39 31/23 60/51 37/32 148.05 100.24
7 JH Kallis 53/26 53/36 80/59 37/30 45/38 143.81 97.36
8 F du Plessis 45/19 73/50 34/25 91/67 27/20 134.59 91.12
9 HH Gibbs 175/111 61/40 40/36 68/65 66/71 127.83 86.55
10 HE van der Dussen 60/37 129/96 134/117 52/46 133/118 106.71 72.25

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 AB de Villiers 122.09 250.00 216.93 136.08 143.15 868.24 434.12
2 JH Kallis 169.94 202.10 169.70 125.79 97.36 764.90 382.45
3 H Klaasen 30.64 193.12 230.65 109.05 110.80 674.25 337.12
4 DA Miller 62.90 178.50 206.72 107.42 113.41 668.96 334.48
5 F du Plessis 78.66 189.97 182.75 124.48 91.12 666.98 333.49
6 WJ Cronje 81.84 180.36 191.88 104.49 103.68 662.25 331.13
7 JN Rhodes 84.09 176.91 196.65 102.35 101.70 661.70 330.85
8 HE van der Dussen 38.02 230.22 176.59 113.69 72.25 630.77 315.39
9 DJ Cullinan 53.73 152.53 171.05 104.34 100.24 581.89 290.95
10 HH Gibbs 28.67 157.86 191.06 110.62 86.55 574.77 287.38

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 AB de Villiers 77 3569 54.91 105.56 827.51 165.50
2 JH Kallis 131 5052 47.21 75.13 779.85 155.97
3 H Klaasen 29 1290 51.60 116.22 728.00 145.60
4 DA Miller 64 2152 48.91 107.22 683.47 136.69
5 JN Rhodes 93 2672 38.72 83.37 673.42 134.68
6 F du Plessis 49 1998 47.57 94.33 653.56 130.71
7 WJ Cronje 66 2279 41.44 77.18 643.78 128.76
8 HH Gibbs 26 1108 44.32 85.23 634.03 126.81
9 HE van der Dussen 35 1348 51.85 85.21 599.06 119.81
10 DJ Cullinan 39 1154 32.97 68.28 512.98 102.60

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 AB de Villiers 105 4963 61.27 101.00 846.40 677.12
2 JH Kallis 174 6353 43.81 71.42 694.12 555.29
3 F du Plessis 86 3499 47.93 85.68 653.68 522.94
4 WJ Cronje 104 3213 37.36 76.21 625.01 500.00
5 DA Miller 79 2244 38.03 101.36 617.27 493.82
6 HE van der Dussen 30 1309 48.48 88.99 607.59 486.07
7 H Klaasen 27 851 35.46 118.36 599.75 479.80
8 JN Rhodes 107 2971 33.76 79.59 590.84 472.68
9 DJ Cullinan 83 2452 34.54 70.32 573.94 459.15
10 HH Gibbs 30 816 30.22 82.34 481.54 385.23

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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 AB de Villiers 141 6437 56.96 104.23 921.26 184.25
2 JH Kallis 241 9110 45.32 73.52 770.70 154.14
3 F du Plessis 108 4607 50.08 91.05 733.69 146.74
4 DA Miller 104 3428 46.32 105.64 722.31 144.46
5 H Klaasen 35 1355 45.17 114.06 706.65 141.33
6 JN Rhodes 164 4742 37.05 82.27 673.83 134.77
7 HE van der Dussen 46 1898 52.72 86.94 641.61 128.32
8 WJ Cronje 125 3707 35.64 75.25 630.54 126.11
9 HH Gibbs 51 1800 38.30 84.35 616.36 123.27
10 DJ Cullinan 82 2327 31.03 67.76 549.72 109.94

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 AB de Villiers 41 2095 63.48 98.87 892.40 713.92
2 JH Kallis 64 2295 45.00 71.12 717.51 574.01
3 WJ Cronje 45 1785 48.24 79.58 695.23 556.18
4 H Klaasen 21 786 41.37 122.62 645.23 516.18
5 DJ Cullinan 40 1279 41.26 73.38 589.28 471.43
6 DA Miller 39 968 33.38 99.18 585.95 468.76
7 HE van der Dussen 19 759 44.65 87.24 579.29 463.43
8 F du Plessis 27 890 38.70 77.93 534.85 427.88
9 JN Rhodes 36 901 31.07 76.75 506.60 405.28
10 HH Gibbs 5 124 24.80 78.98 500.00 400.00

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 AB de Villiers 677.12 165.50 713.92 184.25 1,740.80 174.08
2 JH Kallis 555.29 155.97 574.01 154.14 1,439.41 143.94
3 WJ Cronje 500.00 128.76 556.18 126.11 1,311.05 131.11
4 H Klaasen 479.80 145.60 516.18 141.33 1,282.91 128.29
5 DA Miller 493.82 136.69 468.76 144.46 1,243.74 124.37
6 F du Plessis 522.94 130.71 427.88 146.74 1,228.28 122.83
7 HE van der Dussen 486.07 119.81 463.43 128.32 1,197.64 119.76
8 JN Rhodes 472.68 134.68 405.28 134.77 1,147.41 114.74
9 DJ Cullinan 459.15 102.60 471.43 109.94 1,143.12 114.31
10 HH Gibbs 385.23 126.81 400.00 123.27 1,035.31 103.53

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 AB de Villiers 12 835 92.78 126.52 762.20 762.20
2 JH Kallis 32 1148 45.92 74.40 645.67 645.67
3 HE van der Dussen 16 759 54.21 86.84 634.57 634.57
4 F du Plessis 21 926 57.88 86.54 624.94 624.94
5 DA Miller 21 816 48.00 113.33 603.38 603.38
6 HH Gibbs 7 286 47.67 91.08 500.00 500.00
7 H Klaasen 10 373 41.44 133.21 493.20 493.20
8 WJ Cronje 20 476 29.75 80.54 483.35 483.35
9 DJ Cullinan 15 471 39.25 67.58 456.01 456.01
10 JN Rhodes 15 287 20.50 87.23 435.74 435.74
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 AB de Villiers 50 2848 76.97 117.78 895.05 895.05
2 F du Plessis 50 2553 63.83 94.03 730.46 730.46
3 H Klaasen 50 1978 46.00 119.73 704.55 704.55
4 JH Kallis 50 2062 51.55 76.12 684.86 684.86
5 DJ Cullinan 50 2055 47.79 74.11 669.80 669.80
6 JN Rhodes 50 1726 50.76 88.38 666.68 666.68
7 WJ Cronje 50 1811 45.28 87.78 658.03 658.03
8 HE van der Dussen 50 2219 56.90 88.65 656.84 656.84
9 DA Miller 50 1780 55.63 104.03 643.56 643.56
10 HH Gibbs 48 1689 38.39 82.15 636.40 636.40
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 AB de Villiers 146 66 45.21 920.59 920.59
2 JH Kallis 252 68 26.98 622.83 622.83
3 H Klaasen 49 18 36.73 607.89 607.89
4 JN Rhodes 157 43 27.39 555.76 555.76
5 WJ Cronje 141 37 26.24 519.00 519.00
6 HE van der Dussen 53 16 30.19 514.69 514.69
7 F du Plessis 115 34 29.57 512.86 512.86
8 DA Miller 103 28 27.18 467.08 467.08
9 DJ Cullinan 106 21 19.81 355.62 355.62
10 HH Gibbs 52 12 23.08 327.86 327.86

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 AB de Villiers 76.22 89.50 92.06 257.78
2 JH Kallis 64.57 68.49 62.28 195.34
3 F du Plessis 62.49 73.05 51.29 186.83
4 HE van der Dussen 63.46 65.68 51.47 180.61
5 H Klaasen 49.32 70.45 60.79 180.56
6 DA Miller 60.34 64.36 46.71 171.40
7 WJ Cronje 48.34 65.80 51.90 166.04
8 JN Rhodes 43.57 66.67 55.58 165.82
9 DJ Cullinan 45.60 66.98 35.56 148.14
10 HH Gibbs 50.00 63.64 32.79 146.43

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 3 AB de Villiers SA 434.12 174.08 257.78 865.98
2 8 JH Kallis SA 382.45 143.94 195.34 721.73
3 30 H Klaasen SA 337.12 128.29 180.56 645.98
4 32 F du Plessis SA 333.49 122.83 186.83 643.14
5 38 DA Miller SA 334.48 124.37 171.40 630.25
6 40 WJ Cronje SA 331.13 131.11 166.04 628.27
7 48 HE van der Dussen SA 315.39 119.76 180.61 615.76
8 51 JN Rhodes SA 330.85 114.74 165.82 611.41
9 76 DJ Cullinan SA 290.95 114.31 148.14 553.40
10 91 HH Gibbs SA 287.38 103.53 146.43 537.34

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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