Top 10 South African Batsmen In ODIs In New Zealand

Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971. All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from South Africa in New Zealand in ODIs.

CONTENTS

6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

7. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

8. TEAM VEN OPP RATING

9. BRIEF EXPLANATION

9.1. Dynamic Nature

9.2. Trend Setter (TS)

9.3. Top Inns by SR (QIP) Qualification

9.4. Abbreviations

TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T)	SA
Venue (V)	NZ
Oposition (O)	ALL

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA	STAT	POINTS
Prolific	Runs Scored	300.00
Consistent	Average	200.00
Attacking	Strike Rate	200.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Scores by Runs	150.00
Quick Innings Potential	Top Scores by SR	150.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings	5
Min Runs	250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AB de Villiers	SA	15	833	300.00
1	AB de Villiers	SA	15	833	300.00
2	HM Amla	SA	15	516	185.83
3	F du Plessis	SA	13	506	182.23
4	JH Kallis	SA	14	459	165.31
5	J-P Duminy	SA	14	428	154.14
6	G Kirsten	SA	10	373	134.33
7	Q de Kock	SA	12	362	130.37
8	DA Miller	SA	10	337	121.37
9	DJ Cullinan	SA	8	294	105.88
10	L Klusener	SA	10	274	98.68

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	250

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	AB de Villiers	15	8	833	1	119.00	115.45	200.00
1	AB de Villiers	15	8	833	1	119.00	115.45	200.00
2	L Klusener	10	5	274	1	54.80	56.84	98.47
3	G Kirsten	10	2	373	0	46.63	48.35	83.76
4	F du Plessis	13	2	506	0	46.00	45.52	78.86
5	DA Miller	10	2	337	1	42.13	40.47	70.11
6	DJ Cullinan	8	0	294	0	36.75	38.16	66.10
7	J-P Duminy	14	3	428	1	38.91	37.99	65.81
8	JH Kallis	14	1	459	2	35.31	36.49	63.21
9	HM Amla	15	0	516	1	34.40	33.37	57.82
10	Q de Kock	12	1	362	0	32.91	31.77	55.04

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.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs	250
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	DA Miller	337	295	114.24	97.98	200.00
1	DA Miller	337	295	114.24	97.98	200.00
2	AB de Villiers	833	757	110.04	95.73	195.41
3	DJ Cullinan	294	348	84.48	88.81	181.29
4	L Klusener	274	316	86.71	87.97	179.58
5	Q de Kock	362	422	85.78	73.71	150.46
6	J-P Duminy	428	516	82.95	72.26	147.51
7	JH Kallis	459	638	71.94	71.78	146.52
8	G Kirsten	373	558	66.85	69.95	142.80
9	F du Plessis	506	634	79.81	69.93	142.75
10	HM Amla	516	659	78.30	68.12	139.05

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	AB de Villiers	106*	99	89*	85	77	91.20	150.00
1	AB de Villiers	106*	99	89*	85	77	91.20	150.00
2	JH Kallis	100	100	58*	54	53	73.00	120.07
2	HM Amla	119	92	76	40	38	73.00	120.07
4	G Kirsten	81*	80	70	63	45	67.80	111.51
5	F du Plessis	82	67	67	66*	51*	66.60	109.54
6	DA Miller	138*	49	49	45*	28	61.80	101.64
7	Q de Kock	80*	69	68	57	26	60.00	98.68
8	J-P Duminy	115*	58*	46	43	34	59.20	97.37
9	DJ Cullinan	94	65	61	40	14	54.80	90.13
10	L Klusener	103*	35*	35*	35	28	47.20	77.63

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

RANK	BATSMAN	1	2	3	4	5	QI SR	RAT
TS	AB de Villiers	37/25	65/45	77/58	72/59	99/82	113.19	150.00
1	AB de Villiers	37/25	65/45	77/58	72/59	99/82	113.19	150.00
2	DA Miller	49/18	138/92	45/35	49/48		99.90	132.39
3	F du Plessis	34/25	66/49	27/29	67/73	36/46	90.78	120.30
4	L Klusener	35/19	35/26	103/132	28/46	35/58	85.21	112.92
5	JH Kallis	58/59	100/117	53/66	100/125	26/41	82.41	109.21
6	J-P Duminy	115/100	43/39	58/72	34/44	25/37	82.05	108.73
7	HM Amla	38/27	40/38	119/135	92/107	76/89	80.18	106.26
8	DJ Cullinan	94/56	61/77	65/94	40/59		76.45	101.32
9	G Kirsten	45/49	81/109	70/97	63/92	80/127	74.84	99.19
10	Q de Kock	69/64	68/70	57/65	80/94		64.28	85.19

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	QIP	TVO RAT
1	AB de Villiers	300.00	200.00	195.41	150.00	150.00	995.41
2	F du Plessis	182.23	78.86	142.75	109.54	120.30	633.69
3	DA Miller	121.37	70.11	200.00	101.64	132.39	625.51
4	HM Amla	185.83	57.82	139.05	120.07	106.26	609.02
5	JH Kallis	165.31	63.21	146.52	120.07	109.21	604.31
6	J-P Duminy	154.14	65.81	147.51	97.37	108.73	573.55
7	G Kirsten	134.33	83.76	142.80	111.51	99.19	571.59
8	L Klusener	98.68	98.47	179.58	77.63	112.92	567.29
9	DJ Cullinan	105.88	66.10	181.29	90.13	101.32	544.73
10	Q de Kock	130.37	55.04	150.46	98.68	85.19	519.73

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)

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. 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.
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