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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs Australia In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. 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). So, here are the Top 10 batsmen from South Africa against Australia in ODIs.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL
8. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
TVO RATING

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

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

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 250.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Attacking Strike Rate 200.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 200.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns By SR 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 10

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 47 1639 250.00
1 JH Kallis SA 47 1639 250.00
2 JN Rhodes SA 52 1610 245.58
3 WJ Cronje SA 36 1364 208.05
4 HH Gibbs SA 44 1324 201.95
5 AB de Villiers SA 25 1250 190.67
6 F du Plessis SA 21 1080 164.73
7 DA Miller SA 26 1033 157.57
8 Q de Kock SA 30 1021 155.74
9 L Klusener SA 26 794 121.11
10 H Klaasen SA 13 578 88.16

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 400

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS AB de Villiers 25 4 1250 10 59.52 62.40 200.00
1 AB de Villiers 25 4 1250 10 59.52 62.40 200.00
2 DA Miller 26 8 1033 6 57.39 54.43 174.46
3 F du Plessis 21 1 1080 3 54.00 53.27 170.73
4 H Klaasen 13 3 578 2 57.80 52.64 168.72
5 WJ Cronje 36 7 1364 9 47.03 51.47 164.98
6 L Klusener 26 8 794 5 44.11 45.94 147.23
7 JN Rhodes 52 12 1610 10 40.25 42.46 136.10
8 JH Kallis 47 2 1639 13 36.42 37.22 119.30
9 Q de Kock 30 1 1021 3 35.21 34.09 109.25
10 HH Gibbs 44 0 1324 3 30.09 31.08 99.61

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 400
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS H Klaasen 578 481 120.17 98.31 200.00
1 H Klaasen 578 481 120.17 98.31 200.00
2 AB de Villiers 1250 1262 99.05 94.72 192.71
3 L Klusener 794 910 87.25 89.85 182.78
4 DA Miller 1033 989 104.45 88.40 179.84
5 Q de Kock 1021 1054 96.87 83.59 170.07
6 HH Gibbs 1324 1583 83.64 83.14 169.14
7 F du Plessis 1080 1155 93.51 83.12 169.09
8 JN Rhodes 1610 2069 77.82 82.14 167.12
9 WJ Cronje 1364 1871 72.90 80.63 164.04
10 JH Kallis 1639 2226 73.63 73.42 149.36

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman. 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 F du Plessis 126 125 111 106 100 113.60 200.00
1 F du Plessis 126 125 111 106 100 113.60 200.00
2 Q de Kock 178 109 107 82 70 109.20 192.25
3 HH Gibbs 175 110 101 82 66 106.80 188.03
4 DA Miller 139 118* 101 82* 65 101.00 177.82
5 WJ Cronje 112 100* 98* 97 91* 99.60 175.35
6 AB de Villiers 136* 92 91 84 82* 97.00 170.77
7 H Klaasen 174 123* 68* 51 49 93.00 163.73
8 JH Kallis 104* 82 80* 76 72 82.80 145.77
9 JN Rhodes 83* 83 82* 76 71* 79.00 139.08
10 L Klusener 92 88* 83 59 52* 74.80 131.69

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 R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS SM Pollock 53/33 46/31 38/27 33/24 41/38 140.62 150.00
1 JN Rhodes 39/24 71/50 47/40 46/40 56/49 134.68 143.67
2 L Klusener 31/16 36/21 27/21 46/42 83/77 129.73 138.39
3 AB de Villiers 52/34 43/30 57/41 92/70 136/106 129.33 137.95
4 HH Gibbs 175/111 38/29 64/52 27/28 110/116 122.48 130.65
5 DA Miller 82/45 118/79 39/29 139/108 37/29 121.11 129.19
6 Q de Kock 178/113 45/30 70/49 47/40 82/77 117.85 125.71
7 WJ Cronje 39/25 69/66 59/57 80/82 97/102 114.60 122.24
8 H Klaasen 174/83 49/36 68/63 123/114 51/52 109.31 116.61
9 F du Plessis 27/20 111/93 126/109 125/114 106/98 101.38 108.14
10 JH Kallis 80/59 64/69 104/120 76/88 47/55 94.61 100.92

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 190.67 200.00 192.71 170.77 137.95 892.10
2 WJ Cronje 208.05 164.98 164.04 175.35 122.24 834.67
3 JN Rhodes 245.58 136.10 167.12 139.08 143.67 831.54
4 DA Miller 157.57 174.46 179.84 177.82 129.19 818.88
5 F du Plessis 164.73 170.73 169.09 200.00 108.14 812.70
6 HH Gibbs 201.95 99.61 169.14 188.03 130.65 789.37
7 JH Kallis 250.00 119.30 149.36 145.77 100.92 765.35
8 Q de Kock 155.74 109.25 170.07 192.25 125.71 753.02
9 H Klaasen 88.16 168.72 200.00 163.73 116.61 737.22
10 L Klusener 121.11 147.23 182.78 131.69 138.39 721.20

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