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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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) NZ

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 44 1449 250.00
1 JH Kallis SA 44 1449 250.00
2 G Kirsten SA 31 1180 203.59
3 HH Gibbs SA 29 1042 179.78
4 AB de Villiers SA 25 991 170.98
5 GC Smith SA 23 811 139.92
6 HM Amla SA 19 744 128.36
7 MV Boucher SA 28 709 122.33
8 L Klusener SA 21 558 96.27
9 WJ Cronje SA 19 543 93.69
10 N Boje SA 12 475 81.95

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 9 991 7 61.94 63.15 200.00
1 AB de Villiers 25 9 991 7 61.94 63.15 200.00
2 N Boje 12 4 475 2 59.38 59.19 187.46
3 L Klusener 21 9 558 2 46.50 47.92 151.75
4 G Kirsten 31 4 1180 8 43.70 46.57 147.48
5 JH Kallis 44 8 1449 9 40.25 41.56 131.62
6 HM Amla 19 0 744 3 39.16 38.63 122.34
7 HH Gibbs 29 1 1042 6 37.21 37.89 120.01
8 WJ Cronje 19 3 543 4 33.94 36.66 116.10
9 MV Boucher 28 8 709 3 35.45 36.08 114.26
10 GC Smith 23 0 811 5 35.26 33.62 106.49

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 L Klusener 558 585 95.38 96.86 200.00
1 L Klusener 558 585 95.38 96.86 200.00
2 WJ Cronje 543 617 88.01 96.46 199.18
3 N Boje 475 492 96.54 91.81 189.57
4 AB de Villiers 991 1013 97.83 88.19 182.11
5 MV Boucher 709 790 89.75 88.04 181.78
6 HH Gibbs 1042 1348 77.30 77.52 160.06
7 G Kirsten 1180 1650 71.52 73.68 152.13
8 GC Smith 811 1070 75.79 71.88 148.42
9 JH Kallis 1449 2087 69.43 68.93 142.33
10 HM Amla 744 954 77.99 67.69 139.77

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 HH Gibbs 143 119 91 89 81 104.60 200.00
1 HH Gibbs 143 119 91 89 81 104.60 200.00
2 G Kirsten 103 101 97 94 82 95.40 182.41
3 JH Kallis 111 100 100 93 65 93.80 179.35
4 HM Amla 124 119 92 76 55 93.20 178.20
5 AB de Villiers 106* 89* 87 85 72* 87.80 167.88
6 GC Smith 116 80 72 66 66 80.00 152.96
7 N Boje 129 105* 64 50 29 75.40 144.17
8 WJ Cronje 78 74* 68 55 40 63.00 120.46
9 L Klusener 103* 59* 50 41* 37 58.00 110.90
10 MV Boucher 58 57* 51 48* 48 52.40 100.19

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 L Klusener 41/18 35/19 33/21 59/42 35/26 163.60 150.00
1 L Klusener 41/18 35/19 33/21 59/42 35/26 163.60 150.00
2 MV Boucher 57/32 48/30 30/19 35/28 40/35 143.05 131.16
3 WJ Cronje 39/22 78/64 55/47 40/35 74/69 132.27 121.27
4 AB de Villiers 37/25 65/45 64/48 72/59 37/34 117.49 107.73
5 JH Kallis 53/36 45/38 58/59 65/68 36/39 106.31 97.47
6 HH Gibbs 119/101 69/64 143/141 47/48 46/51 104.98 96.26
7 N Boje 129/114 105/93 50/47 64/83 29/51 92.40 84.72
8 G Kirsten 101/107 45/49 103/113 94/113 97/118 90.66 83.12
9 GC Smith 43/37 66/65 116/130 66/75 28/34 88.71 81.34
10 HM Amla 40/38 124/126 119/135 92/107 76/89 79.08 72.50

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 170.98 200.00 182.11 167.88 107.73 828.69
2 JH Kallis 250.00 131.62 142.33 179.35 97.47 800.77
3 G Kirsten 203.59 147.48 152.13 182.41 83.12 768.74
4 HH Gibbs 179.78 120.01 160.06 200.00 96.26 756.11
5 L Klusener 96.27 151.75 200.00 110.90 150.00 708.92
6 N Boje 81.95 187.46 189.57 144.17 84.72 687.87
7 WJ Cronje 93.69 116.10 199.18 120.46 121.27 650.69
8 MV Boucher 122.33 114.26 181.78 100.19 131.16 649.72
9 HM Amla 128.36 122.34 139.77 178.20 72.50 641.18
10 GC Smith 139.92 106.49 148.42 152.96 81.34 629.13

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