Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs New Zealand In ODIs

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 against 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)	ALL
Oposition (O)	NZ

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	7
Min Runs	250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JH Kallis	SA	44	1449	300.00
1	JH Kallis	SA	44	1449	300.00
2	G Kirsten	SA	31	1180	244.31
3	HH Gibbs	SA	29	1042	215.73
4	AB de Villiers	SA	25	991	205.18
5	GC Smith	SA	23	811	167.91
6	HM Amla	SA	19	744	154.04
7	MV Boucher	SA	28	709	146.79
8	L Klusener	SA	21	558	115.53
9	WJ Cronje	SA	19	543	112.42
10	N Boje	SA	12	475	98.34

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	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	AB de Villiers	25	9	991	1	61.94	63.22	200.00
1	AB de Villiers	25	9	991	1	61.94	63.22	200.00
2	N Boje	12	4	475	2	59.38	55.16	174.50
3	L Klusener	21	9	558	1	46.50	45.90	145.21
4	G Kirsten	31	4	1180	2	43.70	41.44	131.11
5	HM Amla	19	0	744	2	39.16	39.62	125.33
6	JH Kallis	44	8	1449	3	40.25	39.49	124.92
7	HH Gibbs	29	1	1042	2	37.21	37.27	117.90
8	GC Smith	23	0	811	1	35.26	36.51	115.51
9	MV Boucher	28	8	709	0	35.45	35.64	112.74
10	WJ Cronje	19	3	543	0	33.94	33.05	104.57

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	400
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	RUNS	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	L Klusener	558	585	95.38	96.21	200.00
1	L Klusener	558	585	95.38	96.21	200.00
2	N Boje	475	492	96.54	94.59	196.65
3	WJ Cronje	543	617	88.01	91.70	190.63
4	AB de Villiers	991	1013	97.83	88.75	184.50
5	MV Boucher	709	790	89.75	88.14	183.22
6	HH Gibbs	1042	1348	77.30	76.72	159.49
7	GC Smith	811	1070	75.79	73.26	152.30
8	G Kirsten	1180	1650	71.52	72.14	149.97
9	HM Amla	744	954	77.99	68.91	143.26
10	JH Kallis	1449	2087	69.43	68.50	142.40

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	HH Gibbs	143	119	91	89	81	104.60	150.00
1	HH Gibbs	143	119	91	89	81	104.60	150.00
2	G Kirsten	103	101	97	94	82	95.40	136.81
3	JH Kallis	111	100	100	93	65	93.80	134.51
4	HM Amla	124	119	92	76	55	93.20	133.65
5	AB de Villiers	106*	89*	87	85	72*	87.80	125.91
6	GC Smith	116	80	72	66	66	80.00	114.72
7	N Boje	129	105*	64	50	29	75.40	108.13
8	WJ Cronje	78	74*	68	55	40	63.00	90.34
9	L Klusener	103*	59*	50	41*	37	58.00	83.17
10	MV Boucher	58	57*	51	48*	48	52.40	75.14

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	L Klusener	41/18	35/19	33/21	59/42	35/26	162.50	150.00
1	L Klusener	41/18	35/19	33/21	59/42	35/26	162.50	150.00
2	MV Boucher	57/32	48/30	30/19	35/28	40/35	143.22	132.20
3	WJ Cronje	39/22	78/64	55/47	40/35	74/69	125.74	116.06
4	AB de Villiers	37/25	65/45	64/48	72/59	37/34	118.24	109.14
5	JH Kallis	53/36	45/38	58/59	65/68	36/39	105.65	97.52
6	HH Gibbs	119/101	69/64	143/141	47/48	46/51	103.91	95.91
7	N Boje	129/114	105/93	50/47	64/83	29/51	95.20	87.88
8	GC Smith	43/37	66/65	116/130	66/75	28/34	90.42	83.47
9	G Kirsten	101/107	45/49	103/113	94/113	97/118	88.77	81.94
10	HM Amla	40/38	124/126	119/135	92/107	76/89	80.51	74.32

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	205.18	200.00	184.50	125.91	109.14	824.73
2	JH Kallis	300.00	124.92	142.40	134.51	97.52	799.35
3	G Kirsten	244.31	131.11	149.97	136.81	81.94	744.14
4	HH Gibbs	215.73	117.90	159.49	150.00	95.91	739.04
5	L Klusener	115.53	145.21	200.00	83.17	150.00	693.91
6	N Boje	98.34	174.50	196.65	108.13	87.88	665.49
7	MV Boucher	146.79	112.74	183.22	75.14	132.20	650.09
8	GC Smith	167.91	115.51	152.30	114.72	83.47	633.91
9	HM Amla	154.04	125.33	143.26	133.65	74.32	630.60
10	WJ Cronje	112.42	104.57	190.63	90.34	116.06	614.02

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.
Know All About the Trend Setter