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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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) PAK

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 AB de Villiers SA 31 1423 250.00
1 AB de Villiers SA 31 1423 250.00
2 JH Kallis SA 39 1273 223.65
3 G Kirsten SA 24 1054 185.17
4 HM Amla SA 25 1047 183.94
5 GC Smith SA 29 861 151.26
6 Q de Kock SA 19 829 145.64
7 JN Rhodes SA 25 807 141.78
8 DJ Cullinan SA 22 698 122.63
9 WJ Cronje SA 21 696 122.28
10 HE van der Dussen SA 11 547 96.10

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 HE van der Dussen 11 3 547 4 68.38 65.05 200.00
1 HE van der Dussen 11 3 547 4 68.38 65.05 200.00
2 AB de Villiers 31 7 1423 10 59.29 60.04 184.58
3 G Kirsten 24 5 1054 8 55.47 58.79 180.74
4 Q de Kock 19 1 829 4 46.06 45.33 139.38
5 HM Amla 25 2 1047 5 45.52 45.21 138.99
6 JH Kallis 39 9 1273 11 42.43 43.54 133.87
7 JN Rhodes 25 5 807 4 40.35 40.62 124.87
8 DJ Cullinan 22 4 698 3 38.78 40.22 123.65
9 WJ Cronje 21 3 696 5 38.67 39.10 120.22
10 GC Smith 29 2 861 8 31.89 31.91 98.10

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 JN Rhodes 807 918 87.91 90.36 200.00
1 JN Rhodes 807 918 87.91 90.36 200.00
2 AB de Villiers 1423 1558 91.34 84.01 185.95
3 WJ Cronje 696 884 78.73 82.31 182.18
4 HM Amla 1047 1154 90.73 81.17 179.66
5 Q de Kock 829 929 89.24 78.46 173.66
6 DJ Cullinan 698 932 74.89 77.29 171.08
7 G Kirsten 1054 1432 73.60 76.87 170.16
8 GC Smith 861 1118 77.01 72.54 160.57
9 HE van der Dussen 547 669 81.76 69.88 154.67
10 JH Kallis 1273 1846 68.96 68.33 151.25

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 HM Amla 122 119* 108* 98 81 105.60 200.00
1 HM Amla 122 119* 108* 98 81 105.60 200.00
2 AB de Villiers 128 115* 103* 95* 77 103.60 196.21
3 G Kirsten 118* 102* 89 87 69 93.00 176.14
4 Q de Kock 123* 112 83 80 63 92.20 174.62
5 JN Rhodes 121 98 94* 81 61 91.00 172.35
6 JH Kallis 109* 88* 86 83 83 89.80 170.08
7 DJ Cullinan 124 110* 65 64 51 82.80 156.82
8 HE van der Dussen 123* 93 80* 60 50* 81.20 153.79
9 GC Smith 92 81 72 71 65 76.20 144.32
10 WJ Cronje 81 81 79 53 52 69.20 131.06

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 AB de Villiers 74/45 77/58 50/40 128/108 115/102 115.69 150.00
1 AB de Villiers 74/45 77/58 50/40 128/108 115/102 115.69 150.00
2 WJ Cronje 81/70 79/73 37/36 35/35 52/53 111.19 144.17
3 JN Rhodes 47/39 98/92 121/114 35/34 94/95 108.56 140.75
4 DJ Cullinan 31/23 124/117 110/109 51/53 38/40 106.82 138.50
5 HM Amla 38/27 62/47 35/29 122/113 65/62 103.62 134.35
6 GC Smith 72/47 56/44 51/55 92/105 44/55 96.97 125.72
7 Q de Kock 83/58 123/119 80/86 33/36 47/52 91.68 118.87
8 JH Kallis 88/85 109/114 35/38 83/95 71/89 90.85 117.79
9 G Kirsten 118/127 64/70 102/118 89/110 62/77 90.50 117.34
10 HE van der Dussen 60/37 93/101 123/134 50/61 36/47 81.42 105.56

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 250.00 184.58 185.95 196.21 150.00 966.75
2 HM Amla 183.94 138.99 179.66 200.00 134.35 836.94
3 G Kirsten 185.17 180.74 170.16 176.14 117.34 829.55
4 JH Kallis 223.65 133.87 151.25 170.08 117.79 796.63
5 JN Rhodes 141.78 124.87 200.00 172.35 140.75 779.75
6 Q de Kock 145.64 139.38 173.66 174.62 118.87 752.17
7 DJ Cullinan 122.63 123.65 171.08 156.82 138.50 712.67
8 HE van der Dussen 96.10 200.00 154.67 153.79 105.56 710.12
9 WJ Cronje 122.28 120.22 182.18 131.06 144.17 699.91
10 GC Smith 151.26 98.10 160.57 144.32 125.72 679.98

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