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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs West Indies 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 West Indies 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) WI

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 40 1666 250.00
1 JH Kallis SA 40 1666 250.00
2 AB de Villiers SA 22 1279 191.93
3 HH Gibbs SA 29 1074 161.16
4 HM Amla SA 16 1069 160.41
5 GC Smith SA 23 773 116.00
6 JN Rhodes SA 25 648 97.24
7 HH Dippenaar SA 14 643 96.49
8 WJ Cronje SA 17 616 92.44
9 L Klusener SA 15 415 62.27
10 DA Miller SA 10 352 52.82

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 HM Amla 16 2 1069 4 76.36 73.93 200.00
1 HM Amla 16 2 1069 4 76.36 73.93 200.00
2 HH Dippenaar 14 4 643 6 64.30 70.30 190.19
3 AB de Villiers 22 3 1279 4 67.32 69.38 187.71
4 DA Miller 10 4 352 1 58.67 54.40 147.19
5 JH Kallis 40 7 1666 12 50.48 53.78 145.50
6 L Klusener 15 7 415 3 51.88 53.59 144.98
7 HH Gibbs 29 4 1074 2 42.96 45.91 124.21
8 WJ Cronje 17 1 616 5 38.50 40.37 109.21
9 GC Smith 23 0 773 5 33.61 35.27 95.42
10 JN Rhodes 25 5 648 2 32.40 34.45 93.21

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 415 393 105.60 106.68 200.00
1 L Klusener 415 393 105.60 106.68 200.00
2 AB de Villiers 1279 1154 110.83 104.57 196.04
3 DA Miller 352 316 111.39 94.56 177.28
4 HM Amla 1069 1071 99.81 89.49 167.77
5 WJ Cronje 616 737 83.58 88.01 164.99
6 HH Gibbs 1074 1312 81.86 82.73 155.10
7 JN Rhodes 648 845 76.69 80.15 150.26
8 JH Kallis 1666 2144 77.71 78.02 146.27
9 HH Dippenaar 643 856 75.12 75.62 141.76
10 GC Smith 773 996 77.61 75.45 141.46

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 AB de Villiers 162* 149 146 107* 102 133.20 200.00
1 AB de Villiers 162* 149 146 107* 102 133.20 200.00
2 HM Amla 153* 133 129 110 102 125.40 188.29
3 JH Kallis 139 121* 109* 107 95* 114.20 171.47
4 HH Gibbs 125 107 104 102 101 107.80 161.86
5 HH Dippenaar 123 83 62* 61* 60* 77.80 116.82
6 WJ Cronje 94 82 74 61* 58 73.80 110.81
7 GC Smith 103 86 58 56 53 71.20 106.91
8 DA Miller 130* 70 38 26* 23* 57.40 86.19
9 L Klusener 64 57 54* 46 41* 52.40 78.68
10 JN Rhodes 61 53* 47 46* 45 50.40 75.68

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 149/44 162/66 37/26 30/25 41/35 201.70 150.00
1 AB de Villiers 149/44 162/66 37/26 30/25 41/35 201.70 150.00
2 L Klusener 27/14 54/36 57/48 41/38 46/44 126.28 93.91
3 HH Gibbs 61/40 102/84 40/36 46/48 27/30 117.20 87.16
4 JN Rhodes 53/39 30/25 40/42 47/51 25/28 110.16 81.93
5 WJ Cronje 58/42 82/79 74/74 94/95 40/47 108.73 80.86
6 JH Kallis 109/94 74/70 57/55 107/108 95/97 104.67 77.84
7 HM Amla 133/105 34/28 129/115 110/99 153/142 102.49 76.22
8 HH Dippenaar 61/47 123/129 42/47 56/68 60/78 93.30 69.39
9 GC Smith 50/37 103/102 58/60 56/65 86/107 92.51 68.80
10 DA Miller 38/29 70/68 130/133 52.70 39.20

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 191.93 187.71 196.04 200.00 150.00 925.68
2 HM Amla 160.41 200.00 167.77 188.29 76.22 792.69
3 JH Kallis 250.00 145.50 146.27 171.47 77.84 791.08
4 HH Gibbs 161.16 124.21 155.10 161.86 87.16 689.50
5 HH Dippenaar 96.49 190.19 141.76 116.82 69.39 614.64
6 L Klusener 62.27 144.98 200.00 78.68 93.91 579.84
7 WJ Cronje 92.44 109.21 164.99 110.81 80.86 558.31
8 GC Smith 116.00 95.42 141.46 106.91 68.80 528.58
9 DA Miller 52.82 147.19 177.28 86.19 39.20 502.67
10 JN Rhodes 97.24 93.21 150.26 75.68 81.93 498.31

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