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Top 10 South African Batsmen In Tests In Australia

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). 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). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from South Africa in Australia in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
6. ATTACKING
7. 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) AUS
Oposition (O) ALL

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 300.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 250.00
Attacking Strike Rate 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 7

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3 MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS EJ Barlow SA 1963 1964 1963.5 10 603 250.00
1 EJ Barlow SA 1963 1964 1963.5 10 603 250.00
2 TL Goddard SA 1963 1964 1963.5 10 454 188.23
3 WR Endean SA 1952 1953 1952.5 10 438 181.59
4 RG Pollock SA 1963 1964 1963.5 7 399 165.42
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 1997 2012 2004.5 27 1171 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 1997 2012 2004.5 27 1171 300.00
2 GC Smith SA 2005 2012 2008.5 18 736 188.56
3 HM Amla SA 2008 2016 2012 17 734 188.04
4 G Kirsten SA 1993 2002 1997.5 17 698 178.82
5 AB de Villiers SA 2005 2012 2008.5 17 671 171.90
6 F du Plessis SA 2012 2016 2014 9 499 127.84
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS T Bavuma SA 2016 2023 2019.5 11 347 230.00

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 250

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS F du Plessis 9 3 499 2 83.17 88.27 300.00
1 F du Plessis 9 3 499 2 83.17 88.27 300.00
2 EJ Barlow 10 2 603 3 75.38 74.70 253.89
3 TL Goddard 10 3 454 0 64.86 64.27 218.46
4 WR Endean 10 1 438 1 48.67 58.30 198.15
5 RG Pollock 7 0 399 2 57.00 56.69 192.69
6 JH Kallis 27 2 1171 3 46.84 49.84 169.39
7 HM Amla 17 1 734 2 45.88 48.31 164.21
8 G Kirsten 17 1 698 2 43.63 48.10 163.47
9 AB de Villiers 17 2 671 2 44.73 46.79 159.02
10 GC Smith 18 1 736 2 43.29 45.35 154.14

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 EJ Barlow 201 114 109 54 47* 105.00 250.00
1 EJ Barlow 201 114 109 54 47* 105.00 250.00
2 JH Kallis 147 111 101 99 65* 104.60 249.05
3 G Kirsten 153 108* 83 77 67 97.60 232.38
4 AB de Villiers 169 106* 68 63 61 93.40 222.38
5 HM Amla 196 104 59 53 51 92.60 220.48
6 GC Smith 122 108 84 75 62 90.20 214.76
7 F du Plessis 118* 110* 78* 78 37 84.20 200.48
8 RG Pollock 175 122 42 25 17 76.20 181.43
9 WR Endean 162* 71 70 56 18 75.40 179.52
10 TL Goddard 93 84 80 52 44* 70.60 168.10

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.

R4BF

Balls played by batsmen for many inns is not available for earlier times. When such is the case, we have used Runs For Balls Faced (R4BF) to determine the Strike Rate. This is the runs scored by the batsman for the available data of balls.

CRITERIA: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 250
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS GC Smith 736 1277 57.64 55.74 150.00
1 GC Smith 736 1277 57.64 55.74 150.00
2 HM Amla 734 1331 55.15 53.19 143.12
3 EJ Barlow 241 510 47.25 53.04 142.74
4 RG Pollock 199 434 45.85 51.54 138.69
5 WR Endean 89 238 NA NA 134.54
6 F du Plessis 499 1068 46.72 44.87 120.75
7 JH Kallis 1171 2629 44.54 44.25 119.07
8 TL Goddard 326 853 38.22 42.90 115.44
9 AB de Villiers 671 1565 42.88 41.41 111.44
10 G Kirsten 698 1785 39.10 40.86 109.94

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 BIP ATT TVO RAT
1 EJ Barlow 250.00 253.89 250.00 142.74 896.62
2 JH Kallis 300.00 169.39 249.05 119.07 837.50
3 F du Plessis 127.84 300.00 200.48 120.75 749.07
4 HM Amla 188.04 164.21 220.48 143.12 715.85
5 GC Smith 188.56 154.14 214.76 150.00 707.46
6 WR Endean 181.59 198.15 179.52 134.54 693.81
7 TL Goddard 188.23 218.46 168.10 115.44 690.22
8 G Kirsten 178.82 163.47 232.38 109.94 684.62
9 RG Pollock 165.42 192.69 181.43 138.69 678.23
10 AB de Villiers 171.90 159.02 222.38 111.44 664.74

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