Top 10 South African Batsmen In Tests In Australia

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 2025-09-10

CONTENTS

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
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	JH Kallis	SA	27	1171	300.00
1	JH Kallis	SA	27	1171	300.00
2	GC Smith	SA	18	736	188.56
3	HM Amla	SA	17	734	188.04
4	G Kirsten	SA	17	698	178.82
5	AB de Villiers	SA	17	671	171.90
6	EJ Barlow	SA	10	603	154.48
7	F du Plessis	SA	9	499	127.84
8	TL Goddard	SA	10	454	116.31
9	WR Endean	SA	10	438	112.21
10	RG Pollock	SA	7	399	102.22

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	82.06	300.00
1	F du Plessis	9	3	499	2	83.17	82.06	300.00
2	EJ Barlow	10	2	603	3	75.38	74.83	273.58
3	WR Endean	10	1	438	1	48.67	66.28	242.33
4	TL Goddard	10	3	454	0	64.86	64.39	235.41
5	RG Pollock	7	0	399	2	57.00	57.92	211.76
6	JH Kallis	27	2	1171	3	46.84	47.15	172.39
7	G Kirsten	17	1	698	2	43.63	46.96	171.70
8	HM Amla	17	1	734	2	45.88	45.64	166.84
9	AB de Villiers	17	2	671	2	44.73	44.61	163.09
10	GC Smith	18	1	736	2	43.29	43.88	160.43

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	SM Pollock	394	732	53.83	53.37	150.00
1	EJ Barlow	241	510	47.25	58.83	150.00
2	RG Pollock	199	434	45.85	56.46	150.00
3	GC Smith	736	1277	57.64	53.37	149.99
4	HM Amla	734	1331	55.15	50.17	141.00
5	WR Endean	89	238	NA	NA	140.53
6	TL Goddard	326	853	38.22	47.58	133.72
7	JH Kallis	1171	2629	44.54	42.91	120.60
8	F du Plessis	499	1068	46.72	42.44	119.27
9	G Kirsten	698	1785	39.10	41.68	117.15
10	AB de Villiers	671	1565	42.88	39.51	111.04

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	JH Kallis	300.00	172.39	249.05	120.60	842.03
2	EJ Barlow	154.48	273.58	250.00	150.00	828.06
3	F du Plessis	127.84	300.00	200.48	119.27	747.58
4	HM Amla	188.04	166.84	220.48	141.00	716.36
5	GC Smith	188.56	160.43	214.76	149.99	713.73
6	G Kirsten	178.82	171.70	232.38	117.15	700.05
7	WR Endean	112.21	242.33	179.52	140.53	674.59
8	AB de Villiers	171.90	163.09	222.38	111.04	668.41
9	TL Goddard	116.31	235.41	168.10	133.72	653.53
10	RG Pollock	102.22	211.76	181.43	150.00	645.40