Top 10 South African Batsmen In Tests In New Zealand

All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. 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 in New Zealand in Test cricket.

CONTENTS

6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING

8. BRIEF EXPLANATION

8.1. Dynamic Nature

8.2. Trend Setter (TS)

8.3. Abbreviations

TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T)	SA
Venue (V)	NZ
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
Attacking	Strike Rate	100.00
Big Innings Potential	Top Scores	300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings	7
Min Runs	250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	HH Gibbs	SA	10	686	300.00
1	HH Gibbs	SA	10	686	300.00
2	JH Kallis	SA	13	649	283.82
3	G Kirsten	SA	12	587	256.71
4	GC Smith	SA	12	572	250.15
5	JA Rudolph	SA	10	505	220.85
6	HM Amla	SA	11	342	149.56
7	D Elgar	SA	10	320	139.94
8	T Bavuma	SA	9	289	126.38

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	HH Gibbs	10	1	686	2	76.22	76.32	300.00
1	HH Gibbs	10	1	686	2	76.22	76.32	300.00
2	JA Rudolph	10	3	505	2	72.14	72.90	286.53
3	JH Kallis	13	2	649	3	59.00	59.03	232.03
4	G Kirsten	12	2	587	2	58.70	58.07	228.27
5	GC Smith	12	2	572	2	57.20	57.94	227.74
6	HM Amla	11	2	342	0	38.00	37.78	148.49
7	T Bavuma	9	0	289	0	32.11	34.57	135.88
8	D Elgar	10	0	320	1	32.00	34.12	134.11

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	572	974	58.73	58.89	100.00
1	GC Smith	572	974	58.73	58.89	100.00
2	HH Gibbs	686	1433	47.87	50.29	85.39
3	G Kirsten	587	1237	47.45	49.83	84.61
4	HM Amla	342	664	51.51	49.70	84.39
5	JH Kallis	649	1439	45.10	46.56	79.06
6	JA Rudolph	505	1107	45.62	46.11	78.30
7	T Bavuma	289	643	44.95	43.88	74.51
8	D Elgar	320	798	40.10	39.16	66.50

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	JH Kallis	150*	148*	113	92	71	114.80	300.00
1	JH Kallis	150*	148*	113	92	71	114.80	300.00
2	HH Gibbs	211*	120	80	77	61	109.80	286.93
3	G Kirsten	137	128	76	76	65	96.40	251.92
4	JA Rudolph	154*	105*	93*	72	52	95.20	248.78
5	GC Smith	125*	115	88	55*	53	87.20	227.87
6	D Elgar	140	89	41	17	13	60.00	156.79
7	HM Amla	63	62	50	46*	38*	51.80	135.37
8	T Bavuma	89	64	41	29	29	50.40	131.71

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	TVO RAT
1	HH Gibbs	300.00	300.00	85.39	286.93	972.33
2	JH Kallis	283.82	232.03	79.06	300.00	894.91
3	JA Rudolph	220.85	286.53	78.30	248.78	834.46
4	G Kirsten	256.71	228.27	84.61	251.92	821.50
5	GC Smith	250.15	227.74	100.00	227.87	805.76
6	HM Amla	149.56	148.49	84.39	135.37	517.81
7	D Elgar	139.94	134.11	66.50	156.79	497.34
8	T Bavuma	126.38	135.88	74.51	131.71	468.48

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