Top 7 South African Batsmen In Tests In Pak & UAE

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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 7 batsmen from South Africa in Pakistan and U.A.E. in Test cricket.

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

TVO RATING

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

Team (T) SA
Venue (V) PAK & UAE
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


CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 16 917 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 16 917 300.00
2 GC Smith SA 14 783 256.16
3 AB de Villiers SA 10 712 232.93
4 G Kirsten SA 8 529 173.06
5 HM Amla SA 10 490 160.31
6 HH Gibbs SA 8 305 99.78
7 SM Pollock SA 8 248 81.13

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 G Kirsten 8 2 529 2 88.17 91.21 300.00
1 G Kirsten 8 2 529 2 88.17 91.21 300.00
2 AB de Villiers 10 2 712 2 89.00 89.72 295.11
3 JH Kallis 16 3 917 5 70.54 70.54 232.03
4 GC Smith 14 0 783 3 55.93 55.36 182.11
5 HM Amla 10 1 490 2 54.44 54.88 180.53
6 SM Pollock 8 2 248 0 41.33 42.76 140.64
7 HH Gibbs 8 0 305 0 38.13 36.23 119.17

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 AB de Villiers 278* 164 90 77 45 130.80 250.00
1 AB de Villiers 278* 164 90 77 45 130.80 250.00
2 JH Kallis 155 135* 107* 105 100* 120.40 230.12
3 GC Smith 234 133 100 65 46 115.60 220.95
4 HM Amla 118* 118 80 71 62 89.80 171.64
5 G Kirsten 118 100* 98 56 54 85.20 162.84
6 HH Gibbs 98 59 54 27 20 51.60 98.62
7 SM Pollock 82 48 30* 28 21* 41.80 79.89

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 AB de Villiers 712 1168 60.96 61.10 150.00
1 AB de Villiers 712 1168 60.96 61.10 150.00
2 GC Smith 783 1406 55.69 55.14 135.36
3 HM Amla 490 973 50.36 50.48 123.92
4 JH Kallis 917 1845 49.70 49.45 121.40
5 SM Pollock 248 503 49.30 48.97 120.22
6 HH Gibbs 305 656 46.49 44.54 109.35
7 G Kirsten 529 1247 42.42 42.13 103.44

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 AB de Villiers 232.93 295.11 250.00 150.00 928.04
2 JH Kallis 300.00 232.03 230.12 121.40 883.55
3 GC Smith 256.16 182.11 220.95 135.36 794.58
4 G Kirsten 173.06 300.00 162.84 103.44 739.35
5 HM Amla 160.31 180.53 171.64 123.92 636.39
6 HH Gibbs 99.78 119.17 98.62 109.35 426.92
7 SM Pollock 81.13 140.64 79.89 120.22 421.89


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