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Top 10 South African Batsmen In Tests In Sri Lanka

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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 Sri Lanka 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) SL
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 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS DJ Cullinan SA 1993 2000 1996.5 11 412 300.00
1 DJ Cullinan SA 1993 2000 1996.5 11 412 300.00
2 MV Boucher SA 2000 2006 2003 13 364 265.05
3 JN Rhodes SA 1993 2000 1996.5 11 340 247.57
4 AB de Villiers SA 2006 2014 2010 8 338 246.12
5 JH Kallis SA 2000 2004 2002 10 318 231.55
6 HM Amla SA 2006 2018 2012 12 306 222.82
7 JA Rudolph SA 2004 2006 2005 8 283 206.07
8 L Klusener SA 2000 2004 2002 7 277 201.70
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS F du Plessis SA 2014 2018 2016 8 268 270.00
1 F du Plessis SA 2014 2018 2016 8 268 270.00
2 Q de Kock SA 2014 2018 2016 8 177 178.32

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 L Klusener 7 2 277 1 55.40 60.86 300.00
1 L Klusener 7 2 277 1 55.40 60.86 300.00
2 AB de Villiers 8 0 338 0 42.25 44.36 218.65
3 JA Rudolph 8 1 283 1 40.43 43.67 215.24
4 DJ Cullinan 11 1 412 2 41.20 43.56 214.72
5 JN Rhodes 11 2 340 1 37.78 39.94 196.89
6 JH Kallis 10 1 318 0 35.33 38.54 189.96
7 F du Plessis 8 0 268 0 33.50 34.18 168.48
8 MV Boucher 13 1 364 0 30.33 32.98 162.57
9 HM Amla 12 1 306 1 27.82 28.93 142.59
10 Q de Kock 8 0 177 0 22.13 22.57 111.27

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 DJ Cullinan 114* 102 52 46 38 70.40 250.00
1 DJ Cullinan 114* 102 52 46 38 70.40 250.00
2 MV Boucher 85 65 60 51 32 58.60 208.10
3 AB de Villiers 95 65 51 37 33 56.20 199.57
4 JN Rhodes 101* 63* 54 33 21 54.40 193.18
5 L Klusener 118* 95* 35 19 4 54.20 192.47
6 JH Kallis 87 59 52* 40 29 53.40 189.63
7 JA Rudolph 102 90 29 27* 15 52.60 186.79
8 F du Plessis 80 49 48 37 36 50.00 177.56
9 HM Amla 139* 40 25 22 19 49.00 174.01
10 Q de Kock 51 37 36 32 10 33.20 117.90

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 338 586 57.68 56.83 150.00
1 Q de Kock 177 284 62.32 60.03 150.00
2 AB de Villiers 338 586 57.68 56.83 150.00
3 MV Boucher 364 714 50.98 52.37 138.23
4 L Klusener 277 562 49.29 51.26 135.30
5 JN Rhodes 340 786 43.26 45.70 120.63
6 DJ Cullinan 412 955 43.14 45.58 120.31
7 JH Kallis 318 724 43.92 45.58 120.30
8 F du Plessis 268 587 45.66 43.98 116.08
9 JA Rudolph 283 701 40.37 41.29 108.98
10 HM Amla 306 869 35.21 34.43 90.88

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 DJ Cullinan 300.00 214.72 250.00 120.31 885.04
2 L Klusener 201.70 300.00 192.47 135.30 829.47
3 AB de Villiers 246.12 218.65 199.57 150.00 814.34
4 MV Boucher 265.05 162.57 208.10 138.23 773.95
5 JN Rhodes 247.57 196.89 193.18 120.63 758.28
6 F du Plessis 270.00 168.48 177.56 116.08 732.11
7 JH Kallis 231.55 189.96 189.63 120.30 731.45
8 JA Rudolph 206.07 215.24 186.79 108.98 717.08
9 HM Amla 222.82 142.59 174.01 90.88 630.29
10 Q de Kock 178.32 111.27 117.90 150.00 557.49

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