Top 10 South African Batsmen In Tests In Sri Lanka

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 2026-02-05

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)	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
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	DJ Cullinan	SA	11	412	300.00
1	DJ Cullinan	SA	11	412	300.00
2	MV Boucher	SA	13	364	265.05
3	JN Rhodes	SA	11	340	247.57
4	AB de Villiers	SA	8	338	246.12
5	JH Kallis	SA	10	318	231.55
6	HM Amla	SA	12	306	222.82
7	JA Rudolph	SA	8	283	206.07
8	L Klusener	SA	7	277	201.70
9	F du Plessis	SA	8	268	195.15
10	Q de Kock	SA	8	177	128.88

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	62.19	300.00
1	L Klusener	7	2	277	1	55.40	62.19	300.00
2	AB de Villiers	8	0	338	0	42.25	47.33	228.30
3	JA Rudolph	8	1	283	1	40.43	45.27	218.36
4	DJ Cullinan	11	1	412	2	41.20	42.42	204.63
5	JH Kallis	10	1	318	0	35.33	39.45	190.30
6	JN Rhodes	11	2	340	1	37.78	38.90	187.63
7	F du Plessis	8	0	268	0	33.50	38.78	187.05
8	MV Boucher	13	1	364	0	30.33	33.17	160.00
9	HM Amla	12	1	306	1	27.82	32.24	155.51
10	Q de Kock	8	0	177	0	22.13	25.61	123.54

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	56.26	150.00
1	Q de Kock	177	284	62.32	61.54	150.00
2	AB de Villiers	338	586	57.68	56.26	150.00
3	L Klusener	277	562	49.29	52.16	139.09
4	MV Boucher	364	714	50.98	52.02	138.69
5	JN Rhodes	340	786	43.26	47.67	127.10
6	DJ Cullinan	412	955	43.14	47.54	126.76
7	JH Kallis	318	724	43.92	46.48	123.93
8	F du Plessis	268	587	45.66	45.08	120.20
9	JA Rudolph	283	701	40.37	41.43	110.48
10	HM Amla	306	869	35.21	34.68	92.48

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	204.63	250.00	126.76	881.38
2	L Klusener	201.70	300.00	192.47	139.09	833.26
3	AB de Villiers	246.12	228.30	199.57	150.00	823.99
4	MV Boucher	265.05	160.00	208.10	138.69	771.83
5	JN Rhodes	247.57	187.63	193.18	127.10	755.48
6	JH Kallis	231.55	190.30	189.63	123.93	735.42
7	JA Rudolph	206.07	218.36	186.79	110.48	721.70
8	F du Plessis	195.15	187.05	177.56	120.20	679.96
9	HM Amla	222.82	155.51	174.01	92.48	644.81
10	Q de Kock	128.88	123.54	117.90	150.00	520.32