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Top 7 South African Batsmen In Tests In West Indies

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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 West Indies 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) WI
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 22 942 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 22 942 300.00
2 GC Smith SA 13 876 278.98
3 AB de Villiers SA 13 790 251.59
4 HH Gibbs SA 15 583 185.67
5 DJ Cullinan SA 10 459 146.18
6 AG Prince SA 7 359 114.33
7 SM Pollock SA 10 315 100.32

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 AB de Villiers 13 4 790 3 87.78 86.12 300.00
1 AB de Villiers 13 4 790 3 87.78 86.12 300.00
2 SM Pollock 10 6 315 1 78.75 76.18 265.37
3 AG Prince 7 2 359 1 71.80 72.24 251.67
4 GC Smith 13 1 876 4 73.00 71.62 249.49
5 JH Kallis 22 5 942 3 55.41 54.21 188.84
6 DJ Cullinan 10 1 459 2 51.00 49.32 171.82
7 HH Gibbs 15 1 583 0 41.64 39.86 138.85

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 GC Smith 148 132 126 104 90 120.00 250.00
1 GC Smith 148 132 126 104 90 120.00 250.00
2 AB de Villiers 178 135* 114 73 68 113.60 236.67
3 JH Kallis 147 110 109* 78 62* 101.20 210.83
4 DJ Cullinan 134 103 82 73 28 84.00 175.00
5 HH Gibbs 87 85 83* 51 49 71.00 147.92
6 AG Prince 131 78* 57 45 23 66.80 139.17
7 SM Pollock 106* 48* 41* 40 24 51.80 107.92

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 876 1657 52.87 53.76 150.00
1 GC Smith 876 1657 52.87 53.76 150.00
2 AB de Villiers 790 1553 50.87 51.73 144.33
3 DJ Cullinan 459 1042 44.05 44.57 124.37
4 SM Pollock 315 722 43.63 44.10 123.04
5 JH Kallis 942 2369 39.76 40.36 112.62
6 AG Prince 359 906 39.62 40.34 112.57
7 HH Gibbs 583 1694 34.42 34.82 97.16

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 251.59 300.00 236.67 144.33 932.59
2 GC Smith 278.98 249.49 250.00 150.00 928.47
3 JH Kallis 300.00 188.84 210.83 112.62 812.29
4 AG Prince 114.33 251.67 139.17 112.57 617.74
5 DJ Cullinan 146.18 171.82 175.00 124.37 617.37
6 SM Pollock 100.32 265.37 107.92 123.04 596.64
7 HH Gibbs 185.67 138.85 147.92 97.16 569.60

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