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Top 10 South African Test Batsmen Vs Aus In SA

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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 against Australia in South Africa 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) SA
Oposition (O) AUS

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 AB de Villiers SA 28 1397 300.00
1 AB de Villiers SA 28 1397 300.00
2 RG Pollock SA 16 1054 226.34
3 HM Amla SA 23 840 180.39
4 JH Kallis SA 26 807 173.30
5 DT Lindsay SA 11 715 153.54
6 AG Prince SA 16 543 116.61
7 BA Richards SA 7 508 109.09
8 AK Markram SA 8 480 103.08
9 WJ Cronje SA 10 394 84.61
10 BL Irvine SA 7 353 75.81

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 RG Pollock 16 2 1054 3 75.29 80.22 300.00
1 RG Pollock 16 2 1054 3 75.29 80.22 300.00
2 BA Richards 7 0 508 2 72.57 79.97 299.07
3 DT Lindsay 11 0 715 3 65.00 68.28 255.35
4 AK Markram 8 0 480 2 60.00 67.08 250.83
5 AB de Villiers 28 3 1397 4 55.88 61.58 230.27
6 BL Irvine 7 0 353 1 50.43 55.57 207.82
7 WJ Cronje 10 1 394 1 43.78 49.52 185.19
8 HM Amla 23 1 840 3 38.18 42.17 157.71
9 JH Kallis 26 2 807 2 33.63 37.07 138.61
10 AG Prince 16 0 543 1 33.94 37.01 138.40

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 RG Pollock 274 209 105 90 87 153.00 250.00
1 RG Pollock 274 209 105 90 87 153.00 250.00
2 AB de Villiers 163 126* 116 104* 91 120.00 196.08
2 DT Lindsay 182 137 131 81 69 120.00 196.08
4 HM Amla 127* 112 105 57 56 91.40 149.35
5 AK Markram 152 143 84 37 32 89.60 146.41
6 BA Richards 140 126 81 65 35 89.40 146.08
7 JH Kallis 114 102 93 73 61* 88.60 144.77
8 AG Prince 150 93 50 49 48 78.00 127.45
9 WJ Cronje 122 79* 76 27 26 66.00 107.84
10 BL Irvine 102 79 73 42 25 64.20 104.90

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 BA Richards 508 854 59.48 65.67 150.00
1 BA Richards 508 854 59.48 65.67 150.00
2 AK Markram 480 754 63.66 62.06 141.77
3 DT Lindsay 109 204 53.43 60.01 137.08
4 BL Irvine 353 650 54.31 59.95 136.95
5 RG Pollock 584 1115 52.38 59.17 135.16
6 WJ Cronje 394 770 51.17 55.26 126.23
7 AB de Villiers 1397 2584 54.06 52.45 119.82
8 HM Amla 840 1728 48.61 47.18 107.77
9 JH Kallis 807 1727 46.73 46.19 105.50
10 AG Prince 543 1162 46.73 45.32 103.52

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 RG Pollock 226.34 300.00 250.00 135.16 911.50
2 AB de Villiers 300.00 230.27 196.08 119.82 846.17
3 DT Lindsay 153.54 255.35 196.08 137.08 742.05
4 BA Richards 109.09 299.07 146.08 150.00 704.24
5 AK Markram 103.08 250.83 146.41 141.77 642.09
6 HM Amla 180.39 157.71 149.35 107.77 595.21
7 JH Kallis 173.30 138.61 144.77 105.50 562.19
8 BL Irvine 75.81 207.82 104.90 136.95 525.47
9 WJ Cronje 84.61 185.19 107.84 126.23 503.88
10 AG Prince 116.61 138.40 127.45 103.52 485.98

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