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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs Australia In Tests

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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 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) ALL
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 10

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 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RG Pollock SA 1963 1970 1966.5 23 1453 270.00
1 RG Pollock SA 1963 1970 1966.5 23 1453 270.00
2 EJ Barlow SA 1963 1970 1966.5 26 1149 213.51
3 TL Goddard SA 1957 1970 1963.5 33 1090 202.55
4 DT Lindsay SA 1963 1970 1966.5 14 838 155.72
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS AB de Villiers SA 2005 2018 2011.5 45 2068 300.00
1 AB de Villiers SA 2005 2018 2011.5 45 2068 300.00
2 JH Kallis SA 1997 2012 2004.5 53 1978 286.94
3 HM Amla SA 2008 2018 2013 40 1574 228.34
4 GC Smith SA 2002 2014 2008 39 1226 177.85
5 F du Plessis SA 2012 2018 2015 23 888 128.82
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS D Elgar SA 2012 2023 2017.5 25 660 230.00
1 Q de Kock SA 2014 2018 2016 14 545 189.92

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 500

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS RG Pollock 23 2 1453 5 69.19 72.16 300.00
1 RG Pollock 23 2 1453 5 69.19 72.16 300.00
2 DT Lindsay 14 0 838 3 59.86 61.97 257.62
3 AB de Villiers 45 5 2068 6 51.70 55.84 232.15
4 F du Plessis 23 4 888 3 46.74 50.94 211.78
5 EJ Barlow 26 2 1149 5 47.88 49.58 206.12
6 HM Amla 40 2 1574 5 41.42 44.82 186.34
7 JH Kallis 53 4 1978 5 40.37 43.70 181.66
8 Q de Kock 14 0 545 1 38.93 42.77 177.82
9 TL Goddard 33 4 1090 0 37.59 40.41 167.98
10 GC Smith 39 3 1226 3 34.06 36.42 151.42

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 274 209 175 122 105 177.00 250.00
1 RG Pollock 274 209 175 122 105 177.00 250.00
2 AB de Villiers 169 163 126* 116 106* 136.00 192.09
3 EJ Barlow 201 127 114 110 109 132.20 186.72
4 HM Amla 196 127* 112 105 104 128.80 181.92
5 DT Lindsay 182 137 131 81 69 120.00 169.49
6 JH Kallis 147 114 111 102 101 115.00 162.43
7 F du Plessis 120 118* 110* 78* 78 100.80 142.37
8 GC Smith 122 108 101* 84 75 98.00 138.42
9 TL Goddard 93 90 84 80 74 84.20 118.93
10 Q de Kock 104 84 83 65 64 80.00 112.99

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 500
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS Q de Kock 545 856 63.67 61.75 150.00
1 Q de Kock 545 856 63.67 61.75 150.00
2 DT Lindsay 174 333 52.25 58.64 142.45
3 RG Pollock 783 1549 50.55 57.02 138.51
4 GC Smith 1226 2136 57.40 55.58 135.01
5 HM Amla 1574 3059 51.45 49.81 120.99
6 AB de Villiers 2068 4149 49.84 48.28 117.28
7 F du Plessis 888 1818 48.84 47.22 114.72
8 EJ Barlow 601 1441 41.71 47.00 114.18
9 JH Kallis 1978 4356 45.41 45.00 109.32
10 TL Goddard 668 1883 35.48 41.40 100.58

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 270.00 300.00 250.00 138.51 958.51
2 AB de Villiers 300.00 232.15 192.09 117.28 841.52
3 JH Kallis 286.94 181.66 162.43 109.32 740.35
4 DT Lindsay 155.72 257.62 169.49 142.45 725.28
5 EJ Barlow 213.51 206.12 186.72 114.18 720.54
6 HM Amla 228.34 186.34 181.92 120.99 717.59
7 Q de Kock 189.92 177.82 112.99 150.00 630.74
8 GC Smith 177.85 151.42 138.42 135.01 602.71
9 F du Plessis 128.82 211.78 142.37 114.72 597.69
10 TL Goddard 202.55 167.98 118.93 100.58 590.03

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