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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). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from South Africa against Australia in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
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
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS AB de Villiers SA 45 2068 300.00
1 AB de Villiers SA 45 2068 300.00
2 JH Kallis SA 53 1978 286.94
3 HM Amla SA 40 1574 228.34
4 RG Pollock SA 23 1453 210.78
5 GC Smith SA 39 1226 177.85
6 EJ Barlow SA 26 1149 166.68
7 G Kirsten SA 34 1134 164.51
8 F du Plessis SA 23 888 128.82
9 DT Lindsay SA 14 838 121.57
10 AK Markram SA 10 616 89.36

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 AK Markram 10 0 616 3 61.60 70.89 300.00
1 AK Markram 10 0 616 3 61.60 70.89 300.00
2 RG Pollock 23 2 1453 5 69.19 69.97 296.13
3 DT Lindsay 14 0 838 3 59.86 60.67 256.75
4 AB de Villiers 45 5 2068 6 51.70 57.58 243.68
5 F du Plessis 23 4 888 3 46.74 50.18 212.36
6 EJ Barlow 26 2 1149 5 47.88 48.34 204.57
7 JH Kallis 53 4 1978 5 40.37 47.29 200.15
8 HM Amla 40 2 1574 5 41.42 44.88 189.92
9 G Kirsten 34 1 1134 2 34.36 41.43 175.33
10 GC Smith 39 3 1226 3 34.06 38.14 161.39

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 RG Pollock 783 1549 50.55 63.45 100.00
1 DT Lindsay 174 333 52.25 64.89 100.00
2 RG Pollock 783 1549 50.55 63.45 100.00
3 AK Markram 616 967 63.70 61.60 97.08
4 GC Smith 1226 2136 57.40 56.69 89.35
5 EJ Barlow 601 1441 41.71 52.75 83.14
6 HM Amla 1574 3059 51.45 49.74 78.39
7 AB de Villiers 2068 4149 49.84 48.73 76.81
8 F du Plessis 888 1818 48.84 47.26 74.48
9 JH Kallis 1978 4356 45.41 46.66 73.54
10 G Kirsten 1134 2866 39.57 44.28 69.79

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 274 209 175 122 105 177.00 300.00
1 RG Pollock 274 209 175 122 105 177.00 300.00
2 AB de Villiers 169 163 126* 116 106* 136.00 230.51
3 EJ Barlow 201 127 114 110 109 132.20 224.07
4 HM Amla 196 127* 112 105 104 128.80 218.31
5 DT Lindsay 182 137 131 81 69 120.00 203.39
6 JH Kallis 147 114 111 102 101 115.00 194.92
7 AK Markram 152 143 136 84 37 110.40 187.12
8 G Kirsten 153 108* 87 83 77 101.60 172.20
9 F du Plessis 120 118* 110* 78* 78 100.80 170.85
10 GC Smith 122 108 101* 84 75 98.00 166.10

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 ATT BIP TVO RAT
1 RG Pollock 210.78 296.13 100.00 300.00 906.91
2 AB de Villiers 300.00 243.68 76.81 230.51 850.99
3 JH Kallis 286.94 200.15 73.54 194.92 755.55
4 HM Amla 228.34 189.92 78.39 218.31 714.95
5 DT Lindsay 121.57 256.75 100.00 203.39 681.71
6 EJ Barlow 166.68 204.57 83.14 224.07 678.47
7 AK Markram 89.36 300.00 97.08 187.12 673.57
8 GC Smith 177.85 161.39 89.35 166.10 594.69
9 F du Plessis 128.82 212.36 74.48 170.85 586.51
10 G Kirsten 164.51 175.33 69.79 172.20 581.82

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
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Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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