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Top 10 South African Test Batsmen Vs Eng In SA

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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 England in South Africa 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) SA
Oposition (O) ENG

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 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 26 1293 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 26 1293 300.00
2 AB de Villiers SA 24 848 196.75
3 HM Amla SA 18 817 189.56
4 G Kirsten SA 14 699 162.18
5 GC Smith SA 17 696 161.48
6 DJ Cullinan SA 13 693 160.79
7 KC Bland SA 10 572 132.71
8 EJ Barlow SA 10 558 129.47
9 Q de Kock SA 11 523 121.35
10 RG Pollock SA 10 459 106.50

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 KC Bland 10 2 572 1 71.50 75.95 300.00
1 KC Bland 10 2 572 1 71.50 75.95 300.00
2 RG Pollock 10 2 459 1 57.38 60.95 240.73
3 EJ Barlow 10 0 558 1 55.80 59.28 234.13
4 Q de Kock 11 2 523 1 58.11 59.07 233.32
5 JH Kallis 26 2 1293 6 53.88 54.66 215.89
6 DJ Cullinan 13 0 693 2 53.31 53.41 210.96
7 G Kirsten 14 1 699 2 53.77 53.11 209.76
8 HM Amla 18 0 817 3 45.39 45.50 179.70
9 GC Smith 17 1 696 2 43.50 44.11 174.24
10 AB de Villiers 24 1 848 1 36.87 37.32 147.40

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 Q de Kock 523 768 68.10 66.25 100.00
1 RG Pollock 214 313 68.37 90.60 100.00
2 EJ Barlow 138 244 56.56 74.94 100.00
3 Q de Kock 523 768 68.10 66.25 100.00
4 DJ Cullinan 693 1406 49.29 53.54 80.81
5 GC Smith 696 1261 55.19 53.29 80.43
6 AB de Villiers 848 1553 54.60 52.77 79.64
7 KC Bland 55 116 47.41 NA 75.47
8 JH Kallis 1293 2834 45.62 45.83 69.18
9 HM Amla 817 1772 46.11 44.26 66.80
10 G Kirsten 699 1750 39.94 43.18 65.17

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 JH Kallis 162 149 136* 120 108 135.00 300.00
1 JH Kallis 162 149 136* 120 108 135.00 300.00
2 HM Amla 201 109 100 96 95 120.20 267.11
3 G Kirsten 275 110 80 69 51 117.00 260.00
4 GC Smith 183 105 75 74 67* 100.80 224.00
5 EJ Barlow 138 96 78 71 69 90.40 200.89
6 DJ Cullinan 120 108 91 69 62 90.00 200.00
7 Q de Kock 129* 95 76 63 50 82.60 183.56
8 AB de Villiers 109 92 88 64 58 82.20 182.67
9 KC Bland 144* 78 68 64 55 81.80 181.78
10 RG Pollock 137 77* 73 65* 55 81.40 180.89

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 JH Kallis 300.00 215.89 69.18 300.00 885.07
2 HM Amla 189.56 179.70 66.80 267.11 703.17
3 G Kirsten 162.18 209.76 65.17 260.00 697.11
4 KC Bland 132.71 300.00 75.47 181.78 689.96
5 EJ Barlow 129.47 234.13 100.00 200.89 664.48
6 DJ Cullinan 160.79 210.96 80.81 200.00 652.56
7 GC Smith 161.48 174.24 80.43 224.00 640.16
8 Q de Kock 121.35 233.32 100.00 183.56 638.22
9 RG Pollock 106.50 240.73 100.00 180.89 628.12
10 AB de Villiers 196.75 147.40 79.64 182.67 606.46

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
    8. .

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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