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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs England 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 England 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) 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 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 51 2141 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 51 2141 300.00
2 GC Smith SA 39 2051 287.39
3 HM Amla SA 38 1903 266.65
4 G Kirsten SA 35 1608 225.32
5 AB de Villiers SA 34 1393 195.19
6 DJ Cullinan SA 23 1081 151.47
7 HH Gibbs SA 24 1037 145.31
8 KC Bland SA 16 858 120.22
9 RG Pollock SA 16 750 105.09
10 EJ Barlow SA 16 742 103.97

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 KC Bland 16 2 858 2 61.29 69.55 300.00
1 KC Bland 16 2 858 2 61.29 69.55 300.00
2 RG Pollock 16 2 750 2 53.57 60.80 262.24
3 GC Smith 39 3 2051 7 56.97 58.33 251.58
4 HM Amla 38 2 1903 6 52.86 55.16 237.92
5 EJ Barlow 16 0 742 1 46.38 52.63 227.01
6 DJ Cullinan 23 1 1081 2 49.14 48.12 207.55
7 G Kirsten 35 2 1608 5 48.73 47.64 205.49
8 JH Kallis 51 3 2141 8 44.60 45.08 194.45
9 HH Gibbs 24 0 1037 3 43.21 44.35 191.31
10 AB de Villiers 34 1 1393 2 42.21 42.96 185.31

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 708 1027 68.94 66.73 100.00
1 RG Pollock 339 458 74.02 97.56 100.00
2 EJ Barlow 138 244 56.56 74.54 100.00
3 GC Smith 2051 3523 58.22 55.47 83.12
4 HH Gibbs 1037 1913 54.21 54.55 81.74
5 DJ Cullinan 1081 2219 48.72 51.47 77.13
6 AB de Villiers 1393 2649 52.59 50.07 75.03
7 KC Bland 55 116 47.41 NA 74.93
8 HM Amla 1903 3754 50.69 48.06 72.02
9 JH Kallis 2141 4669 45.86 45.05 67.51
10 G Kirsten 1608 3910 41.13 42.58 63.82

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 277 259 183 154* 131 200.80 300.00
1 GC Smith 277 259 183 154* 131 200.80 300.00
2 HM Amla 311* 201 121 109 104* 169.20 252.79
3 G Kirsten 275 210 130 110 108 166.60 248.90
4 JH Kallis 182* 162 149 136* 132 152.20 227.39
5 HH Gibbs 183 179 161 98 85 141.20 210.96
6 AB de Villiers 174 109 97 92 88 112.00 167.33
7 DJ Cullinan 120 108 94 91 78 98.20 146.71
8 KC Bland 144* 127 78 70 68 97.40 145.52
9 RG Pollock 137 125 77* 73 65* 95.40 142.53
10 EJ Barlow 138 96 78 76 71 91.80 137.15

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 GC Smith 287.39 251.58 83.12 300.00 922.10
2 HM Amla 266.65 237.92 72.02 252.79 829.39
3 JH Kallis 300.00 194.45 67.51 227.39 789.35
4 G Kirsten 225.32 205.49 63.82 248.90 743.53
5 KC Bland 120.22 300.00 74.93 145.52 640.67
6 HH Gibbs 145.31 191.31 81.74 210.96 629.31
7 AB de Villiers 195.19 185.31 75.03 167.33 622.86
8 RG Pollock 105.09 262.24 100.00 142.53 609.86
9 DJ Cullinan 151.47 207.55 77.13 146.71 582.87
10 EJ Barlow 103.97 227.01 100.00 137.15 568.13

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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