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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). 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 England 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) ENG

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 TL Goddard SA 1955 1965 1960 40 1193 260.00
1 RA McLean SA 1951 1964 1957.5 38 1068 232.76
2 KC Bland SA 1964 1965 1964.5 16 858 186.99
3 RG Pollock SA 1964 1965 1964.5 16 750 163.45
4 EJ Barlow SA 1964 1965 1964.5 16 742 161.71
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 1995 2012 2003.5 51 2141 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 1995 2012 2003.5 51 2141 300.00
2 GC Smith SA 2003 2012 2007.5 39 2051 287.39
3 HM Amla SA 2004 2017 2010.5 38 1903 266.65
4 G Kirsten SA 1994 2003 1998.5 35 1608 225.32
5 AB de Villiers SA 2004 2016 2010 34 1393 195.19
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS D Elgar SA 2015 2022 2018.5 28 926 240.00
1 Q de Kock SA 2016 2020 2018 19 708 183.50

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 500

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS KC Bland 16 2 858 2 61.29 65.46 300.00
1 KC Bland 16 2 858 2 61.29 65.46 300.00
2 GC Smith 39 3 2051 7 56.97 59.20 271.33
3 RG Pollock 16 2 750 2 53.57 57.22 262.24
4 HM Amla 38 2 1903 6 52.86 56.09 257.07
5 G Kirsten 35 2 1608 5 48.73 50.49 231.38
6 EJ Barlow 16 0 742 1 46.38 49.53 227.01
7 JH Kallis 51 3 2141 8 44.60 46.38 212.55
8 Q de Kock 19 2 708 1 41.65 45.94 210.54
9 AB de Villiers 34 1 1393 2 42.21 44.28 202.92
10 RA McLean 38 1 1068 3 28.86 34.39 157.59

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* 131 200.80 250.00
1 GC Smith 277 259 183 154* 131 200.80 250.00
2 HM Amla 311* 201 121 109 104* 169.20 210.66
3 G Kirsten 275 210 130 110 108 166.60 207.42
4 JH Kallis 182* 162 149 136* 132 152.20 189.49
5 AB de Villiers 174 109 97 92 88 112.00 139.44
6 RA McLean 142 109 100 93 68 102.40 127.49
7 KC Bland 144* 127 78 70 68 97.40 121.26
8 RG Pollock 137 125 77* 73 65* 95.40 118.77
9 EJ Barlow 138 96 78 76 71 91.80 114.29
10 Q de Kock 129* 95 76 68 63 86.20 107.32

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 66.36 150.00
1 RG Pollock 339 458 74.02 85.50 150.00
2 RA McLean 215 377 57.03 69.02 150.00
3 Q de Kock 708 1027 68.94 66.36 150.00
4 EJ Barlow 138 244 56.56 65.33 147.67
5 GC Smith 2051 3523 58.22 55.53 125.53
6 AB de Villiers 1393 2649 52.59 50.54 114.24
7 KC Bland 55 116 NA NA 113.02
8 HM Amla 1903 3754 50.69 48.67 110.01
9 JH Kallis 2141 4669 45.86 44.92 101.53
10 G Kirsten 1608 3910 41.13 41.70 94.27

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 GC Smith 287.39 271.33 250.00 125.53 934.26
2 HM Amla 266.65 257.07 210.66 110.01 844.39
3 JH Kallis 300.00 212.55 189.49 101.53 803.58
4 G Kirsten 225.32 231.38 207.42 94.27 758.38
5 KC Bland 186.99 300.00 121.26 113.02 721.28
6 RG Pollock 163.45 262.24 118.77 150.00 694.47
7 RA McLean 232.76 157.59 127.49 150.00 667.84
8 AB de Villiers 195.19 202.92 139.44 114.24 651.79
9 Q de Kock 183.50 210.54 107.32 150.00 651.36
10 EJ Barlow 161.71 227.01 114.29 147.67 650.69

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