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Top 10 South African Test Batsmen Vs Ind In SA

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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 India in South Africa 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) SA
Oposition (O) IND

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 7

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 16 974 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 16 974 300.00
2 AB de Villiers SA 20 704 216.84
3 D Elgar SA 15 643 198.05
4 HM Amla SA 20 587 180.80
5 GC Smith SA 15 556 171.25
6 BM McMillan SA 12 490 150.92
7 AG Prince SA 10 427 131.52
8 HH Gibbs SA 12 420 129.36
9 DJ Cullinan SA 8 365 112.42
10 L Klusener SA 9 336 103.49

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 JH Kallis 16 4 974 4 81.17 84.07 300.00
1 JH Kallis 16 4 974 4 81.17 84.07 300.00
2 BM McMillan 12 4 490 1 61.25 60.79 216.95
3 D Elgar 15 2 643 1 49.46 55.37 197.59
4 AG Prince 10 2 427 1 53.38 54.48 194.40
5 DJ Cullinan 8 1 365 1 52.14 51.35 183.26
6 L Klusener 9 2 336 2 48.00 48.01 171.34
7 GC Smith 15 1 556 0 39.71 41.24 147.16
8 HH Gibbs 12 1 420 2 38.18 38.44 137.18
9 AB de Villiers 20 0 704 2 35.20 36.56 130.47
10 HM Amla 20 0 587 1 29.35 30.48 108.79

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 JH Kallis 201* 161 115 109* 89* 135.00 250.00
1 JH Kallis 201* 161 115 109* 89* 135.00 250.00
2 D Elgar 185 96* 86* 77 61 101.00 187.04
3 AB de Villiers 129 103 80 74 65 90.20 167.04
4 HM Amla 140 82 63 61 59 81.00 150.00
5 HH Gibbs 196 107 63 25 12 80.60 149.26
6 BM McMillan 103* 98 59* 52 51* 72.60 134.44
7 AG Prince 121 97 47 39* 38* 68.40 126.67
8 GC Smith 94 68 62 58 55 67.40 124.81
9 DJ Cullinan 122* 77 55 46 33 66.60 123.33
10 L Klusener 108 102* 49 29 22* 62.00 114.81

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 L Klusener 336 422 79.62 82.80 150.00
1 L Klusener 336 422 79.62 82.80 150.00
2 GC Smith 556 860 64.65 61.51 111.43
3 HH Gibbs 420 733 57.30 55.90 101.27
4 AB de Villiers 704 1204 58.47 55.46 100.48
5 DJ Cullinan 365 728 50.14 54.02 97.87
6 HM Amla 587 1154 50.87 48.25 87.41
7 JH Kallis 974 1999 48.72 46.53 84.30
8 BM McMillan 490 1157 42.35 45.54 82.51
9 D Elgar 643 1449 44.38 42.03 76.14
10 AG Prince 427 1002 42.61 40.51 73.39

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 JH Kallis 300.00 300.00 250.00 84.30 934.30
2 D Elgar 198.05 197.59 187.04 76.14 658.81
3 AB de Villiers 216.84 130.47 167.04 100.48 614.82
4 BM McMillan 150.92 216.95 134.44 82.51 584.82
5 GC Smith 171.25 147.16 124.81 111.43 554.66
6 L Klusener 103.49 171.34 114.81 150.00 539.65
7 HM Amla 180.80 108.79 150.00 87.41 527.00
8 AG Prince 131.52 194.40 126.67 73.39 525.98
9 HH Gibbs 129.36 137.18 149.26 101.27 517.07
10 DJ Cullinan 112.42 183.26 123.33 97.87 516.88

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