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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs India 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 India 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) 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 10

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 31 1734 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 31 1734 300.00
2 HM Amla SA 37 1528 264.36
3 AB de Villiers SA 35 1334 230.80
4 D Elgar SA 28 1012 175.09
5 GC Smith SA 27 987 170.76
6 G Kirsten SA 19 720 124.57
7 DJ Cullinan SA 15 688 119.03
8 HH Gibbs SA 19 579 100.17
9 L Klusener SA 15 520 89.97
10 AN Petersen SA 11 481 83.22

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 JH Kallis 31 6 1734 7 69.36 71.62 300.00
1 JH Kallis 31 6 1734 7 69.36 71.62 300.00
2 DJ Cullinan 15 2 688 2 52.92 55.31 231.69
3 AN Petersen 11 1 481 1 48.10 51.73 216.70
4 HM Amla 37 2 1528 5 43.66 45.82 191.92
5 L Klusener 15 3 520 2 43.33 45.39 190.11
6 D Elgar 28 3 1012 2 40.48 45.30 189.74
7 G Kirsten 19 1 720 3 40.00 42.32 177.28
8 AB de Villiers 35 1 1334 3 39.24 41.44 173.59
9 GC Smith 27 1 987 0 37.96 39.01 163.40
10 HH Gibbs 19 1 579 2 32.17 33.68 141.06

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 HM Amla 253* 159 140 123* 114 157.80 250.00
1 HM Amla 253* 159 140 123* 114 157.80 250.00
2 JH Kallis 201* 173 161 132 121 157.60 249.68
3 AB de Villiers 217* 129 103 85 80 122.80 194.55
4 D Elgar 185 160 96* 86* 77 120.80 191.38
5 G Kirsten 133 103 102 79 73 98.00 155.26
6 DJ Cullinan 153* 122* 77 55 53 92.00 145.75
7 HH Gibbs 196 107 63 47 46 91.80 145.44
8 L Klusener 108 102* 97 49 34* 78.00 123.57
9 GC Smith 94 73 71 69 68 75.00 118.82
10 AN Petersen 100 77 76 62 31* 69.20 109.63

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 L Klusener 520 801 64.92 68.45 150.00
1 L Klusener 520 801 64.92 68.45 150.00
2 GC Smith 987 1616 61.08 59.42 130.22
3 DJ Cullinan 688 1326 51.89 56.44 123.68
4 AN Petersen 481 847 56.79 54.56 119.57
5 AB de Villiers 1334 2451 54.43 53.14 116.45
6 HH Gibbs 579 1125 51.47 52.01 113.98
7 G Kirsten 720 1505 47.84 50.55 110.77
8 HM Amla 1528 3383 45.17 44.14 96.72
9 D Elgar 1012 2279 44.41 43.58 95.50
10 JH Kallis 1734 3906 44.39 43.51 95.34

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 300.00 300.00 249.68 95.34 945.02
2 HM Amla 264.36 191.92 250.00 96.72 803.00
3 AB de Villiers 230.80 173.59 194.55 116.45 715.38
4 D Elgar 175.09 189.74 191.38 95.50 651.70
5 DJ Cullinan 119.03 231.69 145.75 123.68 620.16
6 GC Smith 170.76 163.40 118.82 130.22 583.20
7 G Kirsten 124.57 177.28 155.26 110.77 567.88
8 L Klusener 89.97 190.11 123.57 150.00 553.65
9 AN Petersen 83.22 216.70 109.63 119.57 529.12
10 HH Gibbs 100.17 141.06 145.44 113.98 500.65

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