Top 7 South African Test Batsmen Vs NZ 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 7 batsmen from South Africa against New Zealand in South Africa in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

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) NZ

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 15 894 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 15 894 300.00
2 HM Amla SA 11 812 272.48
3 DJ McGlew SA 18 777 260.74
4 RA McLean SA 15 547 183.56
5 G Kirsten SA 11 364 122.15
6 AB de Villiers SA 9 328 110.07
7 WR Endean SA 8 293 98.32

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 HM Amla 11 1 812 4 81.20 83.49 300.00
1 HM Amla 11 1 812 4 81.20 83.49 300.00
2 JH Kallis 15 1 894 3 63.86 64.62 232.21
3 DJ McGlew 18 3 777 2 51.80 54.80 196.92
4 WR Endean 8 1 293 0 41.86 44.91 161.37
5 G Kirsten 11 2 364 0 40.44 41.22 148.13
6 RA McLean 15 1 547 2 39.07 40.99 147.31
7 AB de Villiers 9 0 328 0 36.44 36.87 132.50

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 186 160 131 79* 71 125.40 250.00
1 JH Kallis 186 160 131 79* 71 125.40 250.00
2 HM Amla 176* 149 110 103 66 120.80 240.83
3 DJ McGlew 127* 120 86 84 63 96.00 191.39
4 RA McLean 113 101 78 63 45 80.00 159.49
5 AB de Villiers 97 67 51 33 33 56.20 112.04
6 WR Endean 93 87 34* 33 32 55.80 111.24
7 G Kirsten 66* 64 49 47* 33 51.80 103.27

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 GC Smith 275 411 66.91 64.29 150.00
1 AB de Villiers 328 598 54.85 52.72 123.01
2 JH Kallis 894 1688 52.96 51.21 119.49
3 HM Amla 812 1537 52.83 50.76 118.44
4 DJ McGlew 0 0 NA NA 116.66
5 WR Endean 0 0 NA NA 116.66
6 RA McLean 0 0 NA NA 116.66
7 G Kirsten 364 773 47.09 48.18 112.41

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 HM Amla 272.48 300.00 240.83 118.44 931.75
2 JH Kallis 300.00 232.21 250.00 119.49 901.70
3 DJ McGlew 260.74 196.92 191.39 116.66 765.70
4 RA McLean 183.56 147.31 159.49 116.66 607.01
5 WR Endean 98.32 161.37 111.24 116.66 487.59
6 G Kirsten 122.15 148.13 103.27 112.41 485.95
7 AB de Villiers 110.07 132.50 112.04 123.01 477.62


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