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Top 10 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). 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 New Zealand in South Africa 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) 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
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 7
Min Runs 250

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 JHB Waite SA 16 407 136.58
6 G Kirsten SA 11 364 122.15
7 EJ Barlow SA 9 330 110.74
8 AB de Villiers SA 9 328 110.07
9 HH Dippenaar SA 10 314 105.37
10 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 77.45 300.00
1 HM Amla 11 1 812 4 81.20 77.45 300.00
2 JH Kallis 15 1 894 3 63.86 62.19 240.88
3 DJ McGlew 18 3 777 2 51.80 50.30 194.84
4 EJ Barlow 9 0 330 0 36.67 38.45 148.93
5 RA McLean 15 1 547 2 39.07 37.93 146.93
6 G Kirsten 11 2 364 0 40.44 37.43 144.98
7 WR Endean 8 1 293 0 41.86 37.36 144.71
8 AB de Villiers 9 0 328 0 36.44 35.19 136.31
9 HH Dippenaar 10 0 314 1 31.40 30.90 119.67
10 JHB Waite 16 1 407 1 27.13 26.37 102.13

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 65.33 100.00
1 AB de Villiers 328 598 54.85 53.70 82.19
2 JH Kallis 894 1688 52.96 53.15 81.36
3 HM Amla 812 1537 52.83 50.87 77.87
4 G Kirsten 364 773 47.09 50.35 77.07
5 DJ McGlew 0 0 NK NA 76.54
6 JHB Waite 0 1 0.00 NA 76.54
7 RA McLean 0 0 NK NA 76.54
8 WR Endean 0 0 NK NA 76.54
9 EJ Barlow 0 0 NK NA 76.54
10 HH Dippenaar 314 666 47.15 48.28 73.91

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* 71 125.40 300.00
1 JH Kallis 186 160 131 79* 71 125.40 300.00
2 HM Amla 176* 149 110 103 66 120.80 289.00
3 DJ McGlew 127* 120 86 84 63 96.00 229.67
4 RA McLean 113 101 78 63 45 80.00 191.39
5 JHB Waite 101 63 52 43 33 58.40 139.71
6 AB de Villiers 97 67 51 33 33 56.20 134.45
7 WR Endean 93 87 34* 33 32 55.80 133.49
8 HH Dippenaar 100 52 47 37 35 54.20 129.67
9 EJ Barlow 67 59 51 47 45 53.80 128.71
10 G Kirsten 66* 64 49 47* 33 51.80 123.92

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 HM Amla 272.48 300.00 77.87 289.00 939.35
2 JH Kallis 300.00 240.88 81.36 300.00 922.24
3 DJ McGlew 260.74 194.84 76.54 229.67 761.78
4 RA McLean 183.56 146.93 76.54 191.39 598.41
5 G Kirsten 122.15 144.98 77.07 123.92 468.12
6 EJ Barlow 110.74 148.93 76.54 128.71 464.91
7 AB de Villiers 110.07 136.31 82.19 134.45 463.02
8 JHB Waite 136.58 102.13 76.54 139.71 454.95
9 WR Endean 98.32 144.71 76.54 133.49 453.06
10 HH Dippenaar 105.37 119.67 73.91 129.67 428.62

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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