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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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) 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 10

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 28 1543 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 28 1543 300.00
2 HM Amla SA 22 1154 224.37
3 DJ McGlew SA 21 1100 213.87
4 G Kirsten SA 23 951 184.90
5 GC Smith SA 22 847 164.68
6 DJ Cullinan SA 16 823 160.01
7 HH Gibbs SA 15 790 153.60
8 JA Rudolph SA 10 505 98.19
9 WR Endean SA 11 497 96.63
10 F du Plessis SA 10 491 95.46

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 JA Rudolph 10 3 505 2 72.14 75.00 300.00
1 JA Rudolph 10 3 505 2 72.14 75.00 300.00
2 F du Plessis 10 3 491 2 70.14 71.96 287.85
3 DJ Cullinan 16 4 823 2 68.58 69.38 277.51
4 DJ McGlew 21 4 1100 3 64.71 68.91 275.65
5 JH Kallis 28 3 1543 6 61.72 62.96 251.85
6 HM Amla 22 3 1154 4 60.74 61.62 246.49
7 WR Endean 11 2 497 1 55.22 59.79 239.15
8 HH Gibbs 15 1 790 2 56.43 58.09 232.36
9 G Kirsten 23 4 951 2 50.05 51.37 205.46
10 GC Smith 22 2 847 2 42.35 43.40 173.61

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 186 160 150* 148* 131 155.00 250.00
1 JH Kallis 186 160 150* 148* 131 155.00 250.00
2 DJ McGlew 255* 127* 120 86 84 134.40 216.77
3 DJ Cullinan 275* 152 96 58 34 123.00 198.39
4 HM Amla 176* 149 110 103 66 120.80 194.84
5 HH Gibbs 211* 120 80 77 63 110.20 177.74
6 G Kirsten 137 128 76 76 66* 96.60 155.81
7 JA Rudolph 154* 105* 93* 72 52 95.20 153.55
8 GC Smith 125* 115 88 68 63 91.80 148.06
9 F du Plessis 137 112* 56* 53 52 82.00 132.26
10 WR Endean 116 93 87 47* 41 76.80 123.87

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 GC Smith 847 1385 61.16 59.46 150.00
1 GC Smith 847 1385 61.16 59.46 150.00
2 DJ Cullinan 823 1550 53.10 54.60 137.72
3 HM Amla 1154 2201 52.43 50.75 128.02
4 WR Endean 0 0 NA NA 126.13
5 DJ McGlew 0 0 NA NA 126.13
6 JH Kallis 1543 3127 49.34 48.55 122.47
7 G Kirsten 951 2010 47.31 48.19 121.57
8 HH Gibbs 790 1635 48.32 48.02 121.14
9 JA Rudolph 505 1107 45.62 44.93 113.35
10 F du Plessis 491 1098 44.72 43.33 109.31

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 300.00 251.85 250.00 122.47 924.31
2 DJ McGlew 213.87 275.65 216.77 126.13 832.42
3 HM Amla 224.37 246.49 194.84 128.02 793.72
4 DJ Cullinan 160.01 277.51 198.39 137.72 773.63
5 HH Gibbs 153.60 232.36 177.74 121.14 684.84
6 G Kirsten 184.90 205.46 155.81 121.57 667.73
7 JA Rudolph 98.19 300.00 153.55 113.35 665.08
8 GC Smith 164.68 173.61 148.06 150.00 636.35
9 F du Plessis 95.46 287.85 132.26 109.31 624.88
10 WR Endean 96.63 239.15 123.87 126.13 585.78

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