Top 10 South African Test Batsmen Vs Pak In SA

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 Pakistan in South Africa in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS

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)	PAK

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

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1	MP before 1991
Era 2	MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3	MP greater than 2015

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	ERA 2	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	HM Amla	SA	2007	2019	2013	17	656	300.00
1	HM Amla	SA	2007	2019	2013	17	656	300.00
2	JH Kallis	SA	1998	2013	2005.5	17	647	295.88
3	GC Smith	SA	2002	2013	2007.5	14	476	217.68
4	HH Gibbs	SA	1998	2007	2002.5	7	404	184.76
5	AB de Villiers	SA	2007	2013	2010	11	400	182.93
6	MV Boucher	SA	1998	2007	2002.5	11	373	170.58
7	G Kirsten	SA	1995	2003	1999	10	309	141.31
8	SM Pollock	SA	1998	2007	2002.5	10	302	138.11

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AK Markram	SA	2018	2025	2021.5	9	358	250.00
1	AK Markram	SA	2018	2025	2021.5	9	358	250.00
2	T Bavuma	SA	2018	2025	2021.5	8	349	243.72

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	HH Gibbs	7	1	404	1	67.33	68.69	300.00
1	HH Gibbs	7	1	404	1	67.33	68.69	300.00
2	T Bavuma	8	1	349	1	49.86	54.09	236.21
3	HM Amla	17	4	656	0	50.46	52.80	230.57
4	AK Markram	9	1	358	0	44.75	48.56	212.09
5	SM Pollock	10	3	302	0	43.14	46.02	200.97
6	AB de Villiers	11	2	400	2	44.44	46.00	200.91
7	JH Kallis	17	1	647	1	40.44	42.57	185.92
8	MV Boucher	11	1	373	0	37.30	39.48	172.40
9	GC Smith	14	1	476	1	36.62	37.54	163.93
10	G Kirsten	10	1	309	0	34.33	37.32	162.99

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	HH Gibbs	228	94	40	25*	11	79.60	250.00
1	HH Gibbs	228	94	40	25*	11	79.60	250.00
2	JH Kallis	105	91	69	60*	51	75.20	236.18
3	HM Amla	92	74*	71	71	64*	74.40	233.67
4	AB de Villiers	121	103*	61	36	31	70.40	221.11
5	GC Smith	151	64	52	33	32	66.40	208.54
6	AK Markram	90	89	78	37	21	63.00	197.86
7	T Bavuma	106	75	53	40	31	61.00	191.58
8	MV Boucher	78	55	52	52	46	56.60	177.76
9	G Kirsten	62	56	44	42	38	48.40	152.01
10	SM Pollock	70*	39*	38	36*	36	43.80	137.56

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	SM Pollock	302	446	67.71	68.51	150.00
1	SM Pollock	302	446	67.71	68.51	150.00
2	HH Gibbs	404	607	66.56	65.17	142.69
3	AK Markram	358	526	68.06	64.07	140.28
4	GC Smith	476	750	63.47	61.08	133.73
5	AB de Villiers	400	700	57.14	55.04	120.51
6	MV Boucher	373	709	52.61	52.96	115.96
7	T Bavuma	349	641	54.45	51.21	112.13
8	G Kirsten	309	672	45.98	47.12	103.18
9	HM Amla	656	1351	48.56	46.58	101.99
10	JH Kallis	647	1504	43.02	42.52	93.11

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	HH Gibbs	184.76	300.00	250.00	142.69	877.45
2	HM Amla	300.00	230.57	233.67	101.99	866.23
3	JH Kallis	295.88	185.92	236.18	93.11	811.09
4	AK Markram	250.00	212.09	197.86	140.28	800.24
5	T Bavuma	243.72	236.21	191.58	112.13	783.64
6	AB de Villiers	182.93	200.91	221.11	120.51	725.45
7	GC Smith	217.68	163.93	208.54	133.73	723.89
8	MV Boucher	170.58	172.40	177.76	115.96	636.70
9	SM Pollock	138.11	200.97	137.56	150.00	626.64
10	G Kirsten	141.31	162.99	152.01	103.18	559.49