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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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) 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 10

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 JH Kallis SA 1997 2013 2005 33 1564 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 1997 2013 2005 33 1564 300.00
2 GC Smith SA 2002 2013 2007.5 28 1259 241.50
3 HM Amla SA 2007 2019 2013 27 1146 219.82
4 AB de Villiers SA 2007 2013 2010 21 1112 213.30
5 G Kirsten SA 1995 2003 1999 18 838 160.74
6 HH Gibbs SA 1998 2007 2002.5 15 709 136.00
7 SM Pollock SA 1997 2007 2002 18 550 105.50
8 AG Prince SA 2007 2010 2008.5 12 475 91.11
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS AK Markram SA 2018 2025 2021.5 13 585 240.00
1 AK Markram SA 2018 2025 2021.5 13 585 240.00
2 T Bavuma SA 2018 2025 2021.5 12 511 209.64

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 AB de Villiers 21 4 1112 4 65.41 66.85 300.00
1 AB de Villiers 21 4 1112 4 65.41 66.85 300.00
2 G Kirsten 18 3 838 2 55.87 59.39 266.50
3 JH Kallis 33 4 1564 6 53.93 55.36 248.43
4 HM Amla 27 5 1146 2 52.09 53.75 241.19
5 T Bavuma 12 2 511 1 51.10 53.45 239.85
6 AK Markram 13 1 585 1 48.75 51.14 229.50
7 HH Gibbs 15 1 709 1 50.64 49.72 223.10
8 AG Prince 12 2 475 1 47.50 47.48 213.08
9 GC Smith 28 1 1259 4 46.63 46.97 210.76
10 SM Pollock 18 5 550 0 42.31 44.51 199.74

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 AB de Villiers 278* 164 121 103* 90 151.20 250.00
1 AB de Villiers 278* 164 121 103* 90 151.20 250.00
2 GC Smith 234 151 133 100 65 136.60 225.86
3 JH Kallis 155 135* 107* 105 105 121.40 200.73
4 HH Gibbs 228 98 94 59 54 106.60 176.26
5 HM Amla 118* 118 92 80 74* 96.40 159.39
6 AK Markram 108 90 89 78 74 87.80 145.17
7 G Kirsten 118 100* 98 62 56 86.80 143.52
8 AG Prince 138 63 59* 47* 45 70.40 116.40
9 T Bavuma 106 75 61 53 44* 67.80 112.10
10 SM Pollock 82 70* 48 39* 38 55.40 91.60

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 AB de Villiers 1112 1868 59.53 58.42 150.00
1 AB de Villiers 1112 1868 59.53 58.42 150.00
2 SM Pollock 550 949 57.96 58.15 149.31
3 GC Smith 1259 2156 58.40 56.99 146.33
4 HH Gibbs 709 1263 56.14 54.33 139.48
5 AK Markram 585 1069 54.72 51.01 130.96
6 HM Amla 1146 2324 49.31 48.07 123.42
7 JH Kallis 1564 3349 46.70 46.31 118.90
8 T Bavuma 511 1064 48.03 44.70 114.77
9 G Kirsten 838 1919 43.67 44.13 113.30
10 AG Prince 475 1064 44.64 43.88 112.66

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 AB de Villiers 213.30 300.00 250.00 150.00 913.30
2 JH Kallis 300.00 248.43 200.73 118.90 868.06
3 GC Smith 241.50 210.76 225.86 146.33 824.45
4 AK Markram 240.00 229.50 145.17 130.96 745.63
5 HM Amla 219.82 241.19 159.39 123.42 743.81
6 G Kirsten 160.74 266.50 143.52 113.30 684.06
7 T Bavuma 209.64 239.85 112.10 114.77 676.36
8 HH Gibbs 136.00 223.10 176.26 139.48 674.83
9 SM Pollock 105.50 199.74 91.60 149.31 546.15
10 AG Prince 91.11 213.08 116.40 112.66 533.25

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