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Top 10 South African Test Batsmen Vs SL 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 10 batsmen from South Africa against Sri Lanka in South Africa in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

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) SA
Oposition (O) SL

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
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS F du Plessis SA 11 606 300.00
1 F du Plessis SA 11 606 300.00
2 D Elgar SA 12 604 299.01
3 JH Kallis SA 15 576 285.15
4 Q de Kock SA 11 520 257.43
5 G Kirsten SA 10 508 251.49
6 DJ Cullinan SA 8 505 250.00
7 T Bavuma SA 15 494 244.55
8 HM Amla SA 13 421 208.42
9 MV Boucher SA 13 411 203.47
10 SM Pollock SA 9 366 181.19

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 DJ Cullinan 8 1 505 3 72.14 78.50 300.00
1 DJ Cullinan 8 1 505 3 72.14 78.50 300.00
2 F du Plessis 11 2 606 1 67.33 76.73 293.25
3 G Kirsten 10 1 508 1 56.44 63.29 241.89
4 D Elgar 12 1 604 2 54.91 62.58 239.16
5 SM Pollock 9 2 366 1 52.29 59.57 227.66
6 Q de Kock 11 0 520 1 47.27 53.87 205.88
7 JH Kallis 15 1 576 1 41.14 46.38 177.27
8 MV Boucher 13 1 411 0 34.25 39.09 149.39
9 HM Amla 13 0 421 1 32.38 36.84 140.81
10 T Bavuma 15 0 494 1 32.93 36.01 137.63

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 224 84 75 49 49 96.20 250.00
1 JH Kallis 224 84 75 49 49 96.20 250.00
2 D Elgar 129 127 95 55 52 91.60 238.05
3 DJ Cullinan 113 112 103 68 59 91.00 236.49
4 F du Plessis 199 90 67* 50* 41 89.40 232.33
5 G Kirsten 180 75* 62 55 52 84.80 220.37
6 T Bavuma 113 78 71 70 66 79.60 206.86
7 Q de Kock 101 86 80 69 55 78.20 203.22
8 SM Pollock 111 99* 92 38 11 70.20 182.43
9 HM Amla 134 54 51 48 32 63.80 165.80
10 MV Boucher 92 65 63 38 38 59.20 153.85

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 Q de Kock 520 634 82.02 75.86 150.00
1 Q de Kock 520 634 82.02 75.86 150.00
2 SM Pollock 366 570 64.21 65.48 129.49
3 DJ Cullinan 505 887 56.93 58.05 114.79
4 F du Plessis 606 985 61.52 56.90 112.52
5 D Elgar 604 999 60.46 55.56 109.87
6 T Bavuma 494 896 55.13 51.27 101.38
7 MV Boucher 411 803 51.18 50.86 100.57
8 HM Amla 421 814 51.72 47.99 94.89
9 JH Kallis 576 1297 44.41 43.47 85.96
10 G Kirsten 508 1283 39.59 39.95 79.00

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 F du Plessis 300.00 293.25 232.33 112.52 938.10
2 DJ Cullinan 250.00 300.00 236.49 114.79 901.27
3 D Elgar 299.01 239.16 238.05 109.87 886.09
4 Q de Kock 257.43 205.88 203.22 150.00 816.53
5 JH Kallis 285.15 177.27 250.00 85.96 798.38
6 G Kirsten 251.49 241.89 220.37 79.00 792.75
7 SM Pollock 181.19 227.66 182.43 129.49 720.77
8 T Bavuma 244.55 137.63 206.86 101.38 690.43
9 HM Amla 208.42 140.81 165.80 94.89 609.91
10 MV Boucher 203.47 149.39 153.85 100.57 607.27

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