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Top 10 South African Test Batsmen Vs WI 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 West Indies in South Africa 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) SA
Oposition (O) WI

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

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 21 1414 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 21 1414 300.00
2 HH Gibbs SA 18 820 173.97
3 GC Smith SA 12 717 152.12
4 AB de Villiers SA 8 557 118.18
5 HM Amla SA 9 517 109.69
6 G Kirsten SA 14 509 107.99
7 MV Boucher SA 16 452 95.90
8 JN Rhodes SA 9 378 80.20
9 D Elgar SA 8 336 71.29
10 DJ Cullinan SA 9 278 58.98

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 JH Kallis 21 6 1414 5 94.27 97.45 300.00
1 JH Kallis 21 6 1414 5 94.27 97.45 300.00
2 AB de Villiers 8 1 557 3 79.57 77.65 239.05
3 GC Smith 12 1 717 3 65.18 63.14 194.37
4 HM Amla 9 1 517 1 64.63 63.04 194.05
5 HH Gibbs 18 2 820 3 51.25 52.99 163.12
6 JN Rhodes 9 1 378 1 47.25 52.71 162.26
7 D Elgar 8 1 336 1 48.00 49.86 153.48
8 G Kirsten 14 2 509 2 42.42 45.19 139.12
9 MV Boucher 16 3 452 2 34.77 36.17 111.34
10 DJ Cullinan 9 0 278 1 30.89 34.46 106.07

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 177 158 130* 130* 110 141.00 250.00
1 JH Kallis 177 158 130* 130* 110 141.00 250.00
2 HH Gibbs 192 142 142 60 51 117.40 208.16
3 GC Smith 147 139 132 85 44 109.40 193.97
4 AB de Villiers 152 148 103* 60 59 104.40 185.11
5 G Kirsten 137 134 71* 62 29 86.60 153.55
6 HM Amla 208 69 63 38* 37 83.00 147.16
7 MV Boucher 122* 100 59 27 22 66.00 117.02
8 D Elgar 121 71 60* 42 28 64.40 114.18
9 JN Rhodes 103* 87 64 34 24 62.40 110.64
10 DJ Cullinan 168 40 35 10 9 52.40 92.91

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 JN Rhodes 378 528 71.59 76.84 150.00
1 JN Rhodes 378 528 71.59 76.84 150.00
2 GC Smith 717 964 74.38 71.57 139.71
3 AB de Villiers 557 863 64.54 62.00 121.02
4 HH Gibbs 820 1370 59.85 60.57 118.23
5 DJ Cullinan 278 550 50.55 54.25 105.90
6 MV Boucher 452 850 53.18 54.10 105.61
7 HM Amla 517 927 55.77 53.47 104.39
8 D Elgar 336 607 55.35 51.11 99.76
9 JH Kallis 1414 2870 49.27 49.92 97.45
10 G Kirsten 509 1115 45.65 47.41 92.55

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 300.00 300.00 250.00 97.45 947.45
2 GC Smith 152.12 194.37 193.97 139.71 680.17
3 HH Gibbs 173.97 163.12 208.16 118.23 663.48
4 AB de Villiers 118.18 239.05 185.11 121.02 663.35
5 HM Amla 109.69 194.05 147.16 104.39 555.29
6 JN Rhodes 80.20 162.26 110.64 150.00 503.09
7 G Kirsten 107.99 139.12 153.55 92.55 493.21
8 D Elgar 71.29 153.48 114.18 99.76 438.72
9 MV Boucher 95.90 111.34 117.02 105.61 429.87
10 DJ Cullinan 58.98 106.07 92.91 105.90 363.87

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