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Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs West Indies 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 West Indies 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) ALL
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 10
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS JH Kallis SA 43 2356 300.00
1 JH Kallis SA 43 2356 300.00
2 GC Smith SA 25 1593 202.84
3 HH Gibbs SA 33 1403 178.65
4 AB de Villiers SA 21 1347 171.52
5 G Kirsten SA 24 759 96.65
6 DJ Cullinan SA 19 737 93.85
7 HM Amla SA 15 639 81.37
8 AG Prince SA 12 622 79.20
9 AK Markram SA 11 452 57.56
10 D Elgar SA 11 423 53.86

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 5 1347 6 84.19 75.89 300.00
1 AB de Villiers 21 5 1347 6 84.19 75.89 300.00
2 AG Prince 12 4 622 2 77.75 72.08 284.94
3 JH Kallis 43 11 2356 8 73.63 70.54 278.87
4 GC Smith 25 2 1593 7 69.26 65.44 258.71
5 D Elgar 11 1 423 1 42.30 54.23 214.37
6 AK Markram 11 0 452 1 41.09 50.80 200.82
7 HH Gibbs 33 3 1403 3 46.77 45.64 180.44
8 HM Amla 15 1 639 1 45.64 42.12 166.51
9 DJ Cullinan 19 1 737 3 40.94 39.37 155.63
10 G Kirsten 24 2 759 3 34.50 34.15 134.99

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 JH Kallis 177 158 147 130* 130* 148.40 250.00
1 JH Kallis 177 158 147 130* 130* 148.40 250.00
2 AB de Villiers 178 152 148 135* 114 145.40 244.95
3 GC Smith 148 147 139 132 132 139.60 235.18
4 HH Gibbs 192 142 142 87 85 129.60 218.33
5 DJ Cullinan 168 134 103 82 73 112.00 188.68
6 G Kirsten 150 137 134 71* 62 110.80 186.66
7 AG Prince 131 123* 98 78* 57 97.40 164.08
8 HM Amla 208 69 63 44 41 85.00 143.19
9 D Elgar 121 77 71 60* 42 74.20 125.00
10 AK Markram 115 96 60 51 47 73.80 124.33

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 1593 2621 60.78 61.31 150.00
1 GC Smith 1593 2621 60.78 61.31 150.00
2 AB de Villiers 1347 2416 55.75 56.83 139.05
3 HM Amla 639 1183 54.02 54.08 132.30
4 AK Markram 452 763 59.24 50.84 124.39
5 DJ Cullinan 737 1592 46.29 49.91 122.10
6 HH Gibbs 1403 3064 45.79 47.40 115.98
7 JH Kallis 2356 5239 44.97 46.80 114.49
8 D Elgar 423 870 48.62 45.15 110.47
9 AG Prince 622 1426 43.62 44.57 109.03
10 G Kirsten 759 1821 41.68 43.98 107.59

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 300.00 278.87 250.00 114.49 943.36
2 AB de Villiers 171.52 300.00 244.95 139.05 855.51
3 GC Smith 202.84 258.71 235.18 150.00 846.73
4 HH Gibbs 178.65 180.44 218.33 115.98 693.40
5 AG Prince 79.20 284.94 164.08 109.03 637.25
6 DJ Cullinan 93.85 155.63 188.68 122.10 560.25
7 G Kirsten 96.65 134.99 186.66 107.59 525.88
8 HM Amla 81.37 166.51 143.19 132.30 523.37
9 AK Markram 57.56 200.82 124.33 124.39 507.10
10 D Elgar 53.86 214.37 125.00 110.47 503.70

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