Top 10 South African Batsmen Vs West Indies In Tests

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 2025-02-15

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)	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

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	1998	2010	2004	43	2356	300.00
1	JH Kallis	SA	1998	2010	2004	43	2356	300.00
2	GC Smith	SA	2003	2010	2006.5	25	1593	202.84
3	HH Gibbs	SA	1998	2008	2003	33	1403	178.65
4	AB de Villiers	SA	2005	2015	2010	21	1347	171.52
5	DJ Cullinan	SA	1998	2001	1999.5	19	737	93.85
6	HM Amla	SA	2007	2015	2011	15	639	81.37
7	AG Prince	SA	2005	2010	2007.5	12	622	79.20

RANK	ERA 3	NAT	FP	LP	MP	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AK Markram	SA	2021	2024	2022.5	11	452	220.00
1	AK Markram	SA	2021	2024	2022.5	11	452	220.00
2	D Elgar	SA	2014	2023	2018.5	11	423	205.88
3	T Bavuma	SA	2014	2024	2019	10	330	160.62

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	82.43	300.00
1	AB de Villiers	21	5	1347	6	84.19	82.43	300.00
2	AG Prince	12	4	622	2	77.75	76.94	280.03
3	JH Kallis	43	11	2356	8	73.63	73.97	269.20
4	GC Smith	25	2	1593	7	69.26	67.54	245.80
5	HH Gibbs	33	3	1403	3	46.77	46.65	169.79
6	AK Markram	11	0	452	1	41.09	46.07	167.67
7	HM Amla	15	1	639	1	45.64	45.51	165.63
8	D Elgar	11	1	423	1	42.30	45.43	165.34
9	DJ Cullinan	19	1	737	3	40.94	42.26	153.81
10	T Bavuma	10	1	330	1	36.67	39.45	143.57

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	AG Prince	131	123*	98	78*	57	97.40	164.08
7	HM Amla	208	69	63	44	41	85.00	143.19
8	D Elgar	121	77	71	60*	42	74.20	125.00
9	AK Markram	115	96	60	51	47	73.80	124.33
10	T Bavuma	172	86	28	15*	15	63.20	106.47

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	60.17	150.00
1	GC Smith	1593	2621	60.78	60.17	150.00
2	AK Markram	452	763	59.24	56.58	141.07
3	AB de Villiers	1347	2416	55.75	55.46	138.26
4	HM Amla	639	1183	54.02	53.12	132.43
5	T Bavuma	330	642	51.40	48.42	120.71
6	DJ Cullinan	737	1592	46.29	48.15	120.04
7	HH Gibbs	1403	3064	45.79	46.33	115.52
8	D Elgar	423	870	48.62	45.78	114.12
9	JH Kallis	2356	5239	44.97	45.61	113.71
10	AG Prince	622	1426	43.62	43.57	108.62

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	269.20	250.00	113.71	932.91
2	AB de Villiers	171.52	300.00	244.95	138.26	854.72
3	GC Smith	202.84	245.80	235.18	150.00	833.82
4	HH Gibbs	178.65	169.79	218.33	115.52	682.29
5	AK Markram	220.00	167.67	124.33	141.07	653.07
6	AG Prince	79.20	280.03	164.08	108.62	631.93
7	D Elgar	205.88	165.34	125.00	114.12	610.35
8	DJ Cullinan	93.85	153.81	188.68	120.04	556.38
9	T Bavuma	160.62	143.57	106.47	120.71	531.38
10	HM Amla	81.37	165.63	143.19	132.43	522.62