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Top 7 Sri Lankan Middle Order Batsmen In ODIs

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Our One Day International (ODI) ratings take into account all matches from the first ODI match on January 5, 1971 till the below mentioned last update date. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 7 Sri Lankan middle order (3-6) batsmen in ODI Cricket of all time.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ATTACKING
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Familiar Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Asians In Asia
4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Asians Outside Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. WORLD CUP
5.2. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNINGS
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
7. NON WEAK TEAMS
8. TOP TEAMS
Nations Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to show players only from Sri Lanka.

  • The Rating of the players from Sri Lanka remains the same as in the original OVERALL Rating.
  • Thus the Trend Setter can be from any nation and is not necessarily from Sri Lanka.
Position Filter

This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to include performances of middle order (3-6) batsmen. Innings played only at the specified position are counted in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns (Runs and SR)
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary World Cup, Top Form, Impact Inns
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which 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 an 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.
Top Teams (TT) and Non Weak Teams (NWT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams and non weak teams. Here is some information:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine TT and NWT.
  • They are calculated by decades.
  • A batsman’s performace is counted in TT or NWT if it comes against that team in the specific decade.
  • Knock Out and Super Six matches of ODI World Cup are also counted.
  • TT and NWT may be found in the last section.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 30

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 100.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

The time period of ODI cricket 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 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS Javed Miandad PAK 1975 1996 1985.5 213 7281 150.00
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 358 13422 200.00
1 KC Sangakkara SL 2000 2015 2007.5 351 13302 198.21
2 DPMD Jayawardena SL 1998 2015 2006.5 372 11120 165.70
3 PA de Silva SL 1984 2003 1993.5 268 8680 129.34
4 A Ranatunga SL 1982 1999 1990.5 249 7336 109.31
5 MS Atapattu SL 1992 2007 1999.5 158 5337 79.53
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS V Kohli IND 2009 2025 2017 279 13977 200.00
1 AD Mathews SL 2009 2023 2016 172 5325 76.20
2 BKG Mendis SL 2016 2025 2020.5 129 4219 60.37

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 2500
Min Runs (TT) 1500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS AB de Villiers 182 36 8532 46 58.44 56.64 100.00
1 KC Sangakkara 351 39 13302 91 42.63 43.24 76.34
2 AD Mathews 172 42 5325 36 40.96 41.33 72.97
3 MS Atapattu 158 20 5337 40 38.67 39.91 70.46
4 A Ranatunga 249 45 7336 48 35.96 38.66 68.26
5 PA de Silva 268 25 8680 60 35.72 36.64 64.69
6 BKG Mendis 129 11 4219 32 35.75 34.27 60.51
7 DPMD Jayawardena 372 34 11120 70 32.90 33.32 58.84

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS AB de Villiers 114 25 5156 31 57.93 56.15 150.00
1 KC Sangakkara 259 23 10146 70 42.99 43.60 116.48
2 AD Mathews 134 33 4246 30 42.04 42.42 113.31
3 MS Atapattu 109 10 3637 27 36.74 37.91 101.27
4 A Ranatunga 200 34 5800 37 34.94 37.57 100.35
5 PA de Silva 215 18 6693 46 33.97 34.85 93.09
6 DPMD Jayawardena 274 21 7835 52 30.97 31.37 83.80
7 BKG Mendis 73 3 2266 16 32.37 31.03 82.89

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 2500
Min Runs (TT) 1500
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 3030 2365 128.12 113.40 100.00
1 PA de Silva 8680 10649 81.51 86.57 76.34
2 A Ranatunga 7336 9386 78.16 83.46 73.59
3 BKG Mendis 4219 4832 87.31 78.26 69.01
4 KC Sangakkara 13302 16827 79.05 76.95 67.85
5 DPMD Jayawardena 11120 14360 77.44 75.86 66.90
6 AD Mathews 5325 6422 82.92 74.42 65.62
7 MS Atapattu 5337 7860 67.90 69.96 61.70

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS GJ Maxwell 2233 1900 117.53 104.03 150.00
1 PA de Silva 6693 8381 79.86 84.82 122.30
2 A Ranatunga 5800 7474 77.60 82.86 119.48
3 KC Sangakkara 10146 12766 79.48 77.36 111.55
4 BKG Mendis 2266 2657 85.28 76.44 110.22
5 AD Mathews 4246 5154 82.38 73.94 106.61
6 DPMD Jayawardena 7835 10478 74.78 73.26 105.63
7 MS Atapattu 3637 5290 68.75 70.84 102.15

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman against Non Weak Teams of all time. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 7 Inns

RANK ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS IVA Richards 189* 181 153* 149 138* 119* 119 149.71 150.00
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS RT Ponting 164 145 141* 140* 134* 129 126 139.86 150.00
1 KC Sangakkara 169 134* 133 128 128 117* 113* 131.71 141.27
2 DPMD Jayawardena 128 126* 120 118 116 115* 106* 118.43 127.02
3 PA de Silva 134 127* 122 107* 107* 105 105 115.29 123.65
4 MS Atapattu 132* 119* 111 102* 100 97* 94 107.86 115.68
5 A Ranatunga 131* 102* 102 101* 98 93* 90* 102.43 109.86
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS V Kohli 183 166* 160* 157* 154* 140 139* 157.00 150.00
1 BKG Mendis 143 122 119 102 101 94 92 110.43 105.51
2 AD Mathews 139* 113 111* 97* 95 93 92* 105.71 101.00

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL (NWT)

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate against Non Weak Teams. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For R SR In The Top 5 Inns by SR

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS Shahid Afridi 34/12 102/40 77/35 55/26 124/60 221.55 150.00
1 BKG Mendis 28/9 56/22 76/42 56/33 122/77 165.54 112.08
2 KC Sangakkara 90/43 75/45 36/23 66/47 61/44 158.06 107.01
3 A Ranatunga 49/32 25/17 88/61 55/39 41/30 153.91 104.20
4 PA de Silva 32/21 35/24 43/30 50/35 66/47 152.89 103.51
5 AD Mathews 70/40 46/30 44/29 37/25 56/39 139.31 94.32
6 DPMD Jayawardena 35/24 50/35 77/61 58/46 43/35 128.19 86.79
7 MS Atapattu 53/43 31/27 52/46 28/26 39/38 116.21 78.68

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is half of the OVERALL Rating, i.e. 500 pts.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 KC Sangakkara 198.21 192.82 179.41 141.27 107.01 818.72 409.36
2 PA de Silva 129.34 157.78 198.64 123.65 103.51 712.93 356.46
3 DPMD Jayawardena 165.70 142.63 172.53 127.02 86.79 694.67 347.33
4 A Ranatunga 109.31 168.61 193.08 109.86 104.20 685.06 342.53
5 AD Mathews 76.20 186.28 172.24 101.00 94.32 630.03 315.01
6 MS Atapattu 79.53 171.73 163.84 115.68 78.68 609.46 304.73
7 BKG Mendis 60.37 143.40 179.22 105.51 112.08 600.57 300.29

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions Rating is calculated by applying the five criteria of Primary Rating to various conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 200.00
Away 800.00
Familiar Conditions 200.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 800.00

HOME/AWAY

HOME/AWAY RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and Afghanistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 KC Sangakkara 122 4651 42.67 77.70 759.39 151.88
2 PA de Silva 58 2243 47.72 85.58 681.20 136.24
3 A Ranatunga 59 1906 46.49 86.83 656.79 131.36
4 DPMD Jayawardena 122 3693 34.51 76.25 644.21 128.84
5 BKG Mendis 58 2207 44.14 88.46 620.03 124.01
6 AD Mathews 73 2135 38.13 82.37 567.99 113.60
7 MS Atapattu 40 1274 38.61 65.60 519.61 103.92

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 KC Sangakkara 229 8651 42.62 79.80 790.50 632.40
2 PA de Silva 210 6437 32.84 80.18 717.99 574.39
3 DPMD Jayawardena 250 7427 32.15 78.04 694.23 555.38
4 A Ranatunga 190 5430 33.31 75.51 671.85 537.48
5 AD Mathews 99 3190 43.11 83.29 642.91 514.33
6 MS Atapattu 118 4063 38.70 68.65 616.28 493.02
7 BKG Mendis 71 2012 29.59 86.09 541.95 433.56

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 KC Sangakkara 197 7586 42.62 78.24 865.07 173.01
2 PA de Silva 158 5556 39.69 82.40 801.12 160.22
3 DPMD Jayawardena 217 6786 34.62 78.20 765.05 153.01
4 A Ranatunga 168 4868 36.88 79.87 763.35 152.67
5 BKG Mendis 83 2891 38.55 89.28 696.74 139.35
6 AD Mathews 107 3362 43.66 82.75 686.01 137.20
7 MS Atapattu 101 3611 41.99 68.11 674.47 134.89

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 KC Sangakkara 154 5716 42.66 80.16 881.00 704.80
2 DPMD Jayawardena 155 4334 30.52 76.28 738.41 590.73
3 PA de Silva 110 3124 30.33 79.98 709.69 567.75
4 A Ranatunga 81 2468 34.28 74.99 657.03 525.62
5 AD Mathews 65 1963 37.04 83.21 604.94 483.95
6 MS Atapattu 57 1726 33.19 67.47 562.15 449.72
7 BKG Mendis 46 1328 30.88 83.31 507.95 406.36

CONDITIONS RATING

The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,000.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 200 pts.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 KC Sangakkara 632.40 151.88 704.80 173.01 1,662.09 166.21
2 PA de Silva 574.39 136.24 567.75 160.22 1,438.61 143.86
3 DPMD Jayawardena 555.38 128.84 590.73 153.01 1,427.96 142.80
4 A Ranatunga 537.48 131.36 525.62 152.67 1,347.13 134.71
5 AD Mathews 514.33 113.60 483.95 137.20 1,249.08 124.91
6 MS Atapattu 493.02 103.92 449.72 134.89 1,181.56 118.16
7 BKG Mendis 433.56 124.01 406.36 139.35 1,103.28 110.33

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Click on the Rating Titles to see how they were calculated.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
World Cup 1,000.00
Top Form 1,000.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 KC Sangakkara 32 1482 61.75 87.49 809.19 809.19
2 PA de Silva 27 972 37.38 86.63 654.51 654.51
3 A Ranatunga 28 969 48.45 80.55 649.71 649.71
4 DPMD Jayawardena 31 1028 36.71 85.17 617.26 617.26
5 MS Atapattu 5 139 27.80 67.80 500.00 500.00
6 BKG Mendis 16 437 27.31 92.78 490.17 490.17
7 AD Mathews 18 529 33.06 83.31 469.49 469.49
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • Only Inns against Non Weak Teams are considered in the rating.
  • Non Weak Teams may be found in the last section.

TOP FORM

Min Innings Vs Non Weak Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 KC Sangakkara 50 2556 58.09 94.95 809.18 809.18
2 PA de Silva 50 2177 53.10 86.70 742.69 742.69
3 DPMD Jayawardena 50 1832 41.64 83.27 632.62 632.62
4 A Ranatunga 50 1720 44.10 75.37 629.98 629.98
5 BKG Mendis 50 1937 45.05 89.72 626.59 626.59
6 AD Mathews 50 2004 52.74 82.95 617.32 617.32
7 MS Atapattu 50 1836 41.73 69.78 604.40 604.40
Impact Innings (II)

Impact Innings are those innings which have an impact in terms of Runs or Strike Rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • Both Inns are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 25 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 30.00% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 10.00% of the total runs and
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

IMPACT INNINGS

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis % RAT WTG
1 KC Sangakkara 312 85 27.24 701.51 701.51
2 PA de Silva 243 68 27.98 636.90 636.90
3 A Ranatunga 204 54 26.47 573.69 573.69
4 AD Mathews 130 35 26.92 508.23 508.23
5 DPMD Jayawardena 338 57 16.86 426.61 426.61
6 MS Atapattu 138 26 18.84 362.35 362.35
7 BKG Mendis 118 21 17.80 306.04 306.04

SECONDARY RATING

The total of the above three criteria comes out to be 3,000.00 points. The Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 300 pts.

RANK BATSMAN WC TF II SEC RAT
1 KC Sangakkara 80.92 80.92 70.15 231.99
2 PA de Silva 65.45 74.27 63.69 203.41
3 A Ranatunga 64.97 63.00 57.37 185.34
4 DPMD Jayawardena 61.73 63.26 42.66 167.65
5 AD Mathews 46.95 61.73 50.82 159.50
6 MS Atapattu 50.00 60.44 36.23 146.67
7 BKG Mendis 49.02 62.66 30.60 142.28

OVERALL RATING

OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK OV RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI PTS CON PTS SEC PTS FIN RAT
1 4 KC Sangakkara SL 409.36 166.21 231.99 807.56
2 11 PA de Silva SL 356.46 143.86 203.41 703.73
3 22 A Ranatunga SL 342.53 134.71 185.34 662.58
4 23 DPMD Jayawardena SL 347.33 142.80 167.65 657.78
5 57 AD Mathews SL 315.01 124.91 159.50 599.43
6 69 MS Atapattu SL 304.73 118.16 146.67 569.56
7 78 BKG Mendis SL 300.29 110.33 142.28 552.89

NON WEAK TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL IND
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ SL ZIM
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL ENG NZ ZIM
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ ENG WI BAN
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK SL BAN WI
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA BAN ENG WI AFG

TOP TEAMS

DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6
1970s WI ENG AUS NZ PAK SL
1980s WI ENG AUS PAK IND NZ
1990s SA AUS PAK WI IND SL
2000s AUS SA SL PAK IND NZ
2010s IND SA AUS ENG NZ PAK
2020s IND PAK NZ AUS SL SA

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