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Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen Vs South Africa 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. 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). So, here are the Top 10 batsmen from Sri Lanka against South Africa in ODIs.

*Note: All ODI Ratings are updated till 2025-09-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL
8. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) SL
Venue (V) ALL
Oposition (O) SA

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 250.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Attacking Strike Rate 200.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 200.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns By SR 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

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS KC Sangakkara SL 43 1789 250.00
1 KC Sangakkara SL 43 1789 250.00
2 MS Atapattu SL 34 1164 162.66
3 ST Jayasuriya SL 44 1066 148.97
4 TM Dilshan SL 26 1036 144.77
5 DPMD Jayawardena SL 43 897 125.35
6 WU Tharanga SL 25 620 86.64
7 PA de Silva SL 27 607 84.82
8 RP Arnold SL 20 535 74.76
9 DPDN Dickwella SL 14 412 57.57
10 NLTC Perera SL 18 405 56.60

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 400

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 50s AVE R AVE RAT
TS KC Sangakkara 43 4 1789 13 45.87 46.67 200.00
1 KC Sangakkara 43 4 1789 13 45.87 46.67 200.00
2 TM Dilshan 26 3 1036 5 45.04 44.33 189.93
3 MS Atapattu 34 4 1164 7 38.80 40.73 174.54
4 RP Arnold 20 5 535 5 35.67 36.83 157.82
5 DPDN Dickwella 14 0 412 3 29.43 29.29 125.50
6 NLTC Perera 18 4 405 3 28.93 27.69 118.65
7 PA de Silva 27 3 607 6 25.29 25.23 108.10
8 ST Jayasuriya 44 0 1066 6 24.23 25.06 107.37
9 DPMD Jayawardena 43 3 897 3 22.43 23.72 101.65
10 WU Tharanga 25 0 620 3 24.80 23.63 101.25

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 400
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS NLTC Perera 405 358 113.13 99.45 200.00
1 NLTC Perera 405 358 113.13 99.45 200.00
2 DPDN Dickwella 412 420 98.10 85.62 172.18
3 ST Jayasuriya 1066 1283 83.09 84.67 170.27
4 TM Dilshan 1036 1206 85.90 79.52 159.92
5 KC Sangakkara 1789 2185 81.88 78.23 157.32
6 PA de Silva 607 815 74.48 75.92 152.67
7 WU Tharanga 620 754 82.23 72.59 145.97
8 MS Atapattu 1164 1643 70.85 71.56 143.90
9 RP Arnold 535 754 70.95 70.14 141.06
10 DPMD Jayawardena 897 1329 67.49 65.84 132.41

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman. 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 KC Sangakkara 169 102 91 88 88 107.60 200.00
1 KC Sangakkara 169 102 91 88 88 107.60 200.00
2 TM Dilshan 115* 106 99 87 86 98.60 183.27
3 MS Atapattu 124 123* 97* 80 64 97.60 181.41
4 ST Jayasuriya 86 79 71 68 68 74.40 138.29
5 PA de Silva 77* 73* 73 73 71 73.40 136.43
6 WU Tharanga 119 66 58 57 46 69.20 128.62
7 DPDN Dickwella 74 69 58 43 41 57.00 105.95
8 DPMD Jayawardena 77 59 52 48* 48 56.80 105.58
9 RP Arnold 65* 59* 51 50 50 55.00 102.23
10 NLTC Perera 69* 65 51* 49 23 51.40 95.54

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate. 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 ST Jayasuriya 45/30 46/32 86/65 37/30 71/71 127.38 150.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 45/30 46/32 86/65 37/30 71/71 127.38 150.00
2 KC Sangakkara 75/45 36/23 169/137 102/97 88/84 116.34 136.99
3 DPMD Jayawardena 77/61 48/45 52/52 39/45 32/37 100.80 118.70
4 DPDN Dickwella 39/19 41/33 58/47 34/35 74/80 100.33 118.15
5 NLTC Perera 49/30 69/44 65/49 51/45 97.96 115.35
6 TM Dilshan 30/24 106/92 38/37 87/87 86/90 97.34 114.63
7 MS Atapattu 123/121 124/129 39/46 53/63 63/78 92.91 109.41
8 WU Tharanga 119/90 46/39 58/65 36/41 57/69 91.76 108.05
9 PA de Silva 77/75 73/78 71/77 73/84 73/95 91.47 107.71
10 RP Arnold 65/56 51/53 59/69 36/49 39/56 87.33 102.84

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 ATT BIP QIP TVO RAT
1 KC Sangakkara 250.00 200.00 157.32 200.00 136.99 944.31
2 TM Dilshan 144.77 189.93 159.92 183.27 114.63 792.53
3 MS Atapattu 162.66 174.54 143.90 181.41 109.41 771.93
4 ST Jayasuriya 148.97 107.37 170.27 138.29 150.00 714.89
5 PA de Silva 84.82 108.10 152.67 136.43 107.71 589.73
6 NLTC Perera 56.60 118.65 200.00 95.54 115.35 586.14
7 DPMD Jayawardena 125.35 101.65 132.41 105.58 118.70 583.69
8 DPDN Dickwella 57.57 125.50 172.18 105.95 118.15 579.35
9 RP Arnold 74.76 157.82 141.06 102.23 102.84 578.71
10 WU Tharanga 86.64 101.25 145.97 128.62 108.05 570.54

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