Top 10 Sri Lankan Opening Batsmen In ODIs

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THE CRITERIA


CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary Top Form, World Cup, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings (TT) 30
Min Runs 1000

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 250.00
Consistent Average 250.00
Attacking Strike Rate 250.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 150.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 100.00

PROLIFIC


The Eras

The time period from 1971 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 2011
Era 3 MP greater than 2010

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 237 8648 230.00
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar IND 1994 2012 2003 340 15310 250.00
1 ST Jayasuriya SL 1993 2011 2002 383 12740 208.03
2 RS Mahanama SL 1986 1999 1992.5 116 3283 53.61
3 MS Atapattu SL 1997 2007 2002 92 3128 51.08
4 RS Kaluwitharana SL 1991 2004 1997.5 112 2798 45.69
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RG Sharma IND 2011 2026 2018.5 193 9547 230.00
1 TM Dilshan SL 2008 2016 2012 176 7367 177.48
2 WU Tharanga SL 2005 2019 2012 189 6077 146.40
3 P Nissanka SL 2021 2026 2023.5 70 2844 68.52
4 MDKJ Perera SL 2013 2023 2018 80 2260 54.45
5 DPDN Dickwella SL 2014 2022 2018 40 1297 31.25

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 2000
Min Runs (TT) 1200

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS S Gill 56 8 2687 55.98 55.18 100.00
1 TM Dilshan 176 16 7367 46.04 47.07 85.30
2 P Nissanka 70 5 2844 43.75 43.91 79.56
3 MS Atapattu 92 9 3128 37.69 38.45 69.68
4 ST Jayasuriya 383 15 12740 34.62 35.44 64.22
5 WU Tharanga 189 10 6077 33.95 34.56 62.62
6 RS Mahanama 116 10 3283 30.97 32.14 58.23
7 DPDN Dickwella 40 0 1297 32.43 30.75 55.73
8 MDKJ Perera 80 1 2260 28.61 28.10 50.92
9 RS Kaluwitharana 112 5 2798 26.15 26.72 48.41

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS RG Sharma 138 12 6833 54.23 52.97 150.00
1 TM Dilshan 149 9 5699 40.71 41.79 118.35
2 MS Atapattu 68 4 2154 33.66 35.17 99.61
3 ST Jayasuriya 260 9 7878 31.39 32.90 93.19
4 P Nissanka 36 1 1099 31.40 31.73 89.85
5 WU Tharanga 130 6 3806 30.69 31.46 89.10
6 RS Mahanama 91 7 2193 26.11 27.76 78.61
7 DPDN Dickwella 34 0 958 28.18 27.17 76.95
8 RS Kaluwitharana 79 2 1993 25.88 27.04 76.59
9 MDKJ Perera 53 0 1157 21.83 21.47 60.81

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.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 2000
Min Runs (TT) 1200
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS V Sehwag 7518 7169 104.87 101.52 100.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 12740 13775 92.49 93.32 91.92
2 MDKJ Perera 2260 2409 93.81 83.94 82.69
3 DPDN Dickwella 1297 1357 95.58 83.02 81.78
4 TM Dilshan 7367 8270 89.08 82.23 81.01
5 RS Kaluwitharana 2798 3554 78.73 80.88 79.68
6 P Nissanka 2844 3139 90.60 78.46 77.29
7 WU Tharanga 6077 8061 75.39 70.80 69.75
8 MS Atapattu 3128 4619 67.72 67.69 66.68
9 RS Mahanama 3283 5719 57.41 64.40 63.44

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS TM Head 1920 1609 119.33 101.87 150.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 7878 8609 91.51 93.10 137.09
2 DPDN Dickwella 958 962 99.58 86.81 127.82
3 MDKJ Perera 1157 1231 93.99 83.60 123.09
4 RS Kaluwitharana 1993 2475 80.53 83.32 122.68
5 TM Dilshan 5699 6627 86.00 79.37 116.88
6 P Nissanka 1099 1305 84.21 72.32 106.49
7 WU Tharanga 3806 4988 76.30 71.20 104.84
8 MS Atapattu 2154 3309 65.10 65.44 96.35
9 RS Mahanama 2193 4068 53.91 60.99 89.81

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

Against All Teams

RANK ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS DL Haynes 152* 148 145* 142* 138* 145.00 50.00
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 200* 186* 175 163* 152 175.20 50.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 189 157 152 151* 140 157.80 45.03
2 MS Atapattu 124 123* 118 103* 101 113.80 32.48
3 RS Mahanama 119* 108 107 101 98 106.60 30.42
4 RS Kaluwitharana 102* 100* 99 95* 83 95.80 27.34
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 162 202.80 50.00
1 TM Dilshan 161* 160* 160 144 137* 152.40 37.57
2 P Nissanka 210* 137 122 118 114 140.20 34.57
3 WU Tharanga 174* 133 120 119 118* 132.80 32.74
4 MDKJ Perera 135 120 116 106 99 115.20 28.40
5 DPDN Dickwella 116 102 95 76 74 92.60 22.83

Against Top Teams

RANK ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS DL Haynes 152* 148 145* 138* 133* 143.20 100.00
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 200* 175 163* 143 141 164.40 100.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 151* 140 134* 134 125 136.80 83.21
2 MS Atapattu 124 123* 118 101 84* 110.00 66.91
3 RS Mahanama 101 92* 89 80 76 87.60 53.28
4 RS Kaluwitharana 95* 83 77 75 74 80.80 49.15
RANK ERA 3 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS RG Sharma 264 209 208* 171* 150 200.40 100.00
1 TM Dilshan 160* 160 137* 123 119* 139.80 69.76
2 WU Tharanga 174* 119 118 112* 111 126.80 63.27
3 P Nissanka 137 114 77* 72 66 93.20 46.51
4 MDKJ Perera 116 78 73 68 64 79.80 39.82
5 DPDN Dickwella 95 76 74 69 64 75.60 37.72

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 Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS BB McCullum 77/25 80/28 51/22 59/26 42/19 238.01 30.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 76/28 27/13 134/65 30/15 82/44 213.42 26.90
2 TM Dilshan 41/18 33/17 59/32 35/23 44/30 163.09 20.56
3 MDKJ Perera 68/25 51/28 37/25 52/36 64/51 147.49 18.59
4 P Nissanka 50/25 66/42 210/139 51/34 36/28 133.45 16.82
5 DPDN Dickwella 39/19 36/20 76/50 31/24 46/37 132.02 16.64
6 WU Tharanga 27/16 31/21 48/34 119/90 34/28 128.70 16.22
7 RS Kaluwitharana 58/45 33/26 99/86 68/60 100/89 120.20 15.15
8 RS Mahanama 98/91 76/78 62/70 119/142 107/132 101.03 12.73
9 MS Atapattu 123/121 69/71 124/129 38/43 76/87 95.30 12.01

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS BB McCullum 77/25 51/22 59/26 55/25 50/24 220.67 70.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 76/28 27/13 134/65 30/15 82/44 215.20 68.26
2 TM Dilshan 41/18 33/17 35/23 35/24 42/29 154.66 49.06
3 MDKJ Perera 68/25 51/28 37/25 52/36 47/41 146.33 46.42
4 DPDN Dickwella 39/19 36/20 76/50 31/24 46/37 132.50 42.03
5 WU Tharanga 27/16 31/21 48/34 119/90 34/28 127.87 40.56
6 RS Kaluwitharana 58/45 33/26 68/60 34/31 74/68 120.11 38.10
7 MS Atapattu 123/121 124/129 38/43 76/87 39/46 94.39 29.94
8 RS Mahanama 76/78 89/117 60/79 35/47 41/58 89.86 28.50
9 P Nissanka 66/42 36/28 114/113 137/147 77/83 89.42 28.36

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 40 percent.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 ST Jayasuriya 208.03 157.41 229.01 128.25 95.16 817.86 327.15
2 TM Dilshan 177.48 203.65 197.88 107.33 69.62 755.97 302.39
3 WU Tharanga 146.40 151.73 174.58 96.02 56.78 625.51 250.20
4 P Nissanka 68.52 169.41 183.78 81.07 45.19 547.97 219.19
5 MS Atapattu 51.08 169.29 163.03 99.39 41.95 524.74 209.89
6 MDKJ Perera 54.45 111.73 205.78 68.22 65.01 505.19 202.08
7 RS Kaluwitharana 45.69 125.00 202.36 76.49 53.25 502.79 201.12
8 DPDN Dickwella 31.25 132.68 209.60 60.55 58.67 492.75 197.10
9 RS Mahanama 53.61 136.85 153.25 83.71 41.24 468.65 187.46

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the five criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

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

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 20.00
Away 80.00
Familiar Conditions 20.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 80.00

HOME/AWAY


HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

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

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 TM Dilshan 77 3310 47.97 89.87 646.70 12.93
2 ST Jayasuriya 112 3695 34.86 89.14 633.60 12.67
3 RS Kaluwitharana 21 641 35.61 73.59 500.00 10.00
4 WU Tharanga 69 2171 33.40 75.23 497.67 9.95
5 MS Atapattu 31 1285 47.59 65.26 454.87 9.10
6 P Nissanka 36 1404 41.29 91.88 446.04 8.92
7 MDKJ Perera 23 713 32.41 102.89 438.05 8.76
8 DPDN Dickwella 21 766 36.48 89.59 415.83 8.32
9 RS Mahanama 25 758 39.89 56.78 382.58 7.65

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 ST Jayasuriya 271 9045 34.52 93.93 869.74 69.58
2 TM Dilshan 99 4057 44.58 88.45 785.89 62.87
3 WU Tharanga 120 3906 34.26 75.48 688.13 55.05
4 P Nissanka 34 1440 46.45 89.39 565.57 45.25
5 MS Atapattu 61 1843 32.91 69.55 513.22 41.06
6 RS Kaluwitharana 91 2157 24.24 80.40 507.09 40.57
7 DPDN Dickwella 19 531 27.95 105.78 500.00 40.00
8 MDKJ Perera 57 1547 27.14 90.15 495.54 39.64
9 RS Mahanama 91 2525 29.02 57.60 478.92 38.31

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS


FC/UC 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 Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 ST Jayasuriya 232 7909 35.79 91.70 792.28 15.85
2 TM Dilshan 110 4673 46.27 90.39 761.35 15.23
3 WU Tharanga 120 3877 34.31 75.81 613.34 12.27
4 P Nissanka 53 2077 41.54 91.70 554.12 11.08
5 MDKJ Perera 52 1589 31.16 94.41 524.76 10.50
6 RS Mahanama 82 2323 31.39 57.51 474.71 9.49
7 MS Atapattu 51 1700 36.17 63.74 452.51 9.05
8 DPDN Dickwella 26 832 32.00 89.75 447.56 8.95
9 RS Kaluwitharana 59 1175 21.36 70.32 412.46 8.25

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 ST Jayasuriya 151 4831 32.86 93.81 888.40 71.07
2 TM Dilshan 66 2694 45.66 86.90 767.02 61.36
3 WU Tharanga 69 2200 33.33 74.65 661.62 52.93
4 MS Atapattu 41 1428 39.67 73.16 632.61 50.61
5 RS Kaluwitharana 53 1623 31.21 86.19 627.25 50.18
6 DPDN Dickwella 14 465 33.21 108.14 555.50 44.44
7 P Nissanka 17 767 51.13 87.76 500.00 40.00
8 MDKJ Perera 28 671 23.96 92.42 442.50 35.40
9 RS Mahanama 34 960 30.00 57.14 440.99 35.28

CONDITIONS RATING


The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC CON PTS
1 ST Jayasuriya 69.58 12.67 71.07 15.85 169.17
2 TM Dilshan 62.87 12.93 61.36 15.23 152.39
3 WU Tharanga 55.05 9.95 52.93 12.27 130.20
4 MS Atapattu 41.06 9.10 50.61 9.05 109.81
5 RS Kaluwitharana 40.57 10.00 50.18 8.25 109.00
6 P Nissanka 45.25 8.92 40.00 11.08 105.25
7 DPDN Dickwella 40.00 8.32 44.44 8.95 101.71
8 MDKJ Perera 39.64 8.76 35.40 10.50 94.30
9 RS Mahanama 38.31 7.65 35.28 9.49 90.74

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Secondary Rating

It consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

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

CRITERIA POINTS
Top Form 100.00
World Cup 150.00
Impact Innings 150.00

TOP FORM


TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

  • TF is calculated by taking the best 50 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
  • Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 ST Jayasuriya 50 2045 44.46 115.15 833.77 83.38
2 TM Dilshan 50 2269 47.27 84.22 664.40 66.44
3 MS Atapattu 50 1763 38.33 67.14 608.00 60.80
4 WU Tharanga 50 1631 35.46 82.42 569.47 56.95
5 RS Kaluwitharana 50 1415 29.48 75.23 538.92 53.89
6 MDKJ Perera 50 1147 22.94 94.33 484.12 48.41
7 RS Mahanama 50 1285 28.56 54.36 478.54 47.85
8 DPDN Dickwella 34 958 28.18 99.58 472.08 47.21
9 P Nissanka 36 1099 31.40 84.21 459.72 45.97

WORLD CUP


Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 ST Jayasuriya 32 1091 37.62 90.77 695.55 104.33
2 TM Dilshan 16 895 63.93 93.23 669.87 100.48
3 WU Tharanga 20 693 38.50 75.49 543.90 81.58
4 DPDN Dickwella 0 0 NA NA 500.00 75.00
5 MDKJ Perera 14 396 28.29 104.49 476.50 71.48
6 P Nissanka 9 332 41.50 89.49 454.46 68.17
7 MS Atapattu 10 382 54.57 84.51 449.67 67.45
8 RS Mahanama 16 448 28.00 56.14 411.70 61.75
9 RS Kaluwitharana 8 85 10.63 110.39 250.91 37.64

IMPACT INNS


II RATING

Impact Inns are those innings which have an impact in terms of runs or strike rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • A Batsman should score at least 25 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if the SR is good compared to the runs scored. More the runs, less the required SR.
  • Or in a successful chase while being Not Out

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis% RAT WTG
1 ST Jayasuriya 368 113 30.71 715.66 107.35
2 TM Dilshan 160 45 28.13 575.64 86.35
3 P Nissanka 65 19 29.23 498.73 74.81
4 WU Tharanga 179 37 20.67 470.15 70.52
5 DPDN Dickwella 40 9 22.50 430.24 64.54
6 RS Kaluwitharana 107 22 20.56 393.34 59.00
7 MDKJ Perera 79 15 18.99 374.04 56.11
8 MS Atapattu 83 15 18.07 335.98 50.40
9 RS Mahanama 106 10 9.43 145.00 21.75

SECONDARY RATING


Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BATSMAN TF WC II SEC RAT
1 ST Jayasuriya 83.38 104.33 107.35 295.06
2 TM Dilshan 66.44 100.48 86.35 253.27
3 WU Tharanga 56.95 81.58 70.52 209.05
4 P Nissanka 45.97 68.17 74.81 188.95
5 DPDN Dickwella 47.21 75.00 64.54 186.74
6 MS Atapattu 60.80 67.45 50.40 178.65
7 MDKJ Perera 48.41 71.48 56.11 175.99
8 RS Kaluwitharana 53.89 37.64 59.00 150.53
9 RS Mahanama 47.85 61.75 21.75 131.36

OVERALL RATING

The 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 RAT CON RAT SEC RAT FIN RAT
1 3 ST Jayasuriya SL 327.15 169.17 295.06 791.37
2 10 TM Dilshan SL 302.39 152.39 253.27 708.05
3 33 WU Tharanga SL 250.20 130.20 209.05 589.46
4 52 P Nissanka SL 219.19 105.25 188.95 513.39
5 56 MS Atapattu SL 209.89 109.81 178.65 498.36
6 60 DPDN Dickwella SL 197.10 101.71 186.74 485.55
7 64 MDKJ Perera SL 202.08 94.30 175.99 472.37
8 73 RS Kaluwitharana SL 201.12 109.00 150.53 460.64
9 91 RS Mahanama SL 187.46 90.74 131.36 409.56

BRIEF EXPLANATION


Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
  8. .

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 5 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Top Inns by SR (QIP) Qualification

  1. Runs Scored in the innings must be more than 25
  2. They should also be more than 10% of runs scored by the team with the higher total.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. DIS - Dismissals or (Inns - Not Out)
  4. FP - First Played by Year
  5. INF - Infinite
  6. INNS - Innings
  7. LP - Last Played by Year
  8. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  9. NA - Not Applicable
  10. NI - Not In Top
  11. NK - Not Known
  12. NO, * - Not Out
  13. NQ - Not Qualified
  14. OPP - Opposition
  15. PTS - Points
  16. RAT - Rating
  17. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  18. TS - Trend Setter
  19. TT - Top Teams
  20. WTG - Weightage


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