Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen In Tests In New Zealand

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 Sri Lanka in New Zealand in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2026-02-05

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)	SL
Venue (V)	NZ
Oposition (O)	ALL

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	7
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AD Mathews	SL	16	668	300.00
1	AD Mathews	SL	16	668	300.00
2	FDM Karunaratne	SL	16	640	287.43
3	PA de Silva	SL	13	595	267.22
4	KC Sangakkara	SL	11	549	246.56
5	AP Gurusinha	SL	9	535	240.27
6	LD Chandimal	SL	13	520	233.53
7	BKG Mendis	SL	12	507	227.69
8	A Ranatunga	SL	13	397	178.29
9	HP Tillakaratne	SL	13	395	177.40
10	WPUJC Vaas	SL	15	329	147.75

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	250

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	KC Sangakkara	11	2	549	3	61.00	64.45	300.00
1	KC Sangakkara	11	2	549	3	61.00	64.45	300.00
2	AP Gurusinha	9	0	535	3	59.44	57.21	266.30
3	AD Mathews	16	3	668	2	51.38	54.87	255.38
4	BKG Mendis	12	1	507	1	46.09	51.00	237.35
5	PA de Silva	13	0	595	2	45.77	45.54	211.98
6	LD Chandimal	13	0	520	0	40.00	43.06	200.41
7	FDM Karunaratne	16	0	640	1	40.00	42.71	198.80
8	A Ranatunga	13	1	397	0	33.08	32.92	153.23
9	HP Tillakaratne	13	1	395	1	32.92	32.75	152.45
10	WPUJC Vaas	15	1	329	0	23.50	24.55	114.29

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	PA de Silva	267	123	96	62	18	113.20	250.00
1	PA de Silva	267	123	96	62	18	113.20	250.00
2	KC Sangakkara	203	156*	100*	45	16	104.00	229.68
3	AP Gurusinha	127	119	102	70	50	93.60	206.71
4	AD Mathews	120*	115	83	77	66	92.20	203.62
5	FDM Karunaratne	152	89	84	79	51	91.00	200.97
6	BKG Mendis	141*	87	67	50	46	78.20	172.70
7	LD Chandimal	83	67	62	58	56	65.20	143.99
8	HP Tillakaratne	108	74	55*	36	31	60.80	134.28
9	A Ranatunga	90	55	55	34	33	53.40	117.93
10	WPUJC Vaas	57	51	47	38	36	45.80	101.15

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	250
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	PA de Silva	595	926	64.25	70.00	150.00
1	PA de Silva	595	926	64.25	70.00	150.00
2	KC Sangakkara	549	876	62.67	60.61	129.88
3	A Ranatunga	397	911	43.58	47.47	101.73
4	BKG Mendis	507	1073	47.25	44.89	96.19
5	FDM Karunaratne	640	1377	46.48	44.16	94.63
6	AD Mathews	668	1454	45.94	43.65	93.54
7	AP Gurusinha	535	1321	40.50	43.45	93.12
8	LD Chandimal	520	1203	43.23	40.77	87.38
9	WPUJC Vaas	329	845	38.93	40.55	86.89
10	HP Tillakaratne	395	1106	35.71	38.91	83.37

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	KC Sangakkara	246.56	300.00	229.68	129.88	906.12
2	PA de Silva	267.22	211.98	250.00	150.00	879.20
3	AD Mathews	300.00	255.38	203.62	93.54	852.54
4	AP Gurusinha	240.27	266.30	206.71	93.12	806.40
5	FDM Karunaratne	287.43	198.80	200.97	94.63	781.83
6	BKG Mendis	227.69	237.35	172.70	96.19	733.94
7	LD Chandimal	233.53	200.41	143.99	87.38	665.31
8	A Ranatunga	178.29	153.23	117.93	101.73	551.18
9	HP Tillakaratne	177.40	152.45	134.28	83.37	547.50
10	WPUJC Vaas	147.75	114.29	101.15	86.89	450.09