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Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen In Tests In New Zealand

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from Sri Lanka in New Zealand in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
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
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 7
Min Runs 250

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 62.61 300.00
1 KC Sangakkara 11 2 549 3 61.00 62.61 300.00
2 AP Gurusinha 9 0 535 3 59.44 57.33 274.68
3 AD Mathews 16 3 668 2 51.38 55.63 266.54
4 BKG Mendis 12 1 507 1 46.09 50.24 240.74
5 PA de Silva 13 0 595 2 45.77 44.72 214.29
6 LD Chandimal 13 0 520 0 40.00 43.57 208.77
7 FDM Karunaratne 16 0 640 1 40.00 43.30 207.48
8 A Ranatunga 13 1 397 0 33.08 32.33 154.89
9 HP Tillakaratne 13 1 395 1 32.92 32.16 154.11
10 WPUJC Vaas 15 1 329 0 23.50 23.28 111.56

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 70.43 100.00
1 PA de Silva 595 926 64.25 70.43 100.00
2 KC Sangakkara 549 876 62.67 62.46 88.69
3 A Ranatunga 397 911 43.58 47.76 67.82
4 BKG Mendis 507 1073 47.25 46.57 66.12
5 FDM Karunaratne 640 1377 46.48 45.96 65.26
6 AD Mathews 668 1454 45.94 45.43 64.51
7 AP Gurusinha 535 1321 40.50 44.93 63.79
8 LD Chandimal 520 1203 43.23 42.59 60.47
9 WPUJC Vaas 329 845 38.93 40.33 57.27
10 HP Tillakaratne 395 1106 35.71 39.15 55.58

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 18 113.20 300.00
1 PA de Silva 267 123 96 62 18 113.20 300.00
2 KC Sangakkara 203 156* 100* 45 16 104.00 275.62
3 AP Gurusinha 127 119 102 70 50 93.60 248.06
4 AD Mathews 120* 115 83 77 66 92.20 244.35
5 FDM Karunaratne 152 89 84 79 51 91.00 241.17
6 BKG Mendis 141* 87 67 50 46 78.20 207.24
7 LD Chandimal 83 67 62 58 56 65.20 172.79
8 HP Tillakaratne 108 74 55* 36 31 60.80 161.13
9 A Ranatunga 90 55 55 34 33 53.40 141.52
10 WPUJC Vaas 57 51 47 38 36 45.80 121.38

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 TVO RAT
1 KC Sangakkara 246.56 300.00 88.69 275.62 910.87
2 PA de Silva 267.22 214.29 100.00 300.00 881.50
3 AD Mathews 300.00 266.54 64.51 244.35 875.39
4 AP Gurusinha 240.27 274.68 63.79 248.06 826.80
5 FDM Karunaratne 287.43 207.48 65.26 241.17 801.34
6 BKG Mendis 227.69 240.74 66.12 207.24 741.81
7 LD Chandimal 233.53 208.77 60.47 172.79 675.56
8 HP Tillakaratne 177.40 154.11 55.58 161.13 548.22
9 A Ranatunga 178.29 154.89 67.82 141.52 542.53
10 WPUJC Vaas 147.75 111.56 57.27 121.38 437.96

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. .

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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