Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen In Tests In Pak & UAE

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 Pakistan and U.A.E. in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

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)	PAK & UAE
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	KC Sangakkara	SL	21	1377	300.00
1	KC Sangakkara	SL	21	1377	300.00
2	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	28	1013	220.70
3	ST Jayasuriya	SL	16	894	194.77
4	PA de Silva	SL	17	660	143.79
5	AD Mathews	SL	14	650	141.61
6	TT Samaraweera	SL	8	633	137.91
7	FDM Karunaratne	SL	13	604	131.59
8	HP Tillakaratne	SL	12	425	92.59
9	RP Arnold	SL	9	412	89.76
10	DPDN Dickwella	SL	7	315	68.63

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	TT Samaraweera	8	1	633	3	90.43	75.36	300.00
1	TT Samaraweera	8	1	633	3	90.43	75.36	300.00
2	KC Sangakkara	21	2	1377	5	72.47	65.99	262.72
3	AD Mathews	14	3	650	1	59.09	60.63	241.38
4	ST Jayasuriya	16	1	894	2	59.60	58.81	234.11
5	HP Tillakaratne	12	3	425	1	47.22	58.21	231.72
6	DPDN Dickwella	7	1	315	0	52.50	52.55	209.21
7	RP Arnold	9	1	412	1	51.50	52.49	208.95
8	FDM Karunaratne	13	1	604	1	50.33	50.72	201.91
9	PA de Silva	17	0	660	4	38.82	48.75	194.09
10	DPMD Jayawardena	28	1	1013	2	37.52	35.57	141.59

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	KC Sangakkara	230	211	144	138	104	165.40	250.00
1	KC Sangakkara	230	211	144	138	104	165.40	250.00
2	ST Jayasuriya	253	107	88	81	77	121.20	183.19
3	TT Samaraweera	231	214	100	24*	22	118.20	178.66
4	DPMD Jayawardena	240	129	68	57	50	108.80	164.45
5	PA de Silva	122	112	105	105	38	96.40	145.71
6	FDM Karunaratne	196	93	62*	59	38	89.60	135.43
7	AD Mathews	157*	91	91	52*	52*	88.60	133.92
8	RP Arnold	123	99	56*	48	44	74.00	111.85
9	HP Tillakaratne	115	50	49	48	44*	61.20	92.50
10	DPDN Dickwella	83	65	52	40*	33	54.60	82.53

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	DPDN Dickwella	315	441	71.43	71.26	150.00
1	DPDN Dickwella	315	441	71.43	71.26	150.00
2	ST Jayasuriya	894	1430	62.52	63.11	132.84
3	KC Sangakkara	1377	2512	54.82	54.55	114.82
4	RP Arnold	412	791	52.09	53.23	112.06
5	FDM Karunaratne	604	1235	48.91	50.45	106.20
6	DPMD Jayawardena	1013	2050	49.41	49.48	104.16
7	TT Samaraweera	633	1177	53.78	49.35	103.88
8	PA de Silva	410	1008	40.67	45.23	95.21
9	HP Tillakaratne	425	1045	40.67	43.83	92.25
10	AD Mathews	650	1537	42.29	43.62	91.81

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	300.00	262.72	250.00	114.82	927.53
2	ST Jayasuriya	194.77	234.11	183.19	132.84	744.91
3	TT Samaraweera	137.91	300.00	178.66	103.88	720.44
4	DPMD Jayawardena	220.70	141.59	164.45	104.16	630.90
5	AD Mathews	141.61	241.38	133.92	91.81	608.72
6	PA de Silva	143.79	194.09	145.71	95.21	578.80
7	FDM Karunaratne	131.59	201.91	135.43	106.20	575.13
8	RP Arnold	89.76	208.95	111.85	112.06	522.61
9	DPDN Dickwella	68.63	209.21	82.53	150.00	510.36
10	HP Tillakaratne	92.59	231.72	92.50	92.25	509.06