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Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen In Tests In South Africa

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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 South Africa in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
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) SA
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

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS KC Sangakkara SL 16 572 300.00
1 KC Sangakkara SL 16 572 300.00
2 LD Chandimal SL 16 499 261.71
3 DPMD Jayawardena SL 16 446 233.92
4 DM de Silva SL 14 424 222.38
5 AD Mathews SL 16 420 220.28
6 MDKJ Perera SL 9 378 198.25
7 FDM Karunaratne SL 18 374 196.15
8 BKG Mendis SL 18 372 195.10
9 MS Atapattu SL 14 307 161.01
10 HP Tillakaratne SL 8 251 131.64

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 MDKJ Perera 9 1 378 1 47.25 56.92 300.00
1 MDKJ Perera 9 1 378 1 47.25 56.92 300.00
2 HP Tillakaratne 8 1 251 1 35.86 40.16 211.68
3 KC Sangakkara 16 0 572 1 35.75 39.71 209.31
4 DM de Silva 14 1 424 0 32.62 38.79 204.44
5 LD Chandimal 16 0 499 0 31.19 36.95 194.72
6 DPMD Jayawardena 16 0 446 0 27.88 30.97 163.20
7 AD Mathews 16 0 420 0 26.25 30.89 162.80
8 BKG Mendis 18 1 372 0 21.88 26.13 137.70
9 FDM Karunaratne 18 0 374 1 20.78 24.81 130.75
10 MS Atapattu 14 0 307 0 21.93 24.04 126.72

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 108 98 89 74 35 80.80 250.00
1 KC Sangakkara 108 98 89 74 35 80.80 250.00
2 MDKJ Perera 153* 64 60 51 20 69.60 215.35
3 LD Chandimal 85 83 58 54 44 64.80 200.50
4 DM de Silva 79* 59 50 48 43 55.80 172.65
5 BKG Mendis 84* 58 48 46 41 55.40 171.41
6 DPMD Jayawardena 98 45 44 40 39 53.20 164.60
7 AD Mathews 63 59 49 44 39 50.80 157.18
8 FDM Karunaratne 103 50 43 30 24 50.00 154.70
9 HP Tillakaratne 104* 55 27 24 22 46.40 143.56
10 MS Atapattu 71 60 43 34 22 46.00 142.33

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 MDKJ Perera 378 494 76.52 72.23 150.00
1 MDKJ Perera 378 494 76.52 72.23 150.00
2 DM de Silva 424 671 63.19 60.59 125.82
3 BKG Mendis 372 616 60.39 57.47 119.35
4 AD Mathews 420 815 51.53 49.56 102.92
5 LD Chandimal 499 989 50.46 48.23 100.15
6 FDM Karunaratne 374 740 50.54 48.10 99.88
7 KC Sangakkara 572 1175 48.68 47.11 97.82
8 DPMD Jayawardena 446 965 46.22 44.72 92.87
9 HP Tillakaratne 251 687 36.54 37.54 77.95
10 MS Atapattu 307 951 32.28 32.36 67.20

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 MDKJ Perera 198.25 300.00 215.35 150.00 863.60
2 KC Sangakkara 300.00 209.31 250.00 97.82 857.13
3 LD Chandimal 261.71 194.72 200.50 100.15 757.08
4 DM de Silva 222.38 204.44 172.65 125.82 725.29
5 DPMD Jayawardena 233.92 163.20 164.60 92.87 654.60
6 AD Mathews 220.28 162.80 157.18 102.92 643.18
7 BKG Mendis 195.10 137.70 171.41 119.35 623.56
8 FDM Karunaratne 196.15 130.75 154.70 99.88 581.49
9 HP Tillakaratne 131.64 211.68 143.56 77.95 564.83
10 MS Atapattu 161.01 126.72 142.33 67.20 497.26

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