Top 7 Sri Lankan Batsmen In Tests In West Indies

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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 7 batsmen from Sri Lanka in West Indies in Test cricket.

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

TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T) SL
Venue (V) WI
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 DPDN Dickwella SL 9 324 300.00
1 DPDN Dickwella SL 9 324 300.00
2 ST Jayasuriya SL 8 311 287.96
3 DPMD Jayawardena SL 7 294 272.22
4 LD Chandimal SL 8 291 269.44
5 KC Sangakkara SL 7 238 220.37
6 WPUJC Vaas SL 7 184 170.37
7 DM de Silva SL 7 142 131.48

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 LD Chandimal 8 2 291 1 48.50 52.70 300.00
1 LD Chandimal 8 2 291 1 48.50 52.70 300.00
2 ST Jayasuriya 8 1 311 0 44.43 48.32 275.05
3 DPDN Dickwella 9 0 324 0 36.00 41.87 238.38
4 DPMD Jayawardena 7 0 294 1 42.00 40.49 230.50
5 WPUJC Vaas 7 2 184 0 36.80 35.48 201.96
6 KC Sangakkara 7 0 238 0 34.00 32.78 186.59
7 DM de Silva 7 0 142 0 20.29 22.89 130.32

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 ST Jayasuriya 90 85 72* 26 17 58.00 250.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 90 85 72* 26 17 58.00 250.00
2 LD Chandimal 119* 44 44 39 27 54.60 235.34
3 DPMD Jayawardena 136 45 33 32 26 54.40 234.48
4 DPDN Dickwella 96 62 42 32 31 52.60 226.72
5 KC Sangakkara 75 56 50 21 14 43.20 186.21
6 WPUJC Vaas 54* 45 38 21 13 34.20 147.41
7 DM de Silva 50 39 17 13 12 26.20 112.93

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 ST Jayasuriya 311 476 65.34 66.11 150.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 311 476 65.34 66.11 150.00
2 DPDN Dickwella 324 586 55.29 55.59 126.13
3 DPMD Jayawardena 294 515 57.09 55.38 125.65
4 DM de Silva 142 313 45.37 46.09 104.59
5 KC Sangakkara 238 516 46.12 44.74 101.52
6 LD Chandimal 291 703 41.39 42.12 95.58
7 WPUJC Vaas 184 500 36.80 35.70 81.00

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 ST Jayasuriya 287.96 275.05 250.00 150.00 963.01
2 LD Chandimal 269.44 300.00 235.34 95.58 900.37
3 DPDN Dickwella 300.00 238.38 226.72 126.13 891.23
4 DPMD Jayawardena 272.22 230.50 234.48 125.65 862.85
5 KC Sangakkara 220.37 186.59 186.21 101.52 694.69
6 WPUJC Vaas 170.37 201.96 147.41 81.00 600.74
7 DM de Silva 131.48 130.32 112.93 104.59 479.32


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