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Top 10 Sri Lankan Test Batsmen Vs Aus In SL

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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 against Australia in Sri Lanka 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) SL
Oposition (O) AUS

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 LD Chandimal SL 13 658 300.00
1 LD Chandimal SL 13 658 300.00
2 AD Mathews SL 17 642 292.71
3 BKG Mendis SL 13 582 265.35
4 DPMD Jayawardena SL 15 529 241.19
5 DM de Silva SL 12 434 197.87
6 PA de Silva SL 8 378 172.34
7 ST Jayasuriya SL 14 373 170.06
8 A Ranatunga SL 10 349 159.12
9 TM Dilshan SL 11 323 147.26
10 HP Tillakaratne SL 7 254 115.81

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 PA de Silva 8 2 378 0 63.00 64.99 300.00
1 PA de Silva 8 2 378 0 63.00 64.99 300.00
2 LD Chandimal 13 1 658 2 54.83 57.05 263.34
3 BKG Mendis 13 1 582 1 48.50 50.46 232.92
4 HP Tillakaratne 7 1 254 0 42.33 48.21 222.56
5 A Ranatunga 10 2 349 1 43.63 44.78 206.70
6 AD Mathews 17 2 642 1 42.80 44.72 206.44
7 DM de Silva 12 1 434 1 39.45 40.76 188.17
8 DPMD Jayawardena 15 0 529 1 35.27 40.04 184.84
9 ST Jayasuriya 14 2 373 1 31.08 33.94 156.66
10 TM Dilshan 11 0 323 1 29.36 33.37 154.03

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 373 518 72.01 76.07 100.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 373 518 72.01 76.07 100.00
2 BKG Mendis 582 909 64.03 61.05 80.25
3 TM Dilshan 323 539 59.93 60.88 80.04
4 A Ranatunga 349 616 56.66 58.49 76.90
5 DM de Silva 434 738 58.81 55.83 73.40
6 PA de Silva 378 738 51.22 52.91 69.55
7 AD Mathews 642 1303 49.27 47.28 62.16
8 DPMD Jayawardena 529 1186 44.60 45.93 60.38
9 LD Chandimal 658 1390 47.34 45.13 59.34
10 HP Tillakaratne 254 656 38.72 40.32 53.01

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 LD Chandimal 206* 132 74 72 43 105.40 300.00
1 LD Chandimal 206* 132 74 72 43 105.40 300.00
2 BKG Mendis 176 86 85* 85 50 96.40 274.38
3 AD Mathews 105* 95 76 58 54 77.60 220.87
4 PA de Silva 85 78 64 58 37 64.40 183.30
5 DPMD Jayawardena 105 68 51 51 46 64.20 182.73
6 A Ranatunga 127 90 48 32 19* 63.20 179.89
7 ST Jayasuriya 131 71 51 35 21* 61.80 175.90
8 DM de Silva 129 65* 39 37 36 61.20 174.19
9 TM Dilshan 104 83 43 36 31 59.40 169.07
10 HP Tillakaratne 82 74* 33 25 17 46.20 131.50

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 LD Chandimal 300.00 263.34 59.34 300.00 922.67
2 BKG Mendis 265.35 232.92 80.25 274.38 852.91
3 AD Mathews 292.71 206.44 62.16 220.87 782.18
4 PA de Silva 172.34 300.00 69.55 183.30 725.19
5 DPMD Jayawardena 241.19 184.84 60.38 182.73 669.13
6 DM de Silva 197.87 188.17 73.40 174.19 633.63
7 A Ranatunga 159.12 206.70 76.90 179.89 622.60
8 ST Jayasuriya 170.06 156.66 100.00 175.90 602.63
9 TM Dilshan 147.26 154.03 80.04 169.07 550.40
10 HP Tillakaratne 115.81 222.56 53.01 131.50 522.87

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
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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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