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Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen Vs Australia In Tests

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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 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) ALL
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 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS DPMD Jayawardena SL 29 969 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena SL 29 969 300.00
2 KC Sangakkara SL 21 878 271.83
3 AD Mathews SL 23 817 252.94
4 PA de Silva SL 19 803 248.61
5 LD Chandimal SL 19 768 237.77
6 ST Jayasuriya SL 24 686 212.38
7 A Ranatunga SL 19 673 208.36
8 BKG Mendis SL 17 645 199.69
9 MS Atapattu SL 21 625 193.50
10 TM Dilshan SL 21 618 191.33

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 500

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS PA de Silva 19 2 803 1 47.24 51.18 300.00
1 PA de Silva 19 2 803 1 47.24 51.18 300.00
2 KC Sangakkara 21 1 878 1 43.90 49.98 292.95
3 LD Chandimal 19 2 768 2 45.18 48.78 285.93
4 A Ranatunga 19 3 673 1 42.06 44.64 261.66
5 BKG Mendis 17 1 645 1 40.31 43.38 254.25
6 AD Mathews 23 2 817 1 38.90 41.57 243.65
7 DPMD Jayawardena 29 0 969 2 33.41 37.98 222.60
8 MS Atapattu 21 1 625 2 31.25 35.50 208.05
9 TM Dilshan 21 1 618 2 30.90 35.26 206.65
10 ST Jayasuriya 24 2 686 2 31.18 34.82 204.12

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 500
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS ST Jayasuriya 686 1034 66.34 69.96 100.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 686 1034 66.34 69.96 100.00
2 BKG Mendis 645 1033 62.44 59.98 85.73
3 TM Dilshan 618 1146 53.93 54.80 78.34
4 A Ranatunga 673 1348 49.93 53.01 75.77
5 PA de Silva 803 1713 46.88 50.37 72.00
6 KC Sangakkara 878 1809 48.54 49.39 70.60
7 AD Mathews 817 1682 48.57 46.97 67.15
8 LD Chandimal 768 1586 48.42 46.62 66.64
9 DPMD Jayawardena 969 2207 43.91 44.81 64.05
10 MS Atapattu 625 1510 41.39 43.12 61.64

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 62* 109.20 300.00
1 LD Chandimal 206* 132 74 72 62* 109.20 300.00
2 BKG Mendis 176 86 85* 85 50 96.40 264.84
3 KC Sangakkara 192 79 74 69 66 96.00 263.74
4 PA de Silva 167 85 78 75 72 95.40 262.09
5 MS Atapattu 133 118 80 51 47 85.80 235.71
6 ST Jayasuriya 131 112 71 51 48 82.60 226.92
6 TM Dilshan 147 104 83 43 36 82.60 226.92
8 DPMD Jayawardena 105 104 72 68 60 81.80 224.73
8 AD Mathews 105* 95 76 75 58 81.80 224.73
10 A Ranatunga 127 90 55 51 48 74.20 203.85

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 271.83 292.95 70.60 263.74 899.11
2 LD Chandimal 237.77 285.93 66.64 300.00 890.34
3 PA de Silva 248.61 300.00 72.00 262.09 882.70
4 DPMD Jayawardena 300.00 222.60 64.05 224.73 811.38
5 BKG Mendis 199.69 254.25 85.73 264.84 804.50
6 AD Mathews 252.94 243.65 67.15 224.73 788.46
7 A Ranatunga 208.36 261.66 75.77 203.85 749.63
8 ST Jayasuriya 212.38 204.12 100.00 226.92 743.43
9 TM Dilshan 191.33 206.65 78.34 226.92 703.24
10 MS Atapattu 193.50 208.05 61.64 235.71 698.91

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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