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Top 10 Sri Lankan Test Batsmen Vs Eng 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 England 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) ENG

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 DPMD Jayawardena SL 18 1424 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena SL 18 1424 300.00
2 KC Sangakkara SL 18 706 148.74
3 AD Mathews SL 12 539 113.55
4 TM Dilshan SL 12 441 92.91
5 ST Jayasuriya SL 14 398 83.85
6 TT Samaraweera SL 9 371 78.16
7 MS Atapattu SL 9 302 63.62
8 WPUJC Vaas SL 14 285 60.04
9 PA de Silva SL 7 284 59.83
10 DPDN Dickwella SL 10 268 56.46

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 DPMD Jayawardena 18 2 1424 6 89.00 88.48 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 18 2 1424 6 89.00 88.48 300.00
2 TT Samaraweera 9 1 371 1 46.38 46.62 158.07
3 AD Mathews 12 0 539 1 44.92 45.29 153.56
4 PA de Silva 7 0 284 1 40.57 40.33 136.74
5 MS Atapattu 9 1 302 1 37.75 39.17 132.81
6 KC Sangakkara 18 0 706 1 39.22 38.99 132.21
7 TM Dilshan 12 0 441 1 36.75 36.71 124.48
8 ST Jayasuriya 14 1 398 0 30.62 30.84 104.56
9 DPDN Dickwella 10 0 268 0 26.80 27.07 91.79
10 WPUJC Vaas 14 3 285 0 25.91 25.92 87.87

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 TM Dilshan 441 685 64.38 67.02 100.00
1 TM Dilshan 441 685 64.38 67.02 100.00
2 ST Jayasuriya 398 669 59.49 64.06 95.58
3 DPDN Dickwella 268 435 61.61 60.72 90.60
4 KC Sangakkara 706 1401 50.39 52.51 78.34
5 DPMD Jayawardena 1424 2893 49.22 51.29 76.52
6 PA de Silva 284 613 46.33 50.81 75.81
7 WPUJC Vaas 285 603 47.26 50.10 74.76
8 AD Mathews 539 1186 45.45 44.84 66.89
9 MS Atapattu 302 824 36.65 40.08 59.80
10 TT Samaraweera 371 1003 36.99 38.35 57.22

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 DPMD Jayawardena 213* 195 180 134 105 165.40 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 213* 195 180 134 105 165.40 300.00
2 KC Sangakkara 152 95 92 71 58 93.60 169.77
3 AD Mathews 110 88 71 57 53 75.80 137.48
4 TM Dilshan 100 84 83 63 36 73.20 132.77
5 TT Samaraweera 142 54 47 45 36 64.80 117.53
6 MS Atapattu 201* 35 29 16 11 58.40 105.93
7 ST Jayasuriya 85 78 48 45 32 57.60 104.47
8 PA de Silva 106 80 38 29 23 55.20 100.12
9 DPDN Dickwella 92 35 29 28 25 41.80 75.82
10 WPUJC Vaas 90 36 32 22* 20 40.00 72.55

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 DPMD Jayawardena 300.00 300.00 76.52 300.00 976.52
2 KC Sangakkara 148.74 132.21 78.34 169.77 529.06
3 AD Mathews 113.55 153.56 66.89 137.48 471.49
4 TM Dilshan 92.91 124.48 100.00 132.77 450.15
5 TT Samaraweera 78.16 158.07 57.22 117.53 410.98
6 ST Jayasuriya 83.85 104.56 95.58 104.47 388.46
7 PA de Silva 59.83 136.74 75.81 100.12 372.50
8 MS Atapattu 63.62 132.81 59.80 105.93 362.16
9 DPDN Dickwella 56.46 91.79 90.60 75.82 314.66
10 WPUJC Vaas 60.04 87.87 74.76 72.55 295.22

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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