Top 10 Sri Lankan Test Batsmen Vs Eng In SL

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 against England in Sri Lanka in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS

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)	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
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	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	PA de Silva	SL	7	284	59.83
9	DPDN Dickwella	SL	10	268	56.46
10	HAPW Jayawardane	SL	8	243	51.19

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	93.91	300.00
1	DPMD Jayawardena	18	2	1424	6	89.00	93.91	300.00
2	AD Mathews	12	0	539	1	44.92	50.93	162.68
3	TT Samaraweera	9	1	371	1	46.38	48.97	156.42
4	PA de Silva	7	0	284	1	40.57	43.73	139.71
5	MS Atapattu	9	1	302	1	37.75	41.70	133.22
6	KC Sangakkara	18	0	706	1	39.22	41.39	132.21
7	TM Dilshan	12	0	441	1	36.75	39.75	126.98
8	HAPW Jayawardane	8	1	243	0	34.71	36.20	115.64
9	ST Jayasuriya	14	1	398	0	30.62	33.27	106.27
10	DPDN Dickwella	10	0	268	0	26.80	29.94	95.63

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	250.00
1	DPMD Jayawardena	213*	195	180	134	105	165.40	250.00
2	KC Sangakkara	152	95	92	71	58	93.60	141.48
3	AD Mathews	110	88	71	57	53	75.80	114.57
4	TM Dilshan	100	84	83	63	36	73.20	110.64
5	TT Samaraweera	142	54	47	45	36	64.80	97.94
6	MS Atapattu	201*	35	29	16	11	58.40	88.27
7	ST Jayasuriya	85	78	48	45	32	57.60	87.06
8	PA de Silva	106	80	38	29	23	55.20	83.43
9	HAPW Jayawardane	79	61*	51	23	20	46.80	70.74
10	DPDN Dickwella	92	35	29	28	25	41.80	63.18

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	64.34	150.00
1	TM Dilshan	441	685	64.38	64.34	150.00
2	ST Jayasuriya	398	669	59.49	61.11	142.47
3	DPDN Dickwella	268	435	61.61	59.33	138.31
4	KC Sangakkara	706	1401	50.39	50.45	117.61
5	DPMD Jayawardena	1424	2893	49.22	49.28	114.88
6	PA de Silva	284	613	46.33	48.22	112.42
7	HAPW Jayawardane	243	500	48.60	48.07	112.07
8	AD Mathews	539	1186	45.45	44.54	103.83
9	MS Atapattu	302	824	36.65	37.40	87.19
10	TT Samaraweera	371	1003	36.99	36.88	85.98

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	DPMD Jayawardena	300.00	300.00	250.00	114.88	964.88
2	KC Sangakkara	148.74	132.21	141.48	117.61	540.03
3	AD Mathews	113.55	162.68	114.57	103.83	494.63
4	TM Dilshan	92.91	126.98	110.64	150.00	480.53
5	ST Jayasuriya	83.85	106.27	87.06	142.47	419.65
6	TT Samaraweera	78.16	156.42	97.94	85.98	418.50
7	PA de Silva	59.83	139.71	83.43	112.42	395.39
8	MS Atapattu	63.62	133.22	88.27	87.19	372.30
9	DPDN Dickwella	56.46	95.63	63.18	138.31	353.58
10	HAPW Jayawardane	51.19	115.64	70.74	112.07	349.64