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Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen Vs England 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 England 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) 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 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS DPMD Jayawardena SL 41 2212 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena SL 41 2212 300.00
2 KC Sangakkara SL 40 1568 212.66
3 AD Mathews SL 27 1128 152.98
4 TM Dilshan SL 21 889 120.57
5 ST Jayasuriya SL 25 819 111.08
6 PA de Silva SL 19 739 100.23
7 MS Atapattu SL 17 603 81.78
8 LD Chandimal SL 20 602 81.65
9 TT Samaraweera SL 19 590 80.02
10 HAPW Jayawardane SL 16 473 64.15

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 DPMD Jayawardena 41 3 2212 8 58.21 60.61 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 41 3 2212 8 58.21 60.61 300.00
2 AD Mathews 27 1 1128 3 43.38 47.56 235.41
3 MS Atapattu 17 3 603 2 43.07 44.32 219.40
4 TM Dilshan 21 0 889 2 42.33 44.13 218.44
5 KC Sangakkara 40 1 1568 3 40.21 42.02 207.98
6 PA de Silva 19 0 739 2 38.89 39.30 194.55
7 TT Samaraweera 19 3 590 1 36.88 38.83 192.22
8 HAPW Jayawardane 16 3 473 1 36.38 37.55 185.90
9 ST Jayasuriya 25 2 819 1 35.61 35.88 177.60
10 LD Chandimal 20 0 602 1 30.10 33.05 163.62

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 819 1278 64.08 66.17 100.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 819 1278 64.08 66.17 100.00
2 TM Dilshan 889 1420 62.61 62.32 94.19
3 LD Chandimal 602 1086 55.43 52.98 80.07
4 PA de Silva 739 1548 47.74 50.40 76.17
5 DPMD Jayawardena 2212 4552 48.59 48.37 73.10
6 HAPW Jayawardane 473 957 49.43 48.26 72.93
7 AD Mathews 1128 2276 49.56 47.84 72.30
8 KC Sangakkara 1568 3313 47.33 47.14 71.24
9 MS Atapattu 603 1507 40.01 41.53 62.76
10 TT Samaraweera 590 1452 40.63 40.12 60.64

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 DPMD Jayawardena 213* 195 180 134 119 168.20 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 213* 195 180 134 119 168.20 300.00
2 KC Sangakkara 152 147 119 95 92 121.00 215.81
3 AD Mathews 160 110 102 88 80 108.00 192.63
4 TM Dilshan 193 100 84 83 69 105.80 188.70
5 MS Atapattu 201* 185 56 35 29 101.20 180.50
6 ST Jayasuriya 213 85 78 66 48 98.00 174.79
7 PA de Silva 152 106 88 80 47 94.60 168.73
8 TT Samaraweera 142 87* 58 54 47 77.60 138.41
9 LD Chandimal 126 79 58 52 45 72.00 128.42
10 HAPW Jayawardane 112 79 61* 51 43 69.20 123.42

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 73.10 300.00 973.10
2 KC Sangakkara 212.66 207.98 71.24 215.81 707.69
3 AD Mathews 152.98 235.41 72.30 192.63 653.32
4 TM Dilshan 120.57 218.44 94.19 188.70 621.90
5 ST Jayasuriya 111.08 177.60 100.00 174.79 563.47
6 MS Atapattu 81.78 219.40 62.76 180.50 544.44
7 PA de Silva 100.23 194.55 76.17 168.73 539.67
8 TT Samaraweera 80.02 192.22 60.64 138.41 471.28
9 LD Chandimal 81.65 163.62 80.07 128.42 453.76
10 HAPW Jayawardane 64.15 185.90 72.93 123.42 446.40

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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