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Top 10 Sri Lankan Test Batsmen Vs NZ 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 New Zealand 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) NZ

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 15 834 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena SL 15 834 300.00
2 AD Mathews SL 11 510 183.45
3 TT Samaraweera SL 7 447 160.79
4 FDM Karunaratne SL 9 438 157.55
5 A Ranatunga SL 14 427 153.60
6 HP Tillakaratne SL 7 424 152.52
7 KC Sangakkara SL 10 338 121.58
8 RS Kaluwitharana SL 7 326 117.27
9 RS Madugalle SL 7 302 108.63
10 BKG Mendis SL 7 294 105.76

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 RS Madugalle 7 2 302 0 60.40 76.56 300.00
1 RS Madugalle 7 2 302 0 60.40 76.56 300.00
2 TT Samaraweera 7 0 447 2 63.86 60.65 237.67
3 HP Tillakaratne 7 0 424 1 60.57 55.51 217.53
4 DPMD Jayawardena 15 1 834 2 59.57 55.18 216.24
5 FDM Karunaratne 9 1 438 1 54.75 54.90 215.15
6 AD Mathews 11 1 510 0 51.00 50.06 196.17
7 BKG Mendis 7 1 294 1 49.00 48.72 190.92
8 RS Kaluwitharana 7 0 326 0 46.57 41.94 164.37
9 KC Sangakkara 10 1 338 1 37.56 35.25 138.12
10 A Ranatunga 14 0 427 0 30.50 32.41 127.00

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 252 407 61.92 63.90 100.00
1 BKG Mendis 294 475 61.89 59.83 93.62
2 A Ranatunga 427 790 54.05 59.65 93.35
3 RS Kaluwitharana 326 567 57.50 59.02 92.36
4 KC Sangakkara 338 601 56.24 55.59 87.00
5 TT Samaraweera 447 807 55.39 53.96 84.45
6 FDM Karunaratne 438 858 51.05 49.61 77.64
7 RS Madugalle 302 729 41.43 48.56 75.99
8 DPMD Jayawardena 834 1833 45.50 45.69 71.50
9 HP Tillakaratne 424 1023 41.45 42.51 66.53
10 AD Mathews 510 1195 42.68 41.34 64.69

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 167 114 96 92 91 112.00 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 167 114 96 92 91 112.00 300.00
2 TT Samaraweera 159 143 76 25 20 84.60 226.61
3 HP Tillakaratne 144 93 93 43 40 82.60 221.25
4 FDM Karunaratne 122 83 65 60* 46 75.20 201.43
5 AD Mathews 88 84 79 50 50 70.20 188.04
6 RS Kaluwitharana 88 76 72 39 28 60.60 162.32
7 KC Sangakkara 109 67 50 46 27* 59.80 160.18
8 A Ranatunga 76 64 51 50 49 58.00 155.36
9 RS Madugalle 89* 60 44* 38 36 53.40 143.04
10 BKG Mendis 106* 53 50 32 23 52.80 141.43

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 300.00 216.24 71.50 300.00 887.74
2 TT Samaraweera 160.79 237.67 84.45 226.61 709.52
3 HP Tillakaratne 152.52 217.53 66.53 221.25 657.82
4 FDM Karunaratne 157.55 215.15 77.64 201.43 651.77
5 AD Mathews 183.45 196.17 64.69 188.04 632.35
6 RS Madugalle 108.63 300.00 75.99 143.04 627.66
7 RS Kaluwitharana 117.27 164.37 92.36 162.32 536.32
8 BKG Mendis 105.76 190.92 93.62 141.43 531.73
9 A Ranatunga 153.60 127.00 93.35 155.36 529.30
10 KC Sangakkara 121.58 138.12 87.00 160.18 506.89

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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