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

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	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	88.04	300.00
1	RS Madugalle	7	2	302	0	60.40	88.04	300.00
2	TT Samaraweera	7	0	447	2	63.86	69.01	235.15
3	FDM Karunaratne	9	1	438	1	54.75	62.15	211.80
4	HP Tillakaratne	7	0	424	1	60.57	62.08	211.54
5	DPMD Jayawardena	15	1	834	2	59.57	60.90	207.53
6	AD Mathews	11	1	510	0	51.00	55.47	189.02
7	BKG Mendis	7	1	294	1	49.00	54.13	184.47
8	RS Kaluwitharana	7	0	326	0	46.57	44.16	150.48
9	KC Sangakkara	10	1	338	1	37.56	40.42	137.74
10	A Ranatunga	14	0	427	0	30.50	35.62	121.37

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	250.00
1	DPMD Jayawardena	167	114	96	92	91	112.00	250.00
2	TT Samaraweera	159	143	76	25	20	84.60	188.84
3	HP Tillakaratne	144	93	93	43	40	82.60	184.38
4	FDM Karunaratne	122	83	65	60*	46	75.20	167.86
5	AD Mathews	88	84	79	50	50	70.20	156.70
6	RS Kaluwitharana	88	76	72	39	28	60.60	135.27
7	KC Sangakkara	109	67	50	46	27*	59.80	133.48
8	A Ranatunga	76	64	51	50	49	58.00	129.46
9	RS Madugalle	89*	60	44*	38	36	53.40	119.20
10	BKG Mendis	106*	53	50	32	23	52.80	117.86

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	64.64	150.00
1	A Ranatunga	427	790	54.05	60.96	141.46
2	RS Kaluwitharana	326	567	57.50	59.75	138.66
3	BKG Mendis	294	475	61.89	59.75	138.65
4	KC Sangakkara	338	601	56.24	55.49	128.75
5	TT Samaraweera	447	807	55.39	55.05	127.75
6	FDM Karunaratne	438	858	51.05	49.33	114.47
7	RS Madugalle	302	729	41.43	48.66	112.91
8	DPMD Jayawardena	834	1833	45.50	46.41	107.69
9	HP Tillakaratne	424	1023	41.45	41.94	97.31
10	AD Mathews	510	1195	42.68	41.26	95.75

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	207.53	250.00	107.69	865.22
2	TT Samaraweera	160.79	235.15	188.84	127.75	712.53
3	FDM Karunaratne	157.55	211.80	167.86	114.47	651.68
4	HP Tillakaratne	152.52	211.54	184.38	97.31	645.75
5	RS Madugalle	108.63	300.00	119.20	112.91	640.74
6	AD Mathews	183.45	189.02	156.70	95.75	624.93
7	BKG Mendis	105.76	184.47	117.86	138.65	546.74
8	A Ranatunga	153.60	121.37	129.46	141.46	545.89
9	RS Kaluwitharana	117.27	150.48	135.27	138.66	541.68
10	KC Sangakkara	121.58	137.74	133.48	128.75	521.55