Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen Vs New Zealand In Tests

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 Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2026-02-05

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)	ALL
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	10
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	AD Mathews	SL	27	1178	300.00
1	AD Mathews	SL	27	1178	300.00
2	FDM Karunaratne	SL	25	1078	274.53
3	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	22	1028	261.80
4	KC Sangakkara	SL	21	887	225.89
5	HP Tillakaratne	SL	20	819	208.57
6	BKG Mendis	SL	19	801	203.99
7	PA de Silva	SL	20	785	199.92
8	AP Gurusinha	SL	13	636	161.97
9	TT Samaraweera	SL	10	625	159.17
10	RS Madugalle	SL	11	451	114.86

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	TT Samaraweera	10	0	625	2	62.50	68.59	300.00
1	TT Samaraweera	10	0	625	2	62.50	68.59	300.00
2	RS Madugalle	11	2	451	0	50.11	67.10	293.45
3	AD Mathews	27	4	1178	2	51.22	55.10	240.98
4	AP Gurusinha	13	1	636	3	53.00	53.73	234.97
5	KC Sangakkara	21	3	887	4	49.28	52.52	229.72
6	BKG Mendis	19	2	801	2	47.12	52.10	227.87
7	DPMD Jayawardena	22	1	1028	3	48.95	51.42	224.88
8	FDM Karunaratne	25	1	1078	2	44.92	49.01	214.34
9	HP Tillakaratne	20	1	819	2	43.11	43.33	189.52
10	PA de Silva	20	0	785	2	39.25	38.76	169.53

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	KC Sangakkara	203	156*	109	100*	67	127.00	250.00
1	KC Sangakkara	203	156*	109	100*	67	127.00	250.00
2	PA de Silva	267	123	96	71	62	123.80	243.70
3	DPMD Jayawardena	167	141	114	96	92	122.00	240.16
4	TT Samaraweera	159	143	88	76	73	107.80	212.20
5	FDM Karunaratne	152	122	89	84	83	106.00	208.66
6	HP Tillakaratne	144	108	93	93	74	102.40	201.57
7	AD Mathews	120*	115	88	84	83	98.00	192.91
8	AP Gurusinha	127	119	102	70	50	93.60	184.25
9	BKG Mendis	141*	106*	87	67	53	90.80	178.74
10	RS Madugalle	89*	79	60	44*	38	62.00	122.05

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	PA de Silva	785	1286	61.04	66.40	150.00
1	PA de Silva	785	1286	61.04	66.40	150.00
2	KC Sangakkara	887	1477	60.05	58.63	132.45
3	TT Samaraweera	625	1174	53.24	52.67	118.98
4	RS Madugalle	451	1066	42.31	50.18	113.36
5	BKG Mendis	801	1548	51.74	49.45	111.71
6	FDM Karunaratne	1078	2235	48.23	46.11	104.16
7	DPMD Jayawardena	1028	2256	45.57	45.83	103.54
8	AP Gurusinha	636	1564	40.66	44.09	99.59
9	AD Mathews	1178	2649	44.47	42.55	96.13
10	HP Tillakaratne	819	2129	38.47	40.81	92.20

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	KC Sangakkara	225.89	229.72	250.00	132.45	838.06
2	DPMD Jayawardena	261.80	224.88	240.16	103.54	830.38
3	AD Mathews	300.00	240.98	192.91	96.13	830.02
4	FDM Karunaratne	274.53	214.34	208.66	104.16	801.70
5	TT Samaraweera	159.17	300.00	212.20	118.98	790.35
6	PA de Silva	199.92	169.53	243.70	150.00	763.15
7	BKG Mendis	203.99	227.87	178.74	111.71	722.31
8	HP Tillakaratne	208.57	189.52	201.57	92.20	691.87
9	AP Gurusinha	161.97	234.97	184.25	99.59	680.79
10	RS Madugalle	114.86	293.45	122.05	113.36	643.71