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Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen Vs New Zealand 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 New Zealand 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) 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 10
Min Runs 250

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 LD Chandimal SL 16 727 185.14
9 AP Gurusinha SL 13 636 161.97
10 TT Samaraweera SL 10 625 159.17

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 60.15 300.00
1 TT Samaraweera 10 0 625 2 62.50 60.15 300.00
2 AD Mathews 27 4 1178 2 51.22 53.21 265.40
3 AP Gurusinha 13 1 636 3 53.00 51.91 258.89
4 BKG Mendis 19 2 801 2 47.12 49.60 247.38
5 LD Chandimal 16 0 727 1 45.44 48.95 244.11
6 KC Sangakkara 21 3 887 4 49.28 48.42 241.49
7 FDM Karunaratne 25 1 1078 2 44.92 47.27 235.76
8 DPMD Jayawardena 22 1 1028 3 48.95 46.54 232.13
9 HP Tillakaratne 20 1 819 2 43.11 41.16 205.31
10 PA de Silva 20 0 785 2 39.25 37.46 186.81

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 65.73 100.00
1 PA de Silva 785 1286 61.04 65.73 100.00
2 KC Sangakkara 887 1477 60.05 59.62 90.71
3 TT Samaraweera 625 1174 53.24 52.26 79.51
4 BKG Mendis 801 1548 51.74 50.63 77.03
5 FDM Karunaratne 1078 2235 48.23 47.40 72.11
6 DPMD Jayawardena 1028 2256 45.57 45.63 69.42
7 AP Gurusinha 636 1564 40.66 44.45 67.62
8 AD Mathews 1178 2649 44.47 43.60 66.34
9 LD Chandimal 727 1632 44.55 43.51 66.20
10 HP Tillakaratne 819 2129 38.47 41.18 62.64

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 KC Sangakkara 203 156* 109 100* 67 127.00 300.00
1 KC Sangakkara 203 156* 109 100* 67 127.00 300.00
2 PA de Silva 267 123 96 71 62 123.80 292.44
3 DPMD Jayawardena 167 141 114 96 92 122.00 288.19
4 TT Samaraweera 159 143 88 76 73 107.80 254.65
5 FDM Karunaratne 152 122 89 84 83 106.00 250.39
6 HP Tillakaratne 144 108 93 93 74 102.40 241.89
7 AD Mathews 120* 115 88 84 83 98.00 231.50
8 AP Gurusinha 127 119 102 70 50 93.60 221.10
9 BKG Mendis 141* 106* 87 67 53 90.80 214.49
10 LD Chandimal 116 83 67 62 61 77.80 183.78

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 AD Mathews 300.00 265.40 66.34 231.50 863.24
2 KC Sangakkara 225.89 241.49 90.71 300.00 858.09
3 DPMD Jayawardena 261.80 232.13 69.42 288.19 851.54
4 FDM Karunaratne 274.53 235.76 72.11 250.39 832.80
5 TT Samaraweera 159.17 300.00 79.51 254.65 793.33
6 PA de Silva 199.92 186.81 100.00 292.44 779.17
7 BKG Mendis 203.99 247.38 77.03 214.49 742.89
8 HP Tillakaratne 208.57 205.31 62.64 241.89 718.41
9 AP Gurusinha 161.97 258.89 67.62 221.10 709.58
10 LD Chandimal 185.14 244.11 66.20 183.78 679.24

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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