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Top 10 Sri Lankan Test Batsmen Vs Pak 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 Pakistan 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) PAK

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 KC Sangakkara SL 24 1534 300.00
1 KC Sangakkara SL 24 1534 300.00
2 AD Mathews SL 28 951 185.98
3 PA de Silva SL 19 737 144.13
4 A Ranatunga SL 18 712 139.24
5 ST Jayasuriya SL 14 596 116.56
6 LD Chandimal SL 15 561 109.71
7 TM Dilshan SL 12 530 103.65
8 DM de Silva SL 8 447 87.42
9 MS Atapattu SL 9 423 82.72
10 HP Tillakaratne SL 8 325 63.56

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 KC Sangakkara 24 4 1534 5 76.70 74.71 300.00
1 KC Sangakkara 24 4 1534 5 76.70 74.71 300.00
2 HP Tillakaratne 8 2 325 1 54.17 64.69 259.79
3 MS Atapattu 9 1 423 1 52.88 59.92 240.62
4 DM de Silva 8 0 447 2 55.88 58.13 233.44
5 PA de Silva 19 3 737 4 46.06 52.79 212.00
6 A Ranatunga 18 1 712 1 41.88 47.76 191.77
7 ST Jayasuriya 14 0 596 2 42.57 47.70 191.56
8 TM Dilshan 12 1 530 2 48.18 46.34 186.07
9 AD Mathews 28 7 951 1 45.29 45.00 180.72
10 LD Chandimal 15 1 561 0 40.07 40.90 164.22

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 PA de Silva 642 1105 58.10 62.38 100.00
1 PA de Silva 642 1105 58.10 62.38 100.00
2 TM Dilshan 530 807 65.68 61.43 98.48
3 DM de Silva 447 718 62.26 57.87 92.77
4 ST Jayasuriya 596 1064 56.02 57.37 91.97
5 A Ranatunga 608 1140 53.33 56.89 91.19
6 HP Tillakaratne 325 611 53.19 55.12 88.36
7 LD Chandimal 561 1027 54.63 51.89 83.19
8 KC Sangakkara 1534 2819 54.42 51.49 82.54
9 AD Mathews 951 1942 48.97 46.15 73.98
10 MS Atapattu 423 1080 39.17 40.76 65.34

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 221 199* 192 185 130* 185.40 300.00
1 KC Sangakkara 221 199* 192 185 130* 185.40 300.00
2 PA de Silva 168 138* 127 103* 37 114.60 185.44
3 ST Jayasuriya 188 113 72 62 32 93.40 151.13
4 AD Mathews 122 91 77 64* 64 83.60 135.28
5 MS Atapattu 207* 73 59 40 25 80.80 130.74
6 DM de Silva 122 109 82 57 33 80.60 130.42
7 A Ranatunga 135* 77 66 65 58 80.20 129.77
8 TM Dilshan 121 101 69 56 44 78.20 126.54
9 LD Chandimal 94* 80 76 67 65 76.40 123.62
10 HP Tillakaratne 103 83* 54 34 24* 59.60 96.44

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 KC Sangakkara 300.00 300.00 82.54 300.00 982.54
2 PA de Silva 144.13 212.00 100.00 185.44 641.57
3 AD Mathews 185.98 180.72 73.98 135.28 575.96
4 A Ranatunga 139.24 191.77 91.19 129.77 551.98
5 ST Jayasuriya 116.56 191.56 91.97 151.13 551.22
6 DM de Silva 87.42 233.44 92.77 130.42 544.06
7 MS Atapattu 82.72 240.62 65.34 130.74 519.44
8 TM Dilshan 103.65 186.07 98.48 126.54 514.74
9 HP Tillakaratne 63.56 259.79 88.36 96.44 508.15
10 LD Chandimal 109.71 164.22 83.19 123.62 480.75

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
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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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