Top 10 Sri Lankan Batsmen Vs Pakistan 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 Pakistan 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)	PAK

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	KC Sangakkara	SL	45	2911	300.00
1	KC Sangakkara	SL	45	2911	300.00
2	DPMD Jayawardena	SL	55	1687	173.86
3	AD Mathews	SL	42	1601	164.99
4	ST Jayasuriya	SL	30	1490	153.56
5	PA de Silva	SL	38	1475	152.01
6	FDM Karunaratne	SL	27	1147	118.21
7	TT Samaraweera	SL	23	1045	107.69
8	TM Dilshan	SL	25	873	89.97
9	HP Tillakaratne	SL	22	820	84.51
10	DM de Silva	SL	11	581	59.88

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	KC Sangakkara	45	6	2911	10	74.64	72.55	300.00
1	KC Sangakkara	45	6	2911	10	74.64	72.55	300.00
2	DM de Silva	11	1	581	3	58.10	65.26	269.85
3	HP Tillakaratne	22	6	820	2	51.25	62.62	258.96
4	ST Jayasuriya	30	1	1490	4	51.38	52.79	218.29
5	AD Mathews	42	10	1601	2	50.03	51.88	214.52
6	PA de Silva	38	3	1475	8	42.14	50.22	207.67
7	TT Samaraweera	23	2	1045	3	49.76	47.22	195.26
8	FDM Karunaratne	27	1	1147	2	44.12	46.61	192.76
9	TM Dilshan	25	1	873	3	36.38	37.39	154.62
10	DPMD Jayawardena	55	3	1687	2	32.44	32.63	134.92

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	230	221	211	199*	192	210.60	250.00
1	KC Sangakkara	230	221	211	199*	192	210.60	250.00
2	ST Jayasuriya	253	188	113	107	88	149.80	177.83
3	TT Samaraweera	231	214	100	73	73	138.20	164.06
4	PA de Silva	168	138*	127	122	112	133.40	158.36
5	DPMD Jayawardena	240	129	82	79	77	121.40	144.11
6	FDM Karunaratne	196	130	93	79	62*	112.00	132.95
7	AD Mathews	157*	122	91	91	91	110.40	131.05
8	TM Dilshan	145	121	101	92	69	105.60	125.36
9	DM de Silva	122	109	102*	82	57	94.40	112.06
10	HP Tillakaratne	115	103	83*	55*	54	82.00	97.34

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	TM Dilshan	873	1374	63.54	63.14	150.00
1	TM Dilshan	873	1374	63.54	63.14	150.00
2	ST Jayasuriya	1490	2494	59.74	60.47	143.66
3	DM de Silva	581	948	61.29	57.50	136.60
4	KC Sangakkara	2911	5331	54.61	53.52	127.14
5	PA de Silva	1130	2295	49.24	53.18	126.33
6	FDM Karunaratne	1147	2229	51.46	50.37	119.66
7	DPMD Jayawardena	1687	3427	49.23	49.06	116.55
8	TT Samaraweera	1045	2103	49.69	47.50	112.83
9	HP Tillakaratne	820	1867	43.92	46.57	110.63
10	AD Mathews	1601	3479	46.02	44.76	106.34

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	300.00	300.00	250.00	127.14	977.14
2	ST Jayasuriya	153.56	218.29	177.83	143.66	693.33
3	PA de Silva	152.01	207.67	158.36	126.33	644.37
4	AD Mathews	164.99	214.52	131.05	106.34	616.92
5	TT Samaraweera	107.69	195.26	164.06	112.83	579.84
6	DM de Silva	59.88	269.85	112.06	136.60	578.39
7	DPMD Jayawardena	173.86	134.92	144.11	116.55	569.45
8	FDM Karunaratne	118.21	192.76	132.95	119.66	563.58
9	HP Tillakaratne	84.51	258.96	97.34	110.63	551.43
10	TM Dilshan	89.97	154.62	125.36	150.00	519.94