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Top 10 Sri Lankan Test Batsmen Vs SA In SL

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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 South Africa in Sri Lanka in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
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) SA

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 16 1336 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena SL 16 1336 300.00
2 KC Sangakkara SL 16 962 216.02
3 ST Jayasuriya SL 15 675 151.57
4 A Ranatunga SL 10 447 100.37
5 AD Mathews SL 8 359 80.61
6 MS Atapattu SL 9 294 66.02
7 PA de Silva SL 7 278 62.43
8 WPUJC Vaas SL 9 228 51.20
9 WU Tharanga SL 7 147 33.01
10 UDU Chandana SL 7 131 29.42

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 DPMD Jayawardena 16 1 1336 6 89.07 87.10 300.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 16 1 1336 6 89.07 87.10 300.00
2 KC Sangakkara 16 0 962 2 60.13 58.79 202.52
3 AD Mathews 8 2 359 0 59.83 55.79 192.17
4 A Ranatunga 10 1 447 1 49.67 49.58 170.79
5 ST Jayasuriya 15 0 675 1 45.00 44.04 151.69
6 PA de Silva 7 0 278 0 39.71 38.89 133.95
7 MS Atapattu 9 0 294 1 32.67 32.93 113.44
8 WPUJC Vaas 9 1 228 0 28.50 27.88 96.05
9 UDU Chandana 7 1 131 0 21.83 21.68 74.66
10 WU Tharanga 7 0 147 0 21.00 19.77 68.10

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 374 237 167 165 123 213.20 250.00
1 DPMD Jayawardena 374 237 167 165 123 213.20 250.00
2 KC Sangakkara 287 232 76 72 64 146.20 171.44
3 ST Jayasuriya 148 85 74 73 65 89.00 104.36
4 A Ranatunga 131 88 54 50 44 73.40 86.07
5 AD Mathews 89 71 63* 63 35 64.20 75.28
6 MS Atapattu 120 72 54 25 10 56.20 65.90
7 PA de Silva 82 68 41 34 27 50.40 59.10
8 WPUJC Vaas 69 64 54 13* 10 42.00 49.25
9 WU Tharanga 83 30 14 11 7 29.00 34.01
10 UDU Chandana 40 32 29 16 8 25.00 29.32

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 A Ranatunga 447 663 67.42 71.04 150.00
1 A Ranatunga 447 663 67.42 71.04 150.00
2 ST Jayasuriya 675 978 69.02 68.65 144.96
3 KC Sangakkara 962 1539 62.51 60.59 127.93
4 UDU Chandana 131 242 54.13 54.29 114.63
5 WU Tharanga 147 250 58.80 54.18 114.39
6 DPMD Jayawardena 1336 2412 55.39 53.69 113.36
7 PA de Silva 278 658 42.25 45.12 95.28
8 AD Mathews 359 737 48.71 44.81 94.62
9 MS Atapattu 294 704 41.76 42.18 89.07
10 WPUJC Vaas 228 564 40.43 39.42 83.25

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 300.00 300.00 250.00 113.36 963.36
2 KC Sangakkara 216.02 202.52 171.44 127.93 717.90
3 ST Jayasuriya 151.57 151.69 104.36 144.96 552.58
4 A Ranatunga 100.37 170.79 86.07 150.00 507.23
5 AD Mathews 80.61 192.17 75.28 94.62 442.68
6 PA de Silva 62.43 133.95 59.10 95.28 350.75
7 MS Atapattu 66.02 113.44 65.90 89.07 334.43
8 WPUJC Vaas 51.20 96.05 49.25 83.25 279.74
9 WU Tharanga 33.01 68.10 34.01 114.39 249.51
10 UDU Chandana 29.42 74.66 29.32 114.63 248.02

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