T20Is - Best Lower Order Batsmen

Top 5 Lower Order Batsmen In T20Is

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Our Twenty Twenty International (T20I) ratings take into account all matches from the first T20I match on February 17, 2005. They are updated till 2026-03-08. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and in the last section. Here are the Top 5 lower order (7+) batsmen in T20 Internationals .

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PRIMARY CRITERIA
3.1. PROLIFIC
3.2. CONSISTENT
3.2.1. Against All Teams
3.2.2. Against Top Teams
3.3. ATTACKING
3.3.1. Against All Teams
3.3.2. Against Top Teams
3.4. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
3.4.1. Against All Teams
3.4.2. Against Top Teams
3.5. QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL
3.5.1. Against All Teams
3.5.2. Against Top Teams
3.6. PRIMARY RATING
4. CONDITIONS CRITERIA
4.1. HOME/AWAY
4.1.1. At Home
4.1.2. Away From Home
4.2. FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS
4.2.1. Familiar Conditions Rating
4.2.1.1. Non Asians Outside Asia
4.2.1.2. Asians In Asia
4.2.2. Unfamiliar Conditions Rating
4.2.2.1. Non Asians In Asia
4.2.2.2. Asians Outside Asia
4.3. CONDITIONS RATING
5. SECONDARY CRITERIA
5.1. TOP FORM
5.2. WORLD CUP
5.3. IMPACT INNS
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. OVERALL RATING
6.1. BRIEF EXPLANATION
6.1.1. Dynamic Nature
6.1.2. Trend Setter (TS)
6.1.3. Top Teams (TT)
6.1.4. Top Inns by SR (QIP) Qualification
6.1.5. Abbreviations
Position Filter

  • This rating filters the OVERALL Rating to include performances of lower order (7+) batsmen.
  • Innings played only at the specified position are counted in this rating.

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Strike Rate, Top Inns
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary Top Form, World Cup, Impact Inns

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 10
Min Runs 250

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 5 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 200.00
Attacking Strike Rate 300.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 100.00
Quick Innings Potential Top Inns (SR) 200.00

PROLIFIC

The Eras

T20Is from 2005 to present are divided into eras for this section. Players are compared with players of the same period. A few points are deducted if the top scorer of that era is not the overall top scorer. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 2021
Era 2 MP greater than 2020

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS NLTC Perera SL 2010 2020 2015 41 612 180.00
1 NLTC Perera SL 2010 2020 2015 41 612 180.00
2 MS Wade AUS 2011 2024 2017.5 37 521 153.24
3 DJG Sammy WI 2007 2017 2012 36 399 117.35
4 JDP Oram NZ 2007 2012 2009.5 14 278 81.76
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS MJ Santner NZ 2015 2026 2020.5 80 913 200.00
1 MJ Santner NZ 2015 2026 2020.5 80 913 200.00

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
Min Runs (TT) 300

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS R Shepherd 44 18 744 28.62 36.06 80.00
1 JDP Oram 14 4 278 27.80 34.16 75.78
2 MS Wade 37 19 521 28.94 34.15 75.76
3 NLTC Perera 41 12 612 21.10 25.74 57.11
4 MJ Santner 80 36 913 20.75 24.59 54.56
5 DJG Sammy 36 14 399 18.14 23.36 51.84

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS R Shepherd 39 16 665 28.91 36.07 120.00
1 JDP Oram 14 4 278 27.80 34.16 113.61
2 MS Wade 27 13 388 27.71 32.68 108.69
3 DJG Sammy 31 14 352 20.71 26.21 87.20
4 MJ Santner 61 26 682 19.49 23.12 76.92
5 NLTC Perera 33 8 419 16.76 20.94 69.64

ATTACKING

R SR

Relative Strike Rate (R SR) is calculated using the same method as R Ave with average being replaced with SR.

Criteria: Points For R SR

Min Qualification For TS
Min Runs 500
Min Runs (TT) 300
Min Average 15

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS JO Holder 570 380 150.00 154.10 120.00
1 JDP Oram 278 167 166.47 177.42 120.00
2 NLTC Perera 612 436 140.37 147.97 115.22
3 DJG Sammy 399 298 133.89 145.10 112.99
4 MS Wade 521 377 138.20 143.80 111.98
5 MJ Santner 913 685 133.28 134.80 104.97

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN RUNS BF SR R SR RAT
TS AD Russell 460 268 171.64 176.83 180.00
1 JDP Oram 278 167 166.47 177.42 180.00
2 MS Wade 388 268 144.78 150.91 153.61
3 DJG Sammy 352 254 138.58 148.57 151.23
4 NLTC Perera 419 304 137.83 146.82 149.45
5 MJ Santner 682 513 132.94 134.01 136.41

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 scores of the batsman. 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

Against All Teams

RANK ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS AD Russell 71 51 37 36 30 45.00 30.00
1 JDP Oram 66* 61 35 33* 27 44.40 29.60
2 NLTC Perera 58 49 40 35* 32* 42.80 28.53
3 MS Wade 45* 42* 41* 39* 36* 40.60 27.07
4 DJG Sammy 42* 30 30 29* 26* 31.40 20.93
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS MJ Santner 55* 47* 47 43 37 45.80 30.00
1 MJ Santner 55* 47* 47 43 37 45.80 30.00

Against Top Teams

RANK ERA 1 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS AD Russell 71 51 37 36 30 45.00 70.00
1 JDP Oram 66* 61 35 33* 27 44.40 69.07
2 MS Wade 45* 42* 41* 36* 28* 38.40 59.73
3 NLTC Perera 49 40 32* 32 28 36.20 56.31
4 DJG Sammy 42* 30 29* 26* 26* 30.60 47.60
RANK ERA 2 1 2 3 4 5 AVE HS RAT
TS R Shepherd 52* 49 44* 44* 36 45.00 70.00
1 MJ Santner 55* 47* 43 37 36 43.60 67.82

QUICK INNINGS POTENTIAL

QI SR

In this criteria, we have taken the top 5 innings of the batsman with highest strike rate. Quick Innings Strike Rate (QI SR) is the Relative SR of the batsmen in the 5 innings.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 5 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS NLTC Perera 22/7 32/13 49/20 22/10 32/16 250.76 60.00
1 NLTC Perera 22/7 32/13 49/20 22/10 32/16 250.76 60.00
2 DJG Sammy 20/7 26/11 30/14 42/20 29/16 234.26 56.05
3 MJ Santner 36/15 23/11 24/12 55/28 27/14 208.59 49.91
4 MS Wade 41/17 45/21 42/23 28/16 36/23 199.78 47.80
5 JDP Oram 35/15 66/31 27/13 33/20 61/40 198.83 47.57

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 QI SR RAT
TS JO Holder 29/9 30/12 34/15 25/12 33/17 236.99 140.00
1 NLTC Perera 32/13 49/20 22/10 32/16 20/11 235.87 139.34
2 DJG Sammy 20/7 26/11 30/14 42/20 29/16 231.75 136.90
3 MJ Santner 36/15 23/11 24/12 55/28 27/14 207.91 122.82
4 MS Wade 41/17 45/21 42/23 28/16 36/23 200.13 118.22
5 JDP Oram 35/15 66/31 27/13 33/20 61/40 198.83 117.46

PRIMARY RATING

The total of the above five criteria comes out to be 1,000.00 points. The Primary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the five criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40 percent.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON ATT BIP QIP RAT PRI PTS
1 MS Wade 153.24 184.45 265.59 86.80 166.03 856.10 342.44
2 NLTC Perera 180.00 126.75 264.68 84.84 199.34 855.61 342.25
3 MJ Santner 200.00 131.48 241.38 97.82 172.73 843.41 337.37
4 JDP Oram 81.76 189.39 300.00 98.67 165.03 834.85 333.94
5 DJG Sammy 117.35 139.03 264.22 68.53 192.96 782.09 312.84

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the five criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The four conditions criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Home 20.00
Away 80.00
Familiar Conditions 20.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 80.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

  • U.A.E. and India are considered as Home for Afghanistan.
  • U.A.E. is also considered as a second home for Pakistan.
  • All Home and Away stats of Pakistani and Afghani batsmen are calculated accordingly.

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MJ Santner 37 409 19.48 143.01 847.94 16.96
2 NLTC Perera 16 244 24.40 145.24 731.91 14.64
3 MS Wade 13 170 24.29 130.77 537.16 10.74
4 JDP Oram 3 62 20.67 137.78 500.00 10.00
5 DJG Sammy 12 125 12.50 120.19 487.82 9.76

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MS Wade 24 351 31.91 142.11 904.31 72.35
2 JDP Oram 11 216 30.86 177.05 853.27 68.26
3 DJG Sammy 24 274 22.83 141.24 819.44 65.56
4 NLTC Perera 25 368 19.37 137.31 807.04 64.56
5 MJ Santner 43 504 21.91 126.32 770.75 61.66

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

FC/UC RATING

Points to note:-

  • Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians.
  • Familiar Conditions (FC) are the opposite.

Familiar Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 JDP Oram 12 250 25.00 167.79 862.42 17.25
2 MJ Santner 52 510 17.59 134.92 791.99 15.84
3 DJG Sammy 23 230 15.33 129.94 649.94 13.00
4 MS Wade 22 220 18.33 128.65 511.37 10.23

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 NLTC Perera 34 500 20.00 138.12 844.90 16.90

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MS Wade 15 301 50.17 146.12 990.00 79.20
2 MJ Santner 28 403 26.87 131.27 793.02 63.44
3 DJG Sammy 13 169 24.14 139.67 731.59 58.53
4 JDP Oram 2 28 inf 155.56 500.00 40.00

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 NLTC Perera 7 112 28.00 151.35 746.70 59.74

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 20%.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC CON PTS
1 MS Wade 72.35 10.74 79.20 10.23 172.52
2 MJ Santner 61.66 16.96 63.44 15.84 157.90
3 NLTC Perera 64.56 14.64 59.74 16.90 155.84
4 DJG Sammy 65.56 9.76 58.53 13.00 146.84
5 JDP Oram 68.26 10.00 40.00 17.25 135.51

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Secondary Rating

It consists of three parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

The three secondary criteria and thier weightage is as follows:-

CRITERIA POINTS
Top Form 100.00
World Cup 150.00
Impact Innings 150.00

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

  • TF is calculated by taking the best 20 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • The inns are taken such that his points are maximum.
  • Only innings against Top Teams are considered.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 7

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MS Wade 20 354 39.33 160.18 887.72 88.77
2 MJ Santner 20 374 31.17 150.20 868.75 86.87
3 JDP Oram 14 278 27.80 166.47 837.57 83.76
4 DJG Sammy 20 251 22.82 154.94 797.34 79.73
5 NLTC Perera 20 307 16.16 145.50 780.23 78.02

WORLD CUP

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 3

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 NLTC Perera 8 125 25.00 138.89 811.43 121.72
2 DJG Sammy 12 133 14.78 143.01 781.14 117.17
3 JDP Oram 6 92 18.40 173.58 723.16 108.47
4 MJ Santner 16 192 21.33 138.13 719.09 107.86
5 MS Wade 11 112 18.67 131.76 669.78 100.47

IMPACT INNS

II RATING

Impact Inns are those innings which have an impact in terms of runs or strike rate. Know All About II. Points to note about II:-

  • A Batsman should score at least 20 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if the SR is good compared to the runs scored. More the runs, less the required SR.
  • Or in a successful chase while being Not Out

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis% RAT WTG
1 NLTC Perera 29 11 37.93 847.36 127.10
2 JDP Oram 10 4 40.00 748.56 112.28
3 DJG Sammy 22 7 31.82 695.06 104.26
4 MJ Santner 44 10 22.73 581.59 87.24
5 MS Wade 18 6 33.33 528.40 79.26

SECONDARY RATING

Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 40%.

RANK BATSMAN TF WC II SEC RAT
1 NLTC Perera 78.02 121.72 127.10 326.84
2 JDP Oram 83.76 108.47 112.28 304.52
3 DJG Sammy 79.73 117.17 104.26 301.16
4 MJ Santner 86.87 107.86 87.24 281.98
5 MS Wade 88.77 100.47 79.26 268.50

OVERALL RATING

The OVERALL Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts.

RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI RAT CON RAT SEC RAT FIN RAT
1 NLTC Perera SL 342.25 155.84 326.84 824.92
2 MS Wade AUS 342.44 172.52 268.50 783.45
3 MJ Santner NZ 337.37 157.90 281.98 777.24
4 JDP Oram NZ 333.94 135.51 304.52 773.97
5 DJG Sammy WI 312.84 146.84 301.16 760.84

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. .

Top Teams (TT)

  1. An opposition is counted as a TT considering its Win/Loss (WL) Ratios in last 5 years.
  2. Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia and Overall WL Ratio is considered.
  3. The WL Ratio should be more than a certain value overall or in specific condition.

Top Inns by SR (QIP) Qualification

  1. Runs Scored in the innings must be more than 20
  2. They should also be more than 10% of runs scored by the team with the higher total.

Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. DIS - Dismissals or (Inns - Not Out)
  4. FP - First Played by Year
  5. INF - Infinite
  6. INNS - Innings
  7. LP - Last Played by Year
  8. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  9. NA - Not Applicable
  10. NI - Not In Top
  11. NK - Not Known
  12. NO, * - Not Out
  13. NQ - Not Qualified
  14. OPP - Opposition
  15. PTS - Points
  16. RAT - Rating
  17. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  18. TS - Trend Setter
  19. TT - Top Teams
  20. WTG - Weightage

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