Decades Rating - Best Test Batsmen In 1990s

Top Test Batsmen of the Decade (1990 – 1999)

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This Rating takes into account only the matches played in the 1990s. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section (Detailed Explanation) and in the last section. Here are the Top 10 batsmen in Test Cricket in the 1990s.

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. 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. LOW SCORING INNS
5.2. TOP FORM
5.3. IMPACT INNS
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. DECADES 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. Abbreviations

THE CRITERIA

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

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings (TT) 30
Min Runs 1000

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 250.00
Consistent Average 400.00
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 250.00

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS AJ Stewart ENG 169 6407 250.00
1 AJ Stewart ENG 169 6407 250.00
2 ME Waugh AUS 164 6371 248.60
3 MA Taylor AUS 166 6306 246.06
4 MA Atherton ENG 168 6217 242.59
5 SR Waugh AUS 143 6213 242.43
6 SR Tendulkar IND 109 5626 219.53
7 BC Lara WI 112 5573 217.46
8 PA de Silva SL 104 4448 173.56
9 MJ Slater AUS 103 4425 172.66
10 ST Jayasuriya SL 74 2751 107.34

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 2000
Min Runs (TT) 1600

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 109 12 5626 58.00 59.15 160.00
1 SR Tendulkar 109 12 5626 58.00 59.15 160.00
2 SR Waugh 143 26 6213 53.10 55.77 150.87
3 BC Lara 112 4 5573 51.60 54.06 146.23
4 PA de Silva 104 9 4448 46.82 48.73 131.82
5 MJ Slater 103 5 4425 45.15 47.63 128.84
6 ST Jayasuriya 74 9 2751 42.32 44.19 119.52
7 AJ Stewart 169 12 6407 40.81 43.65 118.07
8 ME Waugh 164 11 6371 41.64 43.18 116.80
9 MA Taylor 166 12 6306 40.95 42.23 114.22
10 MA Atherton 168 6 6217 38.38 41.52 112.31

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS PA de Silva 71 6 3433 52.82 57.80 240.00
1 PA de Silva 71 6 3433 52.82 57.80 240.00
2 SR Waugh 93 13 3965 49.56 55.09 228.71
3 ST Jayasuriya 46 5 2013 49.10 53.90 223.79
4 SR Tendulkar 60 3 2650 46.49 51.69 214.63
5 BC Lara 80 3 3407 44.25 48.42 201.05
6 ME Waugh 106 10 3977 41.43 45.71 189.78
7 MA Taylor 100 7 3792 40.77 45.25 187.87
8 MJ Slater 66 3 2445 38.81 43.38 180.10
9 AJ Stewart 143 9 5242 39.12 42.92 178.20
10 MA Atherton 144 5 5059 36.40 40.36 167.59

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 2000
Min Runs (TT) 1600
Min Average 25

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS ST Jayasuriya 2751 4265 64.50 71.03 40.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 2751 4265 64.50 71.03 40.00
2 BC Lara 5573 8980 62.06 68.06 38.32
3 SR Tendulkar 5615 10338 54.31 58.96 33.20
4 MJ Slater 4425 8400 52.68 58.53 32.96
5 PA de Silva 4436 8547 51.90 56.87 32.02
6 ME Waugh 6371 12246 52.03 56.21 31.65
7 AJ Stewart 6407 13210 48.50 54.07 30.45
8 SR Waugh 6213 13170 47.18 51.47 28.98
9 MA Taylor 6306 15344 41.10 45.57 25.66
10 MA Atherton 6217 16480 37.72 42.24 23.78

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS M Azharuddin 1895 2967 63.87 71.18 60.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 2013 3202 62.87 70.29 59.25
2 BC Lara 3407 5810 58.64 65.27 55.02
3 PA de Silva 3433 6586 52.13 57.55 48.51
4 MJ Slater 2445 4790 51.04 57.21 48.22
5 SR Tendulkar 2650 5141 51.55 56.87 47.94
6 AJ Stewart 5242 10770 48.67 54.66 46.08
7 ME Waugh 3977 7991 49.77 54.53 45.96
8 SR Waugh 3965 8542 46.42 51.41 43.34
9 MA Taylor 3792 9474 40.03 45.15 38.06
10 MA Atherton 5059 13523 37.41 42.16 35.54

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman. Average High Score (Ave HS) is simply the total runs in the 7 innings divided by 7.

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored In The Top 7 Inns

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS BC Lara 375 277 213 179 167 153* 152 216.57 80.00
1 BC Lara 375 277 213 179 167 153* 152 216.57 80.00
2 SR Tendulkar 217 179 177 177 169 165 155* 177.00 65.38
3 MA Taylor 334* 170 169* 144 142* 129 124 173.14 63.96
4 SR Waugh 200 199 170 164 160 157* 157 172.43 63.69
5 PA de Silva 267 168 152 148 146 143* 138* 166.00 61.32
6 ST Jayasuriya 340 213 199 113 112 90 85 164.57 60.79
7 MJ Slater 219 176 169 168 152 124 123 161.57 59.68
8 AJ Stewart 190 173 170 164 148 143 119 158.14 58.42
9 MA Atherton 185* 160 151 144 135 131 118 146.29 54.04
10 ME Waugh 153* 140 139* 138 137 126 121 136.29 50.34

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS SR Waugh 200 199 164 160 157 150 122* 164.57 170.00
1 SR Waugh 200 199 164 160 157 150 122* 164.57 170.00
2 MA Taylor 334* 170 169* 144 123 102* 101* 163.29 168.67
3 PA de Silva 267 168 148 146 138* 127 126 160.00 165.28
4 SR Tendulkar 179 177 169 155* 148* 136 116 154.29 159.38
5 BC Lara 277 213 153* 132 103 100 96 153.43 158.49
6 AJ Stewart 190 170 164 148 143 118 107 148.57 153.47
7 ST Jayasuriya 340 199 113 112 90 85 81 145.71 150.52
8 MA Atherton 185* 160 151 144 135 113 108 142.29 146.98
9 ME Waugh 153* 139* 126 117 116 116 115* 126.00 130.16
10 MJ Slater 169 113 110 108 106 103 97 115.14 118.94

PRIMARY RATING

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

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON BIP ATT RAT PRI PTS
1 SR Waugh 242.43 379.57 233.69 72.32 928.02 371.21
2 SR Tendulkar 219.53 374.63 224.76 81.14 900.05 360.02
3 BC Lara 217.46 347.28 238.49 93.35 896.58 358.63
4 PA de Silva 173.56 371.82 226.60 80.53 852.51 341.00
5 MA Taylor 246.06 302.09 232.63 63.72 844.50 337.80
6 AJ Stewart 250.00 296.26 211.89 76.53 834.68 333.87
7 ME Waugh 248.60 306.59 180.50 77.62 813.30 325.32
8 MA Atherton 242.59 279.90 201.02 59.32 782.82 313.13
9 ST Jayasuriya 107.34 343.31 211.31 99.25 761.22 304.49
10 MJ Slater 172.66 308.95 178.62 81.18 741.42 296.57

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four 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 30.00
Away 120.00
Familiar Conditions 30.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 120.00

HOME/AWAY

HM/AW RATING

Points to note:-

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

At Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 PA de Silva 47 2515 62.88 53.19 861.80 25.85
2 BC Lara 54 3026 59.33 63.12 856.31 25.69
3 SR Tendulkar 48 2515 59.88 56.51 804.56 24.14
4 MA Taylor 91 3613 43.53 40.27 763.86 22.92
5 AJ Stewart 83 3196 42.05 49.88 753.73 22.61
6 MA Atherton 95 3788 41.17 39.34 743.38 22.30
7 SR Waugh 74 2973 48.74 48.25 741.24 22.24
8 ME Waugh 82 3379 43.88 51.96 725.92 21.78
9 MJ Slater 48 2468 53.65 55.49 717.71 21.53
10 ST Jayasuriya 37 1353 42.28 64.00 711.51 21.35

Away From Home

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Waugh 69 3240 57.86 46.23 954.69 114.56
2 SR Tendulkar 61 3111 56.56 52.67 839.31 100.72
3 ME Waugh 82 2992 39.37 52.10 764.21 91.70
4 AJ Stewart 86 3211 39.64 47.20 763.18 91.58
5 BC Lara 58 2547 44.68 60.85 758.63 91.04
6 MA Taylor 75 2693 37.93 42.26 753.05 90.37
7 PA de Silva 57 1933 35.15 50.30 688.86 82.66
8 MA Atherton 73 2429 34.70 35.45 673.63 80.84
9 ST Jayasuriya 37 1398 42.36 64.99 638.66 76.64
10 MJ Slater 55 1957 37.63 49.52 634.64 76.16

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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BC Lara 97 5179 55.69 63.26 945.18 28.36
2 SR Waugh 126 5536 54.27 47.71 930.00 27.90
3 AJ Stewart 161 6195 41.58 49.21 866.95 26.01
4 MA Atherton 164 6154 38.95 37.79 814.70 24.44
5 ME Waugh 137 5504 43.00 52.32 807.71 24.23
6 MA Taylor 142 5286 39.74 40.60 769.11 23.07
7 MJ Slater 81 3555 46.78 53.48 732.18 21.97

Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 56 3185 66.35 56.24 947.75 28.43
2 PA de Silva 69 3115 51.07 50.48 933.24 28.00
3 ST Jayasuriya 47 1771 43.20 62.85 804.05 24.12

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MA Taylor 24 1020 48.57 43.87 924.89 110.99
2 MJ Slater 22 870 39.55 49.63 772.78 92.73
3 ME Waugh 27 867 34.68 50.23 724.13 86.90
4 SR Waugh 17 677 45.13 43.20 723.15 86.78
5 MA Atherton 4 63 15.75 32.31 500.00 60.00
5 AJ Stewart 8 212 26.50 34.14 500.00 60.00
7 BC Lara 15 394 26.27 49.68 451.25 54.15

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 53 2441 49.82 52.00 906.33 108.76
2 PA de Silva 35 1333 39.21 55.54 710.03 85.20
3 ST Jayasuriya 27 980 40.83 67.73 638.50 76.62

CONDITIONS RATING

The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC CON PTS
1 SR Tendulkar 100.72 24.14 108.76 28.43 262.05
2 SR Waugh 114.56 22.24 86.78 27.90 251.48
3 MA Taylor 90.37 22.92 110.99 23.07 247.34
4 ME Waugh 91.70 21.78 86.90 24.23 224.61
5 PA de Silva 82.66 25.85 85.20 28.00 221.72
6 MJ Slater 76.16 21.53 92.73 21.97 212.39
7 AJ Stewart 91.58 22.61 60.00 26.01 200.20
8 BC Lara 91.04 25.69 54.15 28.36 199.23
9 ST Jayasuriya 76.64 21.35 76.62 24.12 198.73
10 MA Atherton 80.84 22.30 60.00 24.44 187.58

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
Low Scoring Inns 50.00
Top Form 100.00
Impact Innings 150.00

LOW SCORING INNS

LSI RATING

Low Scoring Inns (LSI) are those inns in which batting average is less than 30.

Min Innings Vs All Teams: 15

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 AJ Stewart 95 2518 28.29 45.64 847.07 42.35
2 BC Lara 68 2150 31.62 55.13 824.16 41.21
3 SR Tendulkar 49 1500 30.61 49.90 811.90 40.59
4 SR Waugh 64 1585 28.30 44.46 724.80 36.24
5 PA de Silva 59 1492 27.63 48.07 712.86 35.64
6 MJ Slater 40 1127 28.90 45.46 711.98 35.60
7 MA Taylor 60 1555 26.36 37.38 696.50 34.83
8 ST Jayasuriya 39 1008 28.00 61.13 671.18 33.56
9 MA Atherton 87 1845 21.71 34.06 660.37 33.02
10 ME Waugh 66 1477 23.08 43.38 646.76 32.34

TOP FORM

TF RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

  • TF is calculated by taking the best 50 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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Waugh 50 2476 61.90 44.94 962.77 96.28
2 SR Tendulkar 50 2353 50.06 51.66 904.83 90.48
3 PA de Silva 50 2425 52.72 50.35 891.29 89.13
4 ST Jayasuriya 46 2013 49.10 62.87 857.80 85.78
5 ME Waugh 50 2346 52.13 50.72 848.39 84.84
6 MA Atherton 50 2393 48.84 39.24 827.95 82.80
7 BC Lara 50 2147 44.73 58.12 806.76 80.68
8 AJ Stewart 50 2065 44.89 49.59 783.46 78.35
9 MA Taylor 50 1968 43.73 40.68 778.68 77.87
10 MJ Slater 50 1955 40.73 52.34 738.97 73.90

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 30 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 15 percent of the total runs or
  • The SR is high or in a successful chase while being Not Out.

Min Innings Vs Top Teams: 30

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis% RAT WTG
1 SR Waugh 117 52 44.44 920.03 138.00
2 BC Lara 108 49 45.37 872.40 130.86
3 SR Tendulkar 97 45 46.39 864.76 129.71
4 AJ Stewart 157 63 40.13 863.52 129.53
5 ME Waugh 153 56 36.60 787.88 118.18
6 MA Taylor 154 56 36.36 760.55 114.08
7 MA Atherton 162 58 35.80 750.77 112.61
8 PA de Silva 95 37 38.95 746.58 111.99
9 MJ Slater 98 37 37.76 695.20 104.28
10 ST Jayasuriya 65 23 35.38 687.82 103.17

SECONDARY RATING

Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the three criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is 30%.

RANK BATSMAN LSI TF II SEC RAT
1 SR Waugh 36.24 96.28 138.00 270.52
2 SR Tendulkar 40.59 90.48 129.71 260.79
3 BC Lara 41.21 80.68 130.86 252.74
4 AJ Stewart 42.35 78.35 129.53 250.23
5 PA de Silva 35.64 89.13 111.99 236.76
6 ME Waugh 32.34 84.84 118.18 235.36
7 MA Atherton 33.02 82.80 112.61 228.43
8 MA Taylor 34.83 77.87 114.08 226.78
9 ST Jayasuriya 33.56 85.78 103.17 222.51
10 MJ Slater 35.60 73.90 104.28 213.78

DECADES RATING

The DECADES 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 SR Waugh AUS 371.21 251.48 270.52 893.21
2 SR Tendulkar IND 360.02 262.05 260.79 882.86
3 MA Taylor AUS 337.80 247.34 226.78 811.92
4 BC Lara WI 358.63 199.23 252.74 810.61
5 PA de Silva SL 341.00 221.72 236.76 799.48
6 ME Waugh AUS 325.32 224.61 235.36 785.29
7 AJ Stewart ENG 333.87 200.20 250.23 784.30
8 MA Atherton ENG 313.13 187.58 228.43 729.14
9 ST Jayasuriya SL 304.49 198.73 222.51 725.72
10 MJ Slater AUS 296.57 212.39 213.78 722.73

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 7 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.

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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