Top Test Batsmen of the Decade (1990 – 1999)

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THE CRITERIA


CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Top Inns, Strike Rate
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary Top Form Home and Away, Difficult Runs, Impact Inns
The Trend Setter (TS)

TS is the player which 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 an 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.
Top Teams (TT)

Some sections consider performances only against the top teams. Here is some information about the Top Teams:-

  • Win/Loss Ratio is used to determine top teams.
  • The top teams are calculated by decades.
  • Further, they are divided into In Asia and Outside Asia.
  • A batsmanโ€™s performace is counted in TT if it comes in the specific condition and in the specific decade.

QUALIFICATION


Min Innings 50

PRIMARY CRITERIA

The Primary Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 500.00
Big Innings Potential Top Inns (Runs) 150.00
Attacking Strike Rate 150.00

PROLIFIC


Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS AJ Stewart ENG 169 6407 200.00
1 AJ Stewart ENG 169 6407 200.00
2 ME Waugh AUS 164 6371 198.88
3 MA Taylor AUS 166 6306 196.85
4 SR Waugh AUS 143 6213 193.94
5 SR Tendulkar IND 109 5626 175.62
6 BC Lara WI 112 5573 173.97
7 PA de Silva SL 104 4448 138.85
8 MJ Slater AUS 103 4425 138.13
9 Saeed Anwar PAK 75 3366 105.07
10 ST Jayasuriya SL 74 2751 85.87

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 2500

Against All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 109 12 5626 58.00 58.70 250.00
1 SR Tendulkar 109 12 5626 58.00 58.70 250.00
2 SR Waugh 143 26 6213 53.10 55.34 235.69
3 BC Lara 112 4 5573 51.60 54.32 231.33
4 Saeed Anwar 75 2 3366 46.11 49.77 211.95
5 MJ Slater 103 5 4425 45.15 49.04 208.87
6 PA de Silva 104 9 4448 46.82 47.37 201.75
7 ST Jayasuriya 74 9 2751 42.32 44.26 188.49
8 AJ Stewart 169 12 6407 40.81 43.70 186.12
9 MA Taylor 166 12 6306 40.95 43.06 183.38
10 ME Waugh 164 11 6371 41.64 42.30 180.15

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS AVE R AVE RAT
TS SR Tendulkar 82 6 4330 56.97 57.66 250.00
1 SR Tendulkar 82 6 4330 56.97 57.66 250.00
2 ST Jayasuriya 47 5 2262 53.86 56.32 244.18
3 BC Lara 91 4 4597 52.84 55.62 241.14
4 SR Waugh 121 20 4907 48.58 50.63 219.52
5 Saeed Anwar 53 1 2429 46.71 50.42 218.59
6 PA de Silva 71 6 3164 48.68 49.25 213.53
7 MJ Slater 88 3 3685 43.35 47.09 204.16
8 ME Waugh 139 10 5402 41.88 42.54 184.43
9 MA Taylor 136 8 5068 39.59 41.64 180.51
10 AJ Stewart 132 9 4695 38.17 40.88 177.23

BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL


Ave HS

In this criteria, we have taken the top 7 scores of the batsman in the specific condition. 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

RANK BATSMAN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AVE HS RAT
TS BC Lara 375 277 213 179 167 153* 152 216.57 150.00
1 BC Lara 375 277 213 179 167 153* 152 216.57 150.00
2 SR Tendulkar 217 179 177 177 169 165 155* 177.00 122.59
3 MA Taylor 334* 170 169* 144 142* 129 124 173.14 119.92
4 SR Waugh 200 199 170 164 160 157* 157 172.43 119.43
5 PA de Silva 267 168 152 148 146 143* 138* 166.00 114.97
6 ST Jayasuriya 340 213 199 113 112 90 85 164.57 113.98
7 MJ Slater 219 176 169 168 152 124 123 161.57 111.91
8 AJ Stewart 190 173 170 164 148 143 119 158.14 109.53
9 Saeed Anwar 188* 176 169 149 145 136 126 155.57 107.75
10 ME Waugh 153* 140 139* 138 137 126 121 136.29 94.39

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 2500
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS ST Jayasuriya 2751 4265 64.50 70.83 150.00
1 ST Jayasuriya 2751 4265 64.50 70.83 150.00
2 BC Lara 5573 8980 62.06 67.16 142.23
3 Saeed Anwar 3366 5843 57.61 63.69 134.88
4 MJ Slater 4425 8400 52.68 58.57 124.03
5 SR Tendulkar 5615 10338 54.31 58.40 123.68
6 PA de Silva 4436 8547 51.90 55.65 117.86
7 ME Waugh 6371 12246 52.03 55.25 117.01
8 AJ Stewart 6407 13210 48.50 53.65 113.62
9 SR Waugh 6213 13170 47.18 51.12 108.27
10 MA Taylor 6306 15344 41.10 45.66 96.69

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 half of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 500.00 pts.

RANK BATSMAN PRO CON BIP ATT RAT PRI PTS
1 BC Lara 173.97 472.47 150.00 142.23 938.67 469.34
2 SR Tendulkar 175.62 500.00 122.59 123.68 921.89 460.95
3 SR Waugh 193.94 455.21 119.43 108.27 876.85 438.42
4 MJ Slater 138.13 413.02 111.91 124.03 787.09 393.55
5 PA de Silva 138.85 415.28 114.97 117.86 786.96 393.48
6 AJ Stewart 200.00 363.35 109.53 113.62 786.51 393.25
7 ST Jayasuriya 85.87 432.67 113.98 150.00 782.53 391.26
8 Saeed Anwar 105.07 430.54 107.75 134.88 778.24 389.12
9 MA Taylor 196.85 363.89 119.92 96.69 777.35 388.67
10 ME Waugh 198.88 364.58 94.39 117.01 774.86 387.43

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 250.00
Away 1,000.00
Familiar Conditions 250.00
Unfamiliar Conditions 1,000.00

HOME/AWAY


HOME/AWAY 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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BC Lara 54 3026 59.33 63.12 943.87 235.97
2 PA de Silva 47 2515 62.88 53.19 856.24 214.06
3 SR Tendulkar 48 2515 59.88 56.51 811.38 202.84
4 MJ Slater 48 2468 53.65 55.49 803.93 200.98
5 AJ Stewart 83 3196 42.05 49.88 728.34 182.08
6 SR Waugh 74 2973 48.74 48.25 726.92 181.73
7 ME Waugh 82 3379 43.88 51.96 724.05 181.01
8 MA Taylor 91 3613 43.53 40.27 720.21 180.05
9 ST Jayasuriya 37 1353 42.28 64.00 704.77 176.19
10 Saeed Anwar 33 1420 44.38 57.17 631.75 157.94

Away From Home

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Waugh 69 3240 57.86 46.23 930.91 930.91
2 SR Tendulkar 61 3111 56.56 52.67 918.56 918.56
3 Saeed Anwar 42 1946 47.46 57.93 820.45 820.45
4 BC Lara 58 2547 44.68 60.85 818.07 818.07
5 AJ Stewart 86 3211 39.64 47.20 747.13 747.13
6 ST Jayasuriya 37 1398 42.36 64.99 741.78 741.78
7 ME Waugh 82 2992 39.37 52.10 733.90 733.90
8 MA Taylor 75 2693 37.93 42.26 729.21 729.21
9 MJ Slater 55 1957 37.63 49.52 666.43 666.43
10 PA de Silva 57 1933 35.15 50.30 637.22 637.22

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS


FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS 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: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 BC Lara 97 5179 55.69 63.26 967.20 241.80
2 SR Waugh 126 5536 54.27 47.71 850.39 212.60
3 AJ Stewart 161 6195 41.58 49.21 783.89 195.97
4 MJ Slater 81 3555 46.78 53.48 764.79 191.20
5 ME Waugh 137 5504 43.00 52.32 749.19 187.30
6 MA Taylor 142 5286 39.74 40.60 701.84 175.46

Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 20

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 56 3185 66.35 56.24 975.93 243.98
2 PA de Silva 69 3115 51.07 50.48 852.65 213.16
3 Saeed Anwar 43 2027 49.44 58.01 797.47 199.37
4 ST Jayasuriya 47 1771 43.20 62.85 787.35 196.84

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MA Taylor 24 1020 48.57 43.87 919.18 919.18
2 MJ Slater 22 870 39.55 49.63 788.52 788.52
3 ME Waugh 27 867 34.68 50.23 729.73 729.73
4 SR Waugh 17 677 45.13 43.20 725.68 725.68
5 AJ Stewart 8 212 26.50 34.14 500.00 500.00
6 BC Lara 15 394 26.27 49.68 470.40 470.40

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 53 2441 49.82 52.00 894.17 894.17
2 Saeed Anwar 32 1339 41.84 57.00 723.39 723.39
3 PA de Silva 35 1333 39.21 55.54 703.51 703.51
4 ST Jayasuriya 27 980 40.83 67.73 656.21 656.21

CONDITIONS RATING


The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. The Conditions Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 250 pts.

RANK BATSMAN AWAY HOME UC FC TOT CON PTS
1 SR Tendulkar 918.56 202.84 894.17 243.98 2,259.56 225.96
2 SR Waugh 930.91 181.73 725.68 212.60 2,050.92 205.09
3 MA Taylor 729.21 180.05 919.18 175.46 2,003.90 200.39
4 Saeed Anwar 820.45 157.94 723.39 199.37 1,901.14 190.11
5 MJ Slater 666.43 200.98 788.52 191.20 1,847.13 184.71
6 ME Waugh 733.90 181.01 729.73 187.30 1,831.95 183.19
7 ST Jayasuriya 741.78 176.19 656.21 196.84 1,771.01 177.10
8 PA de Silva 637.22 214.06 703.51 213.16 1,767.96 176.80
9 BC Lara 818.07 235.97 470.40 241.80 1,766.24 176.62
10 AJ Stewart 747.13 182.08 500.00 195.97 1,625.19 162.52

SECONDARY CRITERIA

The Secondary Rating consists of four parts. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points.

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

CRITERIA POINTS
Top Form Home 200.00
Top Form Away 800.00
Difficult Runs 500.00
Impact Innings 1,000.00
TOP FORM RATING

Points to note about Top Form Rating:-

  • Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsman.
  • There are two TF Ratings used in our DECADES Rating: Home and Away.

TOP FORM AT HOME


Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 PA de Silva 30 1944 77.76 53.35 859.22 171.84
2 BC Lara 30 1826 62.97 65.28 855.97 171.19
3 MJ Slater 30 1680 57.93 55.65 794.26 158.85
4 SR Waugh 30 1571 71.41 47.97 785.32 157.06
5 SR Tendulkar 30 1556 57.63 59.19 766.28 153.26
6 ST Jayasuriya 30 1321 48.93 64.50 719.77 143.95
7 MA Taylor 30 1581 58.56 45.06 714.41 142.88
8 Saeed Anwar 30 1375 47.41 56.96 658.89 131.78
9 ME Waugh 30 1466 48.87 54.76 650.93 130.19
10 AJ Stewart 30 1369 48.89 53.23 639.62 127.92

TOP FORM AWAY


Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 30 1898 67.79 54.28 887.49 709.99
2 BC Lara 30 1671 57.62 65.48 886.48 709.18
3 SR Waugh 30 1753 76.22 46.13 883.84 707.08
4 Saeed Anwar 30 1407 48.52 57.52 740.48 592.38
5 ME Waugh 30 1453 51.89 57.73 717.08 573.66
6 ST Jayasuriya 30 1300 46.43 67.46 704.05 563.24
7 AJ Stewart 30 1388 51.41 44.49 703.00 562.40
8 MA Taylor 30 1201 42.89 44.85 664.31 531.44
9 MJ Slater 30 1114 39.79 49.93 596.80 477.44
10 PA de Silva 30 1045 36.03 49.86 595.25 476.20

DIFFICULT RUNS


DIFF RNS RATING

Points to note:-

  • Difficult Runs are runs scored in the first and fourth innings after losing the toss.
  • Only performances against Top Teams are considered in this rating.

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MA Taylor 30 1009 37.37 40.49 954.30 477.15
2 AJ Stewart 29 809 31.12 48.59 873.39 436.70
3 SR Tendulkar 15 529 40.69 54.42 840.38 420.19
4 SR Waugh 21 678 37.67 43.02 822.72 411.36
5 ME Waugh 24 733 34.90 47.57 813.82 406.91
6 MJ Slater 19 570 33.53 48.89 771.01 385.50
7 BC Lara 19 501 27.83 56.93 696.76 348.38
8 PA de Silva 13 386 32.17 43.91 665.42 332.71
9 ST Jayasuriya 9 448 49.78 69.35 500.00 250.00
9 Saeed Anwar 9 253 28.11 46.59 500.00 250.00

IMPACT INNINGS


Impact Innings (II)

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

  • 1st & 2nd and 3rd & 4th innings are clubbed together.
  • A Batsman should score at least 30 runs to qualify.
  • An Inn is included in II if it is 20% of the total runs of the higher total or
  • The runs are 12.5% of the total runs at a high SR.
  • The SR should be 1.5 times the SR of the better innings.

Min Innings: 50

RANK BATSMAN DIS II II/Dis% RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 97 35 36.08 947.17 947.17
2 BC Lara 108 36 33.33 866.85 866.85
3 AJ Stewart 157 42 26.75 797.09 797.09
4 PA de Silva 95 29 30.53 766.38 766.38
5 SR Waugh 117 34 29.06 764.87 764.87
6 Saeed Anwar 73 21 28.77 733.51 733.51
7 ST Jayasuriya 65 16 24.62 708.10 708.10
8 MJ Slater 98 25 25.51 632.68 632.68
9 ME Waugh 153 32 20.92 602.19 602.19
10 MA Taylor 154 33 21.43 551.49 551.49

SECONDARY RATING


The total of the above four criteria comes out to be 2,500.00 points. Secondary Rating is the addition of the points a batsman scored in the four criteria. The Weightage of the Rating is one-fourth of the DECADES Rating, i.e. 250.00 pts.

RANK BATSMAN TF HM TF AW DIF RNS II TOT SEC RAT
1 SR Tendulkar 153.26 709.99 420.19 947.17 2,230.60 223.06
2 BC Lara 171.19 709.18 348.38 866.85 2,095.62 209.56
3 SR Waugh 157.06 707.08 411.36 764.87 2,040.37 204.04
4 AJ Stewart 127.92 562.40 436.70 797.09 1,924.11 192.41
5 PA de Silva 171.84 476.20 332.71 766.38 1,747.13 174.71
6 ME Waugh 130.19 573.66 406.91 602.19 1,712.95 171.29
7 Saeed Anwar 131.78 592.38 250.00 733.51 1,707.67 170.77
8 MA Taylor 142.88 531.44 477.15 551.49 1,702.96 170.30
9 ST Jayasuriya 143.95 563.24 250.00 708.10 1,665.30 166.53
10 MJ Slater 158.85 477.44 385.50 632.68 1,654.48 165.45

DECADES RATING

The DECADES Rating is the addition of the points of all the above criteria. The rating is out of 1,000 Pts. Half the points are for Primary Criteria; one-fourth for Conditions; and one-fourth for Secondary Criteria.

RANK BATSMAN NAT PRI RAT CON RAT SEC RAT FIN RAT
1 SR Tendulkar IND 460.95 225.96 223.06 909.96
2 BC Lara WI 469.34 176.62 209.56 855.52
3 SR Waugh AUS 438.42 205.09 204.04 847.55
4 MA Taylor AUS 388.67 200.39 170.30 759.36
5 Saeed Anwar PAK 389.12 190.11 170.77 750.00
6 AJ Stewart ENG 393.25 162.52 192.41 748.18
7 PA de Silva SL 393.48 176.80 174.71 744.99
8 MJ Slater AUS 393.55 184.71 165.45 743.71
9 ME Waugh AUS 387.43 183.19 171.29 741.92
10 ST Jayasuriya SL 391.26 177.10 166.53 734.90

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1950s AUS WI PAK IND ENG
1960s WI AUS PAK IND NZ ENG SA
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA AUS
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND AUS
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS SL IND PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA AUS
2020s IND SL PAK AUS NZ ENG

Top Teams Outside Asia


DECADE OF MAT 1 2 3 4 5
1950s AUS ENG WI SA PAK
1960s ENG AUS WI SA NZ
1970s SA ENG WI AUS IND
1980s WI NZ AUS ENG PAK
1990s AUS SA WI PAK ENG
2000s AUS SA ENG IND NZ
2010s SA AUS ENG NZ IND
2020s AUS NZ ENG SA IND


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