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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). It is to be noted that U.A.E. is considered as a second Home for Pakistan and all stats of Pakistani batsmen are calculated accordingly. Here are the Top 10 batsmen in Test Cricket in the 1990s.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2023-08-09

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. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
3.4. ATTACKING
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. TOP FORM AT HOME
5.2. TOP FORM AWAY
5.3. DIFFICULT RUNS
5.4. SECONDARY RATING
6. DECADES RATING
7. TOP TEAMS
7.1. Top Teams In Asia
7.2. Top Teams Outside Asia

THE CRITERIA

CRITERIA CONSTITUENTS
Primary Runs, Average, Top Inns, Strike Rate
Conditions Home, Away, In Asia, Outside Asia
Secondary Top Form Home, Top Form Away, Difficult Runs
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 batsman’s performace is counted in TT if it comes in the specific condition and in the specific decade.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 25
Min Runs (TS AVE SR) 1500
Min Average (TS SR) 30

PRIMARY CRITERIA

PROLIFIC

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS AJ Stewart ENG 169 6407 200.00
1 ME Waugh AUS 164 6371 198.88
2 MA Taylor AUS 166 6306 196.85
3 SR Waugh AUS 143 6213 193.94
4 SR Tendulkar IND 109 5626 175.62
5 BC Lara WI 112 5573 173.97
6 PA de Silva SL 104 4448 138.85
7 MJ Slater AUS 103 4425 138.13
8 Saeed Anwar PAK 75 3366 105.07
9 Salim Malik PAK 77 3126 97.58
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

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 Salim Malik 77 9 3126 45.97 47.55 202.49
7 PA de Silva 104 9 4448 46.82 47.37 201.75
8 ST Jayasuriya 74 9 2751 42.32 44.26 188.49
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 Salim Malik 43 7 2020 56.11 58.04 250.00
1 Salim Malik 43 7 2020 56.11 58.04 250.00
2 ST Jayasuriya 47 5 2262 53.86 56.32 242.62
3 BC Lara 90 4 4579 53.24 56.05 241.43
4 SR Tendulkar 66 4 3206 51.71 52.34 225.45
5 SR Waugh 118 20 4855 49.54 51.63 222.41
6 PA de Silva 71 6 3164 48.68 49.25 212.16
7 Saeed Anwar 44 1 1912 44.47 47.99 206.74
8 MJ Slater 84 3 3503 43.25 46.97 202.35
9 ME Waugh 129 10 5312 44.64 45.35 195.34
10 MA Taylor 130 8 4920 40.33 42.41 182.68

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 Saeed Anwar 188* 176 169 149 145 136 126 155.57 107.75
9 Salim Malik 237 165 155 143 140 102 101 149.00 103.20
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

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 Salim Malik 3126 6157 50.77 54.43 115.27
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 173.97 472.76 150.00 142.23 938.96 469.48
2 SR Tendulkar 175.62 475.45 122.59 123.68 897.34 448.67
3 SR Waugh 193.94 458.10 119.43 108.27 879.73 439.87
4 ME Waugh 198.88 375.49 94.39 117.01 785.77 392.88
5 PA de Silva 138.85 413.92 114.97 117.86 785.60 392.80
6 MJ Slater 138.13 411.22 111.91 124.03 785.29 392.64
7 ST Jayasuriya 85.87 431.11 113.98 150.00 780.97 390.48
8 MA Taylor 196.85 366.06 119.92 96.69 779.52 389.76
9 Salim Malik 97.58 452.49 103.20 115.27 768.54 384.27
10 Saeed Anwar 105.07 418.69 107.75 134.88 766.40 383.20

CONDITIONS CRITERIA

The Conditions

The Conditions Ratings are calculated by applying the four criteria of the Primary Rating to diffirent conditions. Unfamiliar Conditions (UC) is Outside Asia for Asians and In Asia for Non Asians. Familiar Conditions (FC) is the opposite. If Innings are less than the Qualification than the Player gets 50% of the Points. Here are those conditions and their weightage:-

  • HOME – 250 PTS
  • AWAY – 1,000 PTS
  • FC – 250 PTS
  • UC – 1,000 PTS

HOME/AWAY

At Home

Min Innings: 10

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 56.51 805.56 201.39
4 MJ Slater 48 2468 53.65 55.49 803.93 200.98
5 Salim Malik 31 1397 49.89 52.48 732.58 183.15
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 57.17 631.07 157.77

Away From Home

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Waugh 69 3240 57.86 46.23 939.60 939.60
2 SR Tendulkar 61 3111 56.56 52.67 883.68 883.68
3 BC Lara 58 2547 44.68 60.85 818.73 818.73
4 Saeed Anwar 42 1946 47.46 57.93 799.70 799.70
5 ME Waugh 82 2992 39.37 52.10 752.31 752.31
6 ST Jayasuriya 37 1398 42.36 64.99 739.91 739.91
7 MA Taylor 75 2693 37.93 42.26 734.02 734.02
8 Salim Malik 46 1729 43.23 49.47 709.93 709.93
9 MJ Slater 55 1957 37.63 49.52 662.34 662.34
10 PA de Silva 57 1933 35.15 50.30 636.13 636.13

FAMILIAR/UNFAMILIAR CONDITIONS

Familiar Conditions Rating

Non Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 10

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 MJ Slater 81 3555 46.78 53.48 764.79 191.20
4 ME Waugh 137 5504 43.00 52.32 749.19 187.30
5 MA Taylor 142 5286 39.74 40.60 701.84 175.46

Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 10

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 56 3185 66.35 56.24 959.82 239.96
2 PA de Silva 69 3115 51.07 50.48 883.22 220.80
3 ST Jayasuriya 47 1771 43.20 62.85 818.22 204.56
4 Saeed Anwar 43 2027 49.44 58.01 806.48 201.62
5 Salim Malik 43 1834 47.03 51.36 794.65 198.66

Unfamiliar Conditions Rating

Non Asians In Asia

Min Innings: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MA Taylor 24 1020 48.57 43.87 740.83 740.83
2 MJ Slater 22 870 39.55 49.63 636.30 636.30
3 ME Waugh 27 867 34.68 50.23 607.63 607.63
4 SR Waugh 17 677 45.13 43.20 559.13 559.13
5 BC Lara 15 394 26.27 49.68 375.65 375.65

Asians Outside Asia

Min Innings: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 53 2441 49.82 52.00 889.75 889.75
2 Saeed Anwar 32 1339 41.84 57.00 718.37 718.37
3 PA de Silva 35 1333 39.21 55.54 698.85 698.85
4 Salim Malik 34 1292 44.55 49.96 665.51 665.51
5 ST Jayasuriya 27 980 40.83 67.73 650.34 650.34

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 883.68 201.39 889.75 239.96 2,214.78 221.48
2 SR Waugh 939.60 181.73 559.13 212.60 1,893.06 189.31
3 Saeed Anwar 799.70 157.77 718.37 201.62 1,877.45 187.75
4 MA Taylor 734.02 180.05 740.83 175.46 1,830.37 183.04
5 ST Jayasuriya 739.91 176.19 650.34 204.56 1,771.01 177.10
6 PA de Silva 636.13 214.06 698.85 220.80 1,769.84 176.98
7 Salim Malik 709.93 183.15 665.51 198.66 1,757.24 175.72
8 ME Waugh 752.31 181.01 607.63 187.30 1,728.25 172.83
9 MJ Slater 662.34 200.98 636.30 191.20 1,690.82 169.08
10 BC Lara 818.73 235.97 375.65 241.80 1,672.14 167.21

SECONDARY CRITERIA

Top Form And Difficult Runs

The Secondary Rating consists of three parts. Top Form is calculated by taking the best 30 consecutive innings of a batsmen such that his overall points are maximum. Top Form is calculated seperately for Home and Away innings. Difficult Runs are defined as runs scored in the 1st and 4th inns after losing the toss. Moreover, only performaces against Top Teams are counted in Difficult Runs Rating. 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:-

  • TOP FORM AT HOME – 500 PTS
  • TOP FORM AWAY – 1,000 PTS
  • DIFF RUNS – 1,000 PTS

TOP FORM AT HOME

Min Innings: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 PA de Silva 30 1944 77.76 53.35 859.22 429.61
2 BC Lara 30 1826 62.97 65.28 855.97 427.99
3 MJ Slater 30 1680 57.93 55.65 794.26 397.13
4 SR Waugh 30 1571 71.41 47.97 785.32 392.66
5 SR Tendulkar 30 1556 57.63 59.19 766.28 383.14
6 ST Jayasuriya 30 1321 48.93 64.50 719.77 359.89
7 MA Taylor 30 1581 58.56 45.06 714.41 357.20
8 Salim Malik 30 1395 51.67 52.82 680.42 340.21
9 Saeed Anwar 30 1375 47.41 56.96 658.89 329.45
10 ME Waugh 30 1466 48.87 54.76 650.93 325.47

TOP FORM AWAY

Min Innings: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 SR Tendulkar 30 1898 67.79 54.28 881.09 881.09
2 BC Lara 30 1671 57.62 65.48 878.70 878.70
3 SR Waugh 30 1753 76.22 46.13 878.38 878.38
4 Saeed Anwar 30 1407 48.52 57.52 733.43 733.43
5 ME Waugh 30 1453 51.89 57.73 710.38 710.38
6 ST Jayasuriya 30 1300 46.43 67.46 695.92 695.92
7 MA Taylor 30 1201 42.89 44.85 658.87 658.87
8 Salim Malik 30 1149 44.19 51.55 615.81 615.81
9 MJ Slater 30 1114 39.79 49.93 590.71 590.71
10 PA de Silva 30 1045 36.03 49.86 589.37 589.37

DIFFICULT RUNS

Min Innings: 5

RANK BATSMAN INNS RUNS AVE SR RAT WTG
1 MA Taylor 28 952 38.08 40.68 813.31 813.31
2 ME Waugh 22 728 38.32 47.93 713.61 713.61
3 ST Jayasuriya 9 448 49.78 69.35 712.48 712.48
4 SR Waugh 21 678 37.67 43.02 693.15 693.15
5 MJ Slater 19 570 33.53 48.89 652.98 652.98
6 BC Lara 19 501 27.83 56.93 600.75 600.75
7 Salim Malik 9 321 40.13 46.52 567.45 567.45
8 PA de Silva 13 386 32.17 43.91 555.98 555.98
9 SR Tendulkar 13 328 29.82 48.66 521.73 521.73
10 Saeed Anwar 9 253 28.11 46.59 478.51 478.51

SECONDARY RATING

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

RANK BATSMAN TF AW TF HM DF RNS TOT SEC RAT
1 SR Waugh 878.38 392.66 693.15 1,964.19 196.42
2 BC Lara 878.70 427.99 600.75 1,907.44 190.74
3 MA Taylor 658.87 357.20 813.31 1,829.38 182.94
4 SR Tendulkar 881.09 383.14 521.73 1,785.96 178.60
5 ST Jayasuriya 695.92 359.89 712.48 1,768.29 176.83
6 ME Waugh 710.38 325.47 713.61 1,749.45 174.95
7 MJ Slater 590.71 397.13 652.98 1,640.83 164.08
8 PA de Silva 589.37 429.61 555.98 1,574.96 157.50
9 Saeed Anwar 733.43 329.45 478.51 1,541.39 154.14
10 Salim Malik 615.81 340.21 567.45 1,523.47 152.35

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 448.67 221.48 178.60 848.74
2 BC Lara WI 469.48 167.21 190.74 827.44
3 SR Waugh AUS 439.87 189.31 196.42 825.59
4 MA Taylor AUS 389.76 183.04 182.94 755.73
5 ST Jayasuriya SL 390.48 177.10 176.83 744.41
6 ME Waugh AUS 392.88 172.83 174.95 740.65
7 PA de Silva SL 392.80 176.98 157.50 727.28
8 MJ Slater AUS 392.64 169.08 164.08 725.81
9 Saeed Anwar PAK 383.20 187.75 154.14 725.08
10 Salim Malik PAK 384.27 175.72 152.35 712.34

TOP TEAMS

Top Teams In Asia

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

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 SA ENG IND

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