Top 25 Batsmen At Home In Test Cricket

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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). 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 25 batsmen in matches At Home in Test cricket.

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

THE CRITERIA


The HOME Rating is divided into four main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 200.00
Consistent Average 500.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 150.00
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.
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

PROLIFIC


The Eras

The time period from 1950 to present is divided into eras for this section. This is because less cricket was played earlier. To make it fair for earlier players they are compared with players of the same period with a slight reduction in points. Know More About Eras.

Era 1 MP before 1991
Era 2 MP between 1990 And 2016
Era 3 MP greater than 2015

Criteria: Points For Runs Scored

RANK ERA 1 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS GA Gooch ENG 1975 1995 1985 131 5917 180.00
1 GA Gooch ENG 1975 1995 1985 131 5917 180.00
2 SM Gavaskar IND 1971 1987 1979 108 5067 154.14
3 GS Chappell AUS 1970 1984 1977 96 4515 137.35
4 Javed Miandad PAK 1976 1993 1984.5 86 4481 136.32
5 GS Sobers WI 1954 1974 1964 75 4075 123.96
6 DL Haynes WI 1978 1994 1986 84 3868 117.67
7 PBH May ENG 1951 1961 1956 57 2865 87.16
8 RG Pollock SA 1963 1970 1966.5 26 1513 46.03
RANK ERA 2 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 154 7578 200.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 1995 2012 2003.5 154 7578 200.00
2 SR Tendulkar IND 1989 2013 2001 153 7216 190.45
3 DPMD Jayawardena SL 1997 2014 2005.5 129 7167 189.15
4 JH Kallis SA 1995 2013 2004 143 7035 185.67
5 KC Sangakkara SL 2000 2015 2007.5 124 6830 180.26
6 BC Lara WI 1990 2006 1998 111 6217 164.08
7 S Chanderpaul WI 1994 2015 2004.5 133 6187 163.29
8 ML Hayden AUS 1994 2009 2001.5 98 5210 137.50
9 V Sehwag IND 2001 2013 2007 89 4656 122.88
10 MJ Clarke AUS 2004 2015 2009.5 86 4654 122.83
RANK ERA 3 NAT FP LP MP INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 2012 2023 2017.5 127 6092 180.00
1 JE Root ENG 2012 2023 2017.5 127 6092 180.00
2 DA Warner AUS 2011 2023 2017 95 5139 151.84
3 SPD Smith AUS 2010 2023 2016.5 81 4387 129.62
4 KS Williamson NZ 2010 2023 2016.5 73 4267 126.08
5 V Kohli IND 2011 2023 2017 77 4144 122.44
6 M Labuschagne AUS 2018 2023 2020.5 37 2397 70.82
7 RG Sharma IND 2013 2023 2018 36 2002 59.15

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 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS M Labuschagne 37 3 2397 9 70.50 74.03 250.00
1 M Labuschagne 37 3 2397 9 70.50 74.03 250.00
2 RG Sharma 36 6 2002 8 66.73 68.42 231.07
3 GS Sobers 75 14 4075 14 66.80 66.07 223.14
4 RG Pollock 26 4 1513 4 68.77 65.12 219.91
5 KS Williamson 73 9 4267 16 66.67 64.03 216.23
6 PBH May 57 7 2865 9 57.30 63.59 214.73
7 SPD Smith 81 13 4387 16 64.51 63.24 213.58
8 DA Warner 95 7 5139 19 58.40 59.24 200.06
9 Javed Miandad 86 13 4481 14 61.38 59.17 199.82
10 DL Haynes 84 15 3868 10 56.06 58.83 198.66
11 V Kohli 77 8 4144 14 60.06 58.34 197.02
12 BC Lara 111 5 6217 17 58.65 57.23 193.27
13 S Chanderpaul 133 27 6187 19 58.37 57.02 192.57
14 MJ Clarke 86 11 4654 17 62.05 56.85 191.98
15 KC Sangakkara 124 11 6830 22 60.44 56.30 190.14
16 GS Chappell 96 13 4515 16 54.40 56.01 189.14
17 DPMD Jayawardena 129 9 7167 23 59.73 55.62 187.84
18 JH Kallis 143 19 7035 23 56.73 55.46 187.31
19 ML Hayden 98 8 5210 21 57.89 55.05 185.92
20 JE Root 127 13 6092 18 53.44 54.49 184.00
21 RT Ponting 154 21 7578 23 56.98 53.09 179.29
22 V Sehwag 89 3 4656 13 54.14 52.04 175.76
23 SM Gavaskar 108 7 5067 16 50.17 50.88 171.81
24 SR Tendulkar 153 16 7216 22 52.67 49.35 166.65
25 GA Gooch 131 3 5917 15 46.23 48.15 162.61

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS GS Sobers 60 12 3398 11 70.79 70.02 250.00
1 GS Sobers 60 12 3398 11 70.79 70.02 250.00
2 PBH May 41 5 2172 6 60.33 66.95 239.05
3 RG Sharma 24 3 1359 6 64.71 66.35 236.91
4 RG Pollock 26 4 1513 4 68.77 65.12 232.50
5 DL Haynes 70 13 3255 8 57.11 59.92 213.96
6 MJ Clarke 60 6 3507 14 64.94 59.50 212.43
7 M Labuschagne 28 2 1457 4 56.04 58.84 210.10
8 SPD Smith 67 8 3437 12 58.25 57.11 203.90
9 Javed Miandad 47 9 2242 8 59.00 56.87 203.05
10 V Kohli 55 7 2805 9 58.44 56.77 202.68
11 BC Lara 87 4 4754 11 57.28 55.89 199.56
12 DPMD Jayawardena 92 6 5156 18 59.95 55.84 199.36
13 JE Root 93 9 4536 15 54.00 55.06 196.58
14 GS Chappell 76 11 3452 13 53.11 54.68 195.23
15 DA Warner 75 5 3694 14 52.77 53.53 191.13
16 S Chanderpaul 97 17 4371 14 54.64 53.38 190.59
17 JH Kallis 98 12 4612 16 53.63 52.43 187.19
18 KC Sangakkara 87 6 4524 12 55.85 52.03 185.76
19 ML Hayden 64 4 3270 14 54.50 51.83 185.06
20 RT Ponting 99 10 4909 17 55.16 51.39 183.50
21 V Sehwag 66 2 3348 10 52.31 50.29 179.55
22 SM Gavaskar 97 6 4394 13 48.29 48.97 174.83
23 KS Williamson 35 3 1585 7 49.53 47.57 169.83
24 SR Tendulkar 101 9 4421 13 48.05 45.02 160.75
25 GA Gooch 99 1 3874 8 39.53 41.18 147.02

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 BC Lara 400* 375 213 209 196 278.60 150.00
1 BC Lara 400* 375 213 209 196 278.60 150.00
2 DPMD Jayawardena 374 242 237 213* 195 252.20 135.79
3 MJ Clarke 329* 259* 230 210 166 238.80 128.57
4 KC Sangakkara 287 232 222* 221 219 236.20 127.17
5 V Sehwag 319 293 201 173 173 231.80 124.80
6 V Kohli 254* 243 235 213 211 231.20 124.48
7 KS Williamson 251 242* 238 215 200* 229.20 123.40
8 RT Ponting 257 242 221 209 207 227.20 122.33
9 DA Warner 335* 253 200 180 163 226.20 121.79
10 GA Gooch 333 210 196 183 174 219.20 118.02
11 GS Sobers 365* 226 178* 153 152 214.80 115.65
12 Javed Miandad 280* 211 206 203* 163 212.60 114.47
13 ML Hayden 380 197 153 138 137 201.00 108.22
14 JE Root 254 200* 190 180* 180 200.80 108.11
15 SR Tendulkar 217 214 201* 179 177 197.60 106.39
16 SM Gavaskar 236* 205 182* 176 172 194.20 104.56
17 SPD Smith 239 200* 192 165* 162* 191.60 103.16
18 JH Kallis 224 201* 186 177 162 190.00 102.30
19 M Labuschagne 215 204 185 163 162 185.80 100.04
20 GS Chappell 204 201 182* 182 150* 183.80 98.96
21 RG Sharma 212 177 176 161 127 170.60 91.85
22 RG Pollock 274 209 137 105 90 163.00 87.76
23 S Chanderpaul 203* 166 153* 147* 140 161.80 87.11
24 PBH May 285* 138 117 113* 112 153.00 82.38
25 DL Haynes 167 145 143* 136 131 144.40 77.75

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 N Kapil Dev 2343 2934 79.86 88.04 150.00
1 V Sehwag 4656 5581 83.43 81.29 138.49
2 DA Warner 5139 7014 73.27 70.39 119.92
3 RG Pollock 798 1428 55.88 65.51 111.61
4 RG Sharma 2002 3054 65.55 63.72 108.56
5 BC Lara 6217 10301 60.35 62.13 105.84
6 ML Hayden 5210 8285 62.88 59.99 102.21
7 GS Chappell 4487 8756 51.24 58.80 100.17
8 RT Ponting 7578 12630 60.00 58.41 99.50
9 GA Gooch 5917 11475 51.56 58.06 98.91
10 V Kohli 4144 7023 59.01 56.83 96.83
11 GS Sobers 347 753 46.08 56.25 95.83
12 JE Root 6092 10291 59.20 55.76 94.99
13 DL Haynes 3422 6927 49.40 54.95 93.62
14 MJ Clarke 4654 8035 57.92 54.77 93.32
15 KC Sangakkara 6830 12293 55.56 54.70 93.19
16 SM Gavaskar 3830 8189 46.77 53.77 91.61
17 SR Tendulkar 7205 13539 53.22 53.63 91.37
18 M Labuschagne 2397 4297 55.78 53.62 91.36
19 KS Williamson 4267 7751 55.05 52.77 89.91
20 SPD Smith 4387 7947 55.20 52.54 89.50
21 DPMD Jayawardena 7167 13661 52.46 51.91 88.44
22 Javed Miandad 3264 7134 45.75 49.88 84.98
23 PBH May 882 2452 35.97 48.80 83.14
24 JH Kallis 7035 14739 47.73 47.33 80.63
25 S Chanderpaul 6187 14766 41.90 42.54 72.48

HOME RATING


The HOME (HM) 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 HM RAT
1 BC Lara 164.08 392.83 150.00 105.84 812.76
2 GS Sobers 123.96 473.14 115.65 95.83 808.59
3 DPMD Jayawardena 189.15 387.20 135.79 88.44 800.58
4 DA Warner 151.84 391.19 121.79 119.92 784.74
5 RT Ponting 200.00 362.78 122.33 99.50 784.61
6 KC Sangakkara 180.26 375.89 127.17 93.19 776.52
7 JE Root 180.00 380.59 108.11 94.99 763.69
8 MJ Clarke 122.83 404.41 128.57 93.32 749.13
9 V Kohli 122.44 399.70 124.48 96.83 743.45
10 JH Kallis 185.67 374.50 102.30 80.63 743.10
11 V Sehwag 122.88 355.31 124.80 138.49 741.49
12 SPD Smith 129.62 417.47 103.16 89.50 739.76
13 Javed Miandad 136.32 402.87 114.47 84.98 738.63
14 RG Sharma 59.15 467.97 91.85 108.56 727.54
15 KS Williamson 126.08 386.06 123.40 89.91 725.45
16 M Labuschagne 70.82 460.10 100.04 91.36 722.31
17 GS Chappell 137.35 384.37 98.96 100.17 720.85
18 ML Hayden 137.50 370.99 108.22 102.21 718.92
19 SR Tendulkar 190.45 327.40 106.39 91.37 715.61
20 GA Gooch 180.00 309.64 118.02 98.91 706.57
21 PBH May 87.16 453.78 82.38 83.14 706.45
22 S Chanderpaul 163.29 383.16 87.11 72.48 706.04
23 DL Haynes 117.67 412.61 77.75 93.62 701.65
24 RG Pollock 46.03 452.41 87.76 111.61 697.81
25 SM Gavaskar 154.14 346.65 104.56 91.61 696.96

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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