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Top 25 Test Batsmen In Difficult Runs

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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). Here are the Top 25 batsmen in 1st and 4th inns after losing the toss in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-02-15

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against Top Teams
5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
6. ATTACKING
7. DIFF RUNS RATING
8. TOP TEAMS
8.1. Top Teams In Asia
8.2. Top Teams Outside Asia
DR RATING

Points to note about DIFF RUNS Rating:-

  • 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.

THE CRITERIA

The DR Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 300.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 250.00
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)

Difficult Runs Rating considers 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 10

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 I1 I1 RNS I4 I4 RNS INNS RUNS RAT
TS IVA Richards WI 19 960 14 527 33 1487 280.00
1 IVA Richards WI 19 960 14 527 33 1487 280.00
2 SM Gavaskar IND 11 372 21 1060 32 1432 269.64
3 DL Haynes WI 20 783 24 647 44 1430 269.27
4 G Boycott ENG 12 309 24 1007 36 1316 247.80
5 Javed Miandad PAK 16 938 11 373 27 1311 246.86
6 GR Viswanath IND 8 547 17 601 25 1148 216.17
7 GS Chappell AUS 13 629 12 335 25 964 181.52
RANK ERA 2 NAT I1 I1 RNS I4 I4 RNS INNS RUNS RAT
TS RT Ponting AUS 15 684 26 1090 41 1774 300.00
1 RT Ponting AUS 15 684 26 1090 41 1774 300.00
2 JH Kallis SA 23 981 23 792 46 1773 299.83
3 S Chanderpaul WI 19 870 26 886 45 1756 296.96
4 KP Pietersen ENG 14 841 20 742 34 1583 267.70
5 SR Tendulkar IND 15 692 31 864 46 1556 263.13
6 MA Taylor AUS 17 896 21 583 38 1479 250.11
7 Younis Khan PAK 14 369 21 1075 35 1444 244.19
8 SP Fleming NZ 17 1183 11 207 28 1390 235.06
9 AB de Villiers SA 9 634 22 689 31 1323 223.73
10 ML Hayden AUS 9 572 21 718 30 1290 218.15
11 BB McCullum NZ 17 910 12 359 29 1269 214.60
12 JL Langer AUS 8 691 17 414 25 1105 186.87
13 MS Sinclair NZ 6 685 4 43 10 728 123.11
RANK ERA 3 NAT I1 I1 RNS I4 I4 RNS INNS RUNS RAT
TS SPD Smith AUS 17 977 21 568 38 1545 290.00
1 SPD Smith AUS 17 977 21 568 38 1545 290.00
2 KS Williamson NZ 17 885 11 376 28 1261 236.69
3 FDM Karunaratne SL 9 375 17 755 26 1130 212.10
4 TM Head AUS 9 695 10 364 19 1059 198.78
5 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 10 572 10 424 20 996 186.95

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 750

Against Top Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS IN1 AVE IN4 AVE AVE R AVE RAT
TS TM Head 19 77.22 45.50 62.29 66.94 300.00
1 MS Sinclair 10 137.00 10.75 80.89 81.15 300.00
2 TM Head 19 77.22 45.50 62.29 66.94 300.00
3 Javed Miandad 27 72.15 46.63 62.43 62.65 280.80
4 SM Gavaskar 32 33.82 70.67 55.08 57.40 257.27
5 Shakib Al Hasan 20 57.20 53.00 55.33 56.64 253.87
6 SP Fleming 28 73.94 23.00 55.60 55.04 246.69
7 GR Viswanath 25 68.38 42.93 52.18 53.78 241.05
8 GS Chappell 25 48.38 55.83 50.74 53.35 239.13
9 ML Hayden 30 63.56 47.87 53.75 52.92 237.19
10 RT Ponting 41 48.86 57.37 53.76 51.63 231.41
11 IVA Richards 33 50.53 47.91 49.57 51.53 230.93
12 FDM Karunaratne 26 41.67 50.33 47.08 50.75 227.45
13 KP Pietersen 34 64.69 43.65 52.77 50.43 226.01
14 KS Williamson 28 52.06 41.78 48.50 50.24 225.18
15 G Boycott 36 25.75 62.94 47.00 49.61 222.33
16 JL Langer 25 86.38 29.57 50.23 48.77 218.57
17 BB McCullum 29 53.53 35.90 47.00 48.67 218.12
18 S Chanderpaul 45 54.38 42.19 47.46 47.77 214.10
19 MA Taylor 38 52.71 34.29 43.50 46.17 206.93
20 AB de Villiers 31 79.25 32.81 45.62 46.06 206.44
21 DL Haynes 44 39.15 49.77 43.33 46.03 206.31
22 SPD Smith 38 61.06 29.89 44.14 45.96 206.00
23 Younis Khan 35 26.36 67.19 48.13 45.75 205.03
24 JH Kallis 46 42.65 46.59 44.33 44.14 197.83
25 SR Tendulkar 46 46.13 36.00 39.90 39.18 175.59

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 SP Fleming 262 192 129 97 67 149.40 250.00
1 SP Fleming 262 192 129 97 67 149.40 250.00
2 SM Gavaskar 221 205 113 102 96 147.40 246.65
3 KS Williamson 251 133* 118 113 93 141.60 236.95
4 IVA Richards 208 146 130 109* 101 138.80 232.26
5 RT Ponting 157* 156 143* 123 100* 135.80 227.24
6 MS Sinclair 214 204* 150 74 29 134.20 224.56
7 AB de Villiers 278* 106* 103 92 85 132.80 222.22
8 KP Pietersen 202* 152 115 101 92 132.40 221.55
9 SR Tendulkar 155 148 136 119* 103* 132.20 221.22
10 BB McCullum 224 145 97 80 78 124.80 208.84
11 TM Head 163 152 114 101 89 123.80 207.16
12 ML Hayden 197 136 96 91 90 122.00 204.15
13 Younis Khan 131* 130 126 111 107* 121.00 202.48
14 JL Langer 191 123 121 104 63 120.40 201.47
15 Shakib Al Hasan 217 144 96 84 59 120.00 200.80
16 JH Kallis 161 120 108 105 105 119.80 200.47
17 GR Viswanath 222 114 112 75* 73 119.20 199.46
18 SPD Smith 143 121 115 110 101 118.00 197.46
19 MA Taylor 136 124 113 112 102* 117.40 196.45
20 S Chanderpaul 136* 122* 116* 104 104 116.40 194.78
21 Javed Miandad 153* 129* 103* 92 85 112.40 188.09
22 GS Chappell 176 115 109* 74 73* 109.40 183.07
23 DL Haynes 131 125 103* 96 84 107.80 180.39
24 FDM Karunaratne 130 122 107 97 79 107.00 179.05
25 G Boycott 128* 106 100* 80* 80* 98.80 165.33

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 750
Min Average 25
RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS IVA Richards 1400 1984 70.56 77.59 150.00
1 IVA Richards 1400 1984 70.56 77.59 150.00
2 BB McCullum 1269 1827 69.46 66.75 129.04
3 TM Head 1059 1527 69.35 63.87 123.46
4 GS Chappell 964 1757 54.87 63.74 123.22
5 ML Hayden 1290 1963 65.72 63.56 122.87
6 Shakib Al Hasan 996 1533 64.97 62.66 121.13
7 RT Ponting 1774 2821 62.89 61.30 118.51
8 KP Pietersen 1583 2573 61.52 59.26 114.57
9 JL Langer 1105 1866 59.22 57.79 111.71
10 SR Tendulkar 1556 2900 53.66 54.19 104.75
11 GR Viswanath 887 1976 44.89 52.81 102.09
12 SM Gavaskar 1072 2409 44.50 51.92 100.37
13 Younis Khan 1444 2803 51.52 50.15 96.94
14 DL Haynes 1380 3105 44.44 50.02 96.69
15 FDM Karunaratne 1130 2193 51.53 49.88 96.43
16 Javed Miandad 1249 2819 44.31 49.32 95.35
17 MS Sinclair 728 1509 48.24 48.37 93.50
18 S Chanderpaul 1756 3718 47.23 47.76 92.33
19 SP Fleming 1390 2978 46.68 47.42 91.67
20 KS Williamson 1261 2570 49.07 47.31 91.45
21 SPD Smith 1545 3102 49.81 47.06 90.97
22 MA Taylor 1479 3617 40.89 45.57 88.09
23 JH Kallis 1773 3983 44.51 44.77 86.54
24 AB de Villiers 1323 2999 44.11 42.42 82.01
25 G Boycott 1109 3202 34.63 41.78 80.78

DIFF RUNS RATING

The DIFF RUNS (DR) 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 DR RAT
1 IVA Richards 280.00 230.93 232.26 150.00 893.20
2 RT Ponting 300.00 231.41 227.24 118.51 877.16
3 SM Gavaskar 269.64 257.27 246.65 100.37 873.93
4 KP Pietersen 267.70 226.01 221.55 114.57 829.83
5 TM Head 198.78 300.00 207.16 123.46 829.40
6 SP Fleming 235.06 246.69 250.00 91.67 823.42
7 Javed Miandad 246.86 280.80 188.09 95.35 811.09
8 S Chanderpaul 296.96 214.10 194.78 92.33 798.17
9 KS Williamson 236.69 225.18 236.95 91.45 790.28
10 JH Kallis 299.83 197.83 200.47 86.54 784.67
11 SPD Smith 290.00 206.00 197.46 90.97 784.43
12 ML Hayden 218.15 237.19 204.15 122.87 782.36
13 BB McCullum 214.60 218.12 208.84 129.04 770.59
14 SR Tendulkar 263.13 175.59 221.22 104.75 764.69
15 Shakib Al Hasan 186.95 253.87 200.80 121.13 762.76
16 GR Viswanath 216.17 241.05 199.46 102.09 758.77
17 DL Haynes 269.27 206.31 180.39 96.69 752.66
18 Younis Khan 244.19 205.03 202.48 96.94 748.64
19 MA Taylor 250.11 206.93 196.45 88.09 741.58
20 MS Sinclair 123.11 300.00 224.56 93.50 741.18
21 AB de Villiers 223.73 206.44 222.22 82.01 734.40
22 GS Chappell 181.52 239.13 183.07 123.22 726.94
23 JL Langer 186.87 218.57 201.47 111.71 718.62
24 G Boycott 247.80 222.33 165.33 80.78 716.23
25 FDM Karunaratne 212.10 227.45 179.05 96.43 715.03

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 NZ ENG
1970s PAK ENG IND WI SA
1980s PAK WI ENG NZ IND
1990s IND PAK SA AUS SL WI
2000s AUS IND SL PAK SA ENG
2010s IND PAK SL ENG NZ SA
2020s IND AUS PAK NZ ENG SL

Top Teams Outside Asia

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

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