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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 2024-11-11

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
4.1. Against All 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 SM Gavaskar IND 11 372 23 1175 34 1547 290.00
1 SM Gavaskar IND 11 372 23 1175 34 1547 290.00
2 IVA Richards WI 19 960 14 527 33 1487 278.75
3 DL Haynes WI 20 783 24 647 44 1430 268.07
4 G Boycott ENG 12 309 24 1007 36 1316 246.70
5 Javed Miandad PAK 15 846 13 418 28 1264 236.95
6 GR Viswanath IND 8 547 18 608 26 1155 216.52
7 GS Chappell AUS 13 629 12 335 25 964 180.71
8 KR Stackpole AUS 3 158 15 655 18 813 152.40
RANK ERA 2 NAT I1 I1 RNS I4 I4 RNS INNS RUNS RAT
TS S Chanderpaul WI 18 829 24 870 42 1699 300.00
1 S Chanderpaul WI 18 829 24 870 42 1699 300.00
2 SR Tendulkar IND 15 692 35 979 50 1671 295.06
3 RT Ponting AUS 12 607 24 1024 36 1631 287.99
4 JH Kallis SA 21 869 21 728 42 1597 281.99
5 KP Pietersen ENG 12 841 20 742 32 1583 279.52
6 Younis Khan PAK 14 369 21 1075 35 1444 254.97
7 DPMD Jayawardena SL 18 703 18 641 36 1344 237.32
8 AB de Villiers SA 9 634 21 677 30 1311 231.49
9 ML Hayden AUS 8 568 19 639 27 1207 213.13
10 SP Fleming NZ 15 959 11 207 26 1166 205.89
11 BB McCullum NZ 15 776 12 359 27 1135 200.41
RANK ERA 3 NAT I1 I1 RNS I4 I4 RNS INNS RUNS RAT
TS JE Root ENG 14 498 28 876 42 1374 280.00
1 JE Root ENG 14 498 28 876 42 1374 280.00
2 SPD Smith AUS 15 875 18 456 33 1331 271.24
3 FDM Karunaratne SL 8 363 16 754 24 1117 227.63
4 Shakib Al Hasan BAN 8 513 10 424 18 937 190.95
5 TM Head AUS 8 543 6 221 14 764 155.69
6 RR Pant IND 7 251 8 423 15 674 137.35

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 All Teams

RANK BATSMAN INNS IN1 AVE IN4 AVE AVE R AVE RAT
TS TM Head 14 67.88 44.20 58.77 63.07 300.00
1 TM Head 14 67.88 44.20 58.77 63.07 300.00
2 KR Stackpole 18 52.67 59.55 58.07 60.65 288.47
3 Shakib Al Hasan 18 64.13 53.00 58.56 59.81 284.49
4 Javed Miandad 28 70.50 41.80 57.45 57.47 273.37
5 SM Gavaskar 34 33.82 69.12 55.25 57.28 272.43
6 RR Pant 15 35.86 60.43 48.14 55.98 266.28
7 FDM Karunaratne 24 45.38 53.86 50.77 54.47 259.09
8 KP Pietersen 32 76.45 43.65 56.54 54.35 258.50
9 GS Chappell 25 48.38 55.83 50.74 53.35 253.78
10 RT Ponting 36 55.18 53.89 54.37 52.59 250.15
11 ML Hayden 27 71.00 42.60 52.48 52.23 248.41
12 GR Viswanath 26 68.38 40.53 50.22 51.72 246.02
13 IVA Richards 33 50.53 47.91 49.57 51.53 245.08
14 S Chanderpaul 42 55.27 45.79 49.97 50.58 240.58
15 SP Fleming 26 68.50 23.00 50.70 50.48 240.09
16 G Boycott 36 25.75 62.94 47.00 49.61 235.94
17 AB de Villiers 30 79.25 33.85 46.82 47.45 225.68
18 BB McCullum 27 51.73 35.90 45.40 47.21 224.54
19 DL Haynes 44 39.15 49.77 43.33 46.03 218.95
20 Younis Khan 35 26.36 67.19 48.13 45.89 218.30
21 SPD Smith 33 62.50 26.82 42.94 44.39 211.13
22 JH Kallis 42 41.38 45.50 43.16 43.34 206.15
23 JE Root 42 38.31 41.71 40.41 42.83 203.72
24 DPMD Jayawardena 36 41.35 40.06 40.73 39.24 186.62
25 SR Tendulkar 50 46.13 36.26 39.79 39.11 186.03

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 SM Gavaskar 221 205 113 102 96 147.40 250.00
1 SM Gavaskar 221 205 113 102 96 147.40 250.00
2 IVA Richards 208 146 130 109* 101 138.80 235.41
3 RT Ponting 157* 156 143* 123 100* 135.80 230.33
4 AB de Villiers 278* 106* 103 92 85 132.80 225.24
5 KP Pietersen 202* 152 115 101 92 132.40 224.56
6 SR Tendulkar 155 148 136 119* 103* 132.20 224.22
7 SP Fleming 262 129 97 67 67 124.40 210.99
8 DPMD Jayawardena 213* 123 105 104 72 123.40 209.29
9 ML Hayden 197 136 96 91 90 122.00 206.92
10 BB McCullum 224 145 97 80 61 121.40 205.90
11 Younis Khan 131* 130 126 111 107* 121.00 205.22
12 Shakib Al Hasan 217 144 96 84 59 120.00 203.53
13 GR Viswanath 222 114 112 75* 73 119.20 202.17
14 JH Kallis 161 120 108 105 101 119.00 201.83
15 SPD Smith 143 121 115 110 100 117.80 199.80
16 S Chanderpaul 136* 122* 116* 104 104 116.40 197.42
17 Javed Miandad 153* 129* 103* 85 79 109.80 186.23
18 JE Root 153* 115* 98 95 87 109.60 185.89
19 GS Chappell 176 115 109* 74 73* 109.40 185.55
20 DL Haynes 131 125 103* 96 84 107.80 182.84
21 FDM Karunaratne 130 122 107 97 79 107.00 181.48
22 TM Head 163 114 101 77 72 105.40 178.77
23 RR Pant 146 114 97 89* 64 102.00 173.00
24 G Boycott 128* 106 100* 80* 80* 98.80 167.57
25 KR Stackpole 136 114 79 76* 67 94.40 160.11

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 RR Pant 674 896 75.22 70.74 136.75
3 BB McCullum 1135 1596 71.12 68.44 132.30
4 GS Chappell 964 1757 54.87 63.74 123.22
5 ML Hayden 1207 1856 65.03 63.13 122.04
6 Shakib Al Hasan 937 1457 64.31 61.92 119.70
7 RT Ponting 1631 2580 63.22 61.71 119.29
8 KP Pietersen 1583 2571 61.57 59.40 114.84
9 TM Head 764 1204 63.46 59.24 114.52
10 KR Stackpole 622 1391 44.72 55.61 107.50
11 SR Tendulkar 1671 3037 55.02 55.41 107.12
12 GR Viswanath 894 1993 44.86 52.77 102.01
13 SM Gavaskar 1187 2639 44.98 52.31 101.12
14 FDM Karunaratne 1117 2147 52.03 50.45 97.52
15 Younis Khan 1444 2803 51.52 50.14 96.92
16 DL Haynes 1380 3105 44.44 50.02 96.69
17 Javed Miandad 1202 2743 43.82 48.73 94.20
18 S Chanderpaul 1699 3530 48.13 48.68 94.10
19 DPMD Jayawardena 1344 2742 49.02 48.31 93.40
20 JE Root 1374 2755 49.87 47.66 92.13
21 SPD Smith 1331 2690 49.48 46.95 90.76
22 SP Fleming 1166 2580 45.19 46.06 89.03
23 JH Kallis 1597 3588 44.51 44.75 86.51
24 AB de Villiers 1311 2984 43.93 42.26 81.70
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 SM Gavaskar 290.00 272.43 250.00 101.12 913.56
2 IVA Richards 278.75 245.08 235.41 150.00 909.25
3 RT Ponting 287.99 250.15 230.33 119.29 887.76
4 KP Pietersen 279.52 258.50 224.56 114.84 877.41
5 S Chanderpaul 300.00 240.58 197.42 94.10 832.10
6 SR Tendulkar 295.06 186.03 224.22 107.12 812.42
7 Shakib Al Hasan 190.95 284.49 203.53 119.70 798.66
8 Javed Miandad 236.95 273.37 186.23 94.20 790.75
9 ML Hayden 213.13 248.41 206.92 122.04 790.49
10 JH Kallis 281.99 206.15 201.83 86.51 776.48
11 Younis Khan 254.97 218.30 205.22 96.92 775.41
12 SPD Smith 271.24 211.13 199.80 90.76 772.92
13 GR Viswanath 216.52 246.02 202.17 102.01 766.72
14 DL Haynes 268.07 218.95 182.84 96.69 766.54
15 FDM Karunaratne 227.63 259.09 181.48 97.52 765.71
16 AB de Villiers 231.49 225.68 225.24 81.70 764.11
17 BB McCullum 200.41 224.54 205.90 132.30 763.16
18 JE Root 280.00 203.72 185.89 92.13 761.73
19 TM Head 155.69 300.00 178.77 114.52 748.98
20 SP Fleming 205.89 240.09 210.99 89.03 746.00
21 GS Chappell 180.71 253.78 185.55 123.22 743.26
22 G Boycott 246.70 235.94 167.57 80.78 730.99
23 DPMD Jayawardena 237.32 186.62 209.29 93.40 726.63
24 RR Pant 137.35 266.28 173.00 136.75 713.38
25 KR Stackpole 152.40 288.47 160.11 107.50 708.49

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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