Top 10 West Indian Batsmen In Tests In England

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 10 batsmen from West Indies in England in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING

TVO RATING

This rating considers performances of players from specific teams in particular nations or against particular oppositions.

Team (T)	WI
Venue (V)	ENG
Oposition (O)	ALL

THE CRITERIA

The TVO 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.

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	IVA Richards	WI	34	2057	300.00
1	IVA Richards	WI	34	2057	300.00
2	GS Sobers	WI	37	1820	265.44
3	CG Greenidge	WI	30	1570	228.97
4	S Chanderpaul	WI	27	1399	204.04
5	BC Lara	WI	27	1268	184.93
6	RB Kanhai	WI	32	1250	182.30
7	CH Lloyd	WI	30	1221	178.07
8	BF Butcher	WI	23	1041	151.82
9	RC Fredericks	WI	21	972	141.76
10	SM Nurse	WI	8	501	73.07

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	250

RANK	BATSMAN	INNS	NO	RUNS	100s	AVE	R AVE	RAT
TS	MN Samuels	7	1	407	1	67.83	74.48	300.00
1	SM Nurse	8	0	501	1	62.63	70.17	282.64
2	S Chanderpaul	27	6	1399	3	66.62	69.04	278.06
3	IVA Richards	34	2	2057	5	64.28	67.42	271.56
4	GS Sobers	37	3	1820	5	53.53	61.33	247.00
5	CG Greenidge	30	2	1570	6	56.07	59.24	238.61
6	BF Butcher	23	2	1041	2	49.57	55.55	223.75
7	RC Fredericks	21	1	972	3	48.60	54.05	217.70
8	BC Lara	27	1	1268	4	48.77	49.57	199.64
9	RB Kanhai	32	1	1250	2	40.32	46.29	186.46
10	CH Lloyd	30	1	1221	2	42.10	45.59	183.61

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	IVA Richards	291	232	145	135	117	184.00	250.00
1	IVA Richards	291	232	145	135	117	184.00	250.00
2	CG Greenidge	223	214*	134	115	103	157.80	214.40
3	GS Sobers	174	163*	161	150*	102	150.00	203.80
4	BC Lara	179	152	145	112	95	136.60	185.60
5	BF Butcher	209*	133	91	78	60	114.20	155.16
6	S Chanderpaul	136*	128*	116*	97*	91	113.60	154.35
7	RC Fredericks	150	138	109	86*	71	110.80	150.54
8	RB Kanhai	157	104	92	90	77	104.00	141.30
9	CH Lloyd	132	101	94	84	71	96.40	130.98
10	SM Nurse	137	93	70	64	53	83.40	113.32

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	250
Min Average	25

RANK	BATSMAN	R4BF	BF	SR	R SR	RAT
TS	BD Julien	258	356	72.47	81.32	150.00
1	IVA Richards	2057	2871	71.65	75.90	140.01
2	BC Lara	1268	1881	67.41	65.46	120.74
3	CH Lloyd	1221	2067	59.07	65.40	120.64
4	SM Nurse	431	801	53.81	62.59	115.46
5	GS Sobers	1500	2900	51.72	60.71	111.99
6	CG Greenidge	1570	2871	54.68	58.84	108.54
7	BF Butcher	981	1974	49.70	57.75	106.52
8	RB Kanhai	1029	2206	46.65	54.82	101.11
9	RC Fredericks	972	2138	45.46	51.66	95.29
10	S Chanderpaul	1399	2958	47.30	45.05	83.10

TEAM VEN OPP RATING

The TEAM VEN OPP (TVO) 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	TVO RAT
1	IVA Richards	300.00	271.56	250.00	140.01	961.57
2	GS Sobers	265.44	247.00	203.80	111.99	828.23
3	CG Greenidge	228.97	238.61	214.40	108.54	790.53
4	S Chanderpaul	204.04	278.06	154.35	83.10	719.54
5	BC Lara	184.93	199.64	185.60	120.74	690.91
6	BF Butcher	151.82	223.75	155.16	106.52	637.25
7	CH Lloyd	178.07	183.61	130.98	120.64	613.30
8	RB Kanhai	182.30	186.46	141.30	101.11	611.18
9	RC Fredericks	141.76	217.70	150.54	95.29	605.29
10	SM Nurse	73.07	282.64	113.32	115.46	584.48