Top 10 West Indian Batsmen In Tests In South Africa

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 South Africa in Test cricket.

*Note: All Test Ratings are updated till 2025-09-10

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)	SA
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	7
Min Career Runs	1000

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK	BATSMAN	NAT	INNS	RUNS	RAT
TS	S Chanderpaul	WI	26	890	300.00
1	S Chanderpaul	WI	26	890	300.00
2	BC Lara	WI	18	841	283.48
3	MN Samuels	WI	11	582	196.18
4	CH Gayle	WI	10	545	183.71
5	RD Jacobs	WI	18	462	155.73
6	RR Sarwan	WI	8	392	132.13
7	CL Hooper	WI	10	237	79.89
8	KC Brathwaite	WI	9	229	77.19
9	J Blackwood	WI	8	222	74.83
10	NAM McLean	WI	8	165	55.62

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	11	0	582	2	52.91	61.99	300.00
1	MN Samuels	11	0	582	2	52.91	61.99	300.00
2	CH Gayle	10	0	545	2	54.50	60.20	291.32
3	BC Lara	18	0	841	2	46.72	53.36	258.22
4	RR Sarwan	8	0	392	2	49.00	51.90	251.17
5	S Chanderpaul	26	2	890	2	37.08	44.28	214.27
6	RD Jacobs	18	4	462	0	33.00	37.69	182.38
7	J Blackwood	8	0	222	0	27.75	33.55	162.38
8	KC Brathwaite	9	0	229	1	25.44	31.67	153.26
9	CL Hooper	10	0	237	0	23.70	28.87	139.72
10	NAM McLean	8	0	165	0	20.63	25.66	124.18

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	202	115	86	79	72	110.80	250.00
1	BC Lara	202	115	86	79	72	110.80	250.00
2	S Chanderpaul	109	104	75	74	74	87.20	196.75
3	MN Samuels	105	101	94	74	51	85.00	191.79
4	CH Gayle	116	107	77	66	46	82.40	185.92
5	RR Sarwan	119	114	69	44	21	73.40	165.61
6	RD Jacobs	78	69*	58	42	39	57.20	129.06
7	J Blackwood	79	56	37	15	13	40.00	90.25
8	CL Hooper	86	44	34	20	15	39.80	89.80
9	KC Brathwaite	106	34	20	18	17	39.00	88.00
10	NAM McLean	39	33	31	28	14	29.00	65.43

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	CH Gayle	545	644	84.63	81.60	150.00
1	CH Gayle	545	644	84.63	81.60	150.00
2	NAM McLean	165	248	66.53	74.34	136.65
3	BC Lara	841	1536	54.75	56.52	103.89
4	J Blackwood	222	359	61.84	54.95	101.00
5	RD Jacobs	462	1017	45.43	46.89	86.19
6	MN Samuels	582	1172	49.66	46.87	86.16
7	CL Hooper	237	585	40.51	45.86	84.31
8	RR Sarwan	392	828	47.34	44.02	80.91
9	KC Brathwaite	229	489	46.83	41.73	76.71
10	S Chanderpaul	890	2232	39.87	40.13	73.77

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	BC Lara	283.48	258.22	250.00	103.89	895.59
2	CH Gayle	183.71	291.32	185.92	150.00	810.95
3	S Chanderpaul	300.00	214.27	196.75	73.77	784.79
4	MN Samuels	196.18	300.00	191.79	86.16	774.12
5	RR Sarwan	132.13	251.17	165.61	80.91	629.83
6	RD Jacobs	155.73	182.38	129.06	86.19	553.37
7	J Blackwood	74.83	162.38	90.25	101.00	428.46
8	KC Brathwaite	77.19	153.26	88.00	76.71	395.16
9	CL Hooper	79.89	139.72	89.80	84.31	393.72
10	NAM McLean	55.62	124.18	65.43	136.65	381.88