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Top 10 West Indian Batsmen Vs Australia In Tests

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All Test Ratings on the website are from 01/01/1950 onwards (Know Why). They are updated till 2026-02-05. Brief explanation of the ratings is given before each section and at the end (Detailed Explanation). Here are the Top 10 batsmen from West Indies against Australia in Test cricket.

CONTENTS
1. THE CRITERIA
2. QUALIFICATION
3. PROLIFIC
4. CONSISTENT
5. ATTACKING
6. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL
7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING
8. BRIEF EXPLANATION
8.1. Dynamic Nature
8.2. Trend Setter (TS)
8.3. Abbreviations
TVO RATING

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

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

THE CRITERIA

The TVO Rating is divided into 4 main sections:-

CRITERIA STAT POINTS
Prolific Runs Scored 300.00
Consistent Average 300.00
Attacking Strike Rate 100.00
Big Innings Potential Top Scores 300.00

QUALIFICATION

Min Innings 10
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS BC Lara WI 56 2815 300.00
1 BC Lara WI 56 2815 300.00
2 IVA Richards WI 54 2266 241.49
3 DL Haynes WI 59 2233 237.98
4 CH Lloyd WI 48 2211 235.63
5 RB Richardson WI 48 2175 231.79
6 CG Greenidge WI 52 1819 193.85
7 RB Kanhai WI 38 1694 180.53
8 S Chanderpaul WI 38 1649 175.74
9 GS Sobers WI 38 1510 160.92
10 HA Gomes WI 23 1122 119.57

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 500

RANK BATSMAN INNS NO RUNS 100s AVE R AVE RAT
TS HA Gomes 23 3 1122 6 56.10 64.97 300.00
1 HA Gomes 23 3 1122 6 56.10 64.97 300.00
2 BC Lara 56 2 2815 9 52.13 61.56 284.25
3 S Chanderpaul 38 5 1649 5 49.97 58.13 268.41
4 CH Lloyd 48 4 2211 6 50.25 53.96 249.14
5 RB Richardson 48 4 2175 9 49.43 52.00 240.12
6 RB Kanhai 38 1 1694 5 45.78 49.27 227.49
7 IVA Richards 54 3 2266 5 44.43 47.60 219.78
8 GS Sobers 38 3 1510 4 43.14 47.53 219.49
9 DL Haynes 59 6 2233 5 42.13 43.24 199.64
10 CG Greenidge 52 7 1819 4 40.42 41.16 190.07

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 500
Min Average 25

RANK BATSMAN R4BF BF SR R SR RAT
TS IVA Richards 2204 3335 66.09 72.63 100.00
1 IVA Richards 2204 3335 66.09 72.63 100.00
2 GS Sobers 560 1013 55.28 71.06 97.83
3 CH Lloyd 1727 2844 60.72 70.34 96.84
4 BC Lara 2815 4615 61.00 67.01 92.25
5 RB Kanhai 359 710 50.56 64.42 88.69
6 CG Greenidge 1678 3482 48.19 52.29 72.00
7 RB Richardson 2175 4469 48.67 52.14 71.78
8 DL Haynes 2040 4267 47.81 51.87 71.41
9 HA Gomes 857 1931 44.38 50.28 69.23
10 S Chanderpaul 1649 3698 44.59 46.31 63.76

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 277 226 213 182 153* 210.20 300.00
1 BC Lara 277 226 213 182 153* 210.20 300.00
2 IVA Richards 208 178 146 140 101 154.60 220.65
3 RB Richardson 182 154 138 131* 122 145.40 207.52
4 CH Lloyd 178 149 129 121 114 138.20 197.24
5 CG Greenidge 226 127 120* 104 95 134.40 191.82
6 HA Gomes 127 126 124* 120* 115 122.40 174.69
7 DL Haynes 145 143 111 103* 100 120.40 171.84
8 GS Sobers 168 132 113 110 69 118.40 168.98
9 RB Kanhai 129 121 117 115 105 117.40 167.55
10 S Chanderpaul 118 107* 104 103* 100 106.40 151.86

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 ATT BIP TVO RAT
1 BC Lara 300.00 284.25 92.25 300.00 976.50
2 IVA Richards 241.49 219.78 100.00 220.65 781.91
3 CH Lloyd 235.63 249.14 96.84 197.24 778.85
4 RB Richardson 231.79 240.12 71.78 207.52 751.22
5 DL Haynes 237.98 199.64 71.41 171.84 680.86
6 RB Kanhai 180.53 227.49 88.69 167.55 664.27
7 HA Gomes 119.57 300.00 69.23 174.69 663.49
8 S Chanderpaul 175.74 268.41 63.76 151.86 659.76
9 CG Greenidge 193.85 190.07 72.00 191.82 647.74
10 GS Sobers 160.92 219.49 97.83 168.98 647.23

BRIEF EXPLANATION

Dynamic Nature

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.

Trend Setter (TS)

  1. TS is the player who does the best in a criteria.
  2. The rating of all other players are calculated taking the TS as the benchmark. Example:-
  3. TS Runs: 2,000; Player X Runs: 1,000; Section Points: 250.00
  4. TS Points: 250.00 (Max)
  5. Player X Points: Runs/TS Runs X 250 = 1,000/2,000 X 250 = 125.00.
  6. Ratings of all sections are calculated similarly with Runs being replaced by the Criteria Stat.
  7. Know All About the Trend Setter
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Abbreviations

  1. AVE - Average or Runs/(Inns - Not Out)
  2. BF - Balls Faced
  3. FP - First Played by Year
  4. INF - Infinite
  5. LP - Last Played by Year
  6. MP - Middle Played or (FP+LP)/2
  7. NA - Not Applicable
  8. NI - Not In Top
  9. NK - Not Known
  10. NO, * - Not Out
  11. NQ - Not Qualified
  12. OPP - Opposition
  13. R4BF - Runs for available data of balls
  14. SR - Strike Rate or Runs/Balls
  15. TS - Trend Setter
  16. TT - Top Teams

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