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Top 10 West Indian Batsmen Vs England 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 England 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) ENG

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 GS Sobers WI 61 3214 300.00
1 GS Sobers WI 61 3214 300.00
2 BC Lara WI 51 2983 278.44
3 IVA Richards WI 50 2869 267.80
4 S Chanderpaul WI 60 2451 228.78
5 DL Haynes WI 59 2392 223.27
6 CG Greenidge WI 48 2318 216.37
7 RB Kanhai WI 57 2267 211.61
8 CH Lloyd WI 51 2120 197.88
9 RR Sarwan WI 32 1419 132.45
10 LG Rowe WI 10 742 69.26

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 LG Rowe 10 0 742 3 74.20 77.85 300.00
1 LG Rowe 10 0 742 3 74.20 77.85 300.00
2 GS Sobers 61 8 3214 10 60.64 71.62 275.99
3 IVA Richards 50 4 2869 8 62.37 65.43 252.11
4 BC Lara 51 3 2983 7 62.15 61.87 238.41
5 CG Greenidge 48 2 2318 7 50.39 54.13 208.60
6 CH Lloyd 51 4 2120 5 45.11 49.60 191.15
7 RB Kanhai 57 3 2267 5 41.98 49.33 190.10
8 DL Haynes 59 9 2392 5 47.84 48.76 187.89
9 S Chanderpaul 60 9 2451 5 48.06 48.70 187.68
10 RR Sarwan 32 2 1419 5 47.30 48.05 185.14

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 2869 3979 72.10 79.75 100.00
1 IVA Richards 2869 3979 72.10 79.75 100.00
2 CH Lloyd 1783 3188 55.93 67.31 84.41
3 BC Lara 2983 4643 64.25 66.10 82.89
4 GS Sobers 1847 3652 50.58 65.21 81.77
5 CG Greenidge 2318 4231 54.79 61.61 77.26
6 RB Kanhai 1358 2885 47.07 60.74 76.17
7 LG Rowe 742 1534 48.37 58.46 73.31
8 RR Sarwan 1419 2583 54.94 53.64 67.26
9 DL Haynes 2392 5424 44.10 48.03 60.23
10 S Chanderpaul 2451 5856 41.85 41.68 52.26

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 400* 375 179 167 152 254.60 300.00
1 BC Lara 400* 375 179 167 152 254.60 300.00
2 IVA Richards 291 232 182* 145 135 197.00 232.13
3 GS Sobers 226 174 163* 161 152 175.20 206.44
4 CG Greenidge 223 214* 149 134 115 167.00 196.78
5 RR Sarwan 291 139 107 106 100 148.60 175.10
6 DL Haynes 184 167 131 125 109 143.20 168.74
7 RB Kanhai 157 153 150 110 104 134.80 158.84
8 LG Rowe 302 123 120 70 50 133.00 156.72
9 S Chanderpaul 147* 136* 128* 118 116* 129.00 152.00
10 CH Lloyd 132 118 113* 101 100 112.80 132.91

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 278.44 238.41 82.89 300.00 899.74
2 GS Sobers 300.00 275.99 81.77 206.44 864.20
3 IVA Richards 267.80 252.11 100.00 232.13 852.04
4 CG Greenidge 216.37 208.60 77.26 196.78 699.00
5 DL Haynes 223.27 187.89 60.23 168.74 640.12
6 RB Kanhai 211.61 190.10 76.17 158.84 636.71
7 S Chanderpaul 228.78 187.68 52.26 152.00 620.72
8 CH Lloyd 197.88 191.15 84.41 132.91 606.35
9 LG Rowe 69.26 300.00 73.31 156.72 599.28
10 RR Sarwan 132.45 185.14 67.26 175.10 559.95

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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