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Top 10 West Indian Batsmen Vs SA In Tests In WI

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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 South Africa in West Indies 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) WI
Oposition (O) SA

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 7
Min Runs 250

PROLIFIC

CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS BC Lara WI 17 874 300.00
1 BC Lara WI 17 874 300.00
2 S Chanderpaul WI 15 820 281.46
3 CH Gayle WI 20 814 279.41
4 RR Sarwan WI 13 487 167.16
5 WW Hinds WI 14 412 141.42
6 CL Hooper WI 10 358 122.88
7 DJ Bravo WI 10 343 117.73
8 RD Jacobs WI 10 317 108.81

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 S Chanderpaul 15 2 820 3 63.08 66.64 300.00
1 S Chanderpaul 15 2 820 3 63.08 66.64 300.00
2 RD Jacobs 10 4 317 1 52.83 63.42 285.51
3 BC Lara 17 0 874 2 51.41 59.45 267.62
4 CL Hooper 10 1 358 0 39.78 47.75 214.96
5 RR Sarwan 13 1 487 2 40.58 46.37 208.75
6 CH Gayle 20 0 814 1 40.70 44.84 201.86
7 DJ Bravo 10 0 343 1 34.30 34.92 157.19
8 WW Hinds 14 0 412 1 29.43 33.27 149.79

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 BC Lara 874 1658 52.71 59.94 100.00
1 BC Lara 874 1658 52.71 59.94 100.00
2 CH Gayle 814 1610 50.56 55.01 91.78
3 RD Jacobs 317 694 45.68 53.74 89.66
4 WW Hinds 412 997 41.32 46.79 78.06
5 CL Hooper 358 903 39.65 46.64 77.82
6 S Chanderpaul 820 1912 42.89 45.14 75.31
7 RR Sarwan 487 1239 39.31 44.73 74.63
8 DJ Bravo 343 926 37.04 37.48 62.54

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 196 176 91 83 81 125.40 300.00
1 BC Lara 196 176 91 83 81 125.40 300.00
2 S Chanderpaul 203* 166 127 71* 53 124.00 296.65
3 CH Gayle 317 81 73 50 48 113.80 272.25
4 RR Sarwan 127 107* 91 39 34 79.60 190.43
5 WW Hinds 213 56 32 29 22 70.40 168.42
6 RD Jacobs 113* 93* 85 18* 4 62.60 149.76
7 DJ Bravo 107 61 53 49 33 60.60 144.98
8 CL Hooper 74 69 54* 53 35 57.00 136.36

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 300.00 267.62 100.00 300.00 967.62
2 S Chanderpaul 281.46 300.00 75.31 296.65 953.43
3 CH Gayle 279.41 201.86 91.78 272.25 845.29
4 RR Sarwan 167.16 208.75 74.63 190.43 640.97
5 RD Jacobs 108.81 285.51 89.66 149.76 633.74
6 CL Hooper 122.88 214.96 77.82 136.36 552.02
7 WW Hinds 141.42 149.79 78.06 168.42 537.70
8 DJ Bravo 117.73 157.19 62.54 144.98 482.44

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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