Top 10 West Indian Batsmen Vs South Africa In Tests

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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 against South Africa in Test cricket.

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

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) SA

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 10
Min Career Runs 1000

PROLIFIC


CRITERIA: Points For Runs Scored

RANK BATSMAN NAT INNS RUNS RAT
TS BC Lara WI 35 1715 300.00
1 BC Lara WI 35 1715 300.00
2 S Chanderpaul WI 41 1710 299.13
3 CH Gayle WI 30 1359 237.73
4 RR Sarwan WI 21 879 153.76
5 MN Samuels WI 19 788 137.84
6 RD Jacobs WI 28 779 136.27
7 CL Hooper WI 20 595 104.08
8 DJ Bravo WI 16 465 81.34
9 J Blackwood WI 12 310 54.23
10 JO Holder WI 15 299 52.30

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 BC Lara 35 0 1715 4 49.00 53.56 300.00
1 BC Lara 35 0 1715 4 49.00 53.56 300.00
2 S Chanderpaul 41 4 1710 5 46.22 53.33 298.76
3 CH Gayle 30 0 1359 3 45.30 49.22 275.73
4 MN Samuels 19 0 788 2 41.47 47.09 263.77
5 RR Sarwan 21 1 879 4 43.95 44.67 250.20
6 RD Jacobs 28 8 779 1 38.95 43.34 242.78
7 CL Hooper 20 1 595 0 31.32 35.57 199.23
8 JO Holder 15 3 299 0 24.92 34.87 195.34
9 J Blackwood 12 0 310 0 25.83 34.41 192.76
10 DJ Bravo 16 0 465 1 29.06 32.44 181.73

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 202 196 176 115 91 156.00 250.00
1 BC Lara 202 196 176 115 91 156.00 250.00
2 S Chanderpaul 203* 166 127 109 104 141.80 227.24
3 CH Gayle 317 116 107 81 77 139.60 223.72
4 RR Sarwan 127 119 114 107* 91 111.60 178.85
5 RD Jacobs 113* 93* 85 78 69* 87.60 140.38
6 MN Samuels 105 101 94 74 59 86.60 138.78
7 DJ Bravo 107 75 61 53 49 69.00 110.58
8 CL Hooper 86 74 69 54* 53 67.20 107.69
9 J Blackwood 79 56 49 37 25 49.20 78.85
10 JO Holder 81* 54* 36 31* 23 45.00 72.12

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 CH Gayle 1359 2254 60.29 61.32 150.00
1 CH Gayle 1359 2254 60.29 61.32 150.00
2 BC Lara 1715 3194 53.69 55.64 136.11
3 JO Holder 299 527 56.74 54.80 134.05
4 J Blackwood 310 582 53.26 49.67 121.49
5 RD Jacobs 779 1711 45.53 47.74 116.77
6 MN Samuels 788 1718 45.87 45.65 111.66
7 CL Hooper 595 1488 39.99 44.18 108.08
8 RR Sarwan 879 2067 42.53 42.55 104.08
9 S Chanderpaul 1710 4144 41.26 41.94 102.59
10 DJ Bravo 465 1148 40.51 40.75 99.69

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 300.00 300.00 250.00 136.11 986.11
2 S Chanderpaul 299.13 298.76 227.24 102.59 927.72
3 CH Gayle 237.73 275.73 223.72 150.00 887.17
4 RR Sarwan 153.76 250.20 178.85 104.08 686.89
5 MN Samuels 137.84 263.77 138.78 111.66 652.05
6 RD Jacobs 136.27 242.78 140.38 116.77 636.21
7 CL Hooper 104.08 199.23 107.69 108.08 519.08
8 DJ Bravo 81.34 181.73 110.58 99.69 473.34
9 JO Holder 52.30 195.34 72.12 134.05 453.82
10 J Blackwood 54.23 192.76 78.85 121.49 447.32


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