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Top 10 West Indian Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka 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) SL

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 14 1125 300.00
1 BC Lara WI 14 1125 300.00
2 RR Sarwan WI 13 749 199.73
3 CH Gayle WI 17 585 156.00
4 KC Brathwaite WI 18 563 150.13
5 JO Holder WI 18 444 118.40
6 S Chanderpaul WI 12 378 100.80
7 CL Hooper WI 11 377 100.53
8 J Blackwood WI 12 274 73.07

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 14 1 1125 5 86.54 86.85 300.00
1 BC Lara 14 1 1125 5 86.54 86.85 300.00
2 RR Sarwan 13 0 749 1 57.62 59.07 204.05
3 S Chanderpaul 12 3 378 0 42.00 46.77 161.55
4 CL Hooper 11 1 377 0 37.70 39.03 134.83
5 CH Gayle 17 1 585 1 36.56 38.53 133.09
6 KC Brathwaite 18 1 563 1 33.12 33.15 114.53
7 JO Holder 18 3 444 0 29.60 29.63 102.36
8 J Blackwood 12 0 274 0 22.83 23.70 81.86

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 585 909 64.36 67.98 100.00
1 CH Gayle 585 909 64.36 67.98 100.00
2 BC Lara 1125 1974 56.99 61.91 91.07
3 CL Hooper 377 703 53.63 59.10 86.94
4 JO Holder 444 758 58.58 56.16 82.62
5 RR Sarwan 749 1644 45.56 48.31 71.07
6 J Blackwood 274 572 47.90 45.94 67.57
7 S Chanderpaul 378 931 40.60 42.50 62.52
8 KC Brathwaite 563 1578 35.68 34.21 50.32

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 221 209 178 130 115 170.60 300.00
1 BC Lara 221 209 178 130 115 170.60 300.00
2 CH Gayle 333 51* 45 44 31 100.80 177.26
3 RR Sarwan 102 88 82 80 72 84.80 149.12
4 KC Brathwaite 126 85 72 59* 47 77.80 136.81
5 CL Hooper 81 69 62 56 34 60.40 106.21
6 S Chanderpaul 86* 69 54 48* 32 57.80 101.64
7 JO Holder 74 71* 40 39 36 52.00 91.44
8 J Blackwood 92 44 36 20 18 42.00 73.86

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 300.00 300.00 91.07 300.00 991.07
2 RR Sarwan 199.73 204.05 71.07 149.12 623.97
3 CH Gayle 156.00 133.09 100.00 177.26 566.35
4 KC Brathwaite 150.13 114.53 50.32 136.81 451.79
5 CL Hooper 100.53 134.83 86.94 106.21 428.52
6 S Chanderpaul 100.80 161.55 62.52 101.64 426.51
7 JO Holder 118.40 102.36 82.62 91.44 394.82
8 J Blackwood 73.07 81.86 67.57 73.86 296.36

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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