Top 10 West Indian Batsmen Vs Sri Lanka In Tests

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 Sri Lanka in Test cricket.

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

CONTENTS

5. BIG INNINGS POTENTIAL

6. ATTACKING

7. TEAM VEN OPP RATING

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
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	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
9	DS Smith	WI	11	231	61.60
10	KAJ Roach	WI	15	204	54.40

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	97.04	300.00
1	BC Lara	14	1	1125	5	86.54	97.04	300.00
2	RR Sarwan	13	0	749	1	57.62	64.40	199.10
3	S Chanderpaul	12	3	378	0	42.00	44.93	138.90
4	CL Hooper	11	1	377	0	37.70	42.48	131.32
5	KC Brathwaite	18	1	563	1	33.12	39.41	121.83
6	CH Gayle	17	1	585	1	36.56	38.99	120.54
7	JO Holder	18	3	444	0	29.60	35.22	108.89
8	DS Smith	11	1	231	0	23.10	29.74	91.96
9	KAJ Roach	15	6	204	0	22.67	27.36	84.58
10	J Blackwood	12	0	274	0	22.83	25.63	79.24

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	250.00
1	BC Lara	221	209	178	130	115	170.60	250.00
2	CH Gayle	333	51*	45	44	31	100.80	147.71
3	RR Sarwan	102	88	82	80	72	84.80	124.27
4	KC Brathwaite	126	85	72	59*	47	77.80	114.01
5	CL Hooper	81	69	62	56	34	60.40	88.51
6	S Chanderpaul	86*	69	54	48*	32	57.80	84.70
7	JO Holder	74	71*	40	39	36	52.00	76.20
8	J Blackwood	92	44	36	20	18	42.00	61.55
9	DS Smith	61	55	47	20	14*	39.40	57.74
10	KAJ Roach	39	23*	22	17*	13	22.80	33.41

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	66.02	150.00
1	CH Gayle	585	909	64.36	66.02	150.00
2	JO Holder	444	758	58.58	61.12	138.87
3	BC Lara	1125	1974	56.99	58.18	132.19
4	CL Hooper	377	703	53.63	54.72	124.31
5	DS Smith	231	508	45.47	50.86	115.54
6	RR Sarwan	749	1644	45.56	48.44	110.06
7	J Blackwood	274	572	47.90	48.17	109.44
8	KAJ Roach	204	483	42.24	43.49	98.80
9	S Chanderpaul	378	931	40.60	41.68	94.69
10	KC Brathwaite	563	1578	35.68	37.23	84.59

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	132.19	982.19
2	RR Sarwan	199.73	199.10	124.27	110.06	633.17
3	CH Gayle	156.00	120.54	147.71	150.00	574.26
4	KC Brathwaite	150.13	121.83	114.01	84.59	470.56
5	CL Hooper	100.53	131.32	88.51	124.31	444.68
6	JO Holder	118.40	108.89	76.20	138.87	442.36
7	S Chanderpaul	100.80	138.90	84.70	94.69	419.09
8	DS Smith	61.60	91.96	57.74	115.54	326.84
9	J Blackwood	73.07	79.24	61.55	109.44	323.29
10	KAJ Roach	54.40	84.58	33.41	98.80	271.20