DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen: 50-26

[Chubb]

Interesting stuff and nicely presented.
Don't want to bang the drum I always bang but will Andy Flower feature somewhere?

 

[Days of Grace]

Wait and see. Anticipation and suspense is part of the presentation.

 

[NUFAN]

I think Flower will feature in this list for sure. Saeed Anwar being rated 49th best player is good news for Flower. Flower played more matches and averaged 5 or 6 runs higher in pretty much the same era. Flower didn't play as many games against third tier opponents as you'd think, and he did very well against top tier (presumably) South Africa. If I were to guess, he will end up at around 35-38. I wonder where he will rank in contrast to Gilchrist..

 

[Days of Grace]

Yet another two openers!

44. Geoffrey Boycott (England) (1964-1982)

Career Average: 47.72
Adjusted career average: 46.38
Adjusted away average: 44.93
Adjusted top-opposition average: 42.97
Top Tier centuries: 1
Second tier centuries: 6
Third tier centuries: 13
Significant innings: 38
Significant innings per match: 0.35
Great innings: 2
5th Test: West Indies v England at Port of Spain, Mar 30-Apr 5, 1974 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 12.52
4th Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Aug 11-15, 1977 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 14.36

Innings worth average: 3.05

25 Test peak adjusted average: 66.59 (1971-1978)
50 Test peak adjusted average: 56.08 (1966-1978)


Quality Points: 524
Career Points: 96
Peak Points: 138
TOTAL POINTS: 758



43. Virender Sehwag (India) (2001-present day)

Career Average: 49.34
Adjusted career average: 44.64
Adjusted away average: 40.89
Adjusted top-opposition average: 43.62
Top Tier centuries: 9 (rank 3rd=)
Second tier centuries: 1
Third tier centuries: 10
Significant innings: 29
Significant innings per match: 0.28
Great innings: 5
3rd Test: Australia v India at Melbourne, Dec 26-30, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 14.00
1st Test: Pakistan v India at Multan, Mar 28-Apr 1, 2004 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 15.14
1st Test: India v South Africa at Chennai, Mar 26-30, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 17.59
2nd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Galle, Jul 31-Aug 3, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 21.51
3rd Test: India v Sri Lanka at Mumbai (BS), Dec 2-6, 2009 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 15.44

Innings worth average: 3.31

25 Test peak adjusted average: 57.46 (2008-2010)
50 Test peak adjusted average: 50.84 (2003-2008)


Quality Points: 536
Career Points: 107
Peak Points: 117
TOTAL POINTS: 760

 

[Days of Grace]

How easy is it for you to update current players just out of interest? So with Clarke, Cook and KP playing the 2 Tests since and performing lower than their ranking suggests, would it take much time to move them again at the completion of the series?

Sorry I didn't reply to this sooner. It's relatively simple to update a player's rating after every series. They gain or lose points, since quality points such as overall average and significant innings per match are worth a lot more than career points (which you can only add to). At this time, all three players you mentioned would have lost rating points. Hell, Bell might even be nearing the top 100 after the first two tests. We'll have to check where they all stand at the end of the current Ashes series.

 

[ankitj]

Top Tier centuries: 9 (rank 3rd=)

Pretty good from Sehwag. Better than I expected. Most of them will be home matches though.

 

[NUFAN]

Sorry I didn't reply to this sooner. It's relatively simple to update a player's rating after every series. They gain or lose points, since quality points such as overall average and significant innings per match are worth a lot more than career points (which you can only add to). At this time, all three players you mentioned would have lost rating points. Hell, Bell might even be nearing the top 100 after the first two tests. We'll have to check where they all stand at the end of the current Ashes series.

No worries, glad for you that its not time consuming at all. Another question, which of Boycotts innings (his 99 or 112) against West Indies just made the cut? I'm surprised that either did, although if it was a best match performance from a batsman, it would be ranked a fair bit higher. Lets get some middle order bats!

 

[Days of Grace]

The 112 was the one that made the cut.

 

[watson]

Boycott's 211 runs represents 40% of England's total for the match. In a low scoring game where England win by only 26 runs, that's a really big effort.

 

[kyear2]

Great work DOG. Keep it going.

 

[kingkallis]

Graeme Smith will appear soon as well...

 

[The Sean]

Graeme Smith will appear soon as well...

I bet he doesn't.

 

[Riggins]

I bet he doesn't.

nah he must, i'm sure his innings worth average must be up around 2.99..

 

[Days of Grace]

42. Doug Walters (Australia) (1965-1981)

Career Average: 48.26
Adjusted career average: 48.17
Adjusted away average: 41.38
Adjusted top-opposition average: 41.99
Top Tier centuries: 1
Second tier centuries: 5
Third tier centuries: 8
Significant innings: 30
Significant innings per match: 0.41

Great innings: 3
5th Test: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, Feb 14-20, 1969 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 13.00
3rd Test: New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Mar 22-24, 1974 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 16.17
1st Test: New Zealand v Australia at Christchurch, Feb 18-23, 1977 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 13.31


Innings worth average: 3.44

25 Test peak adjusted average: 61.73 (1965-1970)
50 Test peak adjusted average: 50.63 (1965-1974)


Quality Points: 550
Career Points: 80
Peak Points: 131
TOTAL POINTS: 761




41. Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) (1997-present day)

Career Average: 49.56
Adjusted career average: 45.74
Adjusted away average: 34.09 (The 3rd lowest away average of anyone in the top 100, only Azharuddin and Vengsarkar being worse)
Adjusted top-opposition average: 44.20
Top Tier centuries: 6
Second tier centuries: 7
Third tier centuries: 11
Significant innings: 40
Significant innings per match: 0.29

Great innings: 6
2nd Test: Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Galle, Jun 3-7, 1998 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 14.30
1st Test: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Galle, Aug 4-8, 2004 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 13.67
1st Test: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Jul 27-31, 2006 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 15.78
2nd Test: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (PSS), Aug 4-8, 2006 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 13.61
1st Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 31-Sep 3, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo 13.29
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/521225.html 21.83


Innings worth average: 3.21

25 Test peak adjusted average: 61.50 (2006-2009)
50 Test peak adjusted average: 53.62 (2004-2009)


Quality Points: 517
Career Points: 123
Peak Points: 131
TOTAL POINTS: 770

 

[chasingthedon]

Hey Steve, I can't remember all the parameters you're rating on, is captaincy taken into account? IIRC, all of Bobby Simpson's centuries were made when he was skipper.That's a great picture of him too - where did you find that one?

 

[Days of Grace]

Hey Steve, I can't remember all the parameters you're rating on, is captaincy taken into account? IIRC, all of Bobby Simpson's centuries were made when he was skipper.That's a great picture of him too - where did you find that one?

I just did a google search and chose the best photo.

No, captaincy has nothing to do with the rating.

 

[NUFAN]

Good to see Walters inside the top 50. That adjusted away average really is poor from Mahela. The career points of someone like Sachin is going to be massive and IMO will see him be rated at number 2 overall. I doubt his quality points will be top 3..

 

[Days of Grace]

Thing is, I have capped the career points at 150, so it is not the overriding factor in judging a player.

 

[Ruckus]

im sure its been covered, but can someone tell me what quality points mean?

 

[Days of Grace]

They include all the averages, significant innings per match, etc. Basically everything that measures how good a player was, rather than how long he played for or what he achieved.