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MVP Day 19: Hayden has another fine day

By Srinivas Bhogle
April 01, 2007 21:23 IST
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The ridiculously easy victory in a rain-affected match against Bangladesh has caused Australian players to slip down in the MVP rankings. If only a handful of players are enough to bring victory, the others get no opportunity to contribute "value".

Hayden's quickfire knock of 47 in 39 balls allows him to stay at number one after Day 19; but we might see Sanath Jayasuriya unseat him on Day 20 if the Sri Lankan veteran has another good day in the middle against West Indies.

If we look down the list there are some real surprises.

Shaun Pollock (80), Mike Hussey (81) and Justin Kemp (84) are in the bottom ten, and Andrew Symonds is at 68. Symonds, Hussey and Kemp, who bat in the middle order, just haven't got their opportunities.

About Pollock one must wonder: does he choke in World Cup matches? He was South Africa's captain in 2003 when they made that terrible Duckworth-Lewis miscalculation leading to their exit.

Rank From Player Runs Balls Ct| St Rc Bb W Run Out M Total AVG
1 Aus Matthew Hayden 306 250 1 3 417 139.0
2 NZ Scott Styris 167 203 2 60 102 3 2 275.2 137.6
3 SL Sanath Jayasuriya 135 114 1 36 71 1 2 228.6 114.3
4 NZ Jacob Oram 63 83 1 48 84 4 2 179.8 89.9
5 NZ Shane Bond 0 50 112 5 2 159.6 79.8
6 Eng Andrew Flintoff 43 63 2 60 97 4 2 159.2 79.6
7 SL Lasith Malinga 0 2 0 81 92 7 2 159 79.5
8 SA Graeme Smith 133 134 0 30 30 0 2 152.8 76.4
9 SA Jacques Kallis 134 173 2 90 90 1 2 145.6 72.8
10 SL Muttiah Muralitharan 1 1 1 49 114 4 2 144.4 72.2
11 Eng Paul Collingwood 121 136 0 58 54 1 2 142.4 71.2
12 SA AB De Villiers 92 75 2 2 134.0 67.0
13 SL Kumar Sangakkara (wk) 84 93 3| 2 2 128.6 64.3
14 SA Charles Langeveldt 1 15 0 121 120 6 0.5 2 121 60.5
15 Aus Michael Clarke 133 122 1 3 173.4 57.8
16 Aus Ricky Ponting 126 127 4 3 170.4 56.8
17 WI Daren Powell 5 10 0 116 174 6 3 169.2 56.4
18 SL Tillakaratne Dilshan 58 76 1 21 30 1 1.0 2 111.2 55.6
19 Aus Adam Gilchrist (wk) 108 95 3| 1 3 165.0 55.0
20 Aus Glenn McGrath 0 98 118 7 3 164.4 54.8
21 Eng Kevin Pietersen 108 139 0 2 6 0 2 107.6 53.8
22 Ire Trent Johnston 27 21 0 70 60 1 0.5 1 51.2 51.2
23 WI Brian Lara 114 132 1 1.0 3 151.4 50.5
24 Eng Paul Nixon (wk) 61 56 2| 1 2 97.2 48.6
25 Aus Nathan Bracken 1 85 132 5 3 145.6 48.5
26 Ire Kyle McCallan 25 30 0 73 120 2 2 97.0 48.5
27 Aus Brad Hogg 5 6 1 137 150 6 3 137.2 45.7
28 Eng Liam Plunkett 29 34 0 43 42 1 1 45.4 45.4
29 Eng Monty Panesar 0 78 120 3 2 90.0 45.0
30 SL Chaminda Vaas 0 1 0 42 102 2 2 86.8 43.4
31 WI Ian Bradshaw 0 27 54 1 1 40.2 40.2
32 SA Herschelle Gibbs 48 70 3 1.0 2 79.0 39.5
33 Aus Shane Watson 47 35 1 81 100 1 1.0 3 118 39.3
34 SA Andre Hall 8 13 0 93 117 3 2 78.2 39.1
35 WI Chris Gayle 64 93 1 87 122 2 3 117.2 39.1
36 WI Denesh Ramdin (wk) 67 65 6| 0 3 112.0 37.3
37 Ire Niall O'Brien (wk) 74 107 2| 0 2 72.4 36.2
38 Ire Andrew White 56 64 1 21 19 0 0.5 2 72.0 36.0
39 WI Dwayne Bravo 27 40 0 116 132 4 3 107.6 35.9
40 SA Makhaya Ntini 7 9 1 94 102 3 2 71.4 35.7
41 NZ Daniel Vettori 0 92 114 3 2 71.2 35.6
42 Eng James Anderson 0 74 90 3 2 70.0 35.0
43 SL Russel Arnold 55 78 0 17 19 1 2 69.8 34.9
44 WI Shivnarine Chanderpaul 111 153 0 3 99.6 33.2
45 SL Chamara Silva 61 75 0 2 62.0 31.0
46 Aus Shaun Tait 0 132 129 5 3 91.2 30.4
47 SL Mahela Jayawardene 58 101 0 1.0 2 59.2 29.6
48 Eng Sajid Mahmood 0 34 48 0 1.0 1 28.4 28.4
49 WI Marlon Samuels 40 57 1 81 84 1 1.0 3 73.6 24.5
50 NZ Craig McMillan 60 91 0 2 47.2 23.6
51 SL Upul Tharanga 38 50 2 2 46.0 23.0
52 Ban Mohammad Ashraful 51 71 0 2 45.2 22.6
53 Eng Michael Vaughan 32 65 0 34 54 1 2 45.2 22.6
54 NZ Stephen Fleming 52 77 0 2 42.4 21.2
55 Eng Ravinder Bopara 10 5 1 1 21.0 21.0
56 Ire Boyd Rankin 4 8 0 66 72 2 2 41.2 20.6
57 Ire Dave Langford-Smith 9 9 0 71 96 1 2 40.6 20.3
58 NZ Brendon McCullum (wk) 8| 0 2 40 20.0
59 NZ James Franklin 1 72 72 2 2 38.6 19.3
60 Ban Aftab Ahmed 23 23 2 1 1 0 2 37.4 18.7
61 SA Mark Boucher (wk) 22 27 2| 0 2 32.4 16.2
62 WI Ramnaresh Sarwan 84 156 1 5 6 0 3 48.0 16.0
63 SL Farveez Maharoof 5 9 1 67 84 1 2 32.0 16.0
64 Ire Kevin O'Brien 29 65 1 39 42 1 2 29.6 14.8
65 NZ Michael Mason 0 14 36 0 1 14.8 14.8
66 Ban Syed Rasel 0 1 0 58 60 1 1 13.2 13.2
67 Ban Saqibul Hasan 29 56 0 63 65 1 2 26.2 13.1
68 Aus Andrew Symonds 31 31 1 67 50 1 3 39.2 13.1
69 Ire Andre Botha 46 95 0 91 96 1 2 25.8 12.9
70 WI Lendl Simmons 14 26 1 1 12.2 12.2
71 Ire Jeremy Bray 41 73 0 2 23.6 11.8
72 NZ Hamish Marshall 15 23 0 1 11.6 11.6
73 Ban Mashrafe Mortaza 32 31 0 86 84 0 2 20.4 10.2
74 Ban Mohammad Rafique 7 17 0 69 78 1 2 17.8 8.9
75 Ban Habibul Bashar 42 90 1 2 17.0 8.5
76 WI Dwayne Smith 17 13 0 24 30 0 3 23.6 7.9
77 Ire Eoin Morgan 20 41 1 2 12.2 6.1
78 WI Jerome Taylor 10 18 0 104 108 1 2 12.0 6.0
79 Ire William Porterfield 31 70 1 2 11.0 5.5
80 SA Shaun Pollock 20 31 0 129 108 0 1.5 2 8.6 4.3
81 Aus Michael Hussey 14 21 0 3 11.2 3.7
82 SA Robin Petersen 4 8 0 22 30 0 1 3.6 3.6
83 Ban Tamim Iqbal 9 21 1 2 6.2 3.1
84 SA Justin Kemp 6 22 2 2 4.4 2.2
85 Eng Ian Bell 36 93 1 2 2.6 1.3
86 Eng Ed Joyce 1 7 1 2 1.4 0.7
87 SA Ashwell Prince 1 3 0 1 -0.4 -0.4
88 NZ Ross Taylor 0 1 0 1 -0.8 -0.8
89 NZ Peter Fulton 0 2 0 1 -1.6 -1.6
90 Ban Shahriar Nafees 1 7 0 2 -3.6 -1.8
91 NZ Jeetan Patel 0 42 48 0 1 -3.6 -3.6
92 Ire John Mooney 0 1 0 22 24 0 1 -3.6 -3.6
93 NZ Lou Vincent 0 6 0 1 -4.8 -4.8
94 WI Corey Collymore 1 7 0 99 114 0 2 -11.4 -5.7
95 Ban Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) 8 36 0| 0 2 -12.8 -6.4
96 Ban Abdur Razzak 0 2 0 101 78 1 2 -16.2 -8.1
97 Eng Jamie Dalrymple 3 12 1 29 24 0 1 -8.4 -8.4
98 Ban Tapash Baisya 0 35 17 0 1 -21.4 -21.4

Ct: Catches taken | St: Stumpings | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | M: Matches played

* Run outs are counted as 1 for a direct hit, and 0.5 if the fielder is an equal participant in a run out dismissal

The Chernoff gallery of the top nine Super Eight players after Day 19 appears below. Note that we append information about total runs scored / scoring rate | number of wickets / economy rate just below the Chernoff face.

As always, pure batsmen have rounded, smiling faces with wide noses, batting all-rounders have rounded faces with a taller nose and bigger ears, and bowlers have tapered faces with tall, thin noses and big ears.

Good fielders can be spotted by large eyebrows (more catches) and big eyes (run outs).

Here are the faces of the nine highest scoring batsmen in the Super Eight. The more the batsmen smile, the more runs they have scored. If two players have scored the same number of runs, the player with the higher points appears first.

Here are the faces of the nine highest wicket-taking bowlers in the Super Eight. The bigger the bowler's ears, the more wickets he has taken. If two players have scored the same number of wickets, the player with the higher points appears first.

Finally, the chart showing the average points obtained by players of the same country, shows Australia and Sri Lanka looking better than the others at this stage. The chart also suggests that after Day 19 -- Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and South Africa appear favourites to enter the semi-finals.

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    This list and the Chernoff faces have been prepared by my colleagues Debasish Ghosh and K Anil Kumar of Cranes Software International Limited using the SYSTAT software

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