Ricky Ponting's 113 in just 93 balls takes him to the top place in the Rediff MVP rankings after day 2. Steve Tikolo is just a point behind with a great all-round performance (72 in 76 balls, an economical bowling performance with 2 wickets, and two catches as well).
Brad Hogg is fourth because of his 40 in just 15 balls and one wicket. Glenn McGrath is seventh because he bowled economically and took three wickets. The Kenyan opener Ouma is eighth because of a steady opener's knock, one stumping and participation in two run outs.
| Rank | Country | Player | Runs | Balls | Ct | St | Rc | Bb | W | M | Total |
| 1 | Aus | Ricky Ponting | 113 | 93 | 0 | 1 | 151.6 | |||
| 2 | Ken | Steve Tikolo | 72 | 76 | 2 | 34 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 150.4 |
| 3 | WI | Dwayne Smith | 32 | 15 | 0 | 36 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 136 |
| 4 | Aus | Brad Hogg | 40 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 110.4 |
| 5 | Pak | Iftikhar Anjum | 11 | 18 | 0 | 44 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 107.6 |
| 6 | WI | Dwayne Bravo | 16 | 17 | 2 | 42 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 101.6 |
| 7 | Aus | Glenn McGrath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 98.8 |
| 8 | Ken | Maurice Ouma | 58 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 84.8 | |||
| 9 | Pak | Shoaib Malik | 62 | 54 | 1 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 81 |
| 10 | Aus | Matthew Hayden | 60 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 73.6 | |||
| 11 | Can | Sunil Dhaniram | 34 | 35 | 0 | 34 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 73.2 |
| 12 | Aus | Brad Hodge | 29 | 28 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 71.4 |
| 13 | Ken | Jimmy Kamande | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 71 |
| 14 | WI | Marlon Samuels | 63 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 70 | |||
| 15 | Aus | Adam Gilchrist | 46 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 65 | |||
| 16 | WI | Daren Powell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 55.2 |
| 18 | Ken | Hiren Varaiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 55 |
| 17 | Aus | Shaun Tait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 48 | 2 | 1 | 53.4 |
| 19 | Pak | Umar Gul | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 52.4 |
| 20 | Pak | Mohammad Hafeez | 11 | 28 | 0 | 39 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 51.8 |
| 21 | WI | Corey Collymore | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 51.4 |
| 22 | Scot | Colin Smith | 51 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 51.2 | |||
| 23 | Aus | Shane Watson | 18 | 11 | 1 | 18 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 47.8 |
| 24 | Scot | Majid Haq | 16 | 22 | 0 | 49 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 47 |
| 25 | WI | Ramnaresh Sarwan | 49 | 65 | 0 | 1 | 46 | |||
| 26 | Ken | Tanmay Mishra | 35 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 45.8 | |||
| 27 | Ken | Thomas Odoyo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 44.4 |
| 28 | Can | Geoff Barnett | 41 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 42 | |||
| 29 | WI | Brian Lara | 37 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 39.2 | |||
| 30 | WI | Jerome Taylor | 2 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 34.8 |
| 31 | Can | Anderson Cummins | 1 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| 32 | Ken | Peter Ongondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
| 33 | Pak | Inzamam ul-Haq | 36 | 65 | 1 | 1 | 25 | |||
| 34 | Pak | Kamran Akmal | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24.2 | |||
| 35 | Can | Ashif Mulla | 25 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 23.8 | |||
| 36 | Can | Umar Bhatti | 1 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 23.6 |
| 37 | Pak | Danish Kaneria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 22.2 |
| 38 | Aus | Nathan Bracken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 21.8 |
| 39 | Scot | Paul Hoffmann | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 40 | Can | Ian Billcliff | 34 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 17.6 | |||
| 41 | Scot | Glenn Rogers | 6 | 19 | 0 | 52 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 16.8 |
| 42 | Pak | Mohammad Yousuf | 37 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 16.4 | |||
| 43 | Aus | Michael Clarke | 15 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |||
| 44 | WI | Denesh Ramdin | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13.8 | |||
| 45 | Can | John Davison | 8 | 19 | 0 | 31 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 46 | Pak | Younis Khan | 9 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 12.6 | |||
| 47 | Pak | Imran Nazir | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9.6 | |||
| 48 | Scot | Craig Wright | 4 | 21 | 0 | 58 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 5.2 |
| 49 | Can | Ashish Bagai | 19 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.6 | |||
| 50 | Aus | Michael Hussey | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 | |||
| 51 | Ken | Ravindu Shah | 6 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 3.2 | |||
| 52 | Ken | Collins Obuya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 53 | Can | Qaiser Ali | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 | -0.8 | |||
| 54 | WI | Chris Gayle | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | -0.8 | |||
| 55 | Scot | Navdeep Poonia | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1.2 | |||
| 56 | Can | Abdool Samad | 15 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | -1.8 |
| 57 | Pak | Naved-ul-Hasan | 11 | 29 | 1 | 49 | 54 | 0 | 1 | -2 |
| 58 | Scot | Fraser Watts | 9 | 25 | 0 | 1 | -2 | |||
| 59 | Scot | Ryan Watson | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | -4 | |||
| 60 | Can | Henry Osinde | 1 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 32 | 0 | 1 | -5 |
| 61 | Ken | David Obuya | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | -5.6 | |||
| 62 | WI | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 19 | 63 | 1 | 1 | -7.4 | |||
| 63 | Scot | Gavin Hamilton | 3 | 18 | 0 | 1 | -8.4 | |||
| 64 | Scot | John Blain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | 0 | 1 | -9.8 |
| 65 | Scot | Dougie Brown | 19 | 37 | 0 | 86 | 54 | 1 | 1 | -10.4 |
| 66 | Ken | Nehemiah Odhiambo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 1 | -18.6 |
The Chernoff faces of the top nine players are shown below. Recall that the highest ranked player has the longest hair; the batsmen have round faces, eyes wide apart, smaller ears and a wider nose. The more they score, the more they seem to smile (see "Ponting"). The bowlers are quite the opposite: tapered faces, eyes close to each other, bigger ears and a longer nose (see "McGrath").
This feature is powered by Cranes Software. All the data collection and computer programming to calculate the MVP was carried out by K Anil Kumar and Debasish Ghosh of Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore.
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