Ricky Ponting's [ Images ] 113 in just 93 balls takes him to the top place in the Rediff MVP rankings after day 2. Steve Tikolo [ Images ] 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 [ Images ] is fourth because of his 40 in just 15 balls and one wicket. Glenn McGrath [ Images ] 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 [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	62	54	1	24	24	0	1	81
10	Aus	Matthew Hayden [ Images ]	60	73	0				1	73.6
11	Can	Sunil Dhaniram	34	35	0	34	54	1	1	73.2
12	Aus	Brad Hodge [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	46	55	1 | 0				1	65
16	WI	Daren Powell [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	37	56	2				1	39.2
30	WI	Jerome Taylor [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	37	72	0				1	16.4
43	Aus	Michael Clarke [ Images ]	15	20	0				1	14
44	WI	Denesh Ramdin [ Images ]	1	4	3 | 0				1	13.8
45	Can	John Davison	8	19	0	31	54	0	1	13
46	Pak	Younis Khan [ Images ]	9	13	1				1	12.6
47	Pak	Imran Nazir [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	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 [ Images ]	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

Rc: runs conceded, Bb: balls bowled, M: matches played

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").

• What is MVP?
• MVP for day 1: Dwayne Smith

 

 

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