MVP Day 15-16: Matthew Hayden

After his 158 in 143 balls, Matthew Hayden is the most valuable player (MVP) by a long mile. Jayasuriya drops to the third place and Styris continues to be in the top five.

Rank	Country	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct	Rc	Bb	W	Run Out	M	Total	AVG
1	Aus	Matthew Hayden	259	211	1				0	2	354.2	177.1
2	NZ	Scott Styris	87	113	1	25	42	2	0	1	145.2	145.2
3	SL	Sanath Jayasuriya	135	114	1	36	71	1	0	2	228.6	114.3
4	NZ	Jacob Oram	63	83	0	25	36	1	0	1	87.4	87.4
5	Aus	Michael Clarke	133	122	1				0	2	173.4	86.7
6	Aus	Ricky Ponting	126	127	2				0	2	160.4	80.2
7	SL	Lasith Malinga	0	2	0	81	92	7	0	2	159	79.5
8	NZ	Shane Bond	0	0	0	19	60	2	0	1	77	77
9	SA	Graeme Smith	133	134	0	30	30	0	0	2	152.8	76.4
10	SA	Jacques Kallis	134	173	2	90	90	1	0	2	145.6	72.8
11	SL	Muttiah Muralitharan	1	1	1	49	114	4	0	2	144.4	72.2
12	SA	AB De Villiers	92	75	2				0	2	134	67
13	SL	Kumar Sangakkara(wk)	84	93	3\| 2				0	2	128.6	64.3
14	Aus	Brad Hogg	5	6	0	117	120	6	0	2	128.2	64.1
15	SA	Charles Langeveldt	1	15	0	121	120	6	0.5	2	121	60.5
16	Ire	Kyle McCallan	20	24	0	35	60	1	0	1	57.8	57.8
17	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	107	125	0				0	2	114	57
18	Aus	Shane Watson	47	35	1	77	90	1	1	2	114	57
19	WI	Daren Powell	5	9	0	77	114	4	0	2	113	56.5
20	Eng	Paul Nixon (wk)	42	41	1\| 0				0	1	56.2	56.2
21	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	58	76	1	21	30	1	1	2	111.2	55.6
22	NZ	James Franklin	0	0	1	43	54	2	0	1	53.2	53.2
23	WI	Denesh Ramdin (wk)	52	43	6\| 0				0	2	99.6	49.8
24	Eng	Kevin Pietersen	60	92	0	2	6	0	0	1	49.2	49.2
25	Eng	James Anderson	0	0	0	39	48	2	0	1	47.4	47.4
26	Aus	Nathan Bracken	0	0	0	65	108	3	0	2	93.4	46.7
27	Eng	Liam Plunkett	29	34	0	43	42	1	0	1	45.4	45.4
28	WI	Dwayne Bravo	9	10	0	84	84	4	0	2	89.2	44.6
29	Ire	Dave Langford-Smith	8	7	0	33	54	1	0	1	44.6	44.6
30	WI	Brian Lara	77	83	0				0	2	87.6	43.8
31	SL	Chaminda Vaas	0	1	0	42	102	2	0	2	86.8	43.4
32	Aus	Glenn McGrath	0	0	0	93	102	4	0	2	84.6	42.3
33	WI	Ian Bradshaw	0	0	0	27	54	1	0	1	40.2	40.2
34	Ban	Mohammad Ashraful	45	63	0				0	1	39.6	39.6
35	SA	Herschelle Gibbs	48	70	3				1	2	79	39.5
36	WI	Chris Gayle	20	37	1	52	84	2	0	2	78.6	39.3
37	SA	Andre Hall	8	13	0	93	117	3	0	2	78.2	39.1
38	Aus	Adam Gilchrist (wk)	49	51	2\| 1				0	2	77.2	38.6
39	Aus	Shaun Tait	0	0	0	104	105	4	0	2	76	38
40	SA	Makhaya Ntini	7	9	1	94	102	3	0	2	71.4	35.7
41	WI	Marlon Samuels	31	39	1	81	84	1	1	2	70	35
42	SL	Russel Arnold	55	78	0	17	19	1	0	2	69.8	34.9
43	SL	Chamara Silva	61	75	0				0	2	62	31
44	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	58	101	0				1	2	59.2	29.6
45	NZ	Craig McMillan	27	34	0				0	1	26.8	26.8
46	Eng	Andrew Flintoff	0	1	1	17	48	0	0	1	25.6	25.6
47	Eng	Monty Panesar	0	0	0	47	60	1	0	1	25	25
48	Ire	Jeremy Bray	41	72	0				0	1	24.4	24.4
49	Ban	Mohammad Rafique	7	17	0	48	60	1	0	1	24.4	24.4
50	SL	Upul Tharanga	38	50	2				0	2	46	23
51	Aus	Andrew Symonds	31	31	1	51	36	1	0	2	44	22
52	Ban	Aftab Ahmed	12	16	2				0	1	21.2	21.2
53	NZ	Brendon McCullum (wk)	0	0	4\| 0				0	1	20	20
54	SA	Mark Boucher (wk)	22	27	2\| 0				0	2	32.4	16.2
55	SL	Farveez Maharoof	5	9	1	67	84	1	0	2	32	16
56	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	65	129	1				0	2	31.8	15.9
57	Ban	Saqibul Hasan	4	20	0	49	60	1	0	1	15	15
58	Eng	Paul Collingwood	31	54	0	20	18	0	0	1	13.2	13.2
59	Ban	Syed Rasel	0	1	0	58	60	1	0	1	13.2	13.2
60	Ban	Tamim Iqbal	6	7	1				0	1	11.4	11.4
61	Eng	Michael Vaughan	26	52	0				0	1	10.4	10.4
62	Ire	Andrew White	18	29	1	13	7	0	0	1	10.4	10.4
63	Ire	Eoin Morgan	18	34	0				0	1	8.8	8.8
64	Ire	Niall O'Brien (wk)	11	19	0\| 0				0	1	6.8	6.8
65	WI	Dwayne Smith	9	7	0				0	2	12.4	6.2
66	WI	Jerome Taylor	10	18	0	104	108	1	0	2	12	6
67	Aus	Michael Hussey	14	21	0				0	2	11.2	5.6
68	NZ	Stephen Fleming	7	11	0				0	1	5.2	5.2
69	Ire	Andre Botha	28	56	0	35	36	0	0	1	5	5
70	SA	Shaun Pollock	20	31	0	129	108	0	1.5	2	8.6	4.3
71	Ire	Kevin O'Brien	17	46	1	13	18	0	0	1	3.6	3.6
72	SA	Robin Petersen	4	8	0	22	30	0	0	1	3.6	3.6
73	Ban	Habibul Bashar	18	47	1				0	1	3.4	3.4
74	Eng	Ed Joyce	0	2	1				0	1	3.4	3.4
75	SA	Justin Kemp	6	22	2				0	2	4.4	2.2
76	SA	Ashwell Prince	1	3	0				0	1	-0.4	-0.4
77	NZ	Ross Taylor	0	1	0				0	1	-0.8	-0.8
78	Ire	William Porterfield	0	2	0				0	1	-1.6	-1.6
79	Ban	Shahriar Nafees	0	3	0				0	1	-2.4	-2.4
80	NZ	Jeetan Patel	0	0	0	42	48	0	0	1	-3.6	-3.6
81	Ire	John Mooney	0	1	0	22	24	0	0	1	-3.6	-3.6
82	NZ	Lou Vincent	0	6	0				0	1	-4.8	-4.8
83	NZ	Daniel Vettori	0	0	0	53	60	0	0	1	-5	-5
84	Eng	Ian Bell	5	19	0				0	1	-5.2	-5.2
85	WI	Corey Collymore	1	2	0	56	60	0	0	1	-7.6	-7.6
86	Eng	Jamie Dalrymple	3	12	1	29	24	0	0	1	-8.4	-8.4
87	Ire	Boyd Rankin	0	0	0	38	30	0	0	1	-14	-14
88	Ban	Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)	6	33	0\| 0				0	1	-14.4	-14.4
89	Ban	Mashrafe Mortaza	7	14	0	66	60	0	0	1	-15.2	-15.2
90	Ban	Abdur Razzak	0	2	0	86	60	1	0	1	-15.6	-15.6

Here's the Chernoff gallery of the top nine Super Eight players:

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

The more the batsmen smile, the more runs they have scored. The bigger the bowler's ears, the more wickets he has taken.

See below the faces of the nine highest scoring batsmen in the Super Eight:

See below the faces of the nine highest wicket-taking bowlers in the Super Eight:

Finally, take a look at the graph below:

The chart averages the points obtained by players of the same country. Looking at the chart today, one might guess that Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa and New Zealand would go through to the semi-finals, and in that order.

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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