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MVP Day 20: Jayasuriya tops the list

By Srinivas Bhogle
April 02, 2007 21:16 IST
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After his awesome performance against West Indies on Sunday, when he smashed 115 in 101 balls and then took 3 wickets at an economy rate of 4.38, Sanath Jayasuriya is the most valuable player (MVP) after Day 20.

Jayasuriya is joined by fellow Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga in the top ten. Malinga is also currently the highest wicket-taker in the Super Eights phase.

New Zealand's Scott Styris has been the most consistent player so far. He should not find it too difficult to come up with another good performance against Bangladesh on Monday.

Rank Country Player Runs Balls Ct| St Rc Bb W Run Out M Total AVG
1 SL Sanath Jayasuriya 250 215 1 74 122 4 3 452.6 150.9
2 Aus Matthew Hayden 306 250 1 3 417.0 139.0
3 NZ Scott Styris 167 203 2 60 102 3 2 275.2 137.6
4 NZ Jacob Oram 63 83 1 48 84 4 2 179.8 89.9
5 NZ Shane Bond 50 112 5 2 159.6 79.8
6 Eng Andrew Flintoff 43 63 2 60 97 4 2 159.2 79.6
7 SA Graeme Smith 133 134 30 30 0 2 152.8 76.4
8 SA Jacques Kallis 134 173 2 90 90 1 2 145.6 72.8
9 Eng Paul Collingwood 121 136 58 54 1 2 142.4 71.2
10 SL Lasith Malinga 0 2 115 122 9 0.5 3 209.0 69.7
11 SA AB De Villiers 92 75 2 2 134.0 67.0
12 SA Charles Langeveldt 1 15 121 120 6 0.5 2 121.0 60.5
13 SL Tillakaratne Dilshan 97 98 1 32 54.0 1 1 3 179.8 59.9
14 SL Muttiah Muralitharan 1 1 1 108 168 6 3 176.6 58.9
15 Aus Michael Clarke 133 122 1 3 173.4 57.8
16 WI Daren Powell 7 14 154 234 8 4 228 57.0
17 Aus Ricky Ponting 126 127 4 3 170.4 56.8
18 SL Kumar Sangakkara (wk) 91 103 3| 4 0.5 3 166.6 55.5
19 Aus Adam Gilchrist (wk) 108 95 3| 1 3 165.0 55.0
20 Aus Glenn McGrath 98 118 7 3 164.4 54.8
21 Eng Kevin Pietersen 108 139 2 6 0 2 107.6 53.8
22 SL Chaminda Vaas 0 1 1 61 150.0 4 3 159.2 53.1
23 Ire Trent Johnston 27 21 70 60.0 1 0.5 1 51.2 51.2
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 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 43 42 1 1 45.4 45.4
29 Eng Monty Panesar 78 120 3 2 90.0 45.0
30 SL Mahela Jayawardene 140 214 1 3 132.8 44.3
31 WI Shivnarine Chanderpaul 187 263 4 163.6 40.9
32 SA Herschelle Gibbs 48 70 3 1 2 79.0 39.5
33 Aus Shane Watson 47 35 1 81 100.0 1 1 3 118 39.3
34 WI Brian Lara 116 136 2 1 4 157.2 39.3
35 SA Andre Hall 8 13 93 117 3 2 78.2 39.1
36 Ire Niall O'Brien (wk) 74 107 2| 0 2 72.4 36.2
37 Ire Andrew White 56 64 1 21 19.0 0 0.5 2 72.0 36.0
38 SA Makhaya Ntini 7 9 1 94 102.0 3 2 71.4 35.7
39 NZ Daniel Vettori 92 114 3 2 71.2 35.6
40 Eng James Anderson 74 90 3 2 70.0 35.0
41 WI Dwayne Bravo 48 64 175 174 5 4 129.0 32.3
42 Aus Shaun Tait 132 129 5 3 91.2 30.4
43 WI Denesh Ramdin (wk) 69 70 7| 0 4 117.0 29.3
44 Eng Sajid Mahmood 34 48 0 1 1 28.4 28.4
45 SL Chamara Silva 84 106 3 83.2 27.7
46 SL Russel Arnold 59 82 26 37 1 3 80.0 26.7
47 WI Chris Gayle 74 114 1 147 176.0 2 4 103.6 25.9
48 WI Ramnaresh Sarwan 128 224 1 22 24.0 1 4 103.0 25.8
49 NZ Craig McMillan 60 91 2 47.2 23.6
50 Ban Mohammad Ashraful 51 71 2 45.2 22.6
51 Eng Michael Vaughan 32 65 34 54 1 2.0 45.2 22.6
52 WI Ian Bradshaw 6 17 94 114.0 2 2 43.6 21.8
53 NZ Stephen Fleming 52 77 2 42.4 21.2
54 Eng Ravinder Bopara 10 5 1 1 21.0 21.0
55 Ire Boyd Rankin 4 8 66 72.0 2 2 41.2 20.6
56 Ire Dave Langford-Smith 9 9 71 96 1 2 40.6 20.3
57 NZ Brendon McCullum (wk) 8| 0 2 40.0 20.0
58 SL Dilhara Fernando 1 19 42.0 0 1 19.6 19.6
59 NZ James Franklin 1 72 72.0 2 2 38.6 19.3
60 WI Marlon Samuels 43 62 1 81 84.0 1 1 4 75.6 18.9
61 Ban Aftab Ahmed 23 23 2 1 1 0 2 37.4 18.7
62 SA Mark Boucher (wk) 22 27 2| 0 2 32.4 16.2
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 14 36 0 1 14.8 14.8
66 SL Upul Tharanga 46 74 2 3 42.8 14.3
67 Ban Syed Rasel 0 1 58 60 1 1 13.2 13.2
68 Ban Saqibul Hasan 29 56 63 65 1 2 26.2 13.1
69 Aus Andrew Symonds 31 31 1 67 50 1 3 39.2 13.1
70 Ire Andre Botha 46 95 91 96.0 1 2 25.8 12.9
71 WI Jerome Taylor 23 27 136 156 1 3 37.2 12.4
72 WI Lendl Simmons 14 26 1 1 12.2 12.2
73 Ire Jeremy Bray 41 73 2 23.6 11.8
74 NZ Hamish Marshall 15 23 1 11.6 11.6
75 Ban Mashrafe Mortaza 32 31 86 84 0 2 20.4 10.2
76 Ban Mohammad Rafique 7 17 69 78 1 2 17.8 8.9
77 Ban Habibul Bashar 42 90 1 2 17 8.5
78 Ire Eoin Morgan 20 41 1 2 12.2 6.1
79 Ire William Porterfield 31 70 1 2 11.0 5.5
80 SA Shaun Pollock 20 31 129 108.0 0 1.5 2 8.6 4.3
81 Aus Michael Hussey 14 21 3 11.2 3.7
82 SA Robin Petersen 4 8 22 30 0 1 3.6 3.6
83 WI Dwayne Smith 17 15 47 48 0 4 13.4 3.4
84 Ban Tamim Iqbal 9 21 1 2 6.2 3.1
85 SA Justin Kemp 6 22 2 2 4.4 2.2
86 Eng Ian Bell 36 93 1 2 2.6 1.3
87 Eng Ed Joyce 1 7 1 2 1.4 0.7
88 SA Ashwell Prince 1 3 1 -0.4 -0.4
89 NZ Ross Taylor 0 1 1 -0.8 -0.8
90 NZ Peter Fulton 0 2 1 -1.6 -1.6
91 Ban Shahriar Nafees 1 7 2 -3.6 -1.8
92 NZ Jeetan Patel 42 48.0 0 1 -3.6 -3.6
93 Ire John Mooney 0 1 22 24 0 1 -3.6 -3.6
94 NZ Lou Vincent 0 6 1 -4.8 -4.8
95 WI Corey Collymore 1 7 99 114 0 2 -11.4 -5.7
96 Ban Mushfiqur Rahim (wk) 8 36 0| 0 2 -12.8 -6.4
97 Ban Abdur Razzak 0 2 101 78 1 2 -16.2 -8.1
98 Eng Jamie Dalrymple 3 12 1 29 24 0 1 -8.4 -8.4
99 Ban Tapash Baisya 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 player is an equal participant in a run out dismissal

The Chernoff gallery of the top nine Super Eight players after Day 20 appears below.

Note that we have appended 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.

Below are the faces of the nine highest scoring batsmen in the Super Eights. 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.

Below are the faces of the nine highest wicket-taking bowlers in the Super Eights. 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.

And, finally, here are the faces of the nine most successful fielders in the Super Eights. The information below the Chernoff face is in the following format: fielding points | run outs / catches / stumpings.

Players who take a lot of catches have long eyebrows, and those involved in more run outs have bigger eyes.

We end off by looking at the names of players who have topped the MVP list from days 1-20. Australians and South Africans dominate this list.

  • What is MVP?
  • MVP Day 19: Matthew Hayden has another fine day
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    This list, the Chernoff faces and other charts 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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