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Ponting still leads MVP table

By Srinivas Bhogle
March 16, 2007 13:19 IST
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The Sri Lankans have made their appearance in the MVP table after comprehensively defeating Bermuda: With very impressive figures of 7-1-23-4, Maharoof enters the top five. Jayawardene 85 in just 90 balls brings him to the 8th place, and Sangakkara, who could be one of the stars of this WC, has started strongly.

Ireland's Jeremy Bray too has made a very impressive first appearance with a fine century. But Ricky Ponting still retains his top place after day 3.

Rank Country Player Runs Balls Ct | St Rc Bb W M Total
1 Aus Ricky Ponting 113 93 0 1 151.60
2 Ken Steve Tikolo 72 76 2 34 54 2 1 150.40
3 WI Dwayne Smith 32 15 0 36 60 3 1 136.00
4 Ire Jeremy Bray 115 137 1 1 125.40
5 SL Farveez Maharoof 9 5 0 23 42 4 1 120.60
6 Aus Brad Hogg 40 15 0 16 43 1 1 110.40
7 Pak Iftikhar Anjum 11 18 0 44 60 3 1 107.60
8 SL Mahela Jayawardene 85 90 1 1 103.00
9 WI Dwayne Bravo 16 17 2 42 54 3 1 101.60
10 SL Kumar Sangakkara 76 83 3 | 0 1 100.60
11 Aus Glenn McGrath 0 0 0 14 36 3 1 98.80
12 Ken Maurice Ouma 58 89 0 | 1 1 90.80
13 SL Lasith Malinga 0 0 0 10 30 3 1 86.00
14 Zim Stuart Matsikenyeri 73 76 0 6 6 0 1 84.00
15 Pak Shoaib Malik 62 54 1 24 24 0 1 81.00
16 SL Chamara Silva 55 45 0 1 74.00
17 Aus Matthew Hayden 60 73 0 1 73.60
18 Can Sunil Dhaniram 34 35 0 34 54 1 1 73.20
19 Ire Trent Johnston 20 24 0 32 60 1 1 72.80
20 Zim Vusumuzi Sibanda 67 84 1 1 71.80
21 Aus Brad Hodge 29 28 0 17 36 1 1 71.40
22 Ken Jimmy Kamande 0 0 0 25 60 2 1 71.00
23 WI Marlon Samuels 63 70 0 1 70.00
24 Aus Adam Gilchrist 46 55 1 | 0 1 65.00
25 Ken Hiren Varaiya 0 0 0 19 60 1 1 65.00
26 Zim Elton Chigumbura 4 9 1 21 36 2 1 61.60
27 Zim Sean Williams 14 13 0 21 36 1 1 61.40
28 Ire Kyle McCallan 0 3 0 56 54 2 1 56.80
29 WI Daren Powell 1 1 0 42 60 2 1 55.20
30 Aus Shaun Tait 0 0 0 45 48 2 1 53.40
31 Ire Andrew White 28 48 0 15 18 1 1 53.00
32 Pak Umar Gul 0 1 0 38 54 2 1 52.40
33 Zim Gary Brent 3 12 0 40 60 2 1 52.40
34 SL Muttiah Muralidaran 0 0 0 28 40 2 1 52.00
35 Pak Mohammad Hafeez 11 28 0 39 54 2 1 51.80
36 WI Corey Collymore 8 2 0 27 50 1 1 51.40
37 Scot Colin Smith 51 76 0 | 1 1 51.20
38 Aus Shane Watson 18 11 1 18 42 0 1 47.80
39 Scot Majid Haq 16 22 0 49 42 2 1 47.00
40 WI Ramnaresh Sarwan 49 65 0 1 46.00
41 Zim Christopher Mpofu 0 5 0 58 60 2 1 46.00
42 Ber Kevin Hurdle 6 3 1 61 54 2 1 44.80
43 Ber Lionel Cann 28 32 0 34 30 1 1 44.40
44 Ken Tanmay Mishra 35 54 1 1 43.80
45 Ber Saleem Mukuddem 0 4 0 50 60 2 1 42.80
46 Ken Thomas Odoyo 0 0 0 32 48 1 1 42.40
47 Can Geoff Barnett 41 50 0 1 42.00
48 SL Chaminda Vaas 0 0 0 11 36 1 1 41.80
49 Zim Brendan Taylor 24 40 3 | 1 1 41.00
50 WI Brian Lara 37 56 2 1 39.20
51 Ire Andre Botha 1 7 0 32 60 1 1 36.40
52 WI Jerome Taylor 2 4 0 38 60 1 1 34.80
53 Ire Langford-Smith 15 17 1 34 54 0 1 30.60
54 Can Anderson Cummins 1 3 0 32 48 1 1 30.00
55 Ire Niall O'Brien 1 5 1 | 0 1 27.00
56 Ken Peter Ongondo 0 0 1 51 60 1 1 26.00
57 Ire Eoin Morgan 21 27 1 1 25.40
58 Pak Inzamam ul-Haq 36 65 1 1 25.00
59 Pak Kamran Akmal 0 1 3 | 1 1 24.20
60 Can Ashif Mulla 25 39 1 1 23.80
61 Can Umar Bhatti 1 2 0 44 54 1 1 23.60
62 Ire Kevin O'Brien 10 28 0 8 12 1 1 23.20
63 SL Sanath Jayasuriya 22 26 0 1 23.20
64 SL Upul Tharanga 30 47 0 1 22.40
65 Pak Danish Kaneria 0 0 0 45 54 1 1 22.20
66 Aus Nathan Bracken 0 0 1 12 36 0 1 21.80
67 Scot Paul Hoffmann 0 0 1 57 60 1 1 20.00
68 Ire Boyd Rankin 0 0 1 43 42 1 1 19.60
69 Ber David Hemp 14 18 1 1 18.60
70 Zim Prosper Utseya 1 3 0 29 60 0 1 18.60
71 Can Ian Billcliff 34 63 0 1 17.60
72 Scot Glenn Rogers 6 19 0 52 60 1 1 16.80
73 Pak Mohammad Yousuf 37 72 0 1 16.40
74 Zim Edward Rainsford 1 1 0 44 42 1 1 14.80
75 Aus Michael Clarke 15 20 0 1 14.00
76 WI Denesh Ramdin 1 4 3 | 0 1 13.80
77 Can John Davison 8 19 0 31 54 0 1 13.00
78 Pak Younis Khan 9 13 1 1 12.60
79 SL Tillakaratne Dilshan 12 15 0 1 12.00
80 Ber Dean Minors 4 3 1 | 0 1 10.60
81 Pak Imran Nazir 6 3 0 1 9.60
82 Zim Terry Duffin 12 22 0 1 6.40
83 Scot Craig Wright 4 21 0 58 60 1 1 5.20
84 Can Ashish Bagai 19 48 1 | 0 1 4.60
85 Aus Michael Hussey 4 6 0 1 3.20
86 SL Russel Arnold 2 1 0 1 3.20
87 Ber Dwayne Leverock 1 8 0 67 60 1 1 0.60
88 Ken Collins Obuya 0 0 0 1 0.00
89 Ber Janeiro Tucker 4 21 2 50 60 0 1 -0.80
90 Can Qaiser Ali 6 16 0 1 -0.80
91 WI Chris Gayle 2 6 0 1 -0.80
92 Scot Navdeep Poonia 1 4 0 1 -1.20
93 Can Abdool Samad 15 29 0 23 18 0 1 -1.80
94 Pak Naved-ul-Hasan 11 29 1 49 54 0 1 -2.00
95 Scot Fraser Watts 9 25 0 0 1 -2.00
96 Ber Clay Smith 0 5 0 0 1 -4.00
97 Scot Ryan Watson 6 20 0 0 1 -4.00
98 Ire William Porterfield 0 6 0 0 1 -4.80
99 Zim Chamu Chibhabha 12 36 0 0 1 -4.80
100 Can Henry Osinde 1 2 0 31 32 0 1 -5.00
101 Ber Oliver Pitcher 6 28 1 0 1 -5.40
102 Ken David Obuya 4 17 0 0 1 -5.60
103 WI Shivnarine Chanderpaul 19 63 1 0 1 -7.40
104 Scot Gavin Hamilton 3 18 0 0 1 -8.40
105 Ken Ravindu Shah 6 26 0 0 1 -8.80
106 Scot John Blain 0 0 0 29 24 0 1 -9.80
107 Scot Dougie Brown 19 37 0 86 54 1 1 -10.40
108 Ber Irvine Romaine 0 1 0 29 18 0 1 -15.40
109 Ken Nehemiah Odhiambo 0 0 0 33 18 0 1 -18.60
110 Ber Delyone Borden 6 25 0 27 18 0 1 -20.60

Ct: Catches | St: Stumpings | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | 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", "Bray" or "Jayawardene"). The bowlers are quite the opposite: tapered faces, eyes close to each other, bigger ears and a longer nose (see "Maharoof", "Rao Iftikhar Anjum"), and pure bowlers have more grumpy faces than bowling all-rounders.

 

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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