MVP Day 19: Hayden has another fine day

The ridiculously easy victory in a rain-affected match against Bangladesh has caused Australian players to slip down in the MVP rankings. If only a handful of players are enough to bring victory, the others get no opportunity to contribute "value".

Hayden's quickfire knock of 47 in 39 balls allows him to stay at number one after Day 19; but we might see Sanath Jayasuriya unseat him on Day 20 if the Sri Lankan veteran has another good day in the middle against West Indies.

If we look down the list there are some real surprises.

Shaun Pollock (80), Mike Hussey (81) and Justin Kemp (84) are in the bottom ten, and Andrew Symonds is at 68. Symonds, Hussey and Kemp, who bat in the middle order, just haven't got their opportunities.

About Pollock one must wonder: does he choke in World Cup matches? He was South Africa's captain in 2003 when they made that terrible Duckworth-Lewis miscalculation leading to their exit.

Rank	From	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct\| St	Rc	Bb	W	Run Out	M	Total	AVG
1	Aus	Matthew Hayden	306	250	1					3	417	139.0
2	NZ	Scott Styris	167	203	2	60	102	3		2	275.2	137.6
3	SL	Sanath Jayasuriya	135	114	1	36	71	1		2	228.6	114.3
4	NZ	Jacob Oram	63	83	1	48	84	4		2	179.8	89.9
5	NZ	Shane Bond			0	50	112	5		2	159.6	79.8
6	Eng	Andrew Flintoff	43	63	2	60	97	4		2	159.2	79.6
7	SL	Lasith Malinga	0	2	0	81	92	7		2	159	79.5
8	SA	Graeme Smith	133	134	0	30	30	0		2	152.8	76.4
9	SA	Jacques Kallis	134	173	2	90	90	1		2	145.6	72.8
10	SL	Muttiah Muralitharan	1	1	1	49	114	4		2	144.4	72.2
11	Eng	Paul Collingwood	121	136	0	58	54	1		2	142.4	71.2
12	SA	AB De Villiers	92	75	2					2	134.0	67.0
13	SL	Kumar Sangakkara (wk)	84	93	3\| 2					2	128.6	64.3
14	SA	Charles Langeveldt	1	15	0	121	120	6	0.5	2	121	60.5
15	Aus	Michael Clarke	133	122	1					3	173.4	57.8
16	Aus	Ricky Ponting	126	127	4					3	170.4	56.8
17	WI	Daren Powell	5	10	0	116	174	6		3	169.2	56.4
18	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	58	76	1	21	30	1	1.0	2	111.2	55.6
19	Aus	Adam Gilchrist (wk)	108	95	3\| 1					3	165.0	55.0
20	Aus	Glenn McGrath			0	98	118	7		3	164.4	54.8
21	Eng	Kevin Pietersen	108	139	0	2	6	0		2	107.6	53.8
22	Ire	Trent Johnston	27	21	0	70	60	1	0.5	1	51.2	51.2
23	WI	Brian Lara	114	132	1				1.0	3	151.4	50.5
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	0	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	0	43	42	1		1	45.4	45.4
29	Eng	Monty Panesar			0	78	120	3		2	90.0	45.0
30	SL	Chaminda Vaas	0	1	0	42	102	2		2	86.8	43.4
31	WI	Ian Bradshaw			0	27	54	1		1	40.2	40.2
32	SA	Herschelle Gibbs	48	70	3				1.0	2	79.0	39.5
33	Aus	Shane Watson	47	35	1	81	100	1	1.0	3	118	39.3
34	SA	Andre Hall	8	13	0	93	117	3		2	78.2	39.1
35	WI	Chris Gayle	64	93	1	87	122	2		3	117.2	39.1
36	WI	Denesh Ramdin (wk)	67	65	6\| 0					3	112.0	37.3
37	Ire	Niall O'Brien (wk)	74	107	2\| 0					2	72.4	36.2
38	Ire	Andrew White	56	64	1	21	19	0	0.5	2	72.0	36.0
39	WI	Dwayne Bravo	27	40	0	116	132	4		3	107.6	35.9
40	SA	Makhaya Ntini	7	9	1	94	102	3		2	71.4	35.7
41	NZ	Daniel Vettori			0	92	114	3		2	71.2	35.6
42	Eng	James Anderson			0	74	90	3		2	70.0	35.0
43	SL	Russel Arnold	55	78	0	17	19	1		2	69.8	34.9
44	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	111	153	0					3	99.6	33.2
45	SL	Chamara Silva	61	75	0					2	62.0	31.0
46	Aus	Shaun Tait			0	132	129	5		3	91.2	30.4
47	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	58	101	0				1.0	2	59.2	29.6
48	Eng	Sajid Mahmood			0	34	48	0	1.0	1	28.4	28.4
49	WI	Marlon Samuels	40	57	1	81	84	1	1.0	3	73.6	24.5
50	NZ	Craig McMillan	60	91	0					2	47.2	23.6
51	SL	Upul Tharanga	38	50	2					2	46.0	23.0
52	Ban	Mohammad Ashraful	51	71	0					2	45.2	22.6
53	Eng	Michael Vaughan	32	65	0	34	54	1		2	45.2	22.6
54	NZ	Stephen Fleming	52	77	0					2	42.4	21.2
55	Eng	Ravinder Bopara	10	5	1					1	21.0	21.0
56	Ire	Boyd Rankin	4	8	0	66	72	2		2	41.2	20.6
57	Ire	Dave Langford-Smith	9	9	0	71	96	1		2	40.6	20.3
58	NZ	Brendon McCullum (wk)			8\| 0					2	40	20.0
59	NZ	James Franklin			1	72	72	2		2	38.6	19.3
60	Ban	Aftab Ahmed	23	23	2	1	1	0		2	37.4	18.7
61	SA	Mark Boucher (wk)	22	27	2\| 0					2	32.4	16.2
62	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	84	156	1	5	6	0		3	48.0	16.0
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			0	14	36	0		1	14.8	14.8
66	Ban	Syed Rasel	0	1	0	58	60	1		1	13.2	13.2
67	Ban	Saqibul Hasan	29	56	0	63	65	1		2	26.2	13.1
68	Aus	Andrew Symonds	31	31	1	67	50	1		3	39.2	13.1
69	Ire	Andre Botha	46	95	0	91	96	1		2	25.8	12.9
70	WI	Lendl Simmons	14	26	1					1	12.2	12.2
71	Ire	Jeremy Bray	41	73	0					2	23.6	11.8
72	NZ	Hamish Marshall	15	23	0					1	11.6	11.6
73	Ban	Mashrafe Mortaza	32	31	0	86	84	0		2	20.4	10.2
74	Ban	Mohammad Rafique	7	17	0	69	78	1		2	17.8	8.9
75	Ban	Habibul Bashar	42	90	1					2	17.0	8.5
76	WI	Dwayne Smith	17	13	0	24	30	0		3	23.6	7.9
77	Ire	Eoin Morgan	20	41	1					2	12.2	6.1
78	WI	Jerome Taylor	10	18	0	104	108	1		2	12.0	6.0
79	Ire	William Porterfield	31	70	1					2	11.0	5.5
80	SA	Shaun Pollock	20	31	0	129	108	0	1.5	2	8.6	4.3
81	Aus	Michael Hussey	14	21	0					3	11.2	3.7
82	SA	Robin Petersen	4	8	0	22	30	0		1	3.6	3.6
83	Ban	Tamim Iqbal	9	21	1					2	6.2	3.1
84	SA	Justin Kemp	6	22	2					2	4.4	2.2
85	Eng	Ian Bell	36	93	1					2	2.6	1.3
86	Eng	Ed Joyce	1	7	1					2	1.4	0.7
87	SA	Ashwell Prince	1	3	0					1	-0.4	-0.4
88	NZ	Ross Taylor	0	1	0					1	-0.8	-0.8
89	NZ	Peter Fulton	0	2	0					1	-1.6	-1.6
90	Ban	Shahriar Nafees	1	7	0					2	-3.6	-1.8
91	NZ	Jeetan Patel			0	42	48	0		1	-3.6	-3.6
92	Ire	John Mooney	0	1	0	22	24	0		1	-3.6	-3.6
93	NZ	Lou Vincent	0	6	0					1	-4.8	-4.8
94	WI	Corey Collymore	1	7	0	99	114	0		2	-11.4	-5.7
95	Ban	Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)	8	36	0\| 0					2	-12.8	-6.4
96	Ban	Abdur Razzak	0	2	0	101	78	1		2	-16.2	-8.1
97	Eng	Jamie Dalrymple	3	12	1	29	24	0		1	-8.4	-8.4
98	Ban	Tapash Baisya			0	35	17	0		1	-21.4	-21.4

* Run outs are counted as 1 for a direct hit, and 0.5 if the fielder is an equal participant in a run out dismissal

The Chernoff gallery of the top nine Super Eight players after Day 19 appears below. Note that we append 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.

Good fielders can be spotted by large eyebrows (more catches) and big eyes (run outs).

Here are the faces of the nine highest scoring batsmen in the Super Eight. 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.

Here are the faces of the nine highest wicket-taking bowlers in the Super Eight. 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.

Finally, the chart showing the average points obtained by players of the same country, shows Australia and Sri Lanka looking better than the others at this stage. The chart also suggests that after Day 19 -- Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and South Africa appear favourites to enter the semi-finals.

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MVP Day 18: Matthew Hayden still on top

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