MVP Day 21: Still Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya is still the most valuable player (MVP) at the end of Day 21 of the 2007 World Cup.

Scott Styris, who took four wickets against Bangladesh, could have displaced Jayasuriya with a good batting performance; but Fleming batted so well that Styris was not required to bat.

Rank	Country	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct \| St	Rc	Bb	W	Run outs	M	Total	Average
1	SL	Sanath Jayasuriya	250	215	1	74	122	4	0	3	452.60	150.87
2	Aus	Matthew Hayden	306	250	1				0	3	417.00	139.00
3	NZ	Scott Styris	167	203	2	103	162	7	0	3	376.20	125.40
4	NZ	Jacob Oram	63	83	1	78	141	7	1	3	291.40	97.13
5	NZ	Shane Bond	0	0	0	65	172	7	0	3	240.60	80.20
6	Eng	Andrew Flintoff	43	63	2	60	97	4	0	2	159.20	79.60
7	SA	Graeme Smith	133	134	0	30	30	0	0	2	152.80	76.40
8	SA	Jacques Kallis	134	173	2	90	90	1	0	2	145.60	72.80
9	Eng	Paul Collingwood	121	136	0	58	54	1	0	2	142.40	71.20
10	SL	Lasith Malinga	0	2	0	115	122	9	0.5	3	209.00	69.67
11	SA	AB De Villiers	92	75	2				0	2	134.00	67.00
12	SA	Charles Langeveldt	1	15	0	121	120	6	0.5	2	121.00	60.50
13	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	97	98	1	32	54	1	1	3	179.80	59.93
14	SL	Muttiah Muralitharan	1	1	1	108	168	6	0	3	176.60	58.87
15	Aus	Michael Clarke	133	122	1				0	3	173.40	57.80
16	NZ	Stephen Fleming	154	169	0				0	3	172.80	57.60
17	WI	Daren Powell	7	14	0	154	234	8	0	4	228.00	57.00
18	Aus	Ricky Ponting	126	127	4				0	3	170.40	56.80
19	SL	Kumar Sangakkara	91	103	3 \| 4				0.5	3	166.60	55.53
20	Aus	Adam Gilchrist	108	95	3 \| 1				0	3	165.00	55.00
21	Aus	Glenn McGrath	0	0	0	98	118	7	0	3	164.40	54.80
22	Eng	Kevin Pietersen	108	139	0	2	6	0	0	2	107.60	53.80
23	SL	Chaminda Vaas	0	1	1	61	150	4	0	3	159.20	53.07
24	Ire	Trent Johnston	27	21	0	70	60	1	0.5	1	51.20	51.20
25	Eng	Paul Nixon	61	56	2 \| 1				0	2	97.20	48.60
26	Aus	Nathan Bracken	0	0	1	85	132	5	0	3	145.60	48.53
27	Ire	Kyle McCallan	25	30	0	73	120	2	0	2	97.00	48.50
28	Aus	Brad Hogg	5	6	1	137	150	6	0	3	137.20	45.73
29	Eng	Liam Plunkett	29	34	0	43	42	1	0	1	45.40	45.40
30	Eng	Monty Panesar	0	0	0	78	120	3	0	2	90.00	45.00
31	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	140	214	0				1	3	132.80	44.27
32	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	187	263	0				0	4	163.60	40.90
33	SA	Herschelle Gibbs	48	70	3				1	2	79.00	39.50
34	Aus	Shane Watson	47	35	1	81	100	1	1	3	118.00	39.33
35	WI	Brian Lara	116	136	2				1	4	157.20	39.30
36	SA	Andre Hall	8	13	0	93	117	3	0	2	78.20	39.10
37	Ire	Niall O'Brien	74	107	2 \| 0				0	2	72.40	36.20
38	Ire	Andrew White	56	64	1	21	19	0	0.5	2	72.00	36.00
39	SA	Makhaya Ntini	7	9	1	94	102	3	0	2	71.40	35.70
40	Eng	James Anderson	0	0	0	74	90	3	0	2	70.00	35.00
41	NZ	Hamish Marshall	65	77	0				0	2	68.40	34.20
42	WI	Dwayne Bravo	48	64	0	175	174	5	0	4	129.00	32.25
43	Aus	Shaun Tait	0	0	0	132	129	5	0	3	91.20	30.40
44	WI	Denesh Ramdin	69	70	7 \| 0				0	4	117.00	29.25
45	NZ	Daniel Vettori	0	0	0	126	174	3	0	3	85.20	28.40
46	Eng	Sajid Mahmood	0	0	0	34	48	0	1	1	28.40	28.40
47	SL	Chamara Silva	84	106	0				0	3	83.20	27.73
48	Ban	Syed Rasel	10	19	0	80	102	2	0	2	54.40	27.20
49	SL	Russel Arnold	59	82	0	26	37	1	0	3	80.00	26.67
50	WI	Chris Gayle	74	114	1	147	176	2	0	4	103.60	25.90
51	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	128	224	1	22	24	1	0	4	103.00	25.75
52	Eng	Michael Vaughan	32	65	0	34	54	1	0	2	45.20	22.60
53	WI	Ian Bradshaw	6	17	0	94	114	2	0	2	43.60	21.80
54	Eng	Ravinder Bopara	10	5	1				0	1	21.00	21.00
55	Ire	Boyd Rankin	4	8	0	66	72	2	0	2	41.20	20.60
56	Ire	Langford-Smith	9	9	0	71	96	1	0	2	40.60	20.30
57	Ban	Aftab Ahmed	50	62	2	1	1	0	0	3	60.20	20.07
58	SL	Dilhara Fernando	0	0	1	19	42	0	0	1	19.60	19.60
59	WI	Marlon Samuels	43	62	1	81	84	1	1	4	75.60	18.90
60	NZ	Brendon McCullum	0	0	9 \| 1				0	3	55.00	18.33
61	SA	Mark Boucher	22	27	2 \| 0				0	2	32.40	16.20
62	NZ	Craig McMillan	60	91	0	6	9	0	0	3	48.40	16.13
63	SL	Farveez Maharoof	5	9	1	67	84	1	0	2	32.00	16.00
64	Ire	Kevin O'Brien	29	65	1	39	42	1	0	2	29.60	14.80
65	SL	Upul Tharanga	46	74	2				0	3	42.80	14.27
66	NZ	James Franklin	0	0	1	99	108	2	0	3	40.40	13.47
67	Ban	Mohammad Ashraful	54	79	0	7	2	0	0	3	39.40	13.13
68	Aus	Andrew Symonds	31	31	1	67	50	1	0	3	39.20	13.07
69	Ire	Andre Botha	46	95	0	91	96	1	0	2	25.80	12.90
70	WI	Jerome Taylor	23	27	0	136	156	1	0	3	37.20	12.40
71	WI	Lendl Simmons	14	26	1				0	1	12.20	12.20
72	Ban	Mohammad Rafique	37	53	0	106	108	1	0	3	36.00	12.00
73	Ire	Jeremy Bray	41	73	0				0	2	23.60	11.80
74	NZ	Michael Mason	0	0	0	18	45	0	0	2	18.00	9.00
75	Ban	Tamim Iqbal	38	75	2				0	3	26.00	8.67
76	Ban	Saqibul Hasan	54	97	0	96	83	1	0	3	24.80	8.27
77	Ire	Eoin Morgan	20	41	1				0	2	12.20	6.10
78	Ban	Habibul Bashar	51	111	1				0	3	18.20	6.07
79	Ire	William Porterfield	31	70	1				0	2	11.00	5.50
80	SA	Shaun Pollock	20	31	0	129	108	0	1.5	2	8.60	4.30
81	Aus	Michael Hussey	14	21	0				0	3	11.20	3.73
82	SA	Robin Petersen	4	8	0	22	30	0	0	1	3.60	3.60
83	WI	Dwayne Smith	17	15	0	47	48	0	0	4	13.40	3.35
84	Ban	Javed Omar	22	51	0				0	1	3.20	3.20
85	NZ	Peter Fulton	15	32	0				0	2	4.40	2.20
86	SA	Justin Kemp	6	22	2				0	2	4.40	2.20
87	Eng	Ian Bell	36	93	1				0	2	2.60	1.30
88	Eng	Ed Joyce	1	7	1				0	2	1.40	0.70
89	Ban	Mashrafe Mortaza	34	47	0	127	120	0	0	3	-0.60	-0.20
90	SA	Ashwell Prince	1	3	0				0	1	-0.40	-0.40
91	NZ	Ross Taylor	0	1	0				0	1	-0.80	-0.80
92	Ban	Shahriar Nafees	1	7	0				0	2	-3.60	-1.80
93	Ire	John Mooney	0	1	0	22	24	0	0	1	-3.60	-3.60
94	NZ	Jeetan Patel	0	0	0	42	48	0	0	1	-3.60	-3.60
95	NZ	Lou Vincent	0	6	0				0	1	-4.80	-4.80
96	Ban	Mushfiqur Rahim	8	41	0 \| 0				0	3	-16.80	-5.60
97	WI	Corey Collymore	1	7	0	99	114	0	0	2	-11.40	-5.70
98	Ban	Abdur Razzak	0	4	0	139	126	1	0	3	-17.40	-5.80
99	Eng	Jamie Dalrymple	3	12	1	29	24	0	0	1	-8.40	-8.40
100	Ban	Tapash Baisya	0	0	0	35	17	0	0	1	-21.40	-21.40

*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.

Here's the Chernoff gallery of the top nine Super Eight players after Day 21.

The top nine includes four pure batsmen: Hayden, Smith, Kallis and Collingwood (round face, short and wide nose), one pure bowler: Bond (tapered face, tall and thin nose, big ears), one pure all-rounder: Styris (with mixed bowler and batsman features), one batting all-rounder: Jayasuriya (mixed features, but more like a batsman) and two bowling all-rounders: Oram and Flintoff (mixed features, but more like a bowler).

Notice Oram's big eyes: he has also been a good fielder.

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.

And finally, here are the faces of the nine most successful fielders in the Super Eight. 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 1-21. Australians and South Africans dominate this list.

What is MVP?

MVP Day 20: Jayasuriya tops the list

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.