MVP Day 22: Jayasuriya again

Sanath Jayasuriya remains the most valuable player (MVP) after Day 22. He faces the challenge of retaining his top place in today's match against England.

There are a few surprises in the MVP list: no one expected two hard-working New Zealand all-rounders like Scott Styris and Jacob Oram to be so high up. No one expected Chris Gayle to be # 52 and Shaun Pollock to be # 54 either.

A lot of things could still change; there are 19 more matches to be played in World Cup 2007.

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	174	179	0	35	36	1	0	3	222.60	74.20
8	Eng	Paul Collingwood	121	136	0	58	54	1	0	2	142.40	71.20
9	SL	Lasith Malinga	0	2	0	115	122	9	0.5	3	209.00	69.67
10	SA	Jacques Kallis	200	259	3	110	108	1	0	3	208.20	69.40
11	SA	Charles Langeveldt	1	15	0	162	162	9	0.5	3	185.60	61.87
12	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	97	98	1	32	54	1	1	3	179.80	59.93
13	SL	Muttiah Muralitharan	1	1	1	108	168	6	0	3	176.60	58.87
14	Aus	Michael Clarke	133	122	1				0	3	173.40	57.80
15	NZ	Stephen Fleming	154	169	0				0	3	172.80	57.60
16	WI	Daren Powell	7	14	0	154	234	8	0	4	228.00	57.00
17	Aus	Ricky Ponting	126	127	4				0	3	170.40	56.80
18	SL	Kumar Sangakkara	91	103	3 \| 4				0.5	3	166.60	55.53
19	Aus	Adam Gilchrist	108	95	3 \| 1				0	3	165.00	55.00
20	Aus	Glenn McGrath	0	0	0	98	118	7	0	3	164.40	54.80
21	Eng	Kevin Pietersen	108	139	0	2	6	0	0	2	107.60	53.80
22	SL	Chaminda Vaas	0	1	1	61	150	4	0	3	159.20	53.07
23	Eng	Paul Nixon	61	56	2 \| 1				0	2	97.20	48.60
24	Aus	Nathan Bracken	0	0	1	85	132	5	0	3	145.60	48.53
25	Ire	Trent Johnston	40	35	1	85	78	2	0.5	2	94.40	47.20
26	Aus	Brad Hogg	5	6	1	137	150	6	0	3	137.20	45.73
27	SA	AB De Villiers	92	78	3				0	3	136.60	45.53
28	Eng	Liam Plunkett	29	34	0	43	42	1	0	1	45.40	45.40
29	Eng	Monty Panesar	0	0	0	78	120	3	0	2	90.00	45.00
30	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	140	214	0				1	3	132.80	44.27
31	SA	Andre Hall	8	13	0	130	159	5	0	3	122.80	40.93
32	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	187	263	0				0	4	163.60	40.90
33	Aus	Shane Watson	47	35	1	81	100	1	1	3	118.00	39.33
34	WI	Brian Lara	116	136	2				1	4	157.20	39.30
35	Ire	Andrew White	86	94	2	29	31	0	0.5	3	114.60	38.20
36	Eng	James Anderson	0	0	0	74	90	3	0	2	70.00	35.00
37	NZ	Hamish Marshall	65	77	0				0	2	68.40	34.20
38	Ire	Boyd Rankin	4	8	0	92	114	4	0	3	96.80	32.27
39	WI	Dwayne Bravo	48	64	0	175	174	5	0	4	129.00	32.25
40	Ire	Kyle McCallan	28	36	0	100	150	2	0	3	95.20	31.73
41	SA	Ashwell Prince	48	47	1				0	2	63.40	31.70
42	Ire	Niall O'Brien	99	144	2 \| 0				0	3	92.80	30.93
43	Aus	Shaun Tait	0	0	0	132	129	5	0	3	91.20	30.40
44	SA	Makhaya Ntini	7	9	1	108	144	3	0	3	91.00	30.33
45	SA	Herschelle Gibbs	54	85	5				1	3	89.00	29.67
46	WI	Denesh Ramdin	69	70	7 \| 0				0	4	117.00	29.25
47	Eng	Sajid Mahmood	0	0	0	34	48	0	1	1	28.40	28.40
48	NZ	Daniel Vettori	0	0	0	126	174	3	0	3	85.20	28.40
49	SL	Chamara Silva	84	106	0				0	3	83.20	27.73
50	Ban	Syed Rasel	10	19	0	80	102	2	0	2	54.40	27.20
51	SL	Russel Arnold	59	82	0	26	37	1	0	3	80.00	26.67
52	WI	Chris Gayle	74	114	1	147	176	2	0	4	103.60	25.90
53	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	128	224	1	22	24	1	0	4	103.00	25.75
54	SA	Shaun Pollock	20	31	0	146	150	2	1.5	3	73.20	24.40
55	Eng	Michael Vaughan	32	65	0	34	54	1	0	2	45.20	22.60
56	WI	Ian Bradshaw	6	17	0	94	114	2	0	2	43.60	21.80
57	Eng	Ravinder Bopara	10	5	1				0	1	21.00	21.00
58	Ban	Aftab Ahmed	50	62	2	1	1	0	0	3	60.20	20.07
59	Ire	Langford-Smith	26	19	0	102	126	1	0	3	59.60	19.87
60	SL	Dilhara Fernando	0	0	1	19	42	0	0	1	19.60	19.60
61	WI	Marlon Samuels	43	62	1	81	84	1	1	4	75.60	18.90
62	NZ	Brendon McCullum	0	0	9 \| 1				0	3	55.00	18.33
63	Ire	Andre Botha	60	115	0	109	132	1	0	3	48.60	16.20
64	NZ	Craig McMillan	60	91	0	6	9	0	0	3	48.40	16.13
65	SL	Farveez Maharoof	5	9	1	67	84	1	0	2	32.00	16.00
66	Ire	Kevin O'Brien	29	65	1	39	42	1	0	2	29.60	14.80
67	SL	Upul Tharanga	46	74	2				0	3	42.80	14.27
68	SA	Mark Boucher	22	27	4 \| 0				0	3	42.40	14.13
69	NZ	James Franklin	0	0	1	99	108	2	0	3	40.40	13.47
70	Ban	Mohammad Ashraful	54	79	0	7	2	0	0	3	39.40	13.13
71	Aus	Andrew Symonds	31	31	1	67	50	1	0	3	39.20	13.07
72	WI	Jerome Taylor	23	27	0	136	156	1	0	3	37.20	12.40
73	WI	Lendl Simmons	14	26	1				0	1	12.20	12.20
74	Ban	Mohammad Rafique	37	53	0	106	108	1	0	3	36.00	12.00
75	Ire	Eoin Morgan	48	91	1				0	3	28.20	9.40
76	NZ	Michael Mason	0	0	0	18	45	0	0	2	18.00	9.00
77	Ban	Tamim Iqbal	38	75	2				0	3	26.00	8.67
78	Ban	Saqibul Hasan	54	97	0	96	83	1	0	3	24.80	8.27
79	Ban	Habibul Bashar	51	111	1				0	3	18.20	6.07
80	Ire	William Porterfield	45	103	2				0	3	17.60	5.87
81	Ire	Jeremy Bray	41	82	0				0	3	16.40	5.47
82	Aus	Michael Hussey	14	21	0				0	3	11.20	3.73
83	SA	Robin Petersen	4	8	0	22	30	0	0	1	3.60	3.60
84	WI	Dwayne Smith	17	15	0	47	48	0	0	4	13.40	3.35
85	Ban	Javed Omar	22	51	0				0	1	3.20	3.20
86	NZ	Peter Fulton	15	32	0				0	2	4.40	2.20
87	SA	Justin Kemp	6	22	2	14	18	0	0	3	4.80	1.60
88	Eng	Ian Bell	36	93	1				0	2	2.60	1.30
89	Eng	Ed Joyce	1	7	1				0	2	1.40	0.70
90	Ban	Mashrafe Mortaza	34	47	0	127	120	0	0	3	-0.60	-0.20
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
101	Ire	Paul Mooney	0	1	0	40	21	0	0	1	-24.00	-24.00

Here's the Chernoff gallery of the top nine Super Eight players after Day 22.

Recall that batsmen have round faces and a short and wide nose. They smile more when they score more runs (see "Hayden").

Bowlers have tapered faces, big ears and a tall and thin nose. Bowlers have bigger ears if they take more wickets (see "Malinga").

Fielders who take a lot of catches have wide eyebrows (see "McCullum" in the image below), and those that participate in run out dismissals have bigger eyes (see "Pollock").

All-rounders have both batsmen's and bowler's features. Batting all-rounders have more batsmen's features (see "Jayasuriya").

Here are the faces of the nine highest scoring batsmen in the Super Eight (total runs / scoring rate). 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 (wickets / no. of runs conceded per over). 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 (fielding points | run outs / catches / stumpings.

We end off by looking at the names of players who have topped the MVP list from days 1-22. Jayasuriya is the only Sri Lankan on this list that is dominated by Australians and South Africans.

What is MVP?

MVP Day 21: Still Jayasuriya

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.