Who is having a good 2007 World Cup?

As the 2007 World Cup goes into a break, it's interesting to see who is having a good World Cup so far... and who is not.

Here's the list of the most valuable players in this World Cup so far: to offer "value", batsmen must score a lot of runs, and score them quickly; bowlers must take a lot of wickets, and at a good economy rate, and fielders must take catches and effect run outs.

The list below is sorted based on the total MVP points. Note that the total depends on the number of matches; so while Jayasuriya has the largest number of points (578.2), he also had the advantage of having played one match more than Styris or Hayden.

Rank	Country	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct \| St	Rc	Bb	W	Run outs	M	Total
1	SL	Sanath Jayasuriya	303	290	1	136	224	5	1.5	6	578.20
2	NZ	Scott Styris	258	282	2	124	198	8	0	5	526.80
3	Aus	Matthew Hayden	395	357	2				0.5	5	526.40
4	SA	Graeme Smith	332	303	2	80	102	2	0.5	5	493.20
5	SA	Jacques Kallis	328	368	3	149	180	1	0.5	5	407.60
6	SL	Lasith Malinga	2	9	2	214	260	15	0.5	6	372.80
7	NZ	Jacob Oram	101	116	2	123	213	7	1.5	5	370.60
8	Eng	Paul Collingwood	215	221	3	176	210	4	0.5	5	368.20
9	Aus	Ricky Ponting	262	242	4				0	5	350.40
10	SL	Muttiah Muralitharan	3	3	4	225	328	12	0	6	349.00
11	Aus	Brad Hogg	45	21	1	180	222	11	0	5	339.80
12	NZ	Stephen Fleming	280	297	1				0	5	327.40
13	WI	Daren Powell	8	15	1	211	330	11	0	6	326.00
14	Aus	Michael Clarke	241	227	2				0.5	5	322.40
15	Aus	Glenn McGrath	0	0	0	145	202	12	0.5	5	316.60
16	Aus	Adam Gilchrist	211	214	4 \| 2				1	5	314.80
17	SL	Chaminda Vaas	23	18	3	156	282	8	0	6	308.20
18	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	288	385	3				1	6	307.00
19	Eng	Andrew Flintoff	45	70	2	130	211	9	0	4	298.80
20	NZ	Shane Bond	0	0	0	84	220	8	0	4	284.00
21	SL	Kumar Sangakkara	199	254	7 \| 4				0.5	6	281.80
22	Ind	Virender Sehwag	164	139	0	32	60	2	0	3	280.80
23	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	152	160	1	50	97	2	1	6	280.60
24	WI	Dwayne Bravo	101	127	2	217	228	8	0.5	6	279.80
25	SA	AB De Villiers	154	125	4				2	5	276.00
26	Ken	Steve Tikolo	155	189	5	97	114	4	0	3	274.00
27	SA	Charles Langeveldt	1	15	0	232	258	12	0.5	5	264.40
28	Aus	Brad Hodge	152	117	0	17	36	1	0	2	246.20
29	Pak	Imran Nazir	190	175	1				0	3	245.00
30	SA	Andre Hall	8	13	0	193	255	9	0.5	5	244.60
31	Eng	Kevin Pietersen	227	295	2	2	6	0	0.5	5	242.80
32	SL	Chamara Silva	222	256	0				0	6	239.20
33	Eng	Paul Nixon	126	108	3 \| 2				1.5	5	236.60
34	NZ	Daniel Vettori	14	7	2	228	294	8	0	5	231.60
35	WI	Brian Lara	197	260	4				1	6	230.00
36	Zim	Elton Chigumbura	61	49	1	116	136	6	0	3	224.60
37	Ire	Trent Johnston	69	73	3	137	180	4	1	4	221.60
38	Aus	Nathan Bracken	0	0	2	130	210	7	0	5	216.00
39	Ire	Kyle McCallan	28	40	0	168	238	6	1	5	214.40
40	Pak	Iftikhar Anjum	51	77	0	73	120	5	1	3	207.40
41	SA	Herschelle Gibbs	126	125	5				1	5	201.00
42	Ire	Boyd Rankin	4	8	1	167	210	8	0	5	199.60
43	Ire	Niall O'Brien	172	256	5 \| 0				1	5	188.20
44	Aus	Shane Watson	77	50	2	99	142	1	1	5	186.60
45	Eng	Ravinder Bopara	91	88	1	50	60	2	1	4	186.60
46	SA	Mark Boucher	97	58	5 \| 0				0.5	5	184.60
47	Ind	Yuvraj Singh	136	116	0	15	18	0	0	3	178.60
48	Can	Sunil Dhaniram	81	87	1	147	162	4	0	3	176.00
49	WI	Marlon Samuels	134	180	1	129	144	1	1.5	6	175.20
50	Eng	James Anderson	0	0	0	180	264	6	0	5	175.20
51	SA	Shaun Pollock	20	31	1	175	246	4	1.5	5	174.00
52	Ire	Andrew White	118	145	2	44	49	1	1	5	173.20
53	Aus	Shaun Tait	0	0	0	206	219	8	0.5	5	173.20
54	NZ	Lou Vincent	101	127	0				3	3	172.40
55	NZ	Craig McMillan	141	145	0	66	87	0	0	5	169.60
56	WI	Dwayne Smith	49	30	0	111	138	4	0	6	169.40
57	Can	John Davison	81	75	2	130	174	2	0	3	169.20
58	Ire	Andre Botha	61	128	1	146	240	4	0	5	166.60
59	SL	Upul Tharanga	202	314	2				0	6	162.80
60	Ban	Mashrafe Mortaza	34	47	0	173	201	6	0	5	162.20
61	WI	Chris Gayle	116	168	1	179	236	2	0	6	160.40
62	Zim	Sean Williams	95	110	1	79	90	2	0.5	3	160.00
63	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	189	308	1	22	24	1	0	6	157.80
64	SL	Farveez Maharoof	14	14	1	90	126	5	0	3	152.60
65	NZ	Brendon McCullum	58	30	10 \| 1				0	5	152.00
66	Ind	Zaheer Khan	16	22	0	122	174	5	0	3	151.60
67	Ban	Mohammad Rafique	37	53	1	159	192	5	0	5	151.20
68	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	227	386	1				0	6	150.20
69	SL	Russel Arnold	100	118	1	26	37	1	0.5	6	150.20
70	Eng	Sajid Mahmood	2	2	0	123	156	5	1	3	148.20
71	Ind	Munaf Patel	25	32	1	105	159	4	0	3	147.60
72	Ban	Abdur Razzak	0	4	2	197	210	7	0	5	145.80
73	Pak	Umar Gul	11	20	1	72	138	4	0	3	145.40
74	Eng	Monty Panesar	0	0	0	186	276	4	0.5	5	142.80
75	Ire	Jeremy Bray	159	232	2				0	5	142.40
76	Eng	Ed Joyce	152	221	3				0	5	142.20
77	NL	Ryan ten Doeschate	128	148	2	151	120	2	0	3	140.60
78	Ban	Saqibul Hasan	133	218	0	152	161	3	0	5	140.40
79	Ken	Thomas Odoyo	46	78	0	114	144	4	0.5	3	138.80
80	Ind	Sachin Tendulkar	64	58	0	49	72	2	0	3	138.20
81	Ind	Sourav Ganguly	162	266	0	22	24	1	0	3	132.40
82	Ire	Langford-Smith	41	36	1	167	240	2	0	5	131.20
83	WI	Denesh Ramdin	70	74	10 \| 0				0	6	130.80
84	WI	Jerome Taylor	25	31	0	216	276	4	0	5	126.00
85	Pak	Mohammad Sami	17	44	0	44	90	4	0	2	122.80
86	Ind	Ajit Agarkar	10	27	1	112	168	4	0	3	121.80
87	NL	William Stelling	1	4	1	55	96	4	0	2	121.60
88	NZ	James Franklin	0	0	2	119	152	4	0.5	4	120.60
89	Zim	Stuart Matsikenyeri	107	128	2	6	6	0	0	3	120.40
90	Zim	Gary Brent	12	21	1	108	120	5	0	2	120.20
91	Ber	Saleem Mukuddem	0	4	0	69	90	5	0	2	119.80
92	SL	Dilhara Fernando	2	2	1	92	134	4	0	3	118.60
93	Pak	Shoaib Malik	92	111	1	33	30	1	0	3	115.20
94	SA	Ashwell Prince	69	70	1				1	4	111.00
95	Eng	Michael Vaughan	78	136	1	48	72	1	1	5	109.80
96	SA	Makhaya Ntini	7	9	1	133	198	3	0	4	109.20
97	Eng	Ian Bell	127	226	2				1	5	107.20
98	Ban	Syed Rasel	10	19	0	125	192	3	0	4	105.40
99	Ban	Tamim Iqbal	90	130	4				0	5	96.00
100	Pak	Shahid Afridi	16	10	0	20	24	3	0	1	95.20
101	Pak	Mohammad Hafeez	15	34	2	54	78	3	0	2	93.20
102	Eng	Liam Plunkett	29	34	0	89	96	3	0	2	90.60
103	Can	Ashif Mulla	83	101	1 \| 0				0	3	90.20
104	NZ	Jeetan Patel	0	0	0	67	104	3	0	2	88.20
105	NZ	Michael Mason	0	0	1	107	147	3	0	4	87.60
106	Zim	Christopher Mpofu	1	10	0	166	174	4	1	3	87.20
107	Pak	Inzamam ul-Haq	74	103	4				0	3	85.60
108	Can	Ian Billcliff	104	160	1				0	3	85.00
109	Ken	Maurice Ouma	75	155	0 \| 1				2	3	84.00
110	Pak	Kamran Akmal	42	74	3 \| 2				1	3	83.80
111	NZ	Ross Taylor	85	108	0				0	2	83.60
112	Scot	Colin Smith	85	129	1 \| 1				0	3	81.80
113	Ind	Mahendra Dhoni	29	29	5 \| 2				0	3	79.80
114	Ind	Anil Kumble	0	0	0	38	55	3	0	1	78.00
115	SA	Justin Kemp	18	29	3	32	42	2	0	5	77.40
116	Ken	Jimmy Kamande	29	43	0	110	144	2	0	3	76.80
117	Zim	Vusumuzi Sibanda	68	95	3				0	3	75.00
118	NL	Tim de Leede	35	58	1	112	108	3	0	3	75.00
119	Ban	Aftab Ahmed	65	86	5	18	7	0	0	5	73.80
120	Zim	Brendan Taylor	87	178	4 \| 1				0.5	3	73.60
121	Can	Geoff Barnett	88	129	0				0	3	72.80
122	Ind	Rahul Dravid	81	112	0				0	3	72.40
123	Scot	Majid Haq	35	70	0	121	101	4	0	3	69.80
124	Ban	Mohammad Ashraful	91	134	0	7	2	0	0	5	69.40
125	NZ	Hamish Marshall	65	77	0				0	2	68.40
126	Ire	Kevin O'Brien	55	145	1	76	90	3	0	4	67.00
127	Ken	Peter Ongondo	7	24	1	146	144	4	0	3	65.00
128	Ire	Eoin Morgan	71	123	4				0	5	63.60
129	Ken	Ravindu Shah	81	126	0				0	3	61.20
130	Ber	David Hemp	90	127	1	32	12	0	0	3	61.00
131	NZ	Peter Fulton	62	79	0				0	3	60.80
132	Ber	Dean Minors	48	64	1 \| 1				0	3	59.80
133	NL	Mohammad Kashif	0	0	1	29	42	2	0	1	57.60
134	Ber	Kevin Hurdle	6	11	2	139	138	3	0	3	56.60
135	WI	Corey Collymore	9	9	0	155	218	1	0	4	54.20
136	Scot	John Blain	41	63	0	90	78	2	0	3	52.00
137	Scot	Glenn Rogers	32	49	1	114	110	2	0	3	51.80
138	Pak	Younis Khan	37	47	3	5	6	0	0	3	51.20
139	Pak	Danish Kaneria	6	4	0	93	78	3	0	2	50.20
140	Ken	Collins Obuya	31	44	1	8	18	0	0.5	3	50.20
141	Ber	Lionel Cann	44	40	0	88	72	1	0	3	49.60
142	NL	Darron Reekers	38	33	0	106	102	1	0	3	49.20
143	Can	Abdool Samad	60	113	1	85	64	2	0	3	48.80
144	Ken	Tanmay Mishra	37	61	2				0.5	3	47.20
145	Zim	Tawanda Mupariwa	0	3	0	91	114	2	0	2	45.80
146	Ken	Hiren Varaiya	5	23	1	98	138	1	0.5	3	45.00
147	Pak	Mohammad Yousuf	55	113	0	0	1	1	0	3	44.40
148	WI	Ian Bradshaw	6	17	0	94	114	2	0	2	43.60
149	NL	Mark Jonkman	0	2	0	57	67	2	0	2	43.00
150	Scot	Paul Hoffmann	25	19	1	104	102	1	0	3	41.40
151	Can	Ashish Bagai	62	123	3				0	3	40.60
152	Aus	Andrew Symonds	31	31	1	67	50	1	0	3	39.20
153	Can	Kevin Sandher	2	6	0	58	60	2	0	1	37.20
154	NL	Daan van Bunge	38	49	2	60	31	1	0	3	35.60
155	Zim	Prosper Utseya	5	8	1	101	156	0	0	3	32.40
156	NL	Peter Borren	26	24	1	141	108	2	0	3	31.20
157	Can	Anderson Cummins	10	11	0	149	150	2	0	3	30.20
158	NL	Bas Zuiderent	53	95	0				0	3	30.00
159	Ban	Habibul Bashar	52	119	4				0	5	28.80
160	Ind	Harbhajan Singh	17	23	0	83	120	0	0	2	28.60
161	Ind	Robin Uthappa	30	48	1				0	3	26.60
162	Zim	Anthony Ireland	0	0	1	38	42	1	0	1	24.60
163	NL	Jeroen Smits	3	12	3 \| 1				0	3	21.40
164	Scot	Dougie Brown	64	102	1	126	90	1	0	3	21.40
165	Scot	Ryan Watson	53	107	0				0	3	20.40
166	Aus	Michael Hussey	20	31	1				0	5	20.20
167	Ban	Mushfiqur Rahim	64	148	2 \| 0				0	5	19.60
168	Can	Umar Bhatti	11	30	0	110	134	1	0	3	19.20
169	Zim	Edward Rainsford	1	1	0	44	42	1	0	1	14.80
170	Can	George Codrington	7	8	1	70	60	1	0	1	14.60
171	NL	Eric Szwarczynski	24	42	0				0	2	14.40
172	Can	Desmond Chumney	27	51	0				0	1	13.20
173	WI	Lendl Simmons	14	26	1				0	1	12.20
174	Scot	Fraser Watts	33	69	0				0	2	10.80
175	SA	Andre Nel	0	0	0	19	36	0	0	1	9.80
176	Scot	Craig Wright	5	28	1	75	84	1	0	2	8.80
177	Ber	Delyone Borden	21	74	0	72	60	2	0	3	6.80
178	Zim	Terry Duffin	12	22	0				0	1	6.40
179	Ken	Tony Suji	14	29	0	15	18	0	0	1	4.20
180	Ire	William Porterfield	58	159	3				0	5	3.80
181	Scot	Neil McCallum	25	64	1				0	2	3.80
182	SA	Robin Petersen	4	8	0	22	30	0	0	1	3.60
183	Ban	Javed Omar	22	51	0				0	1	3.20
184	Zim	Chamu Chibhabha	27	69	2	11	6	0	0	3	2.60
185	Ber	Steven Outerbridge	9	20	0				0	2	2.00
186	Ire	John Mooney	0	1	1	22	24	0	0	1	1.40
187	Can	Qaiser Ali	6	16	0				0	1	-0.80
188	Ken	Lameck Onyango	16	35	0	77	60	1	0	2	-1.00
189	Pak	Azhar Mahmood	2	21	0	25	46	0	0	1	-1.00
190	Zim	Friday Kasteni	9	24	0				0	2	-1.20
191	Ban	Shahriar Nafees	15	40	0				0	4	-2.00
192	Pak	Naved-ul-Hasan	11	29	1	49	54	0	0	1	-2.00
193	Scot	Navdeep Poonia	1	6	0				0	2	-2.80
194	Ber	Oliver Pitcher	28	81	1				0	3	-3.80
195	Ber	Clay Smith	0	5	0				0	1	-4.00
196	Ber	Janeiro Tucker	13	33	4	131	132	0	0	3	-5.80
197	Ken	David Obuya	5	22	0				0	2	-7.60
198	NL	Luuk van Troost	5	10	1	59	24	1	0	2	-8.80
199	NL	Alexei Kervezee	17	54	0				0	2	-9.20
200	Scot	Dewald Nel	0	0	0	24	18	0	0	1	-9.60
201	Ber	Malachi Jones	1	8	2	74	42	1	0	1	-10.80
202	NZ	Daryl Tuffey	0	0	0	40	36	0	0	1	-11.20
203	Scot	Gavin Hamilton	11	44	0				0	3	-13.20
204	Eng	Jamie Dalrymple	5	16	1	50	42	0	0	2	-14.20
205	Ber	Irvine Romaine	11	32	0	29	18	0	0	3	-18.20
206	NL	Adeel Raja	8	14	0	61	47	0	0	1	-18.60
207	Ken	Nehemiah Odhiambo	0	0	0	33	18	0	0	1	-18.60
208	Ban	Tapash Baisya	0	0	0	35	17	0	0	1	-21.40
209	Ire	Paul Mooney	0	1	0	40	21	0	0	1	-24.00
210	Ber	Dwayne Leverock	10	39	1	182	141	2	0	3	-27.40
211	Can	Henry Osinde	1	3	0	76	56	0	0	2	-31.60

There are some big names at the bottom of the list. These are players who did not have a good World Cup, because (a) they aren't in form, (b) they have been injured, (c) their teams have been eliminated or (d) they haven't got enough opportunities.

See for example, Andre Nel (175), Michael Hussey (166), Harbhajan Singh (160), Andrew Symonds (152), Mohammad Yousuf (147), Rahul Dravid (122), Makhaya Ntini (96) and Michael Vaughan (95).

Srinivas Bhogle and K Anil Kumar work with Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore.