Tuesday's key match between West Indies and South Africa should churn the most valuable player (MVP) list quite a bit.

South Africa fast bowler Andre Nel, in particular, will have to play really well to stay at the top of the list.

New Zealand's left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori has moved up 30 places to jump to the 20th place after his figures of 8.4-1-23-4 against Ireland on Monday.

With New Zealand likely to go far in this World Cup, Vettori has a fair chance of ending up eventually in the top ten.

Rank	Country	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct | St	Rc	Bb	W	Run Outs	M	Total	AVG
1	SA	Andre Nel	1	5	2	45	60	5	0	1	131.00	131.00
2	SL	Sanath Jayasuriya	275	241	1	105	170	4	1	4	513.20	128.30
3	Aus	Matthew Hayden	347	300	1				0	4	459.00	114.75
4	NZ	Scott Styris	177	218	3	119	180	7	0.5	4	399.60	99.90
5	NZ	Jacob Oram	83	131	2	93	177	8	1	4	335.80	83.95
6	NZ	Shane Bond	0	0	0	83	202	9	0	4	294.60	73.65
7	Eng	Kevin Pietersen	270	341	1	2	6	0	0.5	4	287.00	71.75
8	Eng	Andrew Flintoff	49	89	2	130	217	8	0	4	272.40	68.10
9	SA	Jacques Kallis	232	295	3	137	144	2	0	4	269.20	67.30
10	SL	Lasith Malinga	2	9	1	165	182	11	0.5	4	258.40	64.60
11	Aus	Ricky Ponting	212	233	4				0	4	257.60	64.40
12	Eng	Paul Collingwood	137	161	3	152	168	3	1	4	238.60	59.65
13	SA	Graeme Smith	186	203	2	51	54	1	0	4	235.80	58.95
14	Aus	Nathan Bracken	0	0	1	118	192	8	0	4	232.60	58.15
15	Aus	Michael Clarke	188	185	2	27	24	0	0	4	230.20	57.55
16	WI	Daren Powell	7	14	0	154	234	8	0	4	228.00	57.00
17	Aus	Glenn McGrath	0	0	0	160	177	10	0	4	221.60	55.40
18	SL	Muttiah Muralitharan	3	3	2	156	228	7	0	4	208.00	52.00
19	Aus	Adam Gilchrist	135	132	4 | 2				0	4	204.40	51.10
20	NZ	Daniel Vettori	5	7	0	149	226	7	0	4	204.20	51.05
21	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	196	275	1				1	4	201.00	50.25
22	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	102	104	1	48	84	1	1	4	193.00	48.25
23	SL	Dilhara Fernando	2	2	1	60	96	3	0	2	96.20	48.10
24	NZ	Stephen Fleming	164	180	0				0	4	184.00	46.00
25	Eng	Liam Plunkett	29	34	0	43	42	1	0	1	45.40	45.40
26	SL	Chaminda Vaas	4	6	1	106	198	5	0	4	180.60	45.15
27	SL	Kumar Sangakkara	108	136	4 | 4				0.5	4	179.20	44.80
28	Eng	Paul Nixon	111	106	3 | 1				0.5	4	174.20	43.55
29	SA	Charles Langeveldt	10	47	1	219	222	9	0.5	4	174.00	43.50
30	Aus	Brad Hogg	5	6	1	173	210	7	0	4	173.20	43.30
31	Aus	Shaun Tait	0	0	0	173	189	8	0	4	170.20	42.55
32	SA	Andre Hall	8	13	0	130	159	5	0	3	122.80	40.93
33	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	187	263	0				0	4	163.60	40.90
34	Ire	Andrew White	86	98	2	74	91	2	0.5	4	162.40	40.60
35	Ire	Trent Johnston	53	54	2	148	138	3	0.5	3	119.20	39.73
36	Aus	Shane Watson	47	35	1	81	100	1	1	3	118.00	39.33
37	WI	Brian Lara	116	136	2				1	4	157.20	39.30
38	SA	Herschelle Gibbs	110	144	5				1	4	153.80	38.45
39	Ban	Syed Rasel	10	19	1	121	162	4	0	3	114.40	38.13
40	Ire	Kyle McCallan	28	44	0	135	210	4	0	4	149.80	37.45
41	Ban	Mohammad Ashraful	141	162	0	7	2	0	0	4	147.00	36.75
42	Eng	Ian Bell	160	254	1				1	4	145.80	36.45
43	Eng	Sajid Mahmood	2	4	0	144	158	4	1	3	103.20	34.40
44	SA	AB De Villiers	107	117	3				0	4	135.40	33.85
45	NZ	Brendon McCullum	47	37	11 | 1				0	4	129.40	32.35
46	WI	Dwayne Bravo	48	64	0	175	174	5	0	4	129.00	32.25
47	Eng	Ravinder Bopara	83	94	1				0	3	95.80	31.93
48	NZ	Hamish Marshall	81	98	0				0.5	3	95.60	31.87
49	WI	Denesh Ramdin	69	70	7 | 0				0	4	117.00	29.25
50	SA	Shaun Pollock	37	54	0	171	210	2	1.5	4	111.80	27.95
51	Ire	Dave Langford-Smith	26	23	0	143	186	3	0	4	111.40	27.85
52	NZ	Peter Fulton	98	142	0				0	3	82.40	27.47
53	SA	Makhaya Ntini	15	20	1	169	204	4	0	4	109.20	27.30
54	Ire	Kevin O'Brien	78	110	1	59	54	1	0	3	81.20	27.07
55	Ban	Aftab Ahmed	85	105	2	1	1	0	0.5	4	107.80	26.95
56	WI	Chris Gayle	74	114	1	147	176	2	0	4	103.60	25.90
57	Ban	Mohammad Rafique	40	60	1	128	168	2	0.5	4	103.40	25.85
58	Ire	Boyd Rankin	4	9	0	147	162	5	0	4	103.40	25.85
59	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	128	224	1	22	24	1	0	4	103.00	25.75
60	Ire	Niall O'Brien	129	219	4 | 0				0	4	102.80	25.70
61	SL	Russel Arnold	79	104	0	26	37	1	0	4	102.40	25.60
62	NZ	James Franklin	34	22	1	126	156	2	0	4	102.20	25.55
63	SL	Chamara Silva	108	143	0				0	4	101.60	25.40
64	NZ	Jeetan Patel	0	0	0	74	90	2	0	2	46.00	23.00
65	WI	Ian Bradshaw	6	17	0	94	114	2	0	2	43.60	21.80
66	SL	Upul Tharanga	108	177	2				0	4	84.40	21.10
67	Aus	Andrew Symonds	59	31	1	107	86	1	0	4	84.00	21.00
68	Ban	Tamim Iqbal	76	134	3				1	4	83.80	20.95
69	SA	Ashwell Prince	49	54	1				0	3	59.80	19.93
70	Eng	Monty Panesar	1	2	0	171	222	3	0	4	79.00	19.75
71	Eng	James Anderson	0	1	0	162	210	3	0	4	77.20	19.30
72	WI	Marlon Samuels	43	62	1	81	84	1	1	4	75.60	18.90
73	Ban	Saqibul Hasan	63	124	1	145	143	3	0	4	73.20	18.30
74	NZ	Craig McMillan	82	120	0	6	9	0	0	4	69.20	17.30
75	Ire	Andre Botha	60	115	0	109	132	1	0	3	48.60	16.20
76	Ban	Abdur Razzak	2	6	0	164	166	4	0	4	64.00	16.00
77	SL	Farveez Maharoof	5	9	1	67	84	1	0	2	32.00	16.00
78	SA	Mark Boucher	34	53	5 | 0				0.5	4	62.60	15.65
79	WI	Jerome Taylor	23	27	0	136	156	1	0	3	37.20	12.40
80	WI	Lendl Simmons	14	26	1				0	1	12.20	12.20
81	Eng	Michael Vaughan	37	76	0	48	72	1	0	4	46.80	11.70
82	Ire	Eoin Morgan	63	128	4				0	4	43.60	10.90
83	Aus	Brad Hodge	0	0	2				0	1	10.00	10.00
84	Ban	Mashrafe Mortaza	59	63	1	172	174	0	0	4	39.80	9.95
85	NZ	Michael Mason	0	0	0	18	45	0	0	2	18.00	9.00
86	Ire	William Porterfield	56	125	3				0	4	27.00	6.75
87	Eng	Andrew Strauss	7	10	0				0	1	6.00	6.00
88	Aus	Michael Hussey	14	21	2				0	4	21.20	5.30
89	Eng	Ed Joyce	11	28	3				0	3	14.60	4.87
90	Ban	Habibul Bashar	56	125	1				0	4	17.00	4.25
91	SA	Robin Petersen	4	8	0	22	30	0	0	1	3.60	3.60
92	Ire	Jeremy Bray	42	87	0				0	4	14.40	3.60
93	WI	Dwayne Smith	17	15	0	47	48	0	0	4	13.40	3.35
94	Ban	Javed Omar	39	92	0				0	2	4.40	2.20
95	SA	Justin Kemp	13	51	2	27	24	0	0.5	4	-0.60	-0.15
96	NZ	Ross Taylor	0	1	0				0	1	-0.80	-0.80
97	Ban	Shahriar Nafees	1	7	0				0	2	-3.60	-1.80
98	Ire	Peter Gillespie	2	8	0				0	1	-2.40	-2.40
99	Ban	Mushfiqur Rahim	14	54	0 | 0				0	4	-15.20	-3.80
100	NZ	Lou Vincent	0	6	0				0	1	-4.80	-4.80
101	WI	Corey Collymore	1	7	0	99	114	0	0	2	-11.40	-5.70
102	Eng	Jamie Dalrymple	3	12	1	29	24	0	0	1	-8.40	-8.40
103	Ire	John Mooney	0	2	0	62	45	0	0	2	-27.60	-13.80
104	Ban	Tapash Baisya	0	0	0	35	17	0	0	1	-21.40	-21.40

Ct: Catches taken | St: Stumpings | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | M: Matches played
Note: *Run outs are counted as 1 for a direct hit, and 0.5 if the player is an equal participant in a run out dismissal

The Chernoff gallery of the top nine Super Eight players after Day 26 appears below.

Recall that batsmen have round faces and a short and wide nose. They smile more when they score more runs. Bowlers have tapered faces, a tall and thin nose, and bigger ears if they take more wickets. All-rounders have both batsmen's and bowler's features.

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. Fielders who take a lot of catches have wide eyebrows, and those that participate in run out dismissals have bigger eyes. Notice the large number of wicket-keepers in this list.

We end off by looking at the most consistent performances in the 2007 World Cup.

Scott Styris, who is currently placed fourth, has figured in the MVP top ten for 22 of the first 26 days!

Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis, Sanath Jayasuriya, Matthew Hayden, Jacob Oram and Ricky Ponting have figured in the top 10 for 12 or more days. See the full list below (number in bracket is today's rank).

What is MVP?

MVP Day 25: Andre Nel?

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