MVP countdown: Hayden stays on top

Yesterday's high-scoring cliff-hanger between England and West Indies has resulted in players from these two teams climbing the most valuable player (MVP) ladder. They will, however, climb no further because both the teams are going home.

Dwayne Bravo ( 26 -> 12) finishes this World Cup as the highest-ranking West Indian player after his 2 wickets, 1 catch and 2 run-outs. Chris Gayle (52 -> 30) too signs off with a more respectable ranking, although's he's an even better ODI player.

For England, Kevin Pietersen ( 32 -> 13) ends off on a high note, as does skipper Michael Vaughan (94 -> 38) with his 79 in 68 balls, and 3 wickets at an impressive economy rate. Vaughan may just have extended his ODI career, although his overall record is still nothing to write home about.

Rank	Country	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct \| St	Rc	Bb	W	Run Outs	M	Total
1	Aus	Matthew Hayden	580	537	6				0.5	9	772.40
2	NZ	Scott Styris	462	560	5	234	336	9	0.5	9	763.80
3	SL	Sanath Jayasuriya	403	402	3	212	320	5	1.5	9	699.40
4	SA	Jacques Kallis	480	569	3	251	336	5	0.5	9	669.60
5	SA	Graeme Smith	441	419	7	152	150	4	0.5	9	657.80
6	Aus	Ricky Ponting	480	498	6				0	9	591.60
7	Aus	Brad Hogg	45	21	3	289	419	19	0	9	590.40
8	Aus	Glenn McGrath	0	0	1	297	381	22	0.5	9	552.80
9	SL	Muttiah Muralitharan	3	3	4	276	418	19	0	8	538.00
10	SA	AB De Villiers	357	335	5				2	9	519.00
11	Eng	Andrew Flintoff	92	140	3	298	414	14	2	8	504.20
12	WI	Dwayne Bravo	129	158	5	361	389	13	3.5	9	502.80
13	Eng	Kevin Pietersen	444	548	2	2	6	0	1.5	9	498.40
14	NZ	Jacob Oram	162	227	5	192	315	9	1.5	8	479.40
15	Aus	Michael Clarke	368	367	4	63	72	0	0.5	9	469.00
16	Eng	Paul Collingwood	276	368	8	292	348	6	1.5	9	464.00
17	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	414	516	3				1	9	454.20
18	Aus	Shaun Tait	0	0	1	386	411	19	1.5	9	439.80
19	WI	Daren Powell	56	52	2	385	510	14	0	9	439.40
20	Aus	Adam Gilchrist	303	327	6 \| 4				1	9	438.40
21	NZ	Shane Bond	0	0	3	154	358	12	0	7	435.40
22	NZ	Daniel Vettori	28	25	2	396	526	15	0	9	430.80
23	SA	Andrew Hall	25	30	2	292	417	14	0.5	8	425.60
24	SL	Chaminda Vaas	23	18	3	207	370	12	0	8	423.60
25	Aus	Nathan Bracken	0	0	2	209	352	14	0	8	418.60
26	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	375	481	1	73	78	2	0	9	407.60
27	SA	Herschelle Gibbs	303	324	7				1	9	405.80
28	NZ	Stephen Fleming	352	405	1				0	9	385.00
29	SL	Lasith Malinga	2	9	2	214	260	15	0.5	6	372.80
30	WI	Chris Gayle	228	272	2	281	355	5	0	9	371.40
31	Ire	Trent Johnston	129	144	5	258	302	8	1	8	367.40
32	SL	Kumar Sangakkara	278	371	11 \| 4				0.5	9	366.20
33	SA	Shaun Pollock	58	80	2	280	474	7	1.5	9	365.20
34	Ban	Abdur Razzak	29	54	2	344	442	13	0	9	346.40
35	Eng	Paul Nixon	193	194	7 \| 2				2	9	333.80
36	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	173	196	3	113	181	3	1	9	332.00
37	Ban	Mashrafe Mortaza	109	160	1	323	428	9	0	9	330.40
38	Eng	Michael Vaughan	209	309	1	87	132	4	1.5	9	326.40
39	WI	Brian Lara	269	330	5				1	9	323.00
40	SA	Mark Boucher	177	128	9 \| 0				1	9	320.60
41	Aus	Shane Watson	142	82	2	119	172	2	1	6	319.00
42	Ire	Kyle McCallan	33	75	0	233	352	10	1	9	318.60
43	SL	Chamara Silva	309	397	3				0	9	315.40
44	SL	Farveez Maharoof	39	36	2	198	264	9	1	6	312.40
45	NZ	James Franklin	65	58	2	285	338	9	0.5	8	307.00
46	SA	Andre Nel	1	5	2	186	272	11	0	5	303.60
47	Ban	Saqibul Hasan	202	353	1	302	365	7	0.5	9	296.60
48	Ire	Langford-Smith	67	72	3	291	396	7	0	9	285.20
49	Ban	Mohammad Rafique	42	78	3	302	432	8	0.5	9	284.20
50	NZ	Craig McMillan	203	241	0	110	135	3	0	9	283.20
51	Ind	Virender Sehwag	164	139	0	32	60	2	0	3	280.80
52	Ken	Steve Tikolo	155	189	5	97	114	4	0	3	274.00
53	SA	Charles Langeveldt	10	47	1	327	360	13	0.5	7	272.40
54	Aus	Brad Hodge	152	117	4	17	36	1	0	5	266.20
55	Ban	Syed Rasel	16	34	1	239	372	8	0	7	260.40
56	WI	Marlon Samuels	216	285	2	129	144	1	1.5	8	260.20
57	Ire	Boyd Rankin	15	45	1	324	356	12	0	9	247.80
58	Pak	Imran Nazir	190	175	1				0	3	245.00
59	NZ	Brendon McCullum	117	86	13 \| 1				0	9	240.20
60	Eng	Ravinder Bopara	165	215	1	56	72	2	1	8	236.60
61	NZ	Peter Fulton	251	347	1				0	7	229.40
62	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	315	517	2				0	9	226.40
63	Aus	Andrew Symonds	148	127	3	129	122	2	0	7	226.00
64	Zim	Elton Chigumbura	61	49	1	116	136	6	0	3	224.60
65	Ire	Andre Botha	62	131	1	181	294	5	1	7	222.40
66	Ire	Andrew White	128	173	2	89	109	3	1	8	221.80
67	Ban	Mohammad Ashraful	216	267	0	7	2	0	0	9	213.00
68	Pak	Iftikhar Anjum	51	77	0	73	120	5	1	3	207.40
69	Eng	James Anderson	0	8	0	330	438	8	0	9	206.00
70	WI	Corey Collymore	22	23	0	268	380	6	0	7	205.60
71	NZ	Jeetan Patel	0	1	1	183	266	7	0	5	202.00
72	Ire	Niall O'Brien	216	374	9 \| 0				1	9	201.80
73	SL	Russel Arnold	103	128	2	46	61	3	0.5	9	200.40
74	Ire	Kevin O'Brien	170	263	1	100	108	3	0	8	193.00
75	Ban	Aftab Ahmed	128	151	6	38	31	1	0.5	9	188.00
76	Eng	Sajid Mahmood	2	5	0	259	288	8	1	6	187.40
77	WI	Jerome Taylor	37	41	0	306	384	6	0	7	186.40
78	Eng	Monty Panesar	3	30	0	283	384	7	0.5	8	186.20
79	Ind	Yuvraj Singh	136	116	0	15	18	0	0	3	178.60
80	Ban	Tamim Iqbal	172	275	6				1	9	178.00
81	Eng	Ian Bell	211	349	2				1	8	176.80
82	Can	Sunil Dhaniram	81	87	1	147	162	4	0	3	176.00
83	SA	Makhaya Ntini	15	20	1	293	378	6	0	7	172.40
84	NZ	Lou Vincent	101	127	0				3	3	172.40
85	WI	Dwayne Smith	49	30	0	111	138	4	0	6	169.40
86	Can	John Davison	81	75	2	130	174	2	0	3	169.20
87	SA	Ashwell Prince	107	134	2				2	8	164.80
88	Ire	Jeremy Bray	212	338	2				0	9	163.60
89	Zim	Sean Williams	95	110	1	79	90	2	0.5	3	160.00
90	WI	Denesh Ramdin	84	94	13 \| 0				0	9	157.80
91	SL	Upul Tharanga	219	364	2				0	9	156.80
92	Ind	Zaheer Khan	16	22	0	122	174	5	0	3	151.60
93	Ind	Munaf Patel	25	32	1	105	159	4	0	3	147.60
94	Pak	Umar Gul	11	20	1	72	138	4	0	3	145.40
95	Eng	Ed Joyce	152	221	3				0	5	142.20
96	NL	Ryan ten Doeschate	128	148	2	151	120	2	0	3	140.60
97	Ken	Thomas Odoyo	46	78	0	114	144	4	0.5	3	138.80
98	Ind	Sachin Tendulkar	64	58	0	49	72	2	0	3	138.20
99	Ind	Sourav Ganguly	162	266	0	22	24	1	0	3	132.40
100	Pak	Mohammad Sami	17	44	0	44	90	4	0	2	122.80
101	Ind	Ajit Agarkar	10	27	1	112	168	4	0	3	121.80
102	NL	William Stelling	1	4	1	55	96	4	0	2	121.60
103	Zim	Stuart Matsikenyeri	107	128	2	6	6	0	0	3	120.40
104	Zim	Gary Brent	12	21	1	108	120	5	0	2	120.20
105	Ber	Saleem Mukuddem	0	4	0	69	90	5	0	2	119.80
106	Pak	Shoaib Malik	92	111	1	33	30	1	0	3	115.20
107	SL	Dilhara Fernando	2	2	1	159	212	4	0	5	114.00
108	WI	Devon Smith	99	145	1				1	3	111.00
109	Ban	Mushfiqur Rahim	131	273	3 \| 0				2	9	106.60
110	Aus	Michael Hussey	87	116	5				0	9	106.20
111	NZ	Hamish Marshall	81	98	1				0.5	3	100.60
112	Pak	Shahid Afridi	16	10	0	20	24	3	0	1	95.20
113	NZ	Ross Taylor	98	133	1				0	5	94.60
114	Pak	Mohammad Hafeez	15	34	2	54	78	3	0	2	93.20
115	Can	Ashif Mulla	83	101	1				0	3	90.20
116	Zim	Christopher Mpofu	1	10	0	166	174	4	1	3	87.20
117	Pak	Inzamam ul-Haq	74	103	4				0	3	85.60
118	Can	Ian Billcliff	104	160	1				0	3	85.00
119	Ken	Maurice Ouma	75	155	0 \| 1				2	3	84.00
120	Eng	Liam Plunkett	31	37	1	160	138	4	0	3	83.80
121	Pak	Kamran Akmal	42	74	3 \| 2				1	3	83.80
122	Scot	Colin Smith	85	129	1 \| 1				0	3	81.80
123	Ind	Mahendra Dhoni	29	29	5 \| 2				0	3	79.80
124	Ind	Anil Kumble	0	0	0	38	55	3	0	1	78.00
125	Ken	Jimmy Kamande	29	43	0	110	144	2	0	3	76.80
126	NZ	Michael Mason	0	5	2	134	165	3	0	5	76.00
127	Eng	Andrew Strauss	83	126	2				0	4	75.20
128	Zim	Vusumuzi Sibanda	68	95	3				0	3	75.00
129	NL	Tim de Leede	35	58	1	112	108	3	0	3	75.00
130	Ire	Eoin Morgan	91	179	7				0	9	73.80
131	Zim	Brendan Taylor	87	178	4 \| 1				0.5	3	73.60
132	Can	Geoff Barnett	88	129	0				0	3	72.80
133	Ind	Rahul Dravid	81	112	0				0	3	72.40
134	SA	Justin Kemp	25	58	3	61	66	2	0.5	7	70.40
135	Scot	Majid Haq	35	70	0	121	101	4	0	3	69.80
136	Ire	William Porterfield	172	379	5				0	9	65.80
137	Ken	Peter Ongondo	7	24	1	146	144	4	0	3	65.00
138	Ken	Ravindu Shah	81	126	0				0	3	61.20
139	Ber	David Hemp	90	127	1	32	12	0	0	3	61.00
140	Ber	Dean Minors	48	64	1 \| 1				0	3	59.80
141	NL	Mohammad Kashif	0	0	1	29	42	2	0	1	57.60
142	Ber	Kevin Hurdle	6	11	2	139	138	3	0	3	56.60
143	Scot	John Blain	41	63	0	90	78	2	0	3	52.00
144	Scot	Glenn Rogers	32	49	1	114	110	2	0	3	51.80
145	Ban	Habibul Bashar	105	229	5				0	9	51.80
146	Pak	Younis Khan	37	47	3	5	6	0	0	3	51.20
147	Pak	Danish Kaneria	6	4	0	93	78	3	0	2	50.20
148	Ken	Collins Obuya	31	44	1	8	18	0	0.5	3	50.20
149	Ber	Lionel Cann	44	40	0	88	72	1	0	3	49.60
150	NL	Darron Reekers	38	33	0	106	102	1	0	3	49.20
151	Can	Abdool Samad	60	113	1	85	64	2	0	3	48.80
152	Ken	Tanmay Mishra	37	61	2				0.5	3	47.20
153	Zim	Tawanda Mupariwa	0	3	0	91	114	2	0	2	45.80
154	Ken	Hiren Varaiya	5	23	1	98	138	1	0.5	3	45.00
155	Pak	Mohammad Yousuf	55	113	0	0	1	1	0	3	44.40
156	Aus	Stuart Clark	0	0	0	19	48	1	0	1	43.40
157	NL	Mark Jonkman	0	2	0	57	67	2	0	2	43.00
158	Scot	Paul Hoffmann	25	19	1	104	102	1	0	3	41.40
159	Can	Ashish Bagai	62	123	3 \| 0				0	3	40.60
160	Can	Kevin Sandher	2	6	0	58	60	2	0	1	37.20
161	SA	Robin Petersen	12	16	1	61	72	1	0	2	36.80
162	SL	Malinga Bandara	17	19	0	53	58	1	0	1	36.20
163	NL	Daan van Bunge	38	49	2	60	31	1	0	3	35.60
164	Zim	Prosper Utseya	5	8	1	101	156	0	0	3	32.40
165	NL	Peter Borren	26	24	1	141	108	2	0	3	31.20
166	Can	Anderson Cummins	10	11	0	149	150	2	0	3	30.20
167	NL	Bas Zuiderent	53	95	0				0	3	30.00
168	Ind	Harbhajan Singh	17	23	0	83	120	0	0	2	28.60
169	Ind	Robin Uthappa	30	48	1				0	3	26.60
170	SL	Nuwan Kulasekara	1	5	1	30	66	0	0	2	25.80
171	Zim	Anthony Ireland	0	0	1	38	42	1	0	1	24.60
172	WI	Ian Bradshaw	26	62	0	167	174	2	0	3	22.60
173	NL	Jeroen Smits	3	12	3 \| 1				0	3	21.40
174	Scot	Dougie Brown	64	102	1	126	90	1	0	3	21.40
175	Scot	Ryan Watson	53	107	0				0	3	20.40
176	Can	Umar Bhatti	11	30	0	110	134	1	0	3	19.20
177	Zim	Edward Rainsford	1	1	0	44	42	1	0	1	14.80
178	Can	George Codrington	7	8	1	70	60	1	0	1	14.60
179	NL	Eric Szwarczynski	24	42	0				0	2	14.40
180	Can	Desmond Chumney	27	51	0				0	1	13.20
181	WI	Lendl Simmons	14	26	1				0	1	12.20
182	Scot	Fraser Watts	33	69	0				0	2	10.80
183	Scot	Craig Wright	5	28	1	75	84	1	0	2	8.80
184	Eng	Stuart Broad	5	5	1	32	36	0	0	1	7.80
185	Ber	Delyone Borden	21	74	0	72	60	2	0	3	6.80
186	Zim	Terry Duffin	12	22	0				0	1	6.40
187	Ban	Shahriar Nafees	31	76	1				0	6	6.20
188	Ken	Tony Suji	14	29	0	15	18	0	0	1	4.20
189	Scot	Neil McCallum	25	64	1				0	2	3.80
190	Ire	John Mooney	23	45	1	36	30	0	0	2	3.00
191	Ban	Shahadat Hossain	0	2	0	51	54	0	0.5	1	2.60
192	Zim	Chamu Chibhabha	27	69	2	11	6	0	0	3	2.60
193	Ban	Javed Omar	55	141	1				0	3	2.20
194	Ber	Steven Outerbridge	9	20	0				0	2	2.00
195	WI	Kieron Pollard	10	17	0	20	18	0	0	1	0.80
196	Ire	Kenneth Carroll	0	2	1	8	6	0	0	1	0.20
197	SA	Loots Bosman	0	0	0				0	1	0.00
198	Can	Qaiser Ali	6	16	0				0	1	-0.80
199	Pak	Azhar Mahmood	2	21	0	25	46	0	0	1	-1.00
200	Ken	Lameck Onyango	16	35	0	77	60	1	0	2	-1.00
201	Zim	Friday Kasteni	9	24	0				0	2	-1.20
202	Pak	Naved-ul-Hasan	11	29	1	49	54	0	0	1	-2.00
203	Ire	Peter Gillespie	2	8	0				0	1	-2.40
204	Scot	Navdeep Poonia	1	6	0				0	2	-2.80
205	Ber	Oliver Pitcher	28	81	1				0	3	-3.80
206	Ber	Clay Smith	0	5	0				0	1	-4.00
207	Ber	Janeiro Tucker	13	33	4	131	132	0	0	3	-5.80
208	Ken	David Obuya	5	22	0				0	2	-7.60
209	NL	Luuk van Troost	5	10	1	59	24	1	0	2	-8.80
210	NL	Alexei Kervezee	17	54	0				0	2	-9.20
211	Scot	Dewald Nel	0	0	0	24	18	0	0	1	-9.60
212	Ber	Malachi Jones	1	8	2	74	42	1	0	1	-10.80
213	NZ	Daryl Tuffey	0	0	0	40	36	0	0	1	-11.20
214	Eng	Jamie Dalrymple	6	22	3	69	60	0	0	3	-11.60
215	Scot	Gavin Hamilton	11	44	0				0	3	-13.20
216	Ber	Irvine Romaine	11	32	0	29	18	0	0	3	-18.20
217	NL	Adeel Raja	8	14	0	61	47	0	0	1	-18.60
218	Ken	Nehemiah Odhiambo	0	0	0	33	18	0	0	1	-18.60
219	Ban	Tapash Baisya	0	0	0	35	17	0	0	1	-21.40
220	Ire	Paul Mooney	0	1	0	40	21	0	0	1	-24.00
221	Ber	Dwayne Leverock	10	39	1	182	141	2	0	3	-27.40
222	Can	Henry Osinde	1	3	0	76	56	0	0	2	-31.60
223	NZ	Mark Gillespie	2	8	3	109	73	0	0	2	-38.00

The Chernoff gallery of the top nine World Cup 2007 players appears below. The data below the face is in the following format: total points | total runs / strike rate | wickets / economy rate.

There are still four Australians, two South Africans, two Sri Lankans, and one New Zealander in this list.

Here are the faces of the nine highest scoring batsmen in the Super Eights (batting points | total runs / scoring rate). If two players have scored the same number of runs, the player with the higher overall points appears first.

Recall that batsmen have round faces and a short and wide nose. They smile more when they score more runs. Batting all-rounders have taller noses, and their faces that aren't so round.

Here are the faces of the nine highest wicket-taking bowlers in the Super Eights (bowling points | 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.

Bowlers have tapered faces, a tall and thin nose, and bigger ears if they take more wickets.

Here are the faces of the nine most successful fielders in the Super Eight ( fielding points | run outs / catches / stumpings).

Bravo has jumped to the top of the list after his exceptional performance against England.

Fielders who take a lot of catches have wide eyebrows (see "McCullum" or "Sangakkara"), and those that participate in run out dismissals have bigger eyes ("Bravo").

What is MVP?

MVP countdown: Hayden is now the favourite

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.