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MVP countdown: It should be Hayden or Jayasuriya

By Srinivas Bhogle
April 26, 2007 16:48 IST

Australia's Matthew Hayden (1) has the best chance to emerge as the most valuable player (MVP) of the 2007 World Cup. Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya (3) is most likely to challenge Hayden when Sri Lanka clash with Australia in Saturday's World Cup final.

Glenn McGrath (7) however looks set to be chosen as the "official" player of the series, based on the rule that gives three points to the man of the match, two points to the second best player and one point to the third best player --- and then picks the player with the largest number of points.

If you look at cold numbers, it's hard to explain how McGrath can be rated so much above Muttiah Muralitharan (6) and Brad Hogg (8). All three have 20+ wickets, and Murali's economy rate is the best among the three; Murali has also played one game less than McGrath.

However no one can deny that McGrath and his Australians teammates have played awesome cricket. Australia has been a truly formidable force in ODI cricket for five years now. By comprehensively defeating South Africa two times out of two, Australia has also questioned the veracity of ICC's ODI ranking scheme that surprisingly put Australia below South Africa when the World Cup started.
Rank Country Player Runs Balls Ct | St Rc Bb W Run Outs M Total Points
1 Aus Matthew Hayden 621 597 7 0.5 10 811.40
2 NZ Scott Styris 499 598 5 242 342 9 0.5 10 804.20
3 SL Sanath Jayasuriya 404 408 3 269 374 7 1.5 10 730.80
4 SA Jacques Kallis 485 578 3 271 366 5 0.5 10 676.40
5 SA Graeme Smith 443 424 8 152 150 4 0.5 10 662.80
6 SL Muttiah Muralitharan 3 3 5 307 466 23 0 9 646.40
7 Aus Glenn McGrath 0 0 1 315 429 25 0.5 10 645.20
8 Aus Brad Hogg 45 21 4 313 479 20 0 10 643.40
9 Aus Ricky Ponting 502 523 6 0 10 615.60
10 SL Mahela Jayawardene 529 625 4 1 10 602.00
11 Aus Shaun Tait 0 0 1 425 471 23 1.5 10 544.80
12 Aus Michael Clarke 428 453 5 63 72 0 0.5 10 525.20
13 SA AB De Villiers 372 369 5 2 10 521.80
14 Eng Andrew Flintoff 92 140 3 298 414 14 2 8 504.20
15 WI Dwayne Bravo 129 158 5 361 389 13 3.5 9 502.80
16 Eng Kevin Pietersen 444 548 2 2 6 0 1.5 9 498.40
17 NZ Jacob Oram 165 234 5 252 375 10 1.5 9 491.80
18 Eng Paul Collingwood 276 368 8 292 348 6 1.5 9 464.00
19 Aus Nathan Bracken 0 0 2 224 394 15 0 9 461.20
20 SL Chaminda Vaas 23 18 3 232 418 13 0 9 461.00
21 Aus Adam Gilchrist 304 332 10 | 4 1 10 456.40
22 NZ Shane Bond 2 4 3 213 418 13 0 8 449.20
23 NZ Daniel Vettori 28 29 2 447 586 16 0 10 448.60
24 SA Herschelle Gibbs 342 373 7 1 10 444.60
25 WI Daren Powell 56 52 2 385 510 14 0 9 439.40
26 SL Tillakaratne Dilshan 203 223 3 135 209 5 1 10 418.80
27 SA Andrew Hall 28 38 2 335 456 14 0.5 9 413.40
28 SL Lasith Malinga 2 9 2 235 302 16 0.5 7 409.40
29 WI Ramnaresh Sarwan 375 481 1 73 78 2 0 9 407.60
30 SA Shaun Pollock 63 93 2 296 504 8 1.5 10 396.80
31 NZ Stephen Fleming 353 409 2 0 10 388.80
32 NZ James Franklin 95 96 2 331 392 11 0.5 9 381.80
33 WI Chris Gayle 228 272 2 281 355 5 0 9 371.40
34 SL Kumar Sangakkara 296 413 11 | 4 0.5 10 368.60
35 Ire Trent Johnston 129 144 5 258 302 8 1 8 367.40
36 Ban Abdur Razzak 29 54 2 344 442 13 0 9 346.40
37 SL Chamara Silva 330 430 5 0 10 341.00
38 Aus Shane Watson 142 82 2 168 225 3 1 7 336.40
39 Eng Paul Nixon 193 194 7 | 2 2 9 333.80
40 Ban Mashrafe Mortaza 109 160 1 323 428 9 0 9 330.40
41 Eng Michael Vaughan 209 309 1 87 132 4 1.5 9 326.40
42 WI Brian Lara 269 330 5 1 9 323.00
43 SA Mark Boucher 177 129 9 | 0 1 10 319.80
44 Ire Kyle McCallan 33 75 0 233 352 10 1 9 318.60
45 NZ Craig McMillan 228 261 0 110 135 3 0 10 317.20
46 SA Andre Nel 9 46 2 217 314 12 0 6 313.40
47 SL Farveez Maharoof 39 36 2 198 264 9 1 6 312.40
48 Ban Saqibul Hasan 202 353 1 302 365 7 0.5 9 296.60
49 SA Charles Langeveldt 16 57 1 361 396 14 0.5 8 295.20
50 Ire Langford-Smith 67 72 3 291 396 7 0 9 285.20
51 Ban Mohammad Rafique 42 78 3 302 432 8 0.5 9 284.20
52 Ind Virender Sehwag 164 139 0 32 60 2 0 3 280.80
53 Ken Steve Tikolo 155 189 5 97 114 4 0 3 274.00
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 NZ Peter Fulton 297 424 1 0 8 259.80
58 Aus Andrew Symonds 166 143 3 129 122 2 0 8 249.20
59 Ire Boyd Rankin 15 45 1 324 356 12 0 9 247.80
60 Pak Imran Nazir 190 175 1 0 3 245.00
61 SL Upul Tharanga 292 438 2 0 10 243.60
62 NZ Brendon McCullum 117 87 13 | 1 0 10 239.40
63 Eng Ravinder Bopara 165 215 1 56 72 2 1 8 236.60
64 WI Shivnarine Chanderpaul 315 517 2 0 9 226.40
65 NZ Jeetan Patel 34 39 1 245 326 7 0 6 225.60
66 Zim Elton Chigumbura 61 49 1 116 136 6 0 3 224.60
67 Ire Andre Botha 62 131 1 181 294 5 1 7 222.40
68 Ire Andrew White 128 173 2 89 109 3 1 8 221.80
69 SL Russel Arnold 117 142 2 46 61 3 0.5 10 217.20
70 Ban Mohammad Ashraful 216 267 0 7 2 0 0 9 213.00
71 Pak Iftikhar Anjum 51 77 0 73 120 5 1 3 207.40
72 Eng James Anderson 0 8 0 330 438 8 0 9 206.00
73 WI Corey Collymore 22 23 0 268 380 6 0 7 205.60
74 Ire Niall O'Brien 216 374 9 | 0 1 9 201.80
75 Ire Kevin O'Brien 170 263 1 100 108 3 0 8 193.00
76 Ban Aftab Ahmed 128 151 6 38 31 1 0.5 9 188.00
77 Eng Sajid Mahmood 2 5 0 259 288 8 1 6 187.40
78 WI Jerome Taylor 37 41 0 306 384 6 0 7 186.40
79 Eng Monty Panesar 3 30 0 283 384 7 0.5 8 186.20
80 Ind Yuvraj Singh 136 116 0 15 18 0 0 3 178.60
81 Ban Tamim Iqbal 172 275 6 1 9 178.00
82 Eng Ian Bell 211 349 2 1 8 176.80
83 Can Sunil Dhaniram 81 87 1 147 162 4 0 3 176.00
84 SA Makhaya Ntini 15 20 1 293 378 6 0 7 172.40
85 NZ Lou Vincent 101 127 0 3 3 172.40
86 WI Dwayne Smith 49 30 0 111 138 4 0 6 169.40
87 Can John Davison 81 75 2 130 174 2 0 3 169.20
88 Ire Jeremy Bray 212 338 2 0 9 163.60
89 SA Ashwell Prince 107 136 2 2 9 163.20
90 Zim Sean Williams 95 110 1 79 90 2 0.5 3 160.00
91 WI Denesh Ramdin 84 94 13 | 0 0 9 157.80
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 WI Devon Smith 99 145 1 1 3 111.00
108 Ban Mushfiqur Rahim 131 273 3 | 0 2 9 106.60
109 Aus Michael Hussey 87 116 5 0 10 106.20
110 SA Justin Kemp 74 149 3 65 78 2 0.5 8 101.20
111 NZ Hamish Marshall 81 98 1 0.5 3 100.60
112 SL Dilhara Fernando 2 2 2 204 242 4 0 6 98.00
113 Pak Shahid Afridi 16 10 0 20 24 3 0 1 95.20
114 Pak Mohammad Hafeez 15 34 2 54 78 3 0 2 93.20
115 NZ Ross Taylor 107 158 1 0 6 92.60
116 Can Ashif Mulla 83 101 1 0 3 90.20
117 Zim Christopher Mpofu 1 10 0 166 174 4 1 3 87.20
118 Pak Inzamam ul-Haq 74 103 4 0 3 85.60
119 Can Ian Billcliff 104 160 1 0 3 85.00
120 Ken Maurice Ouma 75 155 0 | 1 2 3 84.00
121 Eng Liam Plunkett 31 37 1 160 138 4 0 3 83.80
122 Pak Kamran Akmal 42 74 3 | 2 1 3 83.80
123 Scot Colin Smith 85 129 1 | 1 0 3 81.80
124 Ind Mahendra Dhoni 29 29 5 | 2 0 3 79.80
125 Ind Anil Kumble 0 0 0 38 55 3 0 1 78.00
126 Ken Jimmy Kamande 29 43 0 110 144 2 0 3 76.80
127 NZ Michael Mason 0 5 2 134 165 3 0 5 76.00
128 Eng Andrew Strauss 83 126 2 0 4 75.20
129 Zim Vusumuzi Sibanda 68 95 3 0 3 75.00
130 NL Tim de Leede 35 58 1 112 108 3 0 3 75.00
131 Ire Eoin Morgan 91 179 7 0 9 73.80
132 Zim Brendan Taylor 87 178 4 | 1 0.5 3 73.60
133 Can Geoff Barnett 88 129 0 0 3 72.80
134 Ind Rahul Dravid 81 112 0 0 3 72.40
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

Ct: Catches taken | St: Stumpings | Rc: Runs conceded | Bb: Balls bowled | W: Wickets taken | M: Matches played.*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 World Cup 2007 players after the second semi-final appears below. The data below the face is in the following format: total points | total runs / strike rate | wickets / economy rate.

Here are the faces of the nine highest scoring batsmen in the 2007 World Cup so far (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 2007 World Cup so far (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 2007 World Cup so far ( fielding points | run outs / catches / stumpings).

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

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    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

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