Ponting still leads MVP table

The Sri Lankans have made their appearance in the MVP table after comprehensively defeating Bermuda: With very impressive figures of 7-1-23-4, Maharoof enters the top five. Jayawardene 85 in just 90 balls brings him to the 8th place, and Sangakkara, who could be one of the stars of this WC, has started strongly.

Ireland's Jeremy Bray too has made a very impressive first appearance with a fine century. But Ricky Ponting still retains his top place after day 3.

Rank	Country	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct \| St	Rc	Bb	W	M	Total
1	Aus	Ricky Ponting	113	93	0				1	151.60
2	Ken	Steve Tikolo	72	76	2	34	54	2	1	150.40
3	WI	Dwayne Smith	32	15	0	36	60	3	1	136.00
4	Ire	Jeremy Bray	115	137	1				1	125.40
5	SL	Farveez Maharoof	9	5	0	23	42	4	1	120.60
6	Aus	Brad Hogg	40	15	0	16	43	1	1	110.40
7	Pak	Iftikhar Anjum	11	18	0	44	60	3	1	107.60
8	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	85	90	1				1	103.00
9	WI	Dwayne Bravo	16	17	2	42	54	3	1	101.60
10	SL	Kumar Sangakkara	76	83	3 \| 0				1	100.60
11	Aus	Glenn McGrath	0	0	0	14	36	3	1	98.80
12	Ken	Maurice Ouma	58	89	0 \| 1				1	90.80
13	SL	Lasith Malinga	0	0	0	10	30	3	1	86.00
14	Zim	Stuart Matsikenyeri	73	76	0	6	6	0	1	84.00
15	Pak	Shoaib Malik	62	54	1	24	24	0	1	81.00
16	SL	Chamara Silva	55	45	0				1	74.00
17	Aus	Matthew Hayden	60	73	0				1	73.60
18	Can	Sunil Dhaniram	34	35	0	34	54	1	1	73.20
19	Ire	Trent Johnston	20	24	0	32	60	1	1	72.80
20	Zim	Vusumuzi Sibanda	67	84	1				1	71.80
21	Aus	Brad Hodge	29	28	0	17	36	1	1	71.40
22	Ken	Jimmy Kamande	0	0	0	25	60	2	1	71.00
23	WI	Marlon Samuels	63	70	0				1	70.00
24	Aus	Adam Gilchrist	46	55	1 \| 0				1	65.00
25	Ken	Hiren Varaiya	0	0	0	19	60	1	1	65.00
26	Zim	Elton Chigumbura	4	9	1	21	36	2	1	61.60
27	Zim	Sean Williams	14	13	0	21	36	1	1	61.40
28	Ire	Kyle McCallan	0	3	0	56	54	2	1	56.80
29	WI	Daren Powell	1	1	0	42	60	2	1	55.20
30	Aus	Shaun Tait	0	0	0	45	48	2	1	53.40
31	Ire	Andrew White	28	48	0	15	18	1	1	53.00
32	Pak	Umar Gul	0	1	0	38	54	2	1	52.40
33	Zim	Gary Brent	3	12	0	40	60	2	1	52.40
34	SL	Muttiah Muralidaran	0	0	0	28	40	2	1	52.00
35	Pak	Mohammad Hafeez	11	28	0	39	54	2	1	51.80
36	WI	Corey Collymore	8	2	0	27	50	1	1	51.40
37	Scot	Colin Smith	51	76	0 \| 1				1	51.20
38	Aus	Shane Watson	18	11	1	18	42	0	1	47.80
39	Scot	Majid Haq	16	22	0	49	42	2	1	47.00
40	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	49	65	0				1	46.00
41	Zim	Christopher Mpofu	0	5	0	58	60	2	1	46.00
42	Ber	Kevin Hurdle	6	3	1	61	54	2	1	44.80
43	Ber	Lionel Cann	28	32	0	34	30	1	1	44.40
44	Ken	Tanmay Mishra	35	54	1				1	43.80
45	Ber	Saleem Mukuddem	0	4	0	50	60	2	1	42.80
46	Ken	Thomas Odoyo	0	0	0	32	48	1	1	42.40
47	Can	Geoff Barnett	41	50	0				1	42.00
48	SL	Chaminda Vaas	0	0	0	11	36	1	1	41.80
49	Zim	Brendan Taylor	24	40	3 \| 1				1	41.00
50	WI	Brian Lara	37	56	2				1	39.20
51	Ire	Andre Botha	1	7	0	32	60	1	1	36.40
52	WI	Jerome Taylor	2	4	0	38	60	1	1	34.80
53	Ire	Langford-Smith	15	17	1	34	54	0	1	30.60
54	Can	Anderson Cummins	1	3	0	32	48	1	1	30.00
55	Ire	Niall O'Brien	1	5	1 \| 0				1	27.00
56	Ken	Peter Ongondo	0	0	1	51	60	1	1	26.00
57	Ire	Eoin Morgan	21	27	1				1	25.40
58	Pak	Inzamam ul-Haq	36	65	1				1	25.00
59	Pak	Kamran Akmal	0	1	3 \| 1				1	24.20
60	Can	Ashif Mulla	25	39	1				1	23.80
61	Can	Umar Bhatti	1	2	0	44	54	1	1	23.60
62	Ire	Kevin O'Brien	10	28	0	8	12	1	1	23.20
63	SL	Sanath Jayasuriya	22	26	0				1	23.20
64	SL	Upul Tharanga	30	47	0				1	22.40
65	Pak	Danish Kaneria	0	0	0	45	54	1	1	22.20
66	Aus	Nathan Bracken	0	0	1	12	36	0	1	21.80
67	Scot	Paul Hoffmann	0	0	1	57	60	1	1	20.00
68	Ire	Boyd Rankin	0	0	1	43	42	1	1	19.60
69	Ber	David Hemp	14	18	1				1	18.60
70	Zim	Prosper Utseya	1	3	0	29	60	0	1	18.60
71	Can	Ian Billcliff	34	63	0				1	17.60
72	Scot	Glenn Rogers	6	19	0	52	60	1	1	16.80
73	Pak	Mohammad Yousuf	37	72	0				1	16.40
74	Zim	Edward Rainsford	1	1	0	44	42	1	1	14.80
75	Aus	Michael Clarke	15	20	0				1	14.00
76	WI	Denesh Ramdin	1	4	3 \| 0				1	13.80
77	Can	John Davison	8	19	0	31	54	0	1	13.00
78	Pak	Younis Khan	9	13	1				1	12.60
79	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	12	15	0				1	12.00
80	Ber	Dean Minors	4	3	1 \| 0				1	10.60
81	Pak	Imran Nazir	6	3	0				1	9.60
82	Zim	Terry Duffin	12	22	0				1	6.40
83	Scot	Craig Wright	4	21	0	58	60	1	1	5.20
84	Can	Ashish Bagai	19	48	1 \| 0				1	4.60
85	Aus	Michael Hussey	4	6	0				1	3.20
86	SL	Russel Arnold	2	1	0				1	3.20
87	Ber	Dwayne Leverock	1	8	0	67	60	1	1	0.60
88	Ken	Collins Obuya	0	0	0				1	0.00
89	Ber	Janeiro Tucker	4	21	2	50	60	0	1	-0.80
90	Can	Qaiser Ali	6	16	0				1	-0.80
91	WI	Chris Gayle	2	6	0				1	-0.80
92	Scot	Navdeep Poonia	1	4	0				1	-1.20
93	Can	Abdool Samad	15	29	0	23	18	0	1	-1.80
94	Pak	Naved-ul-Hasan	11	29	1	49	54	0	1	-2.00
95	Scot	Fraser Watts	9	25	0			0	1	-2.00
96	Ber	Clay Smith	0	5	0			0	1	-4.00
97	Scot	Ryan Watson	6	20	0			0	1	-4.00
98	Ire	William Porterfield	0	6	0			0	1	-4.80
99	Zim	Chamu Chibhabha	12	36	0			0	1	-4.80
100	Can	Henry Osinde	1	2	0	31	32	0	1	-5.00
101	Ber	Oliver Pitcher	6	28	1			0	1	-5.40
102	Ken	David Obuya	4	17	0			0	1	-5.60
103	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	19	63	1			0	1	-7.40
104	Scot	Gavin Hamilton	3	18	0			0	1	-8.40
105	Ken	Ravindu Shah	6	26	0			0	1	-8.80
106	Scot	John Blain	0	0	0	29	24	0	1	-9.80
107	Scot	Dougie Brown	19	37	0	86	54	1	1	-10.40
108	Ber	Irvine Romaine	0	1	0	29	18	0	1	-15.40
109	Ken	Nehemiah Odhiambo	0	0	0	33	18	0	1	-18.60
110	Ber	Delyone Borden	6	25	0	27	18	0	1	-20.60

The Chernoff faces of the top nine players are shown below. Recall that the highest ranked player has the longest hair; the batsmen have round faces, eyes wide apart, smaller ears and a wider nose. The more they score, the more they seem to smile (see "Ponting", "Bray" or "Jayawardene"). The bowlers are quite the opposite: tapered faces, eyes close to each other, bigger ears and a longer nose (see "Maharoof", "Rao Iftikhar Anjum"), and pure bowlers have more grumpy faces than bowling all-rounders.

This feature is powered by Cranes Software. All the data collection and computer programming to calculate the MVP was carried out by K Anil Kumar and Debasish Ghosh of Cranes Software International Limited, Bangalore.

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