Kallis stays MVP after day 5

There is practically no change at the top, except Jeremy Bray dropping off from the seventh position to 36th after he scored just 3 runs on Saturday against Pakistan.

Herschelle Gibbs, therefore, gains a face in the Chernoff gallery of the top nine players.

Bangladesh's Mashrafe Mortaza is placed at 11th, and he deserves to be there for the outstanding value he brings to the Bangladesh team and with a little help from India's generous captain Rahul Dravid who offered him first use of the juicy wicket, and the charitable Virender Sehwag who's willing to offer his wicket to the first bowler who comes running in.

Three Bangladesh players figure at 11th,16th and 21st position.

There are only two Indians in the top 50 -- Munaf Patel at 32 and Sehwag the bowler at 44. Sourav Ganguly is placed at 85th because it took him 129 balls to score his 66.

Rank	Country	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct	Rc	Bb	W	M	Total	Average
1	SA	Jacques Kallis	128	109	0	18	24	0	1	182.00	182.00
2	Aus	Ricky Ponting	113	93	0	0	0	0	1	151.60	151.60
3	Ken	Steve Tikolo	72	76	2	34	54	2	1	150.40	150.40
4	NZ	Scott Styris	87	113	1	25	42	2	1	145.20	145.20
5	WI	Dwayne Smith	32	15	0	36	60	3	1	136.00	136.00
6	SA	Graeme Smith	67	59	1	32	48	1	1	134.20	134.20
7	SA	Mark Boucher	75	31	0 \| 0	0	0	0	1	125.20	125.20
8	SL	Farveez Maharoof	9	5	0	23	42	4	1	120.60	120.60
9	SA	Herschelle Gibbs	72	40	0	0	0	0	1	112.00	112.00
10	Aus	Brad Hogg	40	15	0	16	43	1	1	110.40	110.40
11	Ban	Mashrafe Mortaza	0	0	0	38	57	4	1	103.60	103.60
12	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	85	90	1	0	0	0	1	103.00	103.00
13	WI	Dwayne Bravo	16	17	2	42	54	3	1	101.60	101.60
14	SL	Kumar Sangakkara	76	83	3 \| 0	0	0	0	1	100.60	100.60
15	Aus	Glenn McGrath	0	0	0	14	36	3	1	98.80	98.80
16	Ban	Abdur Razzak	0	0	2	38	60	3	1	92.00	92.00
17	Ken	Maurice Ouma	58	89	0 \| 1	0	0	0	1	90.80	90.80
18	Pak	Mohammad Sami	12	34	0	29	60	3	1	87.80	87.80
19	NZ	Jacob Oram	63	83	0	25	36	1	1	87.40	87.40
20	SL	Lasith Malinga	0	0	0	10	30	3	1	86.00	86.00
21	Ban	Mohammad Rafique	0	0	0	35	60	3	1	85.00	85.00
22	Zim	Stuart Matsikenyeri	73	76	0	6	6	0	1	84.00	84.00
23	Pak	Iftikhar Anjum	19	61	0	73	120	5	2	156.20	78.10
24	NZ	Shane Bond	0	0	0	19	60	2	1	77.00	77.00
25	SL	Chamara Silva	55	45	0	0	0	0	1	74.00	74.00
26	Aus	Matthew Hayden	60	73	0	0	0	0	1	73.60	73.60
27	Can	Sunil Dhaniram	34	35	0	34	54	1	1	73.20	73.20
28	Zim	Vusumuzi Sibanda	67	84	1	0	0	0	1	71.80	71.80
29	Aus	Brad Hodge	29	28	0	17	36	1	1	71.40	71.40
30	Ken	Jimmy Kamande	0	0	0	25	60	2	1	71.00	71.00
31	WI	Marlon Samuels	63	70	0	0	0	0	1	70.00	70.00
32	Ind	Munaf Patel	15	15	0	39	51	2	1	67.80	67.80
33	Aus	Adam Gilchrist	46	55	1 \| 0	0	0	0	1	65.00	65.00
34	Ken	Hiren Varaiya	0	0	0	19	60	1	1	65.00	65.00
35	Ire	Trent Johnston	29	38	2	52	102	2	2	127.20	63.60
36	Ire	Jeremy Bray	118	150	2	0	0	0	2	126.00	63.00
37	Zim	Elton Chigumbura	4	9	1	21	36	2	1	61.60	61.60
38	Zim	Sean Williams	14	13	0	21	36	1	1	61.40	61.40
40	Ban	Tamim Iqbal	51	53	0	0	0	0	1	59.60	59.60
39	Ire	Kyle McCallan	0	4	0	68	88	4	2	119.20	59.60
41	Ire	Andre Botha	1	13	1	37	108	3	2	118.00	59.00
42	Eng	Paul Nixon	42	41	1 \| 0	0	0	0	1	56.20	56.20
43	WI	Daren Powell	1	1	0	42	60	2	1	55.20	55.20
44	Ind	Virender Sehwag	2	6	0	17	30	2	1	54.20	54.20
45	SA	Shaun Pollock	0	0	1	4	36	1	1	53.80	53.80
46	Aus	Shaun Tait	0	0	0	45	48	2	1	53.40	53.40
47	NZ	James Franklin	0	0	1	43	54	2	1	53.20	53.20
48	Zim	Gary Brent	3	12	0	40	60	2	1	52.40	52.40
49	SL	Muttiah Muralidaran	0	0	0	28	40	2	1	52.00	52.00
51	WI	Corey Collymore	8	2	0	27	50	1	1	51.40	51.40
50	Ire	Boyd Rankin	0	0	1	75	96	4	2	102.80	51.40
52	Scot	Colin Smith	51	76	0 \| 1	0	0	0	1	51.20	51.20
53	Pak	Shoaib Malik	71	79	1	33	30	1	2	98.80	49.40
54	Eng	Kevin Pietersen	60	92	0	2	6	0	1	49.20	49.20
55	SA	Justin Kemp	0	0	0	18	24	2	1	49.20	49.20
56	Aus	Shane Watson	18	11	1	18	42	0	1	47.80	47.80
57	Ire	Niall O'Brien	73	112	3 \| 0	0	0	0	2	95.40	47.70
58	Eng	James Anderson	0	0	0	39	48	2	1	47.40	47.40
59	Ind	Yuvraj Singh	47	58	0	15	18	0	1	47.00	47.00
60	Scot	Majid Haq	16	22	0	49	42	2	1	47.00	47.00
61	Pak	Mohammad Hafeez	15	34	2	54	78	3	2	93.20	46.60
62	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	49	65	0	0	0	0	1	46.00	46.00
63	Zim	Christopher Mpofu	0	5	0	58	60	2	1	46.00	46.00
64	Eng	Liam Plunkett	29	34	0	43	42	1	1	45.40	45.40
65	Ber	Kevin Hurdle	6	3	1	61	54	2	1	44.80	44.80
66	Ber	Lionel Cann	28	32	0	34	30	1	1	44.40	44.40
67	Ken	Tanmay Mishra	35	54	1	0	0	0	1	43.80	43.80
68	Ber	Saleem Mukuddem	0	4	0	50	60	2	1	42.80	42.80
69	Ind	Zaheer Khan	15	17	0	41	54	1	1	42.60	42.60
70	Ken	Thomas Odoyo	0	0	0	32	48	1	1	42.40	42.40
71	Can	Geoff Barnett	41	50	0	0	0	0	1	42.00	42.00
72	SL	Chaminda Vaas	0	0	0	11	36	1	1	41.80	41.80
73	Ban	Saqibul Hasan	53	86	0	44	60	0	1	41.20	41.20
74	Zim	Brendan Taylor	24	40	3 \| 1	0	0	0	1	41.00	41.00
75	WI	Brian Lara	37	56	2	0	0	0	1	39.20	39.20
76	SA	Andre Hall	0	0	0	15	36	1	1	37.80	37.80
77	Ban	Mushfiqur Rahim	56	107	2 \| 0	0	0	0	1	36.40	36.40
78	Ire	Langford-Smith	15	17	1	65	114	1	2	71.60	35.80
79	WI	Jerome Taylor	2	4	0	38	60	1	1	34.80	34.80
80	Pak	Umar Gul	1	14	0	62	108	2	2	63.20	31.60
81	SA	Charles Langeveldt	0	0	0	22	36	1	1	30.80	30.80
82	NL	Ryan ten Doeschate	57	74	0	58	42	0	1	30.40	30.40
83	Can	Anderson Cummins	1	3	0	32	48	1	1	30.00	30.00
84	Ire	Andrew White	32	51	0	15	18	1	2	58.60	29.30
85	Ind	Sourav Ganguly	66	129	0	0	0	0	1	28.80	28.80
86	NZ	Craig McMillan	27	34	0	0	0	0	1	26.80	26.80
87	Ken	Peter Ongondo	0	0	1	51	60	1	1	26.00	26.00
88	Eng	Andrew Flintoff	0	1	1	17	48	0	1	25.60	25.60
89	Pak	Kamran Akmal	27	48	3 \| 2	0	0	0	2	50.60	25.30
90	Eng	Monty Panesar	0	0	0	47	60	1	1	25.00	25.00
91	SA	Ashwell Prince	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24.00	24.00
92	Can	Ashif Mulla	25	39	1	0	0	0	1	23.80	23.80
93	Can	Umar Bhatti	1	2	0	44	54	1	1	23.60	23.60
94	SL	Sanath Jayasuriya	22	26	0	0	0	0	1	23.20	23.20
95	Ind	Mahendra Dhoni	0	3	1 \| 2	0	0	0	1	22.60	22.60
96	SA	AB De Villiers	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	22.40	22.40
97	SL	Upul Tharanga	30	47	0	0	0	0	1	22.40	22.40
98	Pak	Danish Kaneria	0	0	0	45	54	1	1	22.20	22.20
99	Aus	Nathan Bracken	0	0	1	12	36	0	1	21.80	21.80
100	NZ	Brendon McCullum	0	0	4 \| 0	0	0	0	1	20.00	20.00
101	Scot	Paul Hoffmann	0	0	1	57	60	1	1	20.00	20.00
102	Ire	Kevin O'Brien	26	80	0	37	48	2	2	37.40	18.70
103	Ber	David Hemp	14	18	1	0	0	0	1	18.60	18.60
104	Zim	Prosper Utseya	1	3	0	29	60	0	1	18.60	18.60
105	NL	William Stelling	1	4	0	43	48	1	1	18.20	18.20
106	Ban	Aftab Ahmed	8	10	2	0	0	0	1	18.00	18.00
107	Ire	Eoin Morgan	23	32	3	0	0	0	2	35.40	17.70
108	Can	Ian Billcliff	34	63	0	0	0	0	1	17.60	17.60
109	Ban	Syed Rasel	0	0	0	31	60	0	1	17.00	17.00
110	Scot	Glenn Rogers	6	19	0	52	60	1	1	16.80	16.80
111	Ind	Harbhajan Singh	0	3	0	30	60	0	1	15.60	15.60
112	Zim	Edward Rainsford	1	1	0	44	42	1	1	14.80	14.80
113	Aus	Michael Clarke	15	20	0	0	0	0	1	14.00	14.00
114	WI	Denesh Ramdin	1	4	3 \| 0	0	0	0	1	13.80	13.80
115	Eng	Paul Collingwood	31	54	0	20	18	0	1	13.20	13.20
116	Can	John Davison	8	19	0	31	54	0	1	13.00	13.00
117	Pak	Inzamam ul-Haq	37	68	1				2	24.60	12.30
118	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	12	15	0				1	12.00	12.00
119	Pak	Mohammad Yousuf	52	103	0				2	21.60	10.80
120	Ber	Dean Minors	4	3	1 \| 0				1	10.60	10.60
121	Eng	Michael Vaughan	26	52	0				1	10.40	10.40
122	SA	Andre Nel	0	0	0	19	36	0	1	9.80	9.80
123	NL	Peter Borren	2	6	0	52	48	1	1	9.60	9.60
124	Pak	Imran Nazir	30	54	0				2	16.80	8.40
125	Pak	Younis Khan	9	16	2				2	15.20	7.60
126	Zim	Terry Duffin	12	22	0				1	6.40	6.40
127	Ind	Rahul Dravid	14	28	0				1	5.60	5.60
128	Ind	Ajit Agarkar	0	2	0	41	60	0	1	5.40	5.40
129	NZ	Stephen Fleming	7	11	0				1	5.20	5.20
130	Scot	Craig Wright	4	21	0	58	60	1	1	5.20	5.20
131	NL	Jeroen Smits	0	0	1 \| 0				1	5.00	5.00
132	Can	Ashish Bagai	19	48	1 \| 0				1	4.60	4.60
133	Ind	Robin Uthappa	9	17	0				1	4.40	4.40
134	Eng	Ed Joyce	0	2	1				1	3.40	3.40
135	Aus	Michael Hussey	4	6	0				1	3.20	3.20
136	SL	Russel Arnold	2	1	0				1	3.20	3.20
137	Ber	Dwayne Leverock	1	8	0	67	60	1	1	0.60	0.60
138	Ban	Habibul Bashar	1	8	1				1	0.60	0.60
139	Ken	Collins Obuya	0	0	0				1	0.00	0.00
140	Ind	Sachin Tendulkar	7	26	0	8	18	0	1	-0.40	-0.40
141	NZ	Ross Taylor	0	1	0				1	-0.80	-0.80
143	Can	Qaiser Ali	6	16	0				1	-0.80	-0.80
144	NL	Eric Szwarczynski	12	31	0				1	-0.80	-0.80
145	WI	Chris Gayle	2	6	0				1	-0.80	-0.80
142	Ber	Janeiro Tucker	4	21	2	50	60	0	1	-0.80	-0.80
146	Pak	Azhar Mahmood	2	21	0	25	46	0	1	-1.00	-1.00
147	Scot	Navdeep Poonia	1	4	0				1	-1.20	-1.20
148	Can	Abdool Samad	15	29	0	23	18	0	1	-1.80	-1.80
150	Scot	Fraser Watts	9	25	0				1	-2.00	-2.00
149	Pak	Naved-ul-Hasan	11	29	1	49	54	0	1	-2.00	-2.00
151	Ban	Shahriar Nafees	2	8	0				1	-2.40	-2.40
152	Ban	Mohammad Ashraful	8	23	0				1	-2.40	-2.40
153	NZ	Jeetan Patel	0	0	0	42	48	0	1	-3.60	-3.60
154	Ber	Clay Smith	0	5	0				1	-4.00	-4.00
155	Scot	Ryan Watson	6	20	0				1	-4.00	-4.00
156	NZ	Lou Vincent	0	6	0				1	-4.80	-4.80
157	Zim	Chamu Chibhabha	12	36	0				1	-4.80	-4.80
158	Can	Henry Osinde	1	2	0	31	32	0	1	-5.00	-5.00
159	NZ	Daniel Vettori	0	0	0	53	60	0	1	-5.00	-5.00
160	Eng	Ian Bell	5	19	0				1	-5.20	-5.20
161	Ber	Oliver Pitcher	6	28	1				1	-5.40	-5.40
162	Ken	David Obuya	4	17	0				1	-5.60	-5.60
163	NL	Bas Zuiderent	1	10	0				1	-6.00	-6.00
164	Ire	William Porterfield	13	56	1				2	-13.80	-6.90
165	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	19	63	1				1	-7.40	-7.40
166	NL	Alexei Kervezee	17	52	0				1	-7.60	-7.60
167	NL	Darron Reekers	4	6	0	35	30	0	1	-7.80	-7.80
169	Scot	Gavin Hamilton	3	18	0				1	-8.40	-8.40
168	Eng	Jamie Dalrymple	3	12	1	29	24	0	1	-8.40	-8.40
170	Ken	Ravindu Shah	6	26	0				1	-8.80	-8.80
171	Scot	John Blain	0	0	0	29	24	0	1	-9.80	-9.80
172	Scot	Dougie Brown	19	37	0	86	54	1	1	-10.40	-10.40
173	NL	Luuk van Troost	5	6	0	59	24	1	1	-10.60	-10.60
174	Ber	Irvine Romaine	0	1	0	29	18	0	1	-15.40	-15.40
175	NL	Tim de Leede	21	36	0	48	24	0	1	-15.60	-15.60
176	Ken	Nehemiah Odhiambo	0	0	0	33	18	0	1	-18.60	-18.60
177	Ber	Delyone Borden	6	25	0	27	18	0	1	-20.60	-20.60
178	NL	Daan van Bunge	5	16	2	56	24	0	1	-29.60	-29.60

Finally, here are the Chernoff faces after day 5. Round faces, a wide nose and small ears are some of the attributes of pure batsmen -- "Jacques Kallis", "Ricky Ponting"; tapered faces, tall noses and big ears indicate pure bowlers -- "Farvez Maharoof".

The all-rounders have a mix of these attributes. South Africans currently own four of the nine faces, but expect more Australians on Monday after their game against the Netherlands.

I thank my colleagues Debasish Ghosh and K Anil Kumar of Cranes Software International Limited for turning up on a Sunday morning to prepare this material.