When we completed Sunday's Most Valuable Player calculations (it takes almost three hours to carry out the business), we were surprised that Australia's Brad Hodge had sneaked past the South African captain Graeme Smith.
It didn't seem right after Smith's superlative knock on Saturday, and given that Hodge hadn't even made it to the Australian eleven for the South Africa match.
But we could not change things unless we changed our rules (for example, by ranking on the total points instead of the average points) or fudged our data.
Shahid Afridi at No. 5 too is hard to accept. He is up there only because he got three cheap Zimbabwe wickets in the only match he played.
If we temporarily ignore these (and they will disappear once the Super Eight starts), we find that the formula has picked out the most valuable players sufficiently well: Smith is South Africa's best (with AB de Villiers and Jacques Kallis not far behind).
Scott Styris is New Zealand's best so far, Ricky Ponting has brought the greatest value to his Australian team followed by Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hogg and Adam Gilchrist.
Steve Tikolo is certainly Kenya's most valuable player, perhaps the only valuable player and Sehwag has indeed played better for India than anyone else even if that was hardly good enough.
| Rank | Country | Player | Runs | Balls | Ct|St | Rc | Bb | W | Run outs* | M | Total | AVG |
| 1 | Aus | Brad Hodge | 152 | 117 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 246.20 | 123.10 |
| 2 | SA | Graeme Smith | 232 | 193 | 2 | 59 | 78 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 359.00 | 119.67 |
| 3 | NZ | Scott Styris | 178 | 192 | 1 | 46 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 295.80 | 98.60 |
| 4 | Aus | Ricky Ponting | 227 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 289.20 | 96.40 |
| 5 | Pak | Shahid Afridi | 16 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 95.20 | 95.20 |
| 6 | Ind | Virender Sehwag | 164 | 139 | 0 | 32 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 280.80 | 93.60 |
| 7 | Aus | Michael Clarke | 200 | 180 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 278.00 | 92.67 |
| 8 | Ken | Steve Tikolo | 155 | 189 | 5 | 97 | 114 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 274.00 | 91.33 |
| 9 | SA | AB De Villiers | 154 | 117 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 272.40 | 90.80 |
| 10 | Aus | Matthew Hayden | 190 | 175 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 262.00 | 87.33 |
| 11 | Aus | Brad Hogg | 40 | 15 | 0 | 104 | 132 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 261.60 | 87.20 |
| 12 | SA | Jacques Kallis | 176 | 172 | 1 | 105 | 126 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 251.20 | 83.73 |
| 13 | Pak | Imran Nazir | 190 | 175 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 245.00 | 81.67 |
| 14 | SL | Farveez Maharoof | 9 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 157.20 | 78.60 |
| 15 | Ind | Anil Kumble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 78.00 | 78.00 |
| 16 | SL | Sanath Jayasuriya | 137 | 136 | 1 | 33 | 65 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 225.20 | 75.07 |
| 17 | Zim | Elton Chigumbura | 61 | 49 | 1 | 116 | 136 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 224.60 | 74.87 |
| 18 | Aus | Adam Gilchrist | 145 | 161 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 215.20 | 71.73 |
| 19 | Pak | Iftikhar Anjum | 51 | 77 | 0 | 73 | 120 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 207.40 | 69.13 |
| 20 | SL | Chamara Silva | 166 | 161 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 203.20 | 67.73 |
| 21 | NZ | James Franklin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 98 | 4 | 0.5 | 2 | 133.40 | 66.70 |
| 22 | WI | Dwayne Bravo | 53 | 63 | 2 | 77 | 96 | 5 | 0.5 | 3 | 197.40 | 65.80 |
| 23 | SL | Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 84 | 154 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 193.20 | 64.40 |
| 24 | Ire | Trent Johnston | 29 | 38 | 2 | 52 | 102 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 127.20 | 63.60 |
| 25 | Eng | Paul Collingwood | 111 | 119 | 1 | 94 | 114 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 189.00 | 63.00 |
| 26 | SL | Lasith Malinga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 114 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 188.20 | 62.73 |
| 27 | Pak | Mohammad Sami | 17 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 122.80 | 61.40 |
| 28 | NL | William Stelling | 1 | 4 | 1 | 55 | 96 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 121.60 | 60.80 |
| 29 | SL | Kumar Sangakkara | 147 | 173 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 180.60 | 60.20 |
| 30 | NZ | Shane Bond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 120.40 | 60.20 |
| 31 | Zim | Gary Brent | 12 | 21 | 1 | 108 | 120 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 120.20 | 60.10 |
| 32 | Ind | Yuvraj Singh | 136 | 116 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 178.60 | 59.53 |
| 33 | Ire | Kyle McCallan | 20 | 28 | 0 | 103 | 148 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 177.00 | 59.00 |
| 34 | Can | Sunil Dhaniram | 81 | 87 | 1 | 147 | 162 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 176.00 | 58.67 |
| 35 | SL | Chaminda Vaas | 19 | 12 | 2 | 61 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 174.20 | 58.07 |
| 36 | NL | Mohammad Kashif | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57.60 | 57.60 |
| 37 | NZ | Lou Vincent | 101 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 172.40 | 57.47 |
| 38 | Can | John Davison | 81 | 75 | 2 | 130 | 174 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 169.20 | 56.40 |
| 39 | NZ | Peter Fulton | 47 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56.40 | 56.40 |
| 40 | NZ | Jacob Oram | 101 | 116 | 1 | 70 | 108 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 166.60 | 55.53 |
| 41 | SL | Mahela Jayawardene | 138 | 180 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 166.00 | 55.33 |
| 42 | SA | Mark Boucher | 97 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 165.40 | 55.13 |
| 43 | WI | Daren Powell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 81 | 150 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 165.20 | 55.07 |
| 44 | SA | Andre Hall | 8 | 12 | 0 | 123 | 156 | 6 | 0.5 | 3 | 164.20 | 54.73 |
| 45 | Ban | Mohammad Rafique | 7 | 17 | 0 | 83 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 109.40 | 54.70 |
| 46 | Zim | Sean Williams | 95 | 110 | 1 | 79 | 90 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 160.00 | 53.33 |
| 47 | NZ | Stephen Fleming | 133 | 139 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 159.80 | 53.27 |
| 48 | WI | Chris Gayle | 60 | 68 | 1 | 55 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 159.60 | 53.20 |
| 49 | Aus | Glenn McGrath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 138 | 6 | 0.5 | 3 | 157.40 | 52.47 |
| 50 | WI | Dwayne Smith | 32 | 15 | 0 | 64 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 156.00 | 52.00 |
| 51 | Eng | Ravinder Bopara | 29 | 30 | 0 | 50 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 104.00 | 52.00 |
| 52 | Ind | Zaheer Khan | 16 | 22 | 0 | 122 | 174 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 151.60 | 50.53 |
| 53 | Ire | Jeremy Bray | 159 | 222 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 150.40 | 50.13 |
| 54 | NZ | Craig McMillan | 108 | 88 | 0 | 60 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 148.00 | 49.33 |
| 55 | Ind | Munaf Patel | 25 | 32 | 1 | 105 | 159 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 147.60 | 49.20 |
| 56 | Pak | Umar Gul | 11 | 20 | 1 | 72 | 138 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 145.40 | 48.47 |
| 57 | Eng | James Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 162 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 143.60 | 47.87 |
| 58 | SL | Tillakaratne Dilshan | 50 | 56 | 1 | 14 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 143.00 | 47.67 |
| 59 | NZ | Daniel Vettori | 14 | 7 | 2 | 155 | 180 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 141.40 | 47.13 |
| 60 | SA | Herschelle Gibbs | 89 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 140.80 | 46.93 |
| 61 | NL | Ryan ten Doeschate | 128 | 148 | 2 | 151 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 140.60 | 46.87 |
| 62 | Pak | Mohammad Hafeez | 15 | 34 | 2 | 54 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 93.20 | 46.60 |
| 63 | Ken | Thomas Odoyo | 46 | 78 | 0 | 114 | 144 | 4 | 0.5 | 3 | 138.80 | 46.27 |
| 64 | Ind | Sachin Tendulkar | 64 | 58 | 0 | 49 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 138.20 | 46.07 |
| 65 | Eng | Liam Plunkett | 29 | 34 | 0 | 89 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 90.60 | 45.30 |
| 66 | Ban | Mashrafe Mortaza | 7 | 14 | 0 | 104 | 117 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 88.40 | 44.20 |
| 67 | Ind | Sourav Ganguly | 162 | 266 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 132.40 | 44.13 |
| 68 | NZ | Jeetan Patel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 88.20 | 44.10 |
| 69 | Eng | Ed Joyce | 141 | 195 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 131.00 | 43.67 |
| 70 | WI | Marlon Samuels | 118 | 149 | 0 | 71 | 90 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 129.80 | 43.27 |
| 71 | Eng | Paul Nixon | 65 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 129.80 | 43.27 |
| 72 | Aus | Shane Watson | 44 | 24 | 1 | 64 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 129.80 | 43.27 |
| 73 | Ber | Saleem Mukuddem | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42.80 | 42.80 |
| 74 | NZ | Ross Taylor | 85 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 83.60 | 41.80 |
| 75 | Ire | Andre Botha | 29 | 69 | 1 | 72 | 144 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 123.00 | 41.00 |
| 76 | Eng | Andrew Flintoff | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 102 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 81.80 | 40.90 |
| 77 | Ind | Ajit Agarkar | 10 | 27 | 1 | 112 | 168 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 121.80 | 40.60 |
| 78 | Aus | Nathan Bracken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 121.60 | 40.53 |
| 79 | WI | Ian Bradshaw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.20 | 40.20 |
| 80 | Zim | Stuart Matsikenyeri | 107 | 128 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 120.40 | 40.13 |
| 81 | NZ | Brendon McCullum | 58 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 117.00 | 39.00 |
| 82 | Aus | Shaun Tait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 150 | 5 | 0.5 | 3 | 117.00 | 39.00 |
| 83 | Ire | Langford-Smith | 23 | 24 | 1 | 98 | 168 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 116.20 | 38.73 |
| 84 | Eng | Kevin Pietersen | 121 | 168 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 115.40 | 38.47 |
| 85 | Pak | Shoaib Malik | 92 | 111 | 1 | 33 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 115.20 | 38.40 |
| 86 | Ban | Abdur Razzak | 0 | 2 | 2 | 124 | 120 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 76.40 | 38.20 |
| 87 | WI | Jerome Taylor | 2 | 4 | 0 | 117 | 168 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 114.20 | 38.07 |
| 88 | Can | Kevin Sandher | 2 | 6 | 0 | 58 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 37.20 | 37.20 |
| 89 | Ban | Tamim Iqbal | 57 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 71.00 | 35.50 |
| 90 | SL | Upul Tharanga | 120 | 174 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 105.80 | 35.27 |
| 91 | NZ | Michael Mason | 0 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 102 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 69.60 | 34.80 |
| 92 | Ire | Niall O'Brien | 84 | 131 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 102.20 | 34.07 |
| 93 | WI | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 142 | 236 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 100.20 | 33.40 |
| 94 | WI | Corey Collymore | 8 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 65.60 | 32.80 |
| 95 | Ber | David Hemp | 90 | 123 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64.20 | 32.10 |
| 96 | Ber | Kevin Hurdle | 6 | 7 | 1 | 114 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.60 | 30.30 |
| 97 | Can | Ashif Mulla | 83 | 101 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90.20 | 30.07 |
| 98 | Ire | Boyd Rankin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 113 | 126 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 88.80 | 29.60 |
| 99 | Zim | Christopher Mpofu | 1 | 10 | 0 | 166 | 174 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 87.20 | 29.07 |
| 100 | SA | Shaun Pollock | 7 | 7 | 1 | 112 | 156 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 86.20 | 28.73 |
| 101 | Pak | Inzamam ul-Haq | 74 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85.60 | 28.53 |
| 102 | Can | Ian Billcliff | 104 | 160 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85.00 | 28.33 |
| 103 | Eng | Sajid Mahmood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28.20 | 28.20 |
| 104 | Eng | Monty Panesar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 168 | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | 84.40 | 28.13 |
| 105 | Ban | Saqibul Hasan | 57 | 106 | 0 | 93 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 56.20 | 28.10 |
| 106 | Ken | Maurice Ouma | 75 | 155 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 84.00 | 28.00 |
| 107 | Pak | Kamran Akmal | 42 | 74 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 83.80 | 27.93 |
| 108 | Scot | Colin Smith | 85 | 129 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81.80 | 27.27 |
| 109 | Ind | Mahendra Dhoni | 29 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79.80 | 26.60 |
| 110 | Eng | Michael Vaughan | 72 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 77.00 | 25.67 |
| 111 | Ken | Jimmy Kamande | 29 | 43 | 0 | 110 | 144 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 76.80 | 25.60 |
| 112 | SL | Russel Arnold | 26 | 19 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 76.00 | 25.33 |
| 113 | SA | Charles Langeveldt | 0 | 6 | 0 | 152 | 156 | 4 | 0.5 | 3 | 76.00 | 25.33 |
| 114 | Pak | Danish Kaneria | 6 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 50.20 | 25.10 |
| 115 | WI | Ramnaresh Sarwan | 97 | 155 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75.00 | 25.00 |
| 116 | Zim | Vusumuzi Sibanda | 68 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75.00 | 25.00 |
| 117 | NL | Tim de Leede | 35 | 58 | 1 | 112 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 75.00 | 25.00 |
| 118 | Zim | Anthony Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24.60 | 24.60 |
| 119 | Zim | Brendan Taylor | 87 | 178 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 73.60 | 24.53 |
| 120 | Can | Geoff Barnett | 88 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.80 | 24.27 |
| 121 | WI | Brian Lara | 81 | 124 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.80 | 24.27 |
| 122 | Ind | Rahul Dravid | 81 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72.40 | 24.13 |
| 123 | Scot | Majid Haq | 35 | 70 | 0 | 121 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 69.80 | 23.27 |
| 124 | SA | Justin Kemp | 13 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 69.80 | 23.27 |
| 125 | Ire | Andrew White | 50 | 80 | 1 | 28 | 25 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 69.00 | 23.00 |
| 126 | Zim | Tawanda Mupariwa | 0 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 114 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 45.80 | 22.90 |
| 127 | SL | Dilhara Fernando | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.40 | 22.40 |
| 128 | Ken | Peter Ongondo | 7 | 24 | 1 | 146 | 144 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 65.00 | 21.67 |
| 129 | NL | Mark Jonkman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 57 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43.00 | 21.50 |
| 130 | Ken | Ravindu Shah | 81 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61.20 | 20.40 |
| 131 | Ban | Aftab Ahmed | 20 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39.20 | 19.60 |
| 132 | Ban | Mohammad Ashraful | 53 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.20 | 18.60 |
| 133 | Scot | John Blain | 41 | 63 | 0 | 90 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 52.00 | 17.33 |
| 134 | Scot | Glenn Rogers | 32 | 49 | 1 | 114 | 110 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 51.80 | 17.27 |
| 135 | Pak | Younis Khan | 37 | 47 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 51.20 | 17.07 |
| 136 | Ber | Dean Minors | 25 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33.80 | 16.90 |
| 137 | Ken | Collins Obuya | 31 | 44 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 50.20 | 16.73 |
| 138 | NL | Darron Reekers | 38 | 33 | 0 | 106 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 49.20 | 16.40 |
| 139 | Can | Abdool Samad | 60 | 113 | 1 | 85 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 48.80 | 16.27 |
| 140 | Aus | Andrew Symonds | 18 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.20 | 16.20 |
| 141 | Ken | Tanmay Mishra | 37 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3 | 47.20 | 15.73 |
| 142 | SA | Ashwell Prince | 22 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 47.20 | 15.73 |
| 143 | Ban | Syed Rasel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 120 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30.20 | 15.10 |
| 144 | Ken | Hiren Varaiya | 5 | 23 | 1 | 98 | 138 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 45.00 | 15.00 |
| 145 | Pak | Mohammad Yousuf | 55 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 44.40 | 14.80 |
| 146 | Zim | Edward Rainsford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.80 | 14.80 |
| 147 | Ire | Eoin Morgan | 41 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.20 | 14.73 |
| 148 | Can | George Codrington | 7 | 8 | 1 | 70 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.60 | 14.60 |
| 149 | Ind | Harbhajan Singh | 17 | 23 | 0 | 83 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28.60 | 14.30 |
| 150 | Scot | Paul Hoffmann | 25 | 19 | 1 | 104 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 41.40 | 13.80 |
| 151 | Ire | Kevin O'Brien | 43 | 126 | 1 | 50 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 41.00 | 13.67 |
| 152 | Can | Ashish Bagai | 62 | 123 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40.60 | 13.53 |
| 153 | Can | Desmond Chumney | 27 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.20 | 13.20 |
| 154 | Eng | Ian Bell | 49 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38.20 | 12.73 |
| 155 | SA | Makhaya Ntini | 7 | 8 | 0 | 93 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25.00 | 12.50 |
| 156 | NL | Daan van Bunge | 38 | 49 | 2 | 60 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 35.60 | 11.87 |
| 157 | WI | Denesh Ramdin | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.80 | 11.27 |
| 158 | Ber | Lionel Cann | 28 | 34 | 0 | 88 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22.40 | 11.20 |
| 159 | Ban | Mushfiqur Rahim | 62 | 140 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.00 | 11.00 |
| 160 | Zim | Prosper Utseya | 5 | 8 | 1 | 101 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 32.40 | 10.80 |
| 161 | NL | Peter Borren | 26 | 24 | 1 | 141 | 108 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 31.20 | 10.40 |
| 162 | Can | Anderson Cummins | 10 | 11 | 0 | 149 | 150 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 30.20 | 10.07 |
| 163 | NL | Bas Zuiderent | 53 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30.00 | 10.00 |
| 164 | SA | Andre Nel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.80 | 9.80 |
| 165 | Ind | Robin Uthappa | 30 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26.60 | 8.87 |
| 166 | Ber | Delyone Borden | 19 | 63 | 0 | 57 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17.00 | 8.50 |
| 167 | NL | Eric Szwarczynski | 24 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.40 | 7.20 |
| 168 | Scot | Dougie Brown | 64 | 102 | 1 | 126 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21.40 | 7.13 |
| 169 | NL | Jeroen Smits | 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21.40 | 7.13 |
| 170 | Scot | Ryan Watson | 53 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20.40 | 6.80 |
| 171 | Zim | Terry Duffin | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.40 | 6.40 |
| 172 | Can | Umar Bhatti | 11 | 30 | 0 | 110 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19.20 | 6.40 |
| 173 | Aus | Michael Hussey | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16.60 | 5.53 |
| 174 | Scot | Fraser Watts | 33 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.80 | 5.40 |
| 175 | Ber | Steven Outerbridge | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.20 | 5.20 |
| 176 | Scot | Craig Wright | 5 | 28 | 1 | 75 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8.80 | 4.40 |
| 177 | Ken | Tony Suji | 14 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.20 | 4.20 |
| 178 | Ban | Habibul Bashar | 19 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.00 | 2.00 |
| 179 | Scot | Neil McCallum | 25 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.80 | 1.90 |
| 180 | Ire | John Mooney | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.40 | 1.40 |
| 181 | Zim | Chamu Chibhabha | 27 | 69 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.60 | 0.87 |
| 182 | Ken | Lameck Onyango | 16 | 35 | 0 | 77 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1.00 | -0.50 |
| 183 | Zim | Friday Kasteni | 9 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.20 | -0.60 |
| 184 | Can | Qaiser Ali | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -0.80 | -0.80 |
| 185 | Pak | Azhar Mahmood | 2 | 21 | 0 | 25 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1.00 | -1.00 |
| 186 | Scot | Navdeep Poonia | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2.80 | -1.40 |
| 187 | Pak | Naved-ul-Hasan | 11 | 29 | 1 | 49 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2.00 | -2.00 |
| 188 | Ban | Shahriar Nafees | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4.80 | -2.40 |
| 189 | Ken | David Obuya | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7.60 | -3.80 |
| 190 | Ber | Clay Smith | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4.00 | -4.00 |
| 191 | Scot | Gavin Hamilton | 11 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -13.20 | -4.40 |
| 192 | NL | Luuk van Troost | 5 | 10 | 1 | 59 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -8.80 | -4.40 |
| 193 | NL | Alexei Kervezee | 17 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -9.20 | -4.60 |
| 194 | Ber | Oliver Pitcher | 6 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -10.20 | -5.10 |
| 195 | Ire | William Porterfield | 13 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -15.40 | -5.13 |
| 196 | Eng | Jamie Dalrymple | 5 | 16 | 1 | 50 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -14.20 | -7.10 |
| 197 | Scot | Dewald Nel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -9.60 | -9.60 |
| 198 | Ber | Malachi Jones | 1 | 8 | 2 | 74 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -10.80 | -10.80 |
| 199 | NZ | Daryl Tuffey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -11.20 | -11.20 |
| 200 | Ber | Irvine Romaine | 0 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -23.40 | -11.70 |
| 201 | Ber | Janeiro Tucker | 4 | 27 | 3 | 117 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -24.40 | -12.20 |
| 202 | Ber | Dwayne Leverock | 10 | 39 | 1 | 163 | 120 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -25.20 | -12.60 |
| 203 | Can | Henry Osinde | 1 | 3 | 0 | 76 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -31.60 | -15.80 |
| 204 | NL | Adeel Raja | 8 | 14 | 0 | 61 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -18.60 | -18.60 |
| 205 | Ken | Nehemiah Odhiambo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -18.60 | -18.60 |
Today's Chernoff gallery features the top twelve players:
Pure batsmen, with round, smiling faces and wide noses, have captured half of the top 12 positions (1,2,4,7,9,10).
Batting all-rounders are at positions 3,6,8 and 12. Batting all-rounders smile like pure batsmen, but have taller noses and bigger ears because they also took some wickets.
Only two positions (5 and 11) go to pure bowlers with their tapered faces, tall and thin noses and big ears; although Afridi must seem an unlikely candidate for the pure bowler's slot.
To see the faces of the 12 highest scoring batsmen click here.To see the faces of the 12 highest wicket-taking bowlers, click here.
This list and the Chernoff faces have been prepared by my colleagues Debasish Ghosh and K Anil Kumar of Cranes Software International Limited using the SYSTAT software