MVP Day 20: Jayasuriya tops the list

After his awesome performance against West Indies on Sunday, when he smashed 115 in 101 balls and then took 3 wickets at an economy rate of 4.38, Sanath Jayasuriya is the most valuable player (MVP) after Day 20.

Jayasuriya is joined by fellow Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga in the top ten. Malinga is also currently the highest wicket-taker in the Super Eights phase.

New Zealand's Scott Styris has been the most consistent player so far. He should not find it too difficult to come up with another good performance against Bangladesh on Monday.

Rank	Country	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct\| St	Rc	Bb	W	Run Out	M	Total	AVG
1	SL	Sanath Jayasuriya	250	215	1	74	122	4		3	452.6	150.9
2	Aus	Matthew Hayden	306	250	1					3	417.0	139.0
3	NZ	Scott Styris	167	203	2	60	102	3		2	275.2	137.6
4	NZ	Jacob Oram	63	83	1	48	84	4		2	179.8	89.9
5	NZ	Shane Bond				50	112	5		2	159.6	79.8
6	Eng	Andrew Flintoff	43	63	2	60	97	4		2	159.2	79.6
7	SA	Graeme Smith	133	134		30	30	0		2	152.8	76.4
8	SA	Jacques Kallis	134	173	2	90	90	1		2	145.6	72.8
9	Eng	Paul Collingwood	121	136		58	54	1		2	142.4	71.2
10	SL	Lasith Malinga	0	2		115	122	9	0.5	3	209.0	69.7
11	SA	AB De Villiers	92	75	2					2	134.0	67.0
12	SA	Charles Langeveldt	1	15		121	120	6	0.5	2	121.0	60.5
13	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	97	98	1	32	54.0	1	1	3	179.8	59.9
14	SL	Muttiah Muralitharan	1	1	1	108	168	6		3	176.6	58.9
15	Aus	Michael Clarke	133	122	1					3	173.4	57.8
16	WI	Daren Powell	7	14		154	234	8		4	228	57.0
17	Aus	Ricky Ponting	126	127	4					3	170.4	56.8
18	SL	Kumar Sangakkara (wk)	91	103	3\| 4				0.5	3	166.6	55.5
19	Aus	Adam Gilchrist (wk)	108	95	3\| 1					3	165.0	55.0
20	Aus	Glenn McGrath				98	118	7		3	164.4	54.8
21	Eng	Kevin Pietersen	108	139		2	6	0		2	107.6	53.8
22	SL	Chaminda Vaas	0	1	1	61	150.0	4		3	159.2	53.1
23	Ire	Trent Johnston	27	21		70	60.0	1	0.5	1	51.2	51.2
24	Eng	Paul Nixon (wk)	61	56	2\| 1					2	97.2	48.6
25	Aus	Nathan Bracken			1	85	132	5		3	145.6	48.5
26	Ire	Kyle McCallan	25	30		73	120	2		2	97.0	48.5
27	Aus	Brad Hogg	5	6	1	137	150	6		3	137.2	45.7
28	Eng	Liam Plunkett	29	34		43	42	1		1	45.4	45.4
29	Eng	Monty Panesar				78	120	3		2	90.0	45.0
30	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	140	214					1	3	132.8	44.3
31	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	187	263						4	163.6	40.9
32	SA	Herschelle Gibbs	48	70	3				1	2	79.0	39.5
33	Aus	Shane Watson	47	35	1	81	100.0	1	1	3	118	39.3
34	WI	Brian Lara	116	136	2				1	4	157.2	39.3
35	SA	Andre Hall	8	13		93	117	3		2	78.2	39.1
36	Ire	Niall O'Brien (wk)	74	107	2\| 0					2	72.4	36.2
37	Ire	Andrew White	56	64	1	21	19.0	0	0.5	2	72.0	36.0
38	SA	Makhaya Ntini	7	9	1	94	102.0	3		2	71.4	35.7
39	NZ	Daniel Vettori				92	114	3		2	71.2	35.6
40	Eng	James Anderson				74	90	3		2	70.0	35.0
41	WI	Dwayne Bravo	48	64		175	174	5		4	129.0	32.3
42	Aus	Shaun Tait				132	129	5		3	91.2	30.4
43	WI	Denesh Ramdin (wk)	69	70	7\| 0					4	117.0	29.3
44	Eng	Sajid Mahmood				34	48	0	1	1	28.4	28.4
45	SL	Chamara Silva	84	106						3	83.2	27.7
46	SL	Russel Arnold	59	82		26	37	1		3	80.0	26.7
47	WI	Chris Gayle	74	114	1	147	176.0	2		4	103.6	25.9
48	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	128	224	1	22	24.0	1		4	103.0	25.8
49	NZ	Craig McMillan	60	91						2	47.2	23.6
50	Ban	Mohammad Ashraful	51	71						2	45.2	22.6
51	Eng	Michael Vaughan	32	65		34	54	1		2.0	45.2	22.6
52	WI	Ian Bradshaw	6	17		94	114.0	2		2	43.6	21.8
53	NZ	Stephen Fleming	52	77						2	42.4	21.2
54	Eng	Ravinder Bopara	10	5	1					1	21.0	21.0
55	Ire	Boyd Rankin	4	8		66	72.0	2		2	41.2	20.6
56	Ire	Dave Langford-Smith	9	9		71	96	1		2	40.6	20.3
57	NZ	Brendon McCullum (wk)			8\| 0					2	40.0	20.0
58	SL	Dilhara Fernando			1	19	42.0	0		1	19.6	19.6
59	NZ	James Franklin			1	72	72.0	2		2	38.6	19.3
60	WI	Marlon Samuels	43	62	1	81	84.0	1	1	4	75.6	18.9
61	Ban	Aftab Ahmed	23	23	2	1	1	0		2	37.4	18.7
62	SA	Mark Boucher (wk)	22	27	2\| 0					2	32.4	16.2
63	SL	Farveez Maharoof	5	9	1	67	84	1		2	32.0	16.0
64	Ire	Kevin O'Brien	29	65	1	39	42	1		2	29.6	14.8
65	NZ	Michael Mason				14	36	0		1	14.8	14.8
66	SL	Upul Tharanga	46	74	2					3	42.8	14.3
67	Ban	Syed Rasel	0	1		58	60	1		1	13.2	13.2
68	Ban	Saqibul Hasan	29	56		63	65	1		2	26.2	13.1
69	Aus	Andrew Symonds	31	31	1	67	50	1		3	39.2	13.1
70	Ire	Andre Botha	46	95		91	96.0	1		2	25.8	12.9
71	WI	Jerome Taylor	23	27		136	156	1		3	37.2	12.4
72	WI	Lendl Simmons	14	26	1					1	12.2	12.2
73	Ire	Jeremy Bray	41	73						2	23.6	11.8
74	NZ	Hamish Marshall	15	23						1	11.6	11.6
75	Ban	Mashrafe Mortaza	32	31		86	84	0		2	20.4	10.2
76	Ban	Mohammad Rafique	7	17		69	78	1		2	17.8	8.9
77	Ban	Habibul Bashar	42	90	1					2	17	8.5
78	Ire	Eoin Morgan	20	41	1					2	12.2	6.1
79	Ire	William Porterfield	31	70	1					2	11.0	5.5
80	SA	Shaun Pollock	20	31		129	108.0	0	1.5	2	8.6	4.3
81	Aus	Michael Hussey	14	21						3	11.2	3.7
82	SA	Robin Petersen	4	8		22	30	0		1	3.6	3.6
83	WI	Dwayne Smith	17	15		47	48	0		4	13.4	3.4
84	Ban	Tamim Iqbal	9	21	1					2	6.2	3.1
85	SA	Justin Kemp	6	22	2					2	4.4	2.2
86	Eng	Ian Bell	36	93	1					2	2.6	1.3
87	Eng	Ed Joyce	1	7	1					2	1.4	0.7
88	SA	Ashwell Prince	1	3						1	-0.4	-0.4
89	NZ	Ross Taylor	0	1						1	-0.8	-0.8
90	NZ	Peter Fulton	0	2						1	-1.6	-1.6
91	Ban	Shahriar Nafees	1	7						2	-3.6	-1.8
92	NZ	Jeetan Patel				42	48.0	0		1	-3.6	-3.6
93	Ire	John Mooney	0	1		22	24	0		1	-3.6	-3.6
94	NZ	Lou Vincent	0	6						1	-4.8	-4.8
95	WI	Corey Collymore	1	7		99	114	0		2	-11.4	-5.7
96	Ban	Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)	8	36	0\| 0					2	-12.8	-6.4
97	Ban	Abdur Razzak	0	2		101	78	1		2	-16.2	-8.1
98	Eng	Jamie Dalrymple	3	12	1	29	24	0		1	-8.4	-8.4
99	Ban	Tapash Baisya				35	17	0		1	-21.4	-21.4

The Chernoff gallery of the top nine Super Eight players after Day 20 appears below.

Note that we have appended information about total runs scored / scoring rate | number of wickets / economy rate just below the Chernoff face.

As always, pure batsmen have rounded, smiling faces with wide noses, batting all-rounders have rounded faces with a taller nose and bigger ears, and bowlers have tapered faces with tall, thin noses and big ears.

Below are the faces of the nine highest scoring batsmen in the Super Eights. The more the batsmen smile, the more runs they have scored. If two players have scored the same number of runs, the player with the higher points appears first.

Below are the faces of the nine highest wicket-taking bowlers in the Super Eights. The bigger the bowler's ears, the more wickets he has taken. If two players have scored the same number of wickets, the player with the higher points appears first.

And, finally, here are the faces of the nine most successful fielders in the Super Eights. The information below the Chernoff face is in the following format: fielding points | run outs / catches / stumpings.

Players who take a lot of catches have long eyebrows, and those involved in more run outs have bigger eyes.

We end off by looking at the names of players who have topped the MVP list from days 1-20. Australians and South Africans dominate this list.

What is MVP?

MVP Day 19: Matthew Hayden has another fine day

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