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MVP Day 11: Still Graeme Smith

Srinivas Bhogle

March 24, 2007 16:55 IST

While Graeme Smith stays on top of Rediff's MVP list on Day 11, things might change dramatically after the Australia-South Africa encounter on Day 12.

With his 48 in 46 balls against Sri Lanka, Sehwag will probably end up being India's MVP in an utterly disappointing 2007 World Cup for him or his team.

Rank	Country	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct\|St	Rc	Bb	W	Run outs*	M	Total	AVG
1	SA	Graeme Smith	158	124	2	45	66	1	0.5	2	270.6	135.3
2	Aus	Brad Hodge	152	117	0	17	36	1	0	2	246.2	123.1
3	Aus	Brad Hogg	40	15	0	43	72	5	0	2	202.6	101.3
4	SA	Jacques Kallis	128	109	0	39	72	0	0.5	2	199.4	99.7
5	NZ	Scott Styris	178	192	1	46	78	3	0	3	295.8	98.6
6	Pak	Shahid Afridi	16	10	0	20	24	3	0	1	95.2	95.2
7	Eng	Ravinder Bopara	29	30	0	43	54	2	0.5	1	94.2	94.2
8	Ind	Virender Sehwag	164	139	0	32	60	2	0	3	280.8	93.6
9	Aus	Ricky Ponting	136	115	0				0	2	180	90
10	Ken	Steve Tikolo	79	92	5	79	90	3	0	2	174.4	87.2
11	Pak	Imran Nazir	190	175	1				0	3	245	81.67
12	SL	Farveez Maharoof	9	5	1	49	84	5	0	2	157.2	78.6
13	Ind	Anil Kumble	0	0	0	38	55	3	0	1	78	78
14	Aus	Glenn McGrath	0	0	0	47	84	5	0.5	2	152.2	76.1
15	SL	Sanath Jayasuriya	137	136	1	33	65	1	0.5	3	225.2	75.07
16	Aus	Adam Gilchrist (wk)	103	119	1\| 1				1	2	149.8	74.9
17	Zim	Elton Chigumbura	61	49	1	116	136	6	0	3	224.6	74.87
18	Aus	Michael Clarke	108	105	1				0.5	2	149	74.5
19	SA	Mark Boucher (wk)	75	31	1\| 0				0.5	2	142.2	71.1
20	SA	AB De Villiers	62	47	1				2	2	139.4	69.7
21	Pak	Rao Iftikhar Anjum	51	77	0	73	120	5	1	3	207.4	69.13
22	SL	Chamara Silva	166	161	0				0	3	203.2	67.73
23	NZ	James Franklin	0	0	2	63	98	4	0.5	2	133.4	66.7
24	WI	Dwayne Bravo	53	63	2	77	96	5	0.5	3	197.4	65.8
25	SL	Muttiah Muralitharan	0	0	2	84	154	6	0	3	193.2	64.4
26	Ire	Trent Johnston	29	38	2	52	102	2	0.5	2	127.2	63.6
27	SL	Lasith Malinga	0	0	1	76	114	7	0	3	188.2	62.73
28	Pak	Mohammad Sami	17	44	0	44	90	4	0	2	122.8	61.4
29	SA	Andre Hall	0	0	0	63	96	4	0.5	2	121.8	60.9
30	NL	Billy Stelling	1	4	1	55	96	4	0	2	121.6	60.8
31	SL	Kumar Sangakkara(wk)	147	173	5\| 0				0	3	180.6	60.2
32	NZ	Shane Bond	0	0	0	38	108	3	0	2	120.4	60.2
33	Zim	Gary Brent	12	21	1	108	120	5	0	2	120.2	60.1
34	Ind	Yuvraj Singh	136	116	0	15	18	0	0	3	178.6	59.53
35	Ire	Kyle McCallan	20	28	0	103	148	5	1	3	177	59
36	Can	Sunil Dhaniram	81	87	1	147	162	4	0	3	176	58.67
37	SL	Chaminda Vaas	19	12	2	61	126	4	0	3	174.2	58.07
38	NL	Mohammad Kashif	0	0	1	29	42	2	0	1	57.6	57.6
39	NZ	Lou Vincent	101	127	0				3	3	172.4	57.47
40	Ken	Thomas Odoyo	42	67	0	87	108	3	0.5	2	113.8	56.9
41	Eng	Paul Collingwood	93	102	0	61	72	0	0.5	2	113	56.5
42	Can	John Davison	81	75	2	130	174	2	0	3	169.2	56.4
43	NZ	Peter Fulton	47	47	0				0	1	56.4	56.4
44	SA	Herschelle Gibbs	72	40	0				0	2	112	56
45	NZ	Jacob Oram	101	116	1	70	108	1	0.5	3	166.6	55.53
46	SL	Mahela Jayawardene	138	180	2				1	3	166	55.33
47	WI	Daren Powell	1	1	1	81	150	5	0	3	165.2	55.07
48	Aus	Matthew Hayden	89	107	1				0.5	2	109.4	54.7
49	Ban	Mohammad Rafique	7	17	0	83	120	4	0	2	109.4	54.7
50	Zim	Sean Williams	95	110	1	79	90	2	0.5	3	160	53.33
51	NZ	Stephen Fleming	133	139	1				0	3	159.8	53.27
52	WI	Chris Gayle	60	68	1	55	120	2	0	3	159.6	53.2
53	Eng	Paul Nixon (wk)	65	49	1\| 1				0	2	105.8	52.9
54	WI	Dwayne Smith	32	15	0	64	90	4	0	3	156	52
55	Ind	Zaheer Khan	16	22	0	122	174	5	0	3	151.6	50.53
56	SA	Shaun Pollock	0	0	1	29	96	2	0	2	100.8	50.4
57	Ire	Jeremy Bray	159	222	2				0	3	150.4	50.13
58	NZ	Craig McMillan	108	88	0	60	78	0	0	3	148	49.33
59	Ind	Munaf Patel	25	32	1	105	159	4	0	3	147.6	49.2
60	Pak	Umar Gul	11	20	1	72	138	4	0	3	145.4	48.47
61	SL	Tillakaratne Dilshan	50	56	1	14	31	2	1	3	143	47.67
62	NZ	Daniel Vettori	14	7	2	155	180	5	0	3	141.4	47.13
63	Ken	Maurice Ouma (wk)	62	110	0\| 1				2	2	94	47
64	NL	Ryan ten Doeschate	128	148	2	151	120	2	0	3	140.6	46.87
65	Pak	Mohammad Hafeez	15	34	2	54	78	3	0	2	93.2	46.6
66	Ind	Sachin Tendulkar	64	58	0	49	72	2	0	3	138.2	46.07
67	Eng	Liam Plunkett	29	34	0	89	96	3	0	2	90.6	45.3
68	Ban	Mashrafe Mortaza	7	14	0	104	117	4	0	2	88.4	44.2
69	Ind	Sourav Ganguly	162	266	0	22	24	1	0	3	132.4	44.13
70	NZ	Jeetan Patel	0	0	0	67	104	3	0	2	88.2	44.1
71	WI	Marlon Samuels	118	149	0	71	90	0	0.5	3	129.8	43.27
72	Ber	Saleem Mukuddem	0	4	0	50	60	2	0	1	42.8	42.8
73	NZ	Ross Taylor	85	108	0				0	2	83.6	41.8
74	Ire	Andre Botha	29	69	1	72	144	3	0	3	123	41
75	Aus	Shaun Tait	0	0	0	74	90	3	0.5	2	82	41
76	Ind	Ajit Agarkar	10	27	1	112	168	4	0	3	121.8	40.6
77	WI	Ian Bradshaw	0	0	0	27	54	1	0	1	40.2	40.2
78	Zim	Stuart Matsikenyeri	107	128	2	6	6	0	0	3	120.4	40.13
79	Eng	James Anderson	0	0	0	79	108	3	0	2	79.4	39.7
80	SA	Charles Langeveldt	0	0	0	70	96	3	0	2	78.8	39.4
81	NZ	Brendon McCullum (wk)	58	30	5\| 0				0	3	117	39
82	Ire	Dave Langford-Smith	23	24	1	98	168	2	0	3	116.2	38.73
83	Pak	Shoaib Malik	92	111	1	33	30	1	0	3	115.2	38.4
84	Ban	Abdur Razzak	0	2	2	124	120	4	0	2	76.4	38.2
85	WI	Jerome Taylor	2	4	0	117	168	4	0	3	114.2	38.07
86	Can	Kevin Sandher	2	6	0	58	60	2	0	1	37.2	37.2
87	SA	Justin Kemp	12	7	1	18	24	2	0	2	72.6	36.3
88	Ban	Tamim Iqbal	57	60	1				0	2	71	35.5
89	SL	Upul Tharanga	120	174	1				0	3	105.8	35.27
90	Aus	Nathan Bracken	0	0	1	45	78	2	0	2	70.4	35.2
91	NZ	Michael Mason	0	0	1	89	102	3	0	2	69.6	34.8
92	Aus	Shane Watson	30	15	1	18	42	0	0	2	68.6	34.3
93	Ire	Niall O'Brien (wk)	84	131	3\| 0				1	3	102.2	34.07
94	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	142	236	1				0	3	100.2	33.4
95	WI	Corey Collymore	8	2	0	56	104	1	0	2	65.6	32.8
96	Ken	Jimmy Kamande	12	15	0	86	114	2	0	2	65.2	32.6
97	Ber	David Hemp	90	123	1	32	12	0	0	2	64.2	32.1
98	Ken	Ravi Shah	77	115	0				0	2	62	31
99	Eng	Monty Panesar	0	0	0	82	120	2	0	2	62	31
100	Eng	Kevin Pietersen	65	96	1	2	6	0	0	2	61	30.5
101	Ber	Kevin Hurdle	6	7	1	114	114	3	0	2	60.6	30.3
102	Can	Ashif Mulla (wk)	83	101	1\| 0				0	3	90.2	30.07
103	Ire	Boyd Rankin	0	0	1	113	126	4	0	3	88.8	29.6
104	Zim	Christopher Mpofu	1	10	0	166	174	4	1	3	87.2	29.07
105	Pak	Inzamam ul-Haq	74	103	4				0	3	85.6	28.53
106	Can	Ian Billcliff	104	160	1				0	3	85	28.33
107	Ban	Saqibul Hasan	57	106	0	93	120	1	0	2	56.2	28.1
108	Pak	Kamran Akmal (wk)	42	74	3\| 2				1	3	83.8	27.93
109	Scot	Colin Smith (wk)	85	129	1\| 1				0	3	81.8	27.27
110	Ind	MS Dhoni (wk)	29	29	5\| 2				0	3	79.8	26.6
111	Eng	Ed Joyce	66	105	1				0	2	53	26.5
112	Ken	Hiren Varaiya	1	16	1	59	102	1	0.5	2	52.8	26.4
113	Eng	Andrew Flintoff	0	1	1	17	48	0	0	1	25.6	25.6
114	SL	Russel Arnold	26	19	1	17	19	1	0.5	3	76	25.33
115	Pak	Danish Kaneria	6	4	0	93	78	3	0	2	50.2	25.1
116	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	97	155	1				0	3	75	25
117	Zim	Vusumuzi Sibanda	68	95	3				0	3	75	25
118	NL	Tim de Leede	35	58	1	112	108	3	0	3	75	25
119	Ken	Tanmay Mishra	37	58	2				0.5	2	49.6	24.8
120	Eng	Michael Vaughan	71	116	0				0	2	49.2	24.6
121	Ken	Peter Ongondo	4	21	1	115	120	3	0	2	49.2	24.6
122	Zim	Anthony Ireland	0	0	1	38	42	1	0	1	24.6	24.6
123	Zim	Brendan Taylor (wk)	87	178	4\| 1				0.5	3	73.6	24.53
124	Can	Geoff Barnett	88	129	0				0	3	72.8	24.27
125	WI	Brian Lara	81	124	2				0	3	72.8	24.27
126	Ind	Rahul Dravid	81	112	0				0	3	72.4	24.13
127	SA	Ashwell Prince	21	23	0				1	2	47.6	23.8
128	Scot	Majid Haq	35	70	0	121	101	4	0	3	69.8	23.27
129	Ire	Andrew White	50	80	1	28	25	1	0.5	3	69	23
130	Zim	Tawanda Mupariwa	0	3	0	91	114	2	0	2	45.8	22.9
131	SL	Dilhara Fernando	0	0	0	32	38	1	0	1	22.4	22.4
132	NL	Mark Jonkman	0	2	0	57	67	2	0	2	43	21.5
133	Ban	Aftab Ahmed	20	26	4				0	2	39.2	19.6
134	Ban	Mohammad Ashraful	53	86	0				0	2	37.2	18.6
135	SA	Makhaya Ntini	0	0	0	25	54	0	0	1	18.2	18.2
136	Scot	John Blain	41	63	0	90	78	2	0	3	52	17.33
137	Scot	Glenn Rogers	32	49	1	114	110	2	0	3	51.8	17.27
138	Pak	Younis Khan	37	47	3	5	6	0	0	3	51.2	17.07
139	Ber	Dean Minors (wk)	25	39	1\| 1				0	2	33.8	16.9
140	NL	Darron Reekers	38	33	0	106	102	1	0	3	49.2	16.4
141	Can	Abdool Samad	60	113	1	85	64	2	0	3	48.8	16.27
142	Ban	Syed Rasel	0	1	0	89	120	1	0	2	30.2	15.1
143	Pak	Mohammad Yousuf	55	113	0	0	1	1	0	3	44.4	14.8
144	Zim	Edward Rainsford	1	1	0	44	42	1	0	1	14.8	14.8
145	Ire	Eoin Morgan	41	66	3				0	3	44.2	14.73
146	Ken	Collins Obuya	21	31	0				0.5	2	29.2	14.6
147	Can	George Codrington	7	8	1	70	60	1	0	1	14.6	14.6
148	Ind	Harbhajan Singh	17	23	0	83	120	0	0	2	28.6	14.3
149	Scot	Paul Hoffmann	25	19	1	104	102	1	0	3	41.4	13.8
150	Ire	Kevin O'Brien	43	126	1	50	66	2	0	3	41	13.67
151	Can	Ashish Bagai (wk)	62	123	3\| 0				0	3	40.6	13.53
152	Can	Desmond Chumney	27	51	0				0	1	13.2	13.2
153	NL	Daan van Bunge	38	49	2	60	31	1	0	3	35.6	11.87
154	WI	Denesh Ramdin (wk)	1	4	7\| 0				0	3	33.8	11.27
155	Ber	Lionel Cann	28	34	0	88	72	1	0	2	22.4	11.2
156	Ban	Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)	62	140	2\| 0				0	2	22	11
157	Zim	Prosper Utseya	5	8	1	101	156	0	0	3	32.4	10.8
158	NL	Peter Borren	26	24	1	141	108	2	0	3	31.2	10.4
159	Eng	Ian Bell	33	63	1				0	2	20.6	10.3
160	Can	Anderson Cummins	10	11	0	149	150	2	0	3	30.2	10.07
161	NL	Bas Zuiderent	53	95	0				0	3	30	10
162	SA	Andre Nel	0	0	0	19	36	0	0	1	9.8	9.8
163	Ind	Robin Uthappa	30	48	1				0	3	26.6	8.867
164	Ber	Delyone Borden	19	63	0	57	48	2	0	2	17	8.5
165	NL	Eric Szwarczynski	24	42	0				0	2	14.4	7.2
166	NL	Jeroen Smits (wk)	3	12	3\| 1				0	3	21.4	7.133
167	Scot	Dougie Brown	64	102	1	126	90	1	0	3	21.4	7.133
168	Scot	Ryan Watson	53	107	0				0	3	20.4	6.8
169	Can	Umar Bhatti	11	30	0	110	134	1	0	3	19.2	6.4
170	Zim	Terry Duffin	12	22	0				0	1	6.4	6.4
171	Scot	Fraser Watts	33	69	0				0	2	10.8	5.4
172	Ber	Steven Outerbridge	9	16	0				0	1	5.2	5.2
173	Aus	Michael Hussey	6	10	1				0	2	9	4.5
174	Scot	Craig Wright	5	28	1	75	84	1	0	2	8.8	4.4
175	Ban	Habibul Bashar	19	55	2				0	2	4	2
176	Scot	Neil McCallum	25	64	1				0	2	3.8	1.9
177	Zim	Chamu Chibhabha	27	69	2	11	6	0	0	3	2.6	0.867
178	Zim	Friday Kasteni	9	24	0				0	2	-1.2	-0.6
179	Can	Qaiser Ali	6	16	0				0	1	-0.8	-0.8
180	Pak	Azhar Mahmood	2	21	0	25	46	0	0	1	-1	-1
181	Scot	Navdeep Poonia	1	6	0				0	2	-2.8	-1.4
182	Pak	Rana Naved-ul-Hasan	11	29	1	49	54	0	0	1	-2	-2
183	Ken	Lameck Onyango	6	17	0	63	48	1	0	1	-2.2	-2.2
184	Ban	Shahriar Nafees	2	11	0				0	2	-4.8	-2.4
185	Ire	John Mooney	0	1	0	22	24	0	0	1	-3.6	-3.6
186	Ken	David Obuya	5	22	0				0	2	-7.6	-3.8
187	Ber	Clay Smith	0	5	0				0	1	-4	-4
188	NL	Luuk van Troost	5	10	1	59	24	1	0	2	-8.8	-4.4
189	Scot	Gavin Hamilton	11	44	0				0	3	-13.2	-4.4
190	NL	Alexei Kervezee	17	54	0				0	2	-9.2	-4.6
191	Ber	Oliver Pitcher	6	34	1				0	2	-10.2	-5.1
192	Ire	William Porterfield	13	58	1				0	3	-15.4	-5.13
193	Eng	Jamie Dalrymple	5	16	1	50	42	0	0	2	-14.2	-7.1
194	Scot	Dewald Nel	0	0	0	24	18	0	0	1	-9.6	-9.6
195	Ber	Malachi Jones	1	8	2	74	42	1	0	1	-10.8	-10.8
196	NZ	Daryl Tuffey	0	0	0	40	36	0	0	1	-11.2	-11.2
197	Ber	Irvine Romaine	0	11	0	29	18	0	0	2	-23.4	-11.7
198	Ber	Janeiro Tucker	4	27	3	117	114	0	0	2	-24.4	-12.2
199	Ber	Dwayne Leverock	10	39	1	163	120	2	0	2	-25.2	-12.6
200	Can	Henry Osinde	1	3	0	76	56	0	0	2	-31.6	-15.8
201	NL	Adeel Raja	8	14	0	61	47	0	0	1	-18.6	-18.6
202	Ken	Nehemiah Odhiambo	0	0	0	33	18	0	0	1	-18.6	-18.6

Today's Chernoff gallery of the top nine players is shown below:

With six of the top nine having rounded, smiling faces, and wide noses, batsmen and batting allrounders have dominated the World Cup so far; this is no surprise when you look at the number of 300+ totals in the first round.

To see the faces of the nine highest scoring batsmen click here.

To see the faces of the nine 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

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