Ricky Ponting is MVP after day 2

Ricky Ponting's 113 in just 93 balls takes him to the top place in the Rediff MVP rankings after day 2. Steve Tikolo is just a point behind with a great all-round performance (72 in 76 balls, an economical bowling performance with 2 wickets, and two catches as well).

Brad Hogg is fourth because of his 40 in just 15 balls and one wicket. Glenn McGrath is seventh because he bowled economically and took three wickets. The Kenyan opener Ouma is eighth because of a steady opener's knock, one stumping and participation in two run outs.

Rank	Country	Player	Runs	Balls	Ct | St	Rc	Bb	W	M	Total
1	Aus	Ricky Ponting	113	93	0				1	151.6
2	Ken	Steve Tikolo	72	76	2	34	54	2	1	150.4
3	WI	Dwayne Smith	32	15	0	36	60	3	1	136
4	Aus	Brad Hogg	40	15	0	16	43	1	1	110.4
5	Pak	Iftikhar Anjum	11	18	0	44	60	3	1	107.6
6	WI	Dwayne Bravo	16	17	2	42	54	3	1	101.6
7	Aus	Glenn McGrath	0	0	0	14	36	3	1	98.8
8	Ken	Maurice Ouma	58	89	0 | 1				1	84.8
9	Pak	Shoaib Malik	62	54	1	24	24	0	1	81
10	Aus	Matthew Hayden	60	73	0				1	73.6
11	Can	Sunil Dhaniram	34	35	0	34	54	1	1	73.2
12	Aus	Brad Hodge	29	28	0	17	36	1	1	71.4
13	Ken	Jimmy Kamande	0	0	0	25	60	2	1	71
14	WI	Marlon Samuels	63	70	0				1	70
15	Aus	Adam Gilchrist	46	55	1 | 0				1	65
16	WI	Daren Powell	1	1	0	42	60	2	1	55.2
18	Ken	Hiren Varaiya	0	0	0	19	60	1	1	55
17	Aus	Shaun Tait	0	0	0	45	48	2	1	53.4
19	Pak	Umar Gul	0	1	0	38	54	2	1	52.4
20	Pak	Mohammad Hafeez	11	28	0	39	54	2	1	51.8
21	WI	Corey Collymore	8	2	0	27	50	1	1	51.4
22	Scot	Colin Smith	51	76	0 | 1				1	51.2
23	Aus	Shane Watson	18	11	1	18	42	0	1	47.8
24	Scot	Majid Haq	16	22	0	49	42	2	1	47
25	WI	Ramnaresh Sarwan	49	65	0				1	46
26	Ken	Tanmay Mishra	35	54	1				1	45.8
27	Ken	Thomas Odoyo	0	0	0	32	48	1	1	44.4
28	Can	Geoff Barnett	41	50	0				1	42
29	WI	Brian Lara	37	56	2				1	39.2
30	WI	Jerome Taylor	2	4	0	38	60	1	1	34.8
31	Can	Anderson Cummins	1	3	0	32	48	1	1	30
32	Ken	Peter Ongondo	0	0	1	51	60	1	1	26
33	Pak	Inzamam ul-Haq	36	65	1				1	25
34	Pak	Kamran Akmal	0	1	3 | 1				1	24.2
35	Can	Ashif Mulla	25	39	1				1	23.8
36	Can	Umar Bhatti	1	2	0	44	54	1	1	23.6
37	Pak	Danish Kaneria	0	0	0	45	54	1	1	22.2
38	Aus	Nathan Bracken	0	0	1	12	36	0	1	21.8
39	Scot	Paul Hoffmann	0	0	1	57	60	1	1	20
40	Can	Ian Billcliff	34	63	0				1	17.6
41	Scot	Glenn Rogers	6	19	0	52	60	1	1	16.8
42	Pak	Mohammad Yousuf	37	72	0				1	16.4
43	Aus	Michael Clarke	15	20	0				1	14
44	WI	Denesh Ramdin	1	4	3 | 0				1	13.8
45	Can	John Davison	8	19	0	31	54	0	1	13
46	Pak	Younis Khan	9	13	1				1	12.6
47	Pak	Imran Nazir	6	3	0				1	9.6
48	Scot	Craig Wright	4	21	0	58	60	1	1	5.2
49	Can	Ashish Bagai	19	48	1 | 0				1	4.6
50	Aus	Michael Hussey	4	6	0				1	3.2
51	Ken	Ravindu Shah	6	26	0				1	3.2
52	Ken	Collins Obuya	0	0	0				1	0
53	Can	Qaiser Ali	6	16	0				1	-0.8
54	WI	Chris Gayle	2	6	0				1	-0.8
55	Scot	Navdeep Poonia	1	4	0				1	-1.2
56	Can	Abdool Samad	15	29	0	23	18	0	1	-1.8
57	Pak	Naved-ul-Hasan	11	29	1	49	54	0	1	-2
58	Scot	Fraser Watts	9	25	0				1	-2
59	Scot	Ryan Watson	6	20	0				1	-4
60	Can	Henry Osinde	1	2	0	31	32	0	1	-5
61	Ken	David Obuya	4	17	0				1	-5.6
62	WI	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	19	63	1				1	-7.4
63	Scot	Gavin Hamilton	3	18	0				1	-8.4
64	Scot	John Blain	0	0	0	29	24	0	1	-9.8
65	Scot	Dougie Brown	19	37	0	86	54	1	1	-10.4
66	Ken	Nehemiah Odhiambo	0	0	0	33	18	0	1	-18.6

Rc: runs conceded, Bb: balls bowled, M: matches played

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"). The bowlers are quite the opposite: tapered faces, eyes close to each other, bigger ears and a longer nose (see "McGrath").

• What is MVP?
• MVP for day 1: Dwayne Smith

 

 

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