Prediction Thread

[FaaipDeOiad]

Originally Posted by FaaipDeOiad

Score: 3-1 (Australia)
Top Runscorer: Strauss
Top Wicket Taker: Warne
Most catches (wk excluded): Hayden
Biggest surprise: Watson
Biggest disappointment: Hoggard
Man of the series: Warne

Wrong on all counts. Warne was probably third or fourth in line for MoTS after Ponting, Clark and maybe Hussey, but nothign else was all that close.

Hakon with the best tips pretty easily.

[The Baconator]

Originally Posted by The Baconator

Score: 2-1 Aus
Top Runscorer: Langer
Top Wicket Taker: McGrath
Most catches (wk excluded): Hussey
Biggest surprise: Johnson
Biggest disappointment: Flintoff
Man of the series: McGrath
Amount of times I'll fall asleep at school: 4

Pretty crap predictions really, none of the cricketing ones right, and I fell asleep twice.

[GIMH]

Originally Posted by GeraintIsMyHero

Hi. I know there's various threads asking for predictions, but well I thought it would be an idea if we got everybody's predictions in one go. It was done in the official thread last year, and we can all have a good chuckle at those who get it horribly wrong ie probably this blinded optimist right here. The rose tinted glasses are firmly attached to my head and will be as long as those Ashes are ours.

Score: 2-2 TBF this was more a prediction for what I think England's score will be after 1 over in the Twenty20
Top Runscorer: Strauss Dire, but I wasn't alone. Strauss has mixed some silly shots with some bad luck, but I expect him to come back strongly.
Top Wicket Taker: Warne No, but not an unreasonable prediction I guess.
Most catches (wk excluded): Bell Think he made a couple, but again, incorrect
Biggest surprise: Mahmood (changed to Anderson) Dire on both counts, though Jimmy A looked half-decent this time round
Biggest disappointment: McGrath Correct, in that I'm disappointed he got his prediction right .
Man of the series: Flintoff Humbug.
Amount of Guinness to be drank upon completion of the series by GIMH: unquantified Will have to buy some cans tonight and drown the ol' sorrows

0%. Pathetic!

[Johnners]

Originally Posted by GeraintIsMyHero

0%. Pathetic!

We can always give you an A for optimism

[GIMH]

Originally Posted by Clapo

We can always give you an A for optimism

Well I'd expect an A* tbh

[Barney Rubble]

Score: 2-1 Australia Well, that was always gonna be optimistic
Top Runscorer: Pietersen Not far off
Top Wicket Taker: McGrath Wasn't counting on Clark's awesomeness
Most catches (wk excluded): Hayden Have no idea if this was right or not
Biggest surprise: Bell That was a decent one, only Clark was a bigger surprise really
Biggest disappointment: Hussey Erm....
Man of the series: Pietersen Could have been if we weren't so utterly dire in general

Not that bad an effort really, TBH. Just the one shocker.

[Matt79]

Originally Posted by Matt79

Close enough now to make a sensible prediction:
4-1 Australia. - CLOSE, IN TERMS OF ADELAIDE, BUT SHOWED A DEFINITE LACK OF FAITH
Top Runscorer: Ponting - YEP
Top Wicket Taker: Lee - NO. CLARK MOVES WAY AHEAD OF LEE IN THE PECKING ORDER
Most Catches (wk excluded): Hayden THINK THIS IS RIGHT, TIED WITH COLLINGWOOD
Biggest Surprise: Pasener not playing a test while the series is "live" FLETCHER CAVED IN ONE MATCH TOO SOON FOR THIS TO BE RIGHT - WORST PERSON
Biggest Disappointment: Above YEP
Man of the Series: Ponting. YEP

England to win in either Melbourne or Sydney, but nowhere else. God knows, it don't rain down here much anymore, so I'm predicting no draws.

Not bad. Thought England would do the crappy salvage some pride thing, but the retirements and the awesome focus of this Aussie team meant that wasn't to be...

[superkingdave]

Originally Posted by superkingdave

Score: 5-0 to Aus
Top Runscorer: Ponting
Top Wicket Taker: Warne
Most catches (wk excluded): Hayden
Biggest surprise: Watson
Biggest disappointment: Peitersen
Man of the series: Ponting

Hmmm, not bad but Way off with the Watson/KP combo

[BoyBrumby]

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Score: 3-1 Oz
Top Runscorer: Ponting
Top Wicket Taker: Fred
Most catches (wk excluded): Hayden
Biggest surprise: Bell
Biggest disappointment: Hussey
Man of the series: Ponting

Lets see:

Score: nah.
Top Runscorer: yup. Not an especially long punt tho, tbf.
Top Wicket Taker: nah. Ankle & captaincy ****ed his chances.
Most Catches (wk excluded): yup, partly. Shared the honours with Colly.
Biggest surprise: Nah, has to be Clark. Bell went ok tho.
Biggest disappointment: Nah, miles off. Harmison's 10 @ 61 carry the day for mine.
Man of the series: yup. Always a fair bet, but his captaincy has suprised me.

3/7. Must try harder.

[PhoenixFire]

Originally Posted by PhoenixFire

Score: 2-1 ENG
Top Runscorer: Ponting
Top Wicket Taker: Warne
Most catches (wk excluded): Hayden
Biggest surprise: Hoggard
Biggest disappointment: Flintoff
Man of the series: Warne

Score: 2-1 ENG, so wrong it's not even funny
Top Runscorer: Ponting, Spot on
Top Wicket Taker: Warne, Pretty close, but not the leader
Most catches (wk excluded): Hayden, Don't really care TBH
Biggest surprise: Hoggard, Wasn't the biggest surprise, but pretty close, did really well
Biggest disappointment: Flintoff, Right, for me anyway.
Man of the series: Warne, Wrong

[Samuel_Vimes]

Originally Posted by Slow Love™

Not bad at all.

*takes bow*

I'll pick 4-0 to England in 2009, then.

Matt and Dav were on form, too.

[age_master]

Originally Posted by age_master

Score: 5-0 Australia
Top Runscorer: Ponting
Top Wicket Taker: Warne
Most catches (wk excluded): Warne
Biggest surprise: Martyn back to his best
Biggest disappointment: Pietersen
Man of the series: Warne

Well i got the first 2 right, Warne failed me big time though. Marto was probably the biggest surprise, but not for scoring runs. Thankfully Pietersen didn't dissapoint too much otherwise the series would have been even mroe 1 sided.