Ashes Predictions Thread

[pasag]

Originally Posted by pasag

Series Result: Aus 2-1
Top Eng Runscorer: Bopara
Top Aus Runscorer: Clarke
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Clarke
Surprise Packet: Anderson (for general Australians who haven't seen him since 06/07)
Dropped Player(s): Hauritz
Miscellaneous Event: England will pass 500 twice.

Changing this to Clarke, looks far and away the best player on tour so far.

Clarke calls looking good. The rest pretty ordinary.

[Scaly piscine]

Originally Posted by Scaly piscine

Series Result: England 2-1
Top Eng Runscorer: Strauss
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Broad
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Clark
Player of the Series: Broad
Surprise Package (Packet? wtf): Strauss
Dropped Player(s): Lee/Siddle
Miscellaneous Event: The Ashes Test thieving Welsh will stage a dire low quality match

Thought Clark would play, so that's obviously stuffed that one. I'd go with Hilfenhaus if I'd known who'd play, never fancy touring raw pacemen to do particularly well - it's more the FM types that prosper. Broad has been generally ****e, but just couldn't see the other bowlers doing particularly well other than Flintoff who'd probably get injured - and players of the series are more likely to be bowlers anyway. Reasonably happy otherwise.

[Burgey]

Originally Posted by Burgey

Series Result: Aus 3-1
Top Eng Runscorer: Pietersen
Top Aus Runscorer: Clarke
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Clarke
Surprise Packet: Hughes
Dropped Player(s): Cook, Bopara, Prior, Broad, Swann, Sidebottom, Onions, Panesar.
Miscellaneous Event: Anderson takes England's only 5 for in the dead rubber test they win at The Oval, and as he celebrates a packet of mints falls out of his pocket, thereby both explaining this freak event and causing him to be banned for 12 months.

Possible but not likely given weather and form atm.
Highly unlikely given injury and form
Looking good
Looking ok
Looking ok, despite form he's not far away on the tally
Quite possible if we win it
Surprised me how he's going, anyway
Panesar dropped already, Bopara possible
Unfortunately Flintoff has already taken England's only 5-fer for the series.

[SJS]

Well. So this is what I predicted...

Series Result:... 2-2...still possible

Most wickets? :... Anderson...Well he is three short of the pace..

Most runs? :... Strauss...YESSS!

Worst player? :... Flintoff...

Frustrating tail ender? :...Johnson ...

Surprise package? :...Ponting...

Any other ? :... Brett Lee will lose his cool on the field with his skipper...

[Johnners]

Series Result: 3-1 Australia - Possible
Top Eng Runscorer: Bopara - Won't happen
Top Aus Runscorer: Clarke - Looking good
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson - Possible
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson - Will take all 20 at Edgbaston
Player of the Series: Clarke - Could happen
Surprise Packet: Haurtiz - Will average under 35 - Indeed
Dropped Player(s): Hauritz, Clark, Panesar, Cook - Heh, Hauritz/Cook won't be dropped now, Clark needs to play to be dropped...
Miscellaneous Event: KP will get out at least twice to either of Hauritz/North

[morgieb]

Series Result: Australia 3-1 - possible but unlikely
Top Eng Runscorer: Pieterson (if fit, if not Cook) - possible, but needs big runs, especially if he's ruled out of the next test
Top Aus Runscorer: Hughes - really struggling, thought he'd be the type that would never stop scoring runs.
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson - still looking solid ATS.
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson - unlikely, he's bowling garbage ATS.
Player of the Series: Hughes - lol
Surprise Packet: Lee getting back into form - hasn't had the chance to.
Dropped Player(s): Bopara, Prior, Panesar, etc. - Panesar has, Prior won't, Bopara still might.
Miscellaneous Event: England getting raped in the first 3 games before Australia slow down. Australia showing that their T20 form was just a blip on the radar. England to get cocky in the media after "below average warm-up". More to come when I CBF thinking about it. - wrong on all of them.

[Trumpers_Ghost]

Originally Posted by Trumpers_Ghost

Series Result: Aus 3-1
Top Eng Runscorer: Cook
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Johnson
Surprise Packet: Macdonald (to take plenty of wickets + a couple of good scores)
Dropped Player(s): Swann, Prior, Pannesar, Collingwood, Onions, Lee
Miscellaneous Event: England selectors to panic, chop and change the team and look to pick players from Australian State second XIs

Series Result: Aus 3-1 - NO
Top Eng Runscorer: Cook - Maybe
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting - Maybe
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson - this ok
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson - Unlikely
Player of the Series: Johnson - definate NO
Surprise Packet: Macdonald - thought he'd play
Dropped Player(s): Swann, Prior, Pannesar, Collingwood, Onions, Lee
Miscellaneous Event: England selectors to panic, chop and change the team and look to pick players from Australian State second XIs - NO

A couple of "Maybes" the best of my sorry lot!

[Pup Clarke]

Originally Posted by Pup Clarke

Series Result: 2-2 - Still on
Top Eng Runscorer : Strauss - Decent
Top Aus Runscorer : Clarke - As above
Top Eng Wicket-taker : Flintoff - Quite possible
Top Aus Wicket-taker : Siddle - Unlikely, could be dumped for 3rd Test
Player of the Series : Strauss - Again, quite possible
Surprise Packet : Hilfenhaus - Bingo
Dropped Player (s) : Clark/Swann - Naaaaaaahh
Miscellaneous Event : Broad to be hit for 6 sixes in an over by Johnson.

- Still on

[Richard]

Originally Posted by Richard

Series Result: Australian comfortable victory. Weather too unpredictable to go for an exact scoreline.

Not looking likely.

Top Eng Runscorer: KP Pietersen

Not looking good so far, especially as he might miss games, but you never rule him out.

Top Aus Runscorer: Brad Haddin

Not yet OOTQ.

Top Eng Wicket-taker: James Anderson

Still quite possible.

Top Aus Wicket-taker: Mitchell Johnson

Still possible, despite it all.

Player of the Series:

I don't do this frippery.

Surprise Packet: Brad Haddin

Dunno if he's really surprised anyone yet, but he's gone damn well.

Dropped Player(s): if MSP, Lee and Onions play any Tests as first-choice (which is possible to near-certain) then I can quite see 'em being dropped. Also find it conceivable though not out-and-out likely that Prior and Cook might go.

MSP has indeed been picked as a first-choice and discarded, Lee hasn't yet, Onions hasn't yet been dropped but hasn't looked extraordinarily unlikely to either.

Miscellaneous Event (AKA random wildcard): two cases of on-a-hat-trick with a hat-trick resulting in neither.

None yet.

[Richard]

Originally Posted by Richard

Miscellaneous Event (AKA random wildcard): two cases of on-a-hat-trick with a hat-trick resulting in neither.

Well, we've now had two in the same session... good job I didn't say "no more than two". 'Cos surely there'll be another at some point in the series.

[ripper868]

Originally Posted by Richard

Well, we've now had two in the same session... good job I didn't say "no more than two". 'Cos surely there'll be another at some point in the series.

Yeah my first thought was this last night, sadly it went to the wrong team.

[Matt79]

Originally Posted by Matt79

Result: Aus 2-1 on course
Player of the series: Johnson d'oh!
Top Run Scorer: Clarke on course
Top Wicket taker: Johnson very unlikely at this point
Top Eng runscorer: Strauss on course
Top Eng wicket taker: Anderson, just from Swann on course
Surprise Packet: Siddle no. Hilfenhaus would have to be.
Miscellaneous Event: Johnson to sideline KP with broken arm/ribs maybe in the ODIs
Dropped Player: Matt Prior yeah, probably not

not doing too bad. Hoping Johnson takes 15 wickets at Leads (8-36 and 7-45 would be great)

[irfan]

Originally Posted by irfan

Series Result: Australia 4-1
Top Eng Runscorer: Strauss
Top Aus Runscorer: M Hussey
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Siddle
Player of the Series: M Hussey
Surprise Packet: Marcus North at 6
Dropped Player(s): England's third seamer (Onions?)
Miscellaneous Event: Ponting hit on the other cheek by a Stuart Broad bouncer

Series Result: Australia 4-1 bahh stupid rain
Top Eng Runscorer: Strauss looking good
Top Aus Runscorer: M Hussey unlikely - needs a coupla tons
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson Odds on
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Siddle Probably not
Player of the Series: M Hussey Highly unlikely
Surprise Packet: Marcus North at 6 Possibly, arguably Hilf has been betta
Dropped Player(s): England's third seamer (Onions?) Mixed up with Panesar obv
Miscellaneous Event: Ponting hit on the other cheek by a Stuart Broad bouncer Mite need Harmy for this to happen

[pup11]

Originally Posted by pup11

Series Result: 3-1 AUS
Top Eng Runscorer: Strauss
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Swann
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Johnson
Surprise Packet: Hauritz. Will bowl quite decently and would play his part nicely, might even chip in with some handy runs down the order.
Dropped Player(s): Lee, Sidebottom, Collingwood

B]Series Result:[/B] 3-1 AUS Meh, If it had not been for the rain...
Top Eng Runscorer: Strauss Looking good...
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting Still possible....
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Swann Well, my jinx seems to be working...
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson Seem to have put the mockers on him, but you never know he might still do it.
Player of the Series: Johnson Can't see this happening...
Surprise Packet: Hauritz. Will bowl quite decently and would play his part nicely, might even chip in with some handy runs down the order.
Dropped Player(s): Lee, Sidebottom, Collingwood Let's make that Bopara, Broad and Siddle

[Athlai]

Originally Posted by Athlai

Series Result: Aus 4-0
Top Eng Runscorer: Pietersen
Top Aus Runscorer: Hughes
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker:Johnson
Player of the Series: Johnson
Surprise Packet: Swann
Dropped Player(s): Monty
Miscellaneous Event: Hughes to continue averaging above 60 by the end of the series.

Johnson and Swann better start playing ****ing well.