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Ashes Predictions Thread

ripper868

International Coach
Well, we've now had two in the same session... good job I didn't say "no more than two". :sleep: '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

Global Moderator
Result: Aus 2-1 on course
Player of the series: Johnson d'oh!
Top Run Scorer: Clarke :D 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

State Captain
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 :ph34r:
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

International Coach
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...:ph34r:
Top Eng Runscorer: Strauss Looking good...:cool:
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. :cool:
Dropped Player(s): Lee, Sidebottom, Collingwood Let's make that Bopara, Broad and Siddle
 

Athlai

Not Terrible
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. :@
 

ripper868

International Coach
Series Result: Aus 4-0 (one rained out)
Top Eng Runscorer: Sidebottom (bowling runs)
Top Aus Runscorer: Hughes

Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson -possible
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Clarke -possible
Surprise Packet: Ronald Macca. Callum Ferguson
Dropped Player(s): Ronald Macca. English Selectors.
Miscellaneous Event: Ronald Macca to hit winning runs/take winning wicket in one of the tests.
Optimism bordering on insanity from english fans to reach new heights after prior hangs on to a catch. -Optimism warranted, Prior hasn't been as dire behind the poles as i was led to believe by posters of this forum.
KP to change his hairstyle, along with Broad and Onions -Possible, what else has KP got to do now?
Ponting to change his gum on the hour, every hour.
The sun will shine Terribly wrong.
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Series Result: 2-1 England Could be, doubt it though
Top Eng Runscorer: Strauss Looking good
Top Aus Runscorer: Katich Not out of the question but doubt it
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson Looking good
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson Amazingly still realistic
Player of the Series: Anderson Best batsman, bowler and fielder on either side, disgrace if he doesn't get it tbh
Surprise Packet: Broad (I won't be surprised myself though) eeek
Dropped Player(s): Lee Never got a chance
Miscellaneous Event: CW will run slowly throughout the series because of the amount of murray mint pics posted by Burgey He didn't even post any when Jimmy was hooping it everywhere on Friday
I did more recent predictions than these on the ashes blog, looks like these might wind up better haha
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Series Result: Australia 2-0 Nope. Aus could still win 2 though
Top Eng Run scorer: Pietersen No chance now
Top Aus Runscorer: Hughes Way off
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Swann Looking pretty doubtful
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Siddle Needs to do a lot
Player of the Series: Johnson As above
Surprise Packet: Broad and Swann 0/2
Dropped Player(s): Sidebottom and Monty (if they play) for England, Lee for Australia Bang on about Monty, less so about the others
Miscellaneous Event: Michael Hussey to find form again, Monty won't play more than one Test, and Lee will play his last Test for Australia Watch this space re: Hussey, and right about Monty so far
Pretty terrible really.
 

four_or_six

Cricketer Of The Year
Series Result: England 2-1 looking good...
Top Eng Runscorer: Strauss looking good too...
Top Aus Runscorer: Johnson slightly optimistic on our ability to roll over the top 6... :p
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Broad Oops
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Katich Not yet off the mark... :p
Player of the Series: Broad Um... big oops
Surprise Packet: Collingwood I'm not surprised but... he's done okay.
Dropped Player(s): Clark. Kind of right, I think.
Miscellaneous Event: Watson to score first hundred. Roll on Thursday.
Looking reasonable. :)
 

zaremba

Cricketer Of The Year
Series Result: Aus 2 Eng 0 wrong - hooray
Top Eng Runscorer: Prior unlikely but possible
Top Aus Runscorer: Clarke possible
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson looking good
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Siddle looking iffy
Player of the Series: Siddle (Aus) Prior (Eng) - if you have to choose 1, Siddle hmmm
Surprise Packet: Siddle, Prior Prior doing the business here
Dropped Player(s): Lee, Sidebottom, Panesar. Rashid Monty - the rest, nowhere
Miscellaneous Event: Haddin takes his first Test wicket in the closing stages of a tedious draw on a road at Lord's. You all saw it happen, just like I did :ph34r:
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superkingdave

Hall of Fame Member
By the end of the Ashes, I reckon im gonna open an official thread and have a whole page(40ppp) with all posts hidden because the users will be on ignore.
 

morgieb

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Another update....
Series Result: Australia 3-1 - wrong
Top Eng Runscorer: Pieterson (if fit, if not Cook) - Pieterson pulled out, and Cook's getting upstaged by his opening partner.
Top Aus Runscorer: Hughes - so wrong it's not even funny
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson - looking spot ON
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson - not yet out of the question, despite his direness. :laugh:
Player of the Series: Hughes - so wrong it's not even funny
Surprise Packet: Lee getting back into form - hasn't had the chance to do so.
Dropped Player(s): Bopara, Prior, Panesar, etc. - Panesar has, Prior hasn't, Bopara hasn't yet...
Miscellaneous Event: England getting raped in the first 3 games before Australia slow down. -umm yeah good call.
Australia showing that their T20 form was just a blip on the radar. - sorta right I guess.
England to get ****y in the media after "below average warm-up". - dunno about this.
More to come when I CBF thinking about it.
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