Ashes Predictions - Page 18

four_or_six · 07-01-2011, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by four_or_six

4-0 England (one match to be washed out)
Top runscorer - Alistair Cook (Watto for Aussies)
Top wicket taker - James Anderson (Watto for Aussies).
Dumpings - Mid-series: North, Hussey, Hauritz. End-series: Ponting.
Debutant/Returning players - Xavier Doherty
Surprise Packet - Mark Nicholas will win an award for his commentary, and will be knighted in the Xmas honours list in 2011.

4-0 - not bad, forgot about Johnson knowing how to bowl in Perth.
Runscorer - who said no-one expected Cook to do well?! Watto not too far off.
Wickettaker - Well was always going to be Jimmy, no-brainer. Watto should have bowled more.
Dumpings - well at least I got North, Hussey way off, Hauritz should have started the series anyway. Ponting may well yet leave.
Debutant - Should have had more in here!
Mark Nicholas - Time will tell.

flibbertyjibber · 07-01-2011, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by flibbertyjibber

2-1 to England

Top runscorer - Strauss overall with Clarke for the convicts.
Top wickettakers - Johnson and Swann.
Dumpings - North and Hauritz.
Returningplayers/Debutants - Khawaja,Siddle and Hughes.
Surprise Package - Bell

Johnson

North and Hauritz dumped.

All my returning players/debutants.

Surprise package did well.

Not too bad, been better but also worse on here.

zaremba · 07-01-2011, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by flibbertyjibber

2-1 to England

Top runscorer - Strauss overall with Clarke for the convicts.
Top wickettakers - Johnson and Swann.
Dumpings - North and Hauritz.
Returningplayers/Debutants - Khawaja,Siddle and Hughes.
Surprise Package - Bell

Someone might tot up who's done the best with their predictions, but on the face of it these seem the most accurate

turnstyle · 07-01-2011, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by turnstyle

Result - Australia (3-1)
Runs - Watto to bash 500+ without not converting a 50, Broad to be hailed the next next Botham.
Wickets - Johnson (at least half from balls outside leg), Broad.
Dumping - Finn, Pieterson, Hussey after the WACA test.
Debutant - Morgan to slot back into 6, Khawaja to take Hussey's, O'Keefe to chose which player's spot he'll take from a lucky dip at the Christmas dinner.
Surprise - A 6th Test.

- Scoreline right but to the wrong team
- LOL at Watto. So close.

Rest was meh.

GingerFurball · 07-01-2011, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by zaremba

Someone might tot up who's done the best with their predictions, but on the face of it these seem the most accurate

Ahem

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Originally Posted by GingerFurball

Scoreline: 2-1 England - Right winners, seems I over-rated Australia
Top Runscorers: Kevin Pietersen, Michael Clarke - Pietersen a reasonable call, Clarke just dire
Top Wicket Takers: Mitchell Johnson, James Anderson - Both correct
Dumpings: Marcuss North, Nathan Hauritz, Steven Finn - All correct
Debutant/Returning Players: Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith. Tremlett will come in for Finn after the 2nd Test - All correct, with the exception of who Tremlett came in for and why
Suprise Package: Ian Bell will ton up twice in the series. - Reasonable. Tonned up at Sydney and could have tonned up at Brisbane or Adelaide had circumstances differed

zaremba · 07-01-2011, 11:51 AM

Okay Ginger you may have won this one. Impressive list of predictions.

fredfertang · 07-01-2011, 12:06 PM

Some staff member called Tom Coghlin made a very accurate set of predictions in the Ashes HQ

Blaze 18 · 07-01-2011, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Blaze 18

Australia to win the Ashes 2-1
Top runscorer - Jonathan Trott
Top wicket taker - Graeme Swann

Wrong on all three counts

GingerFurball · 07-01-2011, 06:42 PM

Cricket Web - Ashes HQ 2010-2011: An Ashes Predictions Article

Thought number 9 was pretty good.

Spark · 07-01-2011, 08:29 PM

Very good actually.

Somerset · 07-01-2011, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Somerset

Result: 3-1 Australia - right margin, wrong team
Top runscorer: Kevin Pietersen - wrong
Top wicket taker: Ben Hilfenhaus - wrong
Dumpings: Stephen Finn, Marcus North, Nathan Hauritz - as they say, 2/3 ain't bad...
Debutant/Returning players: Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith - both correct
Surprise Packet: All of the tests to go five days - wrong, Australia to win the series - wrong, but England to have the two leading run scorers - wrong though they finished with the highest and third highest

Not a particularly successful bunch of predictions there, in fact I barely tipped anything correctly.

zaremba · 08-01-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by fredfertang

Some staff member called Tom Coghlin made a very accurate set of predictions in the Ashes HQ

Sounds intriguing. I can't find the piece though. Never mind, I'm sure he was spot-on as usual.

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zaremba Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: chez les Ashes Posts: 8,726	Okay Ginger you may have won this one. Impressive list of predictions.

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fredfertang Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: high dudgeon Posts: 9,711	Some staff member called Tom Coghlin made a very accurate set of predictions in the Ashes HQ

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GingerFurball Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Crabs Subbie Posts: 15,407	Cricket Web - Ashes HQ 2010-2011: An Ashes Predictions Article Thought number 9 was pretty good.

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