3rd thread - Ashes predictions

[Adders]

He’ll do enough in two tests to top both.

Good one giggling at a bloke being susceptible to injury too. Awesome

C'mon mate.....I was giggling at Soc's predictions. I seriously hope you can keep him on the park for 5 tests but I'm not sure it will happen. The world's been waiting a long time for Aus to show off their supposed best attack.......i for one want to see if they are all that.

 

[Burgey]

Of course. But unfortunately no posting in jest is slowed any more, even between posters who are well known to each other, and unfortunately I therefore have no alternative but to report both your post and mine.

 

[andruid]

2-1 Australia
Most runs Steve Smith (Australia), Woakes (England)
Most wickets: Cummins ties with Hazlewood (Australia), Woakes
Dropped Bancroft, Burns, Broad, Moeen Ali,
Bold prediction: Austrailia win at Edgbaston and lose at Lords
Worst poster: The Ashes brings out the worst in all of us

 

[Burgey]

Worst poster: The Ashes brings out the worst in all of us

**** you, you ****

 

[Uppercut]

It’ll be just like every other English Ashes in the past decade i.e. every test will consist of one team being bowled out for nothing in their first innings and then giving up.

 

[FBU]

Even if Moeen doesn't make any runs, his recent Test form justifies picking him for his bowling alone.

Agreed.

England it will be 30/3 after 10 overs while Warner and Bancroft will have to wait for Ali to be brought on to make the breakthrough

 

[andruid]

**** you, you ****

see...

 

[Second Spitter]

Times Bancroft is dismissed by Jimmy: 7

 

[Burgey]

I’ll go with none

 

[FBU]

Australia 4-0

Leading wicket takers Cummins and Broad
Leading run scorers Warner and Stokes
Strongest tail Australia
Strongest middle order England
Strongest openers Australia
Surprise inclusion Curran batting at 3 after 2nd Test

 

[aussie tragic]

Predicting Aussies to win 3-1, Cummins most wkts, Smith most runs.

Dropped players: Bancroft, Broad, Roy, Burns, Denly

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Another prediction: I am tending to think one out of Anderson and Broad will have a big series and take plenty, where as the other will largely go missing throughout the series and make minimal impact. Which way round that will be I don't know

 

[Tom Flint]

Roy burns denly to play all 5 tests unless injured

 

[NotMcKenzie]

England 3 - 2

Most runs: Smith (Aus), Root (Eng, more by exclusion than anything);
Most Wickets: Anderson (Eng)
Worst Poster: the *****–Burgey circus

Australia to retain failures way too long
And related, Bancroft to be retained no matter what
Moeen to score an annoying innings at some point amid general failure, and Stokes and Broad to do something important to hurt Australia's chances (really hedging my bets there)
Curran will have either first, second or third highest cumulative scores of England players in tests he plays
James Pattinson not to live up to the hype
If Archer plays, most/all of his wickets will be off bouncers and short balls (a big risk on my part extrapolating from one-day to test cricket)

 

[Burgey]

Happily for all of us, ***** isn't allowed to post in this subforum once the tests start.

 

[BSM]

Rory Burns to be top run scorer

It's not going to happen but I'll look like a genius if it does

 

[MW1304]

Score: 2-2 [We're due a drawn Ashes series, been ages]
Most wickets: Anderson, Cummins
Most runs: Stokes, Warner
Surprise package(s): Moeen to bat well, save us on a few occasions; Loosechange to make runs
Disappointments: Stokes with the ball, Buttler with the bat; Khawaja in general

 

[harsh.ag]

Rory Burns to be top run scorer

It's not going to happen but I'll look like a genius if it does

Well, not anymore

 

[Spark]

England 2-1.

 

[Bijed]

England 2-1.

After 3 deliveries?