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England V India - Predictions

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Don't just tip a winner, tip the following:

Score:
Most runs:
Most wickets:
Most catches:
Biggest innings:
Best bowling:
MOTS (Eng)
MOTS (Ind)
Axed:
Surprise pick:
Random prediction


And just for fun, the CW version:

Country with the most infracted poster:
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Score: 4-0 to England if the weather holds, 2 or 3-0 if it doesn't
Most runs: Ali Cook
Most wickets: Jimmy *** Machine Anderson
Most catches: Strauss
Biggest innings: Trott, 326 at Trent Bridge
Best bowling: Anderson, 8-62 at Trent Bridge
MOTS (Eng): Anderson
MOTS (Ind): Jono
Axed: Zaheer Can't
Surprise pick: Jono, drafted in for the 4th when the rest bottle it
Random prediction: Swann or Broad to hit a ton

And just for fun, the CW version:

Country with the most infracted poster: India
 

Teja.

Global Moderator
Score: 2-1 to England
Most runs: Tendulkar
Most wickets: Tremlett
Most catches: Prior
Biggest innings: 600 or so, both teams 1 time each. One 200 from Bell, One from Tendulkar
Best bowling: 6-50, Zaheer
MOTS (Eng): Tremlett
MOTS (Ind): Tendulkar
Axed: Both India and England's No.6s
Surprise pick: Praveen Kumar to bowl very well if he's picked. Gambhir to average 50+
Random prediction: Swann to retire in embarrassment after being humiliated for 4 tests. :ph34r:

Would try to answer the last question but confirmation bias might kick in due to that and people don't want that. :happy:
 
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four_or_six

Cricketer Of The Year
Score: 3-0 to England
Most runs: Cooky :wub:
Most wickets: Jimmy and Swanny to tie, after Jimmy drops a catch off Swann to deny him the last wicket of the series.
Most catches: Prior
Biggest innings: Cook, 334 at Lords
Best bowling: Broad, 7-12 at Lords
MOTS (Eng): Trott
MOTS (Ind): Jono
Axed: Harbhajan, Dravid.
Surprise pick: Partiv Patel
Random prediction: At least one mod will have a nervous breakdown :p

And just for fun, the CW version:

Country with the most infracted poster: Australia
 

weeman27bob

International Regular
Score: 2-0 to England
Most runs: Ian Bell
Most wickets: Stuart Broad to have the series of his life.
Most catches: Sehwag
Biggest innings: Sehwag, 230 at the Oval
Best bowling: 7-35 in an inspired spell from Broad
MOTS (Eng): Broad
MOTS (Ind): Tendulkar
Axed: Strauss
Surprise pick: Mooen Ali
Random prediction: Series to have less exciting cricket than this one.
 

Outswinger@Pace

International 12th Man
Score: England winning 2-1
Most runs: Cook (Eng), Gambhir (Ind)
Most wickets: Anderson
Most catches: Prior :) No seriously, it'd be Strauss.
Biggest innings: Tendulkar at The Oval
Best bowling: Jimmy's match-winning 6-fer (6-45 or so) to run through the Indian top-order
MOTS (Eng): Anderson
MOTS (Ind): Zaheer
Axed: BCCI administrators :ph34r:
Surprise pick: Ali/Monty drafted in for Swann after the latter loses form woefully!

Random prediction: Bhajji to end up slapping Fletcher in frustration before the rubber ends


And just for fun, the CW version:
Country with the most infracted poster: Does Mongolia qualify as a reasonable answer?
 
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centurymaker

International Captain
Score: 1-1
Most runs: Trott
Most wickets: Zaheer Khan
Most catches: Prior
Biggest innings: An indian batsman- 220 at Lords
Best bowling: 6-55 Khan
MOTS (Eng): Anderson
MOTS (Ind): Tendulkar
Axed: Dravid
Surprise pick: Yuvraj :ph34r:
Random prediction: Ali Cook to have a poor series
 

vcs

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Score: England winning 2-1
Most runs: Cook (Eng), Gambhir (Ind)
Most wickets: Anderson
Most catches: Prior :) No seriously, it'd be Strauss.
Biggest innings: Tendulkar at The Oval
Best bowling: Jimmy's match-winning 6-fer (6-45 or so) to run through the Indian top-order
MOTS (Eng): Anderson
MOTS (Ind): Zaheer
Axed: BCCI administrators :ph34r:
Surprise pick: Monty drafted in for Swann after the latter loses form woefully! :laugh:

Random prediction: Bhajji to end up slapping Gary Kirsten in frustration before the rubber ends


And just for fun, the CW version:
Country with the most infracted poster: Does Mongolia qualify as a reasonable answer?
Doubt he'd go all the way to SA for that.
 

Shri

Mr. Glass
Don't just tip a winner, tip the following:

Score: 1-1
Most runs: Sachin Tendulkar
Most wickets: Zaheer Khan
Most catches: Andrew Strauss
Biggest innings: Trott
Best bowling: Anderson
MOTS (Eng) - Anderson
MOTS (Ind) - Zaheer Khan
Axed: Broad/Ishant
Surprise pick: Morgan
Random prediction: Kallis to debut for England


And just for fun, the CW version:

Country with the most infracted poster: GIMH(as big as a country tbf:p)
 

Manee

Cricketer Of The Year
Score: 2-1 (India)
Most runs: Sachin Tendulkar
Most wickets: Chris Tremlett
Most catches: MS Dhoni
Biggest innings: Jonathon Trott
Best bowling: Harbhajan Singh
MOTS (Eng): Chris Tremlett
MOTS (Ind): Harbhajan Singh
Axed: Ishant Sharma
Surprise pick: Rohit Sharma
 

Borges

International Regular
Why haven't all these threads which have been sprouting up like a rash been merged by some trigger-happy moderator?

Or - dare I hope? - is there going to be a sub-forum after all? Where each of these will have a legitimate individual existence, without their very life being snuffed out by a 35,000 post monster.
 

kingpin

State Vice-Captain
Score: 1-2 (England)
Most runs: Sachin Tendulkar
Most wickets: Chris Tremlett
Most catches: MS Dhoni
Biggest innings: Jonathon Trott
Best bowling: Harbhajan Singh
MOTS (Eng): Chris Tremlett
MOTS (Ind): Harbhajan Singh
Axed: Ishant Sharma
Surprise pick: Rohit Sharma
 

Daemon

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Score: 1-1
Most runs: Sachin
Most wickets: Anderson
Most catches: Prior
Biggest innings: 185 - Sachin/Trott
Best bowling (innings): 6-100 Harbhajan
MOTS (Eng): Anderson
MOTS (Ind): Sachin
Axed: Pujara :(
Surprise pick: to be decided after the WI series
Random prediction: Swann to pick up a hat trick
 

Howe_zat

Audio File
Score: 2-1 England
Most runs:
Ian Bell
Most wickets:
Jimmy Anderson
Most catches: Graeme Swann
Biggest innings: Jonathan Trott, 188* at Lord's
Best bowling: Zaheer Khan, 6-80
MOTS (Eng) Ian Bell
MOTS (Ind)
VVS Laxman
Axed:
Ishant Sharma
Surprise pick:
Amit Mishra
Random prediction
: Tim Bresnan to come in when an England bowler gets injured. The Lord's Test will be drawn with VVS Laxman clinging on for India.

And just for fun, the CW version:

Country with the most infracted poster: Scotland.
 

BoyBrumby

Englishman
Country with the most infracted poster: Scotland.
Lol. :laugh:

Score: 2-1 to the good guys (England)
Most runs: Trott
Most wickets: Zaheer
Most catches: Prior
Biggest innings: Cook (Lords)
Best bowling: Anderson (Trent Bridge)
MOTS (Eng): Trott
MOTS (Ind): Zaheer
Axed: Sreesanth
Surprise pick: Murali Karthik
Random predictions: Bresnan to play in first test & India to play 5 bowlers in at least one test

And just for fun, the CW version:

Country with the most infracted poster: India (Bun MOTS) :ph34r:
 

Jacknife

International Captain
Score: 2-1
Most runs: Trott
Most wickets: Anderson
Most catches: Prior
Biggest innings: KP Oval 187
Best bowling: Anderson 6/76
MOTS (Eng) Anderson
MOTS (Ind) Tendulkar
Axed: Ishant
Surprise pick: Adrian Shankar:ph34r:
Random prediction: Sehwag to have a poor series average less than 35.
 

Daemon

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Close to everyone's predicted a 6-fer as the best bowling :p

Lots of 180s as the top scores too
 

zaremba

Cricketer Of The Year
Score: England 2 India 1
Most runs: Cook
Most wickets: Zaheer
Most catches: wk: Prior; outfielder: Strauss
Biggest innings: team: India 645-6; individual: Cook 190
Best bowling: Tremlett 9-43
MOTS (Eng): Prior
MOTS (Ind): Gambhir
Axed: B-Road
Surprise pick: Chris Nash
Random prediction: match-fixing controversy will engulf one or possibly both teams

And just for fun, the CW version:

Country with the most infracted poster: India!
 

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