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Ashes Predictions

Tangles

International Vice-Captain
Result: Australia 2-1
Leading run scorer: Steve Smith
Leading wicket taker: Josh Hazelwood
Surprise package: Cook to average 50 without Harris
Biggest failure: Lyon
Surprise dropping: Mitch Marsh
Think Watto will play so changing Marsh to Lyon for dropping.
 

Gob

International Coach
Result-Australia 2-1
Leading run scorer-Smiteh
Leading wicket taker-Broad
Surprise package-Mitch Marsh
Biggest Failure-Ballance
Surprise dropping-Watson halfway through the series for marsh
Yeah hazers going to be unstoppable if he stays fit
Spot on so far . Can't see a 2-1 though since I can't see a draw. Settle for a 3-2 for Aus
 

Lillian Thomson

Hall of Fame Member
Very happy to be proved wrong in predicting little other than doom for England. I still believe the team is as full of holes as it was before the series started. Maybe the Australian win or bust method of reckless impatience with bat and ball should have been predictable, though their inability or unwillingness to adapt their approach is a little surprising - especially twice in three matches.
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Score: England 5-0 Australia - 4-1 pretty much guaranteed so not bad
Runs: Roooooot - well on course
Wickets: Anderson - would have happened for sure but for injury
Surprise package: Bairstow scores 5 on return to side for 3rd test - nailed it
Biggest failure: Clarke and Johnson - one out of two
Surprise dropping: Ian Bell (Furball to celebrate) - dropped by Clarke on 35 much to Furball's pleasure
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OverratedSanity

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Result: Australia 3-1
Leading run scorer: Steve Smith
Leading wicket taker: Josh Hazelwood
Surprise package: Adam Lyth
Biggest failure relative to expectations: Joe Root
Biggest failure (objectively): Gary Ballance
Surprise dropping: Stuart Broad after 3 horrendous matches on the trot.
Well... atleast Ballance was ****e
 

Adders

Cricketer Of The Year
Result-Australia 4-0 (the weather to save England the indignation of another 5-0 whitewash)
Leading run scorer: Dave Warner
Leading wicket taker: Johnno (to be the difference between the sides again!)
Surprise package: That it only ends 4-0 and not 5.
Biggest Failure: Choose an Englishman - I'll go with Cookie.
Surprise dropping: Cook to either get dropped or spared when he should have been.
I so wish he wasn't banned right now.
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
I so wish he wasn't banned right now.
As if he'd have showed his face round here after the first session in Brum

Let's be honest. All teams have their bandwagon fair weather fans and old Hooksey definitely fits the bill
 

Furball

Evil Scotsman
Right, about time for this one.

Result: Heart says 3-1 England, head says 3-1 Australia. England. Just.

Leading run scorer: Cook, Voges
Leading wicket taker: Anderson, Starc
Surprise package: Brad Haddin will keep competently
Biggest failure: Bell
Surprise dropping: Bell
Series result wasn't far off (in fact reading it back I was obviously calling England by 1 :ph34r:)
Run scorer was just rubbish
Aussie wicket taker spot on, English one would have been if he'd played at Trent Bridge.
Surprise package comment was both a poor joke and wrong
Biggest failure: goes to Lyth but Bell was certainly a disappointment.
Surprise dropping: sadly not.
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
No way would Anderson have taken more than one or two at TB just because of how good Broad was
 

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
Score: England 5-0 Australia
Runs: Roooooot
Wickets: Anderson
Surprise package: James Taylor scores ton on return to side for 3rd test
Biggest failure: Clarke and Johnson
Surprise dropping: Ian Bell (Furball to celebrate)
Score: close enough given London is ****
Runs: yes (actually no but whatever)
Wickets: obvious typo, meant Broad
Surprise package: no
Failure: yes and well I suppose
Dropping: think I already made the joke about him dropping catches so er I got nothing
 
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