Hopes
England find a match-winning spinner, or alternatively Blackwell or Loudon come through to be a batter/ all-rounder.
That the Ashes series will be as thrilling as this year (same result would be nice too
).
Hildreths emergence as a Test player.
That English cricket doesn't lose it momentum from this year
Exeter win play-offs
Bangladesh improve, as they are the future of cricket, wish Rafique was English
Expectations
Giles will play every match, coz hes a thoroughly nice bloke.
Aussies will produce turners and MacGill and Warne will moirder us.
Ponting will still whinge
Zummerset will promise much, and produce little
The pathetic ICC will allow the Zim farce to carry on unabated
Exeter will miss the play-offs by a point
Cricket will be utterly ignore in England when the World Cup in Germany starts
Happy new year to you all, though, despite my miserablist predictions