The Prediction Thread

[aussie]

I never mentioned Botham ...

ha, sorry really thought i saw botham.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

If Imran & Botham aren't close to Sobers as a bastmen but is Sobers close to anyone of them as a bowler.If Sobers is one of the greatest batsmen ever then Imran would also make top 10 bowlers of alltime.Sobers may've been twice the batsman Imran & Botham were,but Botham was 8 times & Imran was 10 times the bowler Gary Sobers was.Everyone has his own opinion & IMO,Imran & Botham were better allrounders than Gary Sobers.

That's not even close to true. Even if you go on end-of-career averages, Sobers only averaged 4 more per wicket than Botham.

Anyway, Sobers wasn't a poor bowler by any means, he was merely a good one rather than a great one. To view his impact with the ball properly, you should take note of how many wickets he took. He might not have had the greatest average, but that is mostly due to the fact that he wasn't a particularly great spin bowler (long spells of spin bowling inflated his average in the long run), but he was still one of the most prolific wicket takers in the world in his time. He's the only all-rounder ever who can legitimately claim to be, at times, both the best batsman and the best bowler in his team. And even when he was playing with the likes of Hall and Gibbs who were superior bowlers, he wasn't far off being the best in his side, and still matched them in turns of wicket taking.

And of course, he was close to the second best batsman in history, and one of the best slippers as well. A fair bit ahead of the likes of Imran, Miller and Botham.

 

[SA]

That's not even close to true. Even if you go on end-of-career averages, Sobers only averaged 4 more per wicket than Botham.

Anyway, Sobers wasn't a poor bowler by any means, he was merely a good one rather than a great one. To view his impact with the ball properly, you should take note of how many wickets he took. He might not have had the greatest average, but that is mostly due to the fact that he wasn't a particularly great spin bowler (long spells of spin bowling inflated his average in the long run), but he was still one of the most prolific wicket takers in the world in his time. He's the only all-rounder ever who can legitimately claim to be, at times, both the best batsman and the best bowler in his team. And even when he was playing with the likes of Hall and Gibbs who were superior bowlers, he wasn't far off being the best in his side, and still matched them in turns of wicket taking.

And of course, he was close to the second best batsman in history, and one of the best slippers as well. A fair bit ahead of the likes of Imran, Miller and Botham.

That explanation doesn't make him a better bowler & it'll always remain a fact that he was a very ordinary bowler overall.BTW,if he wasn't a good spinner then who asked him to bowl those long spells of spin bowling?

 

[aussie]

That explanation doesn't make him a better bowler & it'll always remain a fact that he was a very ordinary bowler overall.BTW,if he wasn't a good spinner then who asked him to bowl those long spells of spin bowling?

Sobers bowling had to be better than just ordinary overall..

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

That explanation doesn't make him a better bowler & it'll always remain a fact that he was a very ordinary bowler overall.BTW,if he wasn't a good spinner then who asked him to bowl those long spells of spin bowling?

Usually he bowled them himself, as he was captain a lot of the time.

 

[Blaze]

ffs this thread is for predictions.

I predict Aus will beat Bangladesh in the current Test by 7 wickets.

 

[andyc]

ffs this thread is for predictions.

I predict Aus will beat Bangladesh in the current Test by 7 wickets.

Thank you for getting the thread back on track. And I say it'll be 5, or maybe 4 wickets to Australia, they'll have a little scare right at the end.

 

[andyc]

Well, so far so good.

 

[Jono]

Mohammad Asif to be one of the 3 best fast bowlers in the world by the end of 2007.

Go son go! Just needs to stay fit really, because an average under 20 is a great start after only 5 1/2 tests.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I'm usually utterly merde at predictions, but I'll have a go anyway:

Ed Joyce to debut for England in an ODI this summer.
England to whitewash Sri Lanka in the test series.
Pakistan to take a test off England but to still lose series.
Australia to win World Cup (wow, brave call... ).
England to retain Ashes by drawing down under.

Let's have a look at Nostrabrumbus's predictions then:

-Yes (not a huge shout, but I'll take it)
-No (although we should've done, really)
-Looking good
-Still possible
-Increasingly unlikely

 

[JASON]

-Increasingly unlikely

Increasingly Unlikely , but not impossible . In my personal opinion still a very strong possibility of coming right .

 

[aussie]

I'll make some more:

1. All of Australia's great players of this era i.e Langer, McGrath, Gilchrist, Martyn, Gillespie except Hayden & Warne will retire from international cricket by the 2008/09 Australian home season.

2. Vettori to take 400 test wickets

3. Simon Jones will not play 50 test for England

4. Stuart Clark to take 150 test wickets

5. Ricky Ponting to score 15,000 test runs

6. Shane Watson to become a world-class all-rounder by 2009

7. Australia will remain the # 1 ranked international side by the end of the decade

8. The 2007 World Cup to be the most exciting ever

9. Brian Lara's record to be broken with in the next 2 years

 

[FRAZ]

Mine
Asif Coming out big .
Murali getting 800 test wickets
More attacks and accusations against Murali .
ICC to be divided into two groups , biased and non biased ..
Afridi setteling down as a proper test level batsman ..
Tendulkar , Over ...
Ganguly , Who ?

 

[Tomm NCCC]

Following in the footsteps of international football, International cricket matches will play national anthems before the start of the game, and only pietersen, strauss, panesar, and mahmood will know the words.

Mohammed Ashraful will be found hung in a suicide bid, due to the crippling pressure upon his shoulders.

Cricket web will get its on TV Show, called CW TV

Monty Panesar will spontaneously combust when he takes a hat-trick against Australia in this years ashes

 

[superkingdave]

Collingwood to get less than 30

England to be all out for 290

 

[BoyBrumby]

Asif Coming out big .

That's a rumour I hadn't heard!

 

[FRAZ]

That's a rumour I hadn't heard!

crowd of around 15,000 spectators were left confused by the drama, as last night the Dubai-based International Cricket Council said no statement would be made. But cricket experts said the row threatened a deep and lasting split in world cricket. The Pakistan team had complained previously about what it alleged was biased umpiring by Hair, a member of cricket’s elite umpiring panel, which is sponsored by Emirates Airlines. He denies any bias.
Courtesy: http://www.7days.ae/2006/08/21/rage-stops-play.html


How amazing that I predicted just a day ago that ICC to be divided into two groups . I smile ,Laugh at good peeps here ...
hehehehehe

 

[Langeveldt]

My predictions

- Murali to take 840 test wickets
- A total split in world cricket.. A seperate asian entity to break away from the ICC (Personally I couldn't care less if they did, providing Aus/Eng/SA/WI can survive financially)
- Some nations to give up test cricket in favour of more Twenty20 and ODI cricket
- The rise of the "Specialist Twenty20" cricketer who does not play in the other formats
- A terrorist "incursion" to take place at an event somewhere in the world, who knows where or when, but its bound to happen
- AB de Villiers to be the most succesful keeper batsman once Gilchrist retires

 

[Fusion]

My predictions


- A total split in world cricket.. A seperate asian entity to break away from the ICC (Personally I couldn't care less if they did, providing Aus/Eng/SA/WI can survive financially)
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Let's hope that never happens. But if it does, it won't be just an "Asian" entity. I have a strong feeling that most of the world except Eng/Aus/NZ would join the breakway faction led by the Asian contingent (including WI and SA). It's all a matter of money. And the money is generated in Asia.

 

[GIMH]

Kevin Pietersen to average 70+ in the Ashes