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World Cup Predictions

GIMH

Norwood's on Fire
In another display of a poor lack of imagination, I shall replicate another of my threads from the Ashes forum in here, for people to predict who will do what in the WC. The WC obviously cobnsists of a lot more teams than the Ashes, and as such, it shall be a lot harder. My usual rose-tinted super-bias shall prevent me from having a chance of being the king of predictions. The only prediction I will make is that these predictions will be Greigy-worthy. Nonetheless, do share.

World Cup Winners: South Africa
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: Pakistan
Player with most runs: Kevin Pietersen
Player with best strike-rate: Adam Gilchrist
Player with biggest score of tournament: KP again, doubling up against Canada
Bowler with most wickets: Shaun Pollock
Bowler with best economy rate: Glenn McGrath
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Shaun Pollock to run through one of the big sides in a big match
Tournament's emerging player: Oooh not sure about this
Most disappointing player: Mike Hussey
Surprise package: Mighty mighty England
Biggest disappointment: That six teams will have won the WC and England shan't be one of them
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
World Cup Winners: South Africa
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: West Indies
Player with most runs: Kevin Pietersen
Player with best strike-rate: Shahid Afridi
Player with biggest score of tournament: KP 200 vs Canada
Bowler with most wickets: Shaun Pollock
Bowler with best economy rate: Shaun Pollock
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Shane Bond
Tournament's emerging player: Ian Bell
Most disappointing player: Mike Hussey
Surprise package: Ireland
Biggest disappointment: Australia
 

pasag

RTDAS
World Cup Winners: Australia
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: England
Player with most runs: Ricky Ponting
Player with best strike-rate: Adam Gilchrist
Player with biggest score of tournament: Sanath Jayasuriya
Bowler with most wickets: Muttiah Muralitharan
Bowler with best economy rate: Shane Bond
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Mohammad Asif
Tournament's emerging player: RTD
Most disappointing player: Kevin Pietersen
Surprise package: The home side
Biggest disappointment: South Africa
 

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
World Cup Winners: ---
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: India
Player with most runs: Ponting
Player with best strike-rate: Dhoni
Player with biggest score of tournament: Ponting
Bowler with most wickets: Ntini
Bowler with best economy rate: Pollock
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Bond
Tournament's emerging player: Plunkett
Most disappointing player: Tendulkar
Surprise package: WI
Biggest disappointment: India
 

dontcloseyoureyes

BARNES OUT
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[B]World Cup Winners:[/B] Australia
[B]"Big 8" side to perform most poorly:[/B] Pakistan
[B]Player with most runs:[/B] Ricky Ponting
[B]Player with best strike-rate:[/B] Shahid Afridi
[B]Player with biggest score of tournament:[/B] Chris Gayle
[B]Bowler with most wickets:[/B] Shaun Pollock
[B]Bowler with best economy rate:[/B] Shaun Pollock
[B]Bowler with best performance of tournament:[/B] Ponting century in the final in a large chase.
[B]Tournament's emerging player:[/B] Shane Watson [img]http://gunforumtbh.9.forumer.com/html/emoticons/gunforumtbh/cool.bmp[/img]
[B]Most disappointing player:[/B] Kevin Pieterson
[B]Surprise package:[/B] New Zealand
[B]Biggest disappointment:[/B] South Africa choking... again.
 
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Mr Mxyzptlk

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I'll tackle this properly later, but I'll say now that I expect Pietersen to be out sub-40 against Canada.
 

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
World Cup Winners: South Africa
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: England
Player with most runs: Mohammad Yousuf
Player with best strike-rate: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Player with biggest score of tournament: Mohammad Yousuf
Bowler with most wickets: Makhaya Ntini
Bowler with best economy rate: Shaun Pollock
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Murali to turn it on in one of the Super 8 games and Shane Bond to rip England a new one in the first round.
Tournament's emerging player: Depends on the definition of emerging, but I see Devilliers having an awesome tournament.
Most disappointing player: Michael Clarke
Surprise package: Pakistan
Biggest disappointment: Pakistan turning it on for most of the tournament to many people's surprise, but losing badly in the semis.
 

Turbinator

Cricketer Of The Year
World Cup Winners: India (I am optimistic :cool:)
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: England
Player with most runs: Sourav Ganguly
Player with best strike-rate: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Player with biggest score of tournament: Ricky Ponting
Bowler with most wickets: Shaun Pollock
Bowler with best economy rate: Shaun Pollock
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Shane Bond
Tournament's emerging player: Don't know yet...
Most disappointing player: McGrath
Surprise package: NewZealand
Biggest disappointment: RSA choking.
 

Pup Clarke

Cricketer Of The Year
World Cup Winners: Australia
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: Sri Lanka
Player with most runs: Chris Gayle
Player with best strike rate: MS Dhoni
Player with biggest score of the tournament: Ricky Ponting
Bowler with most wickets: Brett Lee (if fit)
Bowler with best economy: Muttiah Muralitharan
Bowler with best performance in the tournament: Shane Bond
Tournament's emerging player: Ross Taylor
Most disappointing player: Glenn McGrath
Surprise package: West Indies
Biggest disappointment: South Africa
 
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Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
World Cup Winners: Australia
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: Pakistan
Player with most runs: Ponting
Player with best strike-rate: Davison
Player with biggest score of tournament: Dhoni v Berm
Bowler with most wickets: Ntini
Bowler with best economy rate: Pollock
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Shoaib v Ire if he plays if not Murali v Berm
Tournament's emerging player: Define emerging. If a rookie then Hussey if he's not allowed RtD
Most disappointing player: Asif
Surprise package: Ireland over Zim
Biggest disappointment: WI, out in the Super 8s
 

PhoenixFire

International Coach
World Cup Winners: South Africa
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: India
Player with most runs: Kevin Pietersen/Ricky Ponting
Player with best strike-rate: Shahid Afridi
Player with biggest score of tournament: Sanath Jayasuriya
Bowler with most wickets: Mohammed Asif
Bowler with best economy rate: Glenn McGrath
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Kevin Pietersen 100 against Australia
Tournament's emerging player: Dwayne Leverock :ph34r:
Most disappointing player: Adam Gilchrist
Surprise package: ENGLAND!!!!!
Biggest disappointment: India
 

Simon

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World Cup Winners: Australia
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: England
Player with most runs: Ricky Ponting
Player with best strike-rate: Mark Boucher
Player with biggest score of tournament: Chris Gayle
Bowler with most wickets: Chaminda Vaas
Bowler with best economy rate: Shaun Pollock
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Makhaya Ntini
Tournament's emerging player: Shaun Tait
Most disappointing player: Shane Bond
Surprise package: No one
Biggest disappointment: Pakistan
 
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Richard

Cricket Web Staff Member
All?

Haven't a clue.

I'm not one for this large-scale prediction lark.

(Yeah, yeah, I know "well why bother posting in this thread?" Because at least that way people know I'm not one for large-scale prediction)
 

adharcric

International Coach
World Cup Winners: Australia (seriously, India)
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: West Indies
Player with most runs: Ricky Ponting
Player with best strike-rate: Robin Uthappa
Player with biggest score of tournament: MS Dhoni
Bowler with most wickets: Muttiah Muralitharan
Bowler with best economy rate: Shaun Pollock
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Shane Bond
Tournament's emerging player: Ross Taylor
Most disappointing player: Inzamam-ul-Haq
Surprise package: England
Biggest disappointment: Pakistan
 
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KiWiNiNjA

International Coach
World Cup Winners: Sri Lanka
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: England
Player with most runs: Ricky Ponting
Player with best strike-rate: MS Dhoni
Player with biggest score of tournament: Ricky Ponting
Bowler with most wickets: Shane Bond
Bowler with best economy rate: Shaun Pollock
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Shane Bond
Tournament's emerging player: Ross Taylor
Most disappointing player: Kevin Pietersen
Surprise package: West Indies
Biggest disappointment: New Zealand losing in the semis
 

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
World Cup Winners: Australia
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: West Indies
Player with most runs: Ricky Ponting
Player with best strike-rate: Shahid Afridi
Player with biggest score of tournament: Sanath Jayasuria
Bowler with most wickets: Muttiah Muralitharan
Bowler with best economy rate: Shaun Pollock
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Shaun Tait (will take 6 or so in one big game)
Tournament's emerging player: Shaun Tait
Most disappointing player: Andrew Flintoff
Surprise package: Bangaldesh
Biggest disappointment: West Indies
 
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