18-02-2007, 04:51 AM
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World Cup Predictions
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
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18-02-2007, 04:55 AM
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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 |
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18-02-2007, 05:19 AM
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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: 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
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18-02-2007, 06:35 AM
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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
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18-02-2007, 07:36 AM
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World Cup Winners: Australia "Big 8" side to perform most poorly: Pakistan Player with most runs: Ricky Ponting Player with best strike-rate: Shahid Afridi Player with biggest score of tournament: Chris Gayle Bowler with most wickets: Shaun Pollock Bowler with best economy rate: Shaun Pollock Bowler with best performance of tournament: Ponting century in the final in a large chase. Tournament's emerging player: Shane Watson
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18-02-2007, 08:13 AM
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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.
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18-02-2007, 10:44 AM
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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. |
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18-02-2007, 10:54 AM
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World Cup Winners: India (I am optimistic
 )"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. |
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18-02-2007, 11:15 AM
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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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18-02-2007, 11:50 AM
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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
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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  Most disappointing player: Adam Gilchrist Surprise package: ENGLAND!!!!! Biggest disappointment: India
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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 Last edited by Simon; 25-02-2007 at 04:44 PM. |
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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)
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