World Cup Predictions League - Round 1: India vs Bangladesh
 

There seemed enough interest to go for this - so here goes:

Points system:

80 points are on offer for each game, split as follows:

Toss - 1 point
Match result - 10 points (a tie will count as a draw)
Batsman scoring at the highest strike rate in the match - 10 points
Strike rate of the quickest scoring batsman: spot on - 12 points; within 5 - 8 points; within 10 - 4 points; within 15 runs - 2 points
Most economical bowler - 10 points
Economy rate of the most economical bowler: spot on - 12 points; within 0.1 - 8 points; within 0.3 - 4 points; within 0.5 - 2 points
Total runs in the match: spot on - 15 points; within 10 runs - 10 points; within 25 runs - 7 points; within 50 runs - 5 points; within 100 runs - 2 points
Total wickets in the match: spot on - 10 points; within 1 wicket - 7 points; within 2 wickets - 5 points; within 3 wickets - 2 points

For quickest scoring batsman, the batsman must have scored at least 10% of his team's runs.
For strike rate, please submit a round number to represent runs scored per 100 balls.
For most economical bowler, the bowler must have bowled at least 10% of his team's overs.
For economy rate, please submit a number to 1 dp representing runs per over.

Can I ask that if you amend a prediction, you quote your original post, edited posts will not be accepted as I will be going through the thread adding predictions as they happen so am liable to miss one.

The first game is Bangladesh vs India and the closing time for predictions is 7.30am GMT on Saturday 19th February.

Good luck all!

And I may as well go first:

Toss: Bangladesh
Result: India
Top batsman: Sehwag
Batsman S/R: 134
Top bowler: Harbhajan
Bowler E/R: 4.2
Total runs: 526
Total wickets: 14

Toss: India
Result: India
Top batsman: Tamim Iqbal
Batsman S/R: 120
Top bowler: Shakib Al Hasan
Bowler E/R: 4.5
Total runs: 550
Total wickets: 15

Are we going to have seperate threads for each game !!!!!asking since i usally dont come online duirng weekends..so would like to post predictions for the week end game in advance

Toss: India
Result: India
Top batsman: Pathan
Batsman S/R: 154
Top bowler: Harbhajan
Bowler E/R: 4.0
Total runs: 562
Total wickets: 16

Toss - Bangladesh
Match result - India (have an upset feeling though)
Batsman scoring at the highest strike rate in the match - Shewag
Strike rate of the quickest scoring batsman: 145
Most economical bowler - Zaheer
Economy rate of the most economical bowler: 5.3
Total runs in the match: 630
Total wickets in the match: 17

Might as well join in on this:

Toss: Bangladesh
Result: India
Top Batsman: Yusuf Pathan
Batsman S/R: 137.5
Top Bowler: Shakib Al Hasan
Bowler E/R: 4.8
Number of Runs: 584
Number of Wickets: 17

Yes we will, currently in negotiations to get a separate subforum up to keep them separate. All matches will be open a 4-5 days before the game (where possible)

Toss - India
Result - India
Top Batsman - Yuvraj Singh
Batsman SR - 128
Top Bowler - Shakib
Bowler Econ - 4.1
Most Runs - 523
Most Wickets - 14

So many games. So many.

Toss: Bangladesh
Result: India
Top Batsman: Kholi
Batsman S/R: 95.8
Top Bowler: Shakib Al Hasan
Bowler E/R: 4.4
Number of Runs: 477
Number of Wickets: 16

Toss: Bangladesh
Result: India
Top batsman: Sehwag
Batsman S/R: 116
Top bowler: Harbhajan
Bowler E/R: 4.1
Total runs: 380
Total wickets: 14

India
India
Sehwag
124
Shakib
3.6
runs 398
wickets 17

Bangladesh
India
Yusuf Pathan
141
Harbhajan
4.5
482
12

India
India
Sehwag
122
Harbhajan
3.8
522
14

Isn't predicting Pathan to top score basically predicting the Indian top order to fail?

Itstl.