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World Cup Predictions

SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
No great results so far except for Turbinator's. Amazing Predictions.

- India as winners (and they are strong contenders for most disaponiting and worst of top 8 awards !!

- Ganguly for most runs !!

- SAF as the most disappointing team !!

- And the man of the finals and highest wicket taker in the tournament as the most disappointing player !!!

This man just missed being Nostradamus :)

Kidding Turbinator.
 
Scaly piscine

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
pasag said:
Good work SJS. Also disagree with you there Scaly, from memory even without those two, Pakistan were ahead of India according to most people, going in to the WC.
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I don't give a toss about most people. Pakistan had what a second string bowling attack led by the likes of Sami and no top order. India had all their usual star names and a supposedly a newish promising seam attack. I'm sure the odds were longer on Pakistan winning the World Cup than India once the drugs cheats were ruled out. Everything I've seen so far suggests it.
 
pasag

pasag

RTDAS
Scaly piscine said:
I don't give a toss about most people. Pakistan had what a second string bowling attack led by the likes of Sami and no top order. India had all their usual star names and a supposedly a newish promising seam attack. I'm sure the odds were longer on Pakistan winning the World Cup than India once the drugs cheats were ruled out. Everything I've seen so far suggests it.
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Lol, then why did you say "Also going into the World Cup India were more favoured than Pakistan" a very strong implication on what most people think. It was regarding that I replied 'most people...'. Whatever logic goes on by you, has really no impact on the most disappointing side which has alot more to do with peoples expectations and the collective ratings of a certain side.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Pup Clarke

Here's competition for Turbinator :)

Pup Clark
Winners…………………. Australia ….5
Worst of "Big 8"………… Sri Lanka ….0
Most Runs………………. Gayle ….0
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Dhoni ….0
Highest Innings…………. Ponting ….0
Most Wkts………………. Lee ….0
Best E Rate……………… Murali ….0
Best Bowling…………….. Bond ….0
Emerging Player………… Taylor ….0
Disappointing Player…… McGrath ….0
Surprise Package………. Windies ….0
Disappointing Team……. Safrica ….0
TOTAL ….5
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Phoenixfire

Winners…………………. SAF ….1
Worst of "Big 8"………… India ….3
Most Runs………………. KP/Ponting ….1/2
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Afridi ….0
Highest Innings…………. Jayasuriya ….0
Most Wkts………………. Asif ….0
Best E Rate……………… McGrath ….0
Best Bowling…………….. KP ?? ….0
Emerging Player………… Leverock ….0
Disappointing Player…… Gilchrist ….0
Surprise Package………. England ….0
Disappointing Team……. India ….3
TOTAL ….7 1/2
 
Scaly piscine

Scaly piscine

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
pasag said:
Lol, then why did you say "Also going into the World Cup India were more favoured than Pakistan" a very strong implication on what most people think. It was regarding that I replied 'most people...'. Whatever logic goes on by you, has really no impact on the most disappointing side which has alot more to do with peoples expectations and the collective ratings of a certain side.
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Favoured by people with some semblance of a clue, not your average sheep. If you want to go that route I can simply state that India has the biggest cricketing population by far... so guess what most people with cricket interest generally thought?

The odds are a better gauge, although with some slight bias obviously. You don't see bookies short of money.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
You can CLOSEYOUREYES now mate. We have a new leader. Its GOUGHY !!

GOUGHY
Winners…………………. Australia ….5
Worst of "Big 8"………… Pakistan ….5
Most Runs………………. Ponting ….1
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Davison ….0
Highest Innings…………. Dhoni ….0
Most Wkts………………. Ntini ….0
Best E Rate……………… Pollock ….3
Best Bowling…………….. Murali ….0
Emerging Player………… RTD ….0
Disappointing Player…… Asif ….0
Surprise Package………. Ireland ….5
Disappointing Team……. Windies ….0
TOTAL ….19
 
pasag

pasag

RTDAS
Scaly piscine said:
Favoured by people with some semblance of a clue, not your average sheep. If you want to go that route I can simply state that India has the biggest cricketing population by far... so guess what most people with cricket interest generally thought?

The odds are a better gauge, although with some slight bias obviously. You don't see bookies short of money.
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Well, obviously I was talking about the average cricketing pundit, mainly the ones on CW and in the media. But yeah, the best way to settle this would be to bring out the odds. I think Jason had a thread recording them.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
....and we have some one to keep him company at the top of the leaderboard. Its simply SIMON !!!

SIMON
Winners…………………. Australia ….5
Worst of "Big 8"………… England ….0
Most Runs………………. Ponting ….1
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Boucher ….0
Highest Innings…………. Gayle ….0
Most Wkts………………. Vaas ….0
Best E Rate……………… Pollock ….3
Best Bowling…………….. Ntini ….0
Emerging Player………… Tate ….5
Disappointing Player…… Bond ….0
Surprise Package………. No One ….0
Disappointing Team……. Pakistan ….5
TOTAL ….19
 
KiWiNiNjA

KiWiNiNjA

International Coach
KiWiNiNjA said:
World Cup Winners: Sri Lanka Close
"Big 8" side to perform most poorly: England No
Player with most runs: Ricky Ponting Close
Player with best strike-rate: MS Dhoni Haha
Player with biggest score of tournament: Ricky Ponting No
Bowler with most wickets: Shane Bond No
Bowler with best economy rate: Shaun Pollock No
Bowler with best performance of tournament: Shane Bond No
Tournament's emerging player: Ross Taylor Hell No
Most disappointing player: Kevin Pietersen No
Surprise package: West Indies Oops
Biggest disappointment: New Zealand losing in the semis Hmmmm
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Hmmmm
 
Jono

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
Scaly piscine said:
Personally I would argue India performed worse or as badly as Pakistan. India got beaten easily by Bangladesh in conditions that should suit both teams. Pakistan lost marginally because of a one-off innings from Niall Obrien in conditions that completely suited Ireland and were somewhat nightmare-ish for Pakistan.

Also going into the World Cup India were more favoured than Pakistan - Pakistan were missing the drugs cheats for a start. So India were as big if not a bigger disappointment than Pakistan.
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Not as ridiculous as some may point to, but the difference is people predicted Bangladesh to have a real good shot against India. Them winning wasn't that out of the ordinary. Pakistan losng to Ireland, bar Prince EWS, was surely not possible in most people's minds.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
ADHARCRIC
Winners…………………. Aus/India ….2 1/2
Worst of "Big 8"………… Windies ….1
Most Runs………………. Ponting ….1
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Uthappa ….0
Highest Innings…………. Dhoni ….0
Most Wkts………………. Murali ….3
Best E Rate……………… Pollock ….3
Best Bowling…………….. Bond ….0
Emerging Player………… Taylor ….0
Disappointing Player…… Inzy ….0
Surprise Package………. England ….0
Disappointing Team……. Pakistan ….5
TOTAL ….15 1/2


KiWiNiNjA
Winners…………………. SRL ….3
Worst of "Big 8"………… ENG ….0
Most Runs………………. Ponting ….1
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Dhoni ….0
Highest Innings…………. Ponting ….0
Most Wkts………………. Bond ….0
Best E Rate……………… Pollock ….3
Best Bowling…………….. Bond ….0
Emerging Player………… Taylor ….0
Disappointing Player…… KP ….0
Surprise Package………. Windies ….0
Disappointing Team……. NZL ….5 (stated disappointment as NZL losing in Semis - perfect!!)
TOTAL ….12

FaaipDeOiad
Winners…………………. Aus ….5
Worst of "Big 8"………… WIN ….1
Most Runs………………. Ponting ….1
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Afridi ….0
Highest Innings…………. Jayasuriya ….0
Most Wkts………………. Murali ….0
Best E Rate……………… Pollock ….3
Best Bowling…………….. Tait ….0
Emerging Player………… Tait ….5
Disappointing Player…… Flintoff ….0
Surprise Package………. Bangladesh ….3
Disappointing Team……. WIN ….0
TOTAL ….18

ALTERNATIVE
Winners…………………. IND ….0
Worst of "Big 8"………… PAK ….5
Most Runs………………. Ponting ….1
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Kemp ….0
Highest Innings…………. Jayasuriya ….0
Most Wkts………………. Asif ….0
Best E Rate……………… Pollock ….3
Best Bowling…………….. Bond ….0
Emerging Player………… DeVilliers ….0
Disappointing Player…… Hussey ….0
Surprise Package………. Kenya ….0
Disappointing Team……. NZL ….0
TOTAL ….9

IndianByHeart
Winners…………………. NZL ….1
Worst of "Big 8"………… PAK ….5
Most Runs………………. Ponting ….1
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Dhoni ….0
Highest Innings…………. Ponting ….0
Most Wkts………………. Bond ….0
Best E Rate……………… Pollock ….3
Best Bowling…………….. Bond ….0
Emerging Player………… No answer ….0
Disappointing Player…… Plunkett ….0
Surprise Package………. WIN ….0
Disappointing Team……. AUS ….0
TOTAL ….9

Steulen
Winners…………………. SAF ….1
Worst of "Big 8"………… IND ….0
Most Runs………………. Hussey ….0
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Reekers ….0
Highest Innings…………. Sehwag ….0
Most Wkts………………. Pollock ….0
Best E Rate……………… Vettori ….0
Best Bowling…………….. Bond ….0
Emerging Player………… Taylor ….0
Disappointing Player…… Gilchrist ….0
Surprise Package………. Ireland ….5
Disappointing Team……. India ….3
TOTAL ….9

Well done FaaipDeOiad but Goughy and Simon still in the lead. :)
 
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SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Okay put your hands together for CLAPO !!

Inspite of giving 'unsatisfactory' answers to 2 of the 12 questions he has still managed an impressive 18.5 !!

CLAPO
Winners…………………. AUS (5)
Worst of "Big 8"………… PAK (5)
Most Runs………………. SANGA/Ponting (0.5)
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Dhoni (0)
Highest Innings…………. Ponting (0)
Most Wkts………………. Bond (0)
Best E Rate……………… Pollock (3)
Best Bowling…………….. Bond (0)
Emerging Player………… Named 4 (0)
Disappointing Player…… Ntini (5)
Surprise Package………. England (0)
Disappointing Team……. Bowlers ?? (0)
TOTAL (18.5)
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Its getting crowded at the summit. We have an OZ_FAN joining Goughy and SIMON

OZ_FAN
Winners…………………. AUS 5
Worst of "Big 8"………… PAK 5
Most Runs………………. Ponting 1
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Jayasuriya 0
Highest Innings…………. Gayle 0
Most Wkts………………. Bond 0
Best E Rate……………… Pollock 3
Best Bowling…………….. Ntini 0
Emerging Player………… Taylor 0
Disappointing Player…… MoYo 0
Surprise Package………. WIN 0
Disappointing Team……. PAK 5
TOTAL 19
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
OK. Here's the next lot..

TIM
Winners…………………. AUS 5
Worst of "Big 8"………… PAK 5
Most Runs………………. Ponting 1
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Oram 0
Highest Innings…………. Ponting 0
Most Wkts………………. Murali 3
Best E Rate……………… Vetori 0
Best Bowling…………….. Murali 0
Emerging Player………… Taylor 0
Disappointing Player…… McGrath 0
Surprise Package………. NZL 0
Disappointing Team……. SAF 0
TOTAL 14


Rolled Over
Winners…………………. India 0
Worst of "Big 8"………… PAK 5
Most Runs………………. Ponting/Ganguly 0.5
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Dhoni 0
Highest Innings…………. Hayden 3
Most Wkts………………. Zaheer 0
Best E Rate……………… Pollock 3
Best Bowling…………….. Bond 0
Emerging Player………… Taylor 0
Disappointing Player…… Inzy 0
Surprise Package………. WIN 0
Disappointing Team……. AUS 0
TOTAL 12

Perm
Winners…………………. SAF 1
Worst of "Big 8"………… SRL 0
Most Runs………………. Kallis 0
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Gilchrist 0
Highest Innings…………. Ponting 0
Most Wkts………………. Bond 0
Best E Rate……………… Pollock 3
Best Bowling…………….. Bond 0
Emerging Player………… Taylor 0
Disappointing Player…… McGrath 0
Surprise Package………. B'Desh 3
Disappointing Team……. PAK 5
TOTAL 12


There is still a tie at the top. This must be broken.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
OK gentlemen.

Here we are. Goughy, Simon and Oz_Fan have been displaced from the summit. We have a new leader and it is.......
.....BOY BRUMBY !!!!

Inspite of giving an inappropriate (for this excercise) answer to the last question BB ends up well clear of the field at 22 points !!

BoyBrumby
Winners…………………. AUS ....5
Worst of "Big 8"………… PAK ....5
Most Runs………………. Ponting ....1
Best S Rate (Bat)………. Dhoni ....0
Highest Innings…………. Smith ....0
Most Wkts………………. McGrath ....5
Best E Rate……………… Pollock ....3
Best Bowling…………….. Ntini ....0
Emerging Player………… Pollard ....0
Disappointing Player…… Vaughan ....3
Surprise Package………. England ....0
Disappointing Team……. Inappropriate answer 0
TOTAL ..................22
 
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