Ashes Predictions Thread

[ripper868]

Miscellaneous Event: Richard to bang on about what would have happened had that ball not hit off stump and instead went between the keepers legs for four byes when one team is down to it's last wicket and needs three runs to win. Then claiming the invaldity of the win and it's hollowness as the batsmen didn't deserve those runs to go for byes and so he shouldn't have been celebrating with such joy at the keepers inability to stop the ball as he realistically had nothing to do with the victory despite having scored 121*

 

[JonnyB]

Series Result: 1-1 Drawn
Top Eng Runscorer: Pietersen
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Broad
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Broad
Surprise Packet: Rashid or Broad (broad won't be surprising really though)
Dropped Player(s): Monty
Miscellaneous Event: First 3 tests end in draws

 

[JonnyB]

I forgot to say that i also think That it will be a big surpise if Freddie plays Every Game (I really hope he does play every game)

 

[Johnners]

Series Result: 3-1 Australia
Top Eng Runscorer: Bopara
Top Aus Runscorer: Clarke
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Clarke
Surprise Packet: Haurtiz - Will average under 35
Dropped Player(s): Hauritz, Clark, Panesar, Cook
Miscellaneous Event: KP will get out at least twice to either of Hauritz/North

Updated after Lee injury

 

[Richard]

Miscellaneous Event: Richard to bang on about what would have happened had that ball not hit off stump and instead went between the keepers legs for four byes when one team is down to it's last wicket and needs three runs to win. Then claiming the invaldity of the win and it's hollowness as the batsmen didn't deserve those runs to go for byes and so he shouldn't have been celebrating with such joy at the keepers inability to stop the ball as he realistically had nothing to do with the victory despite having scored 121*

 

[wfdu_ben91]

This will happen to the same bowler, somewhere during this series:

YouTube - Stuart Broad Gets OWNED

 

[PhoenixFire]

This will happen to the same bowler, somewhere during this series:

YouTube - Stuart Broad Gets OWNED

Might be a bit tricky since last time I checked, Yuvraj Singh isn't English or Australian.

 

[howardj]

Series Result: England 2-1
Top Eng Runscorer: Cook
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Siddle
Player of the Series: Anderson
Surprise Packet: Hauritz
Dropped Player(s): North, Broad
Miscellaneous Event: Watson plays back-to-back Tests

 

[Pothas]

Series Result: Australia 2-1
Top Eng Runscorer: Pietersen
Top Aus Runscorer: North
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Johnson
Surprise Packet: North
Dropped Player(s): Collingwood (unlikely but wanted to make a half interesting prediction)

 

[wfdu_ben91]

Might be a bit tricky since last time I checked, Yuvraj Singh isn't English or Australian.

Did I say Yuvraj would be the batsman?

 

[Somerset]

Series Result: Australia 3-1
Top Eng Runscorer: Kevin Pietersen
Top Aus Runscorer: Ricky Ponting
Top Eng Wicket-taker: James Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Mitchell Johnson
Player of the Series: Mitchell Johnson
Surprise Packet: Marcus North
Dropped Player(s): Graeme Swann/Ben Hilfenhaus
Miscellaneous Event: Two wickets to fall in the first 30 minutes of day one (hey, you never know...)

 

[Pup Clarke]

Series Result: 2-2
Top Eng Runscorer : Strauss
Top Aus Runscorer : Clarke
Top Eng Wicket-taker : Flintoff
Top Aus Wicket-taker : Siddle
Player of the Series : Strauss
Surprise Packet : Hilfenhaus
Dropped Player (s) : Clark/Swann
Miscellaneous Event : Broad to be hit for 6 sixes in an over by Johnson.

 

[Matt79]

Result: Aus 2-1
Player of the series: Johnson
Top Run Scorer: Clarke
Top Wicket taker: Johnson
Top Eng runscorer: Strauss
Top Eng wicket taker: Anderson, just from Swann
Surprise Packet: Siddle
Miscellaneous Event: Johnson to sideline KP with broken arm/ribs
Dropped Player: Matt Prior

 

[superkingdave]

Cardiff to provide and absolute spud of a test match, something which, deep down, we all knew would happen itfp..

 

[Jarquis]

Series Result: England 3-1
Top Eng Runscorer: Cook
Top Aus Runscorer: M Hussey
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Clark
Player of the Series: M Hussey
Surprise Packet: N Hauritz to actually do well at Cardiff
Dropped Player(s): M Panesar
Miscellaneous Event: 2 players to retire hurt in the entire series.

 

[Daryl Harper]

My ashes prediction is that Billy Doctrove will ruin the series inside the first day.

 

[GIMH]

My word you are annoying

 

[wfdu_ben91]

England will dominate the 1st Test and it'll look like the only result possible is England winning, but somehow they'll find a way of drawing it. Australia will then dominate the rest of the series, apart from the last Test, which will be a deadrubber that England win and that victory will make the poms think that they'll win the next Ashes series, despite the fact that they'll only win because of several dubious umpiring decisions and Australia's lack of desire because of the match being a deadrubber.

Result: Australia wins, England loses...

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/1963951-post118.html

Eh, I got that right, except Australia was in England's position and England was in Australia's position. Hope my prediction doesn't continue on in a similar vain.

 

[SJS]

I had made my set of predictions here. What happened to my post ??

 

[GIMH]

SJS, are you sure you aren't thinking of the ones you made that wound up appearing in the blog?