The World Cup 2011 Predictions Thread.

[Hurricane]

Winners - New Zealand
Finalists/Semi-Finalists - Bangladesh, England and India
Player Of The Tournament - Vettori (Top Scorer, 2nd chap to 200 in ODI)
Top Run-Scorer - Vettoti
Top Wicket-Taker - Graeme Swann
Surprise Package - Australia (make it to the KO)
Surprise Failures - South Africa.
Any Other Predictions - Ricky Ponting breaks down and cries like a Sreesanth when Australia is KO'ed. Shahid Afridi make it big in the woman's world cup with a fake certificate.

Other prediction Singh to slap Sreesanth again after dropping a catch off his bowling.

 

[jashan83]

Winners Sri Lanka or India
Finalists / Semi - Finalists Pakistan(F), England & SA (SF)
Player Of The Tournament Sachin
Top Run Scorer Sachin
Top Wicket Taker Steyn
Surprise Package Kenya making the QF's.
Surprise Failures Australia
AOP (any other predictions) A minnow to beat Australia

 

[MW1304]

Winners: South Africa

Finalists / Semi - Finalists: England; New Zealand and Pakistan

Player Of The Tournament: Graeme Smith

Top Run Scorer: Graeme Smith

Top Wicket Taker: Shoaib Akhtar+Stuart Broad

Surprise Package: England to not win somehow. Probably the usual food-poisoning method South Africans use to win things.

 

[NZ Guy]

Winners: South Africa

Finalists / Semi - Finalists: England; New Zealand and Pakistan

Player Of The Tournament: Graeme Smith

Top Run Scorer: Graeme Smith

Top Wicket Taker: Shoaib Akhtar+Stuart Broad

Surprise Package: England to not win somehow. Probably the usual food-poisoning method South Africans use to win things.

When has this ever happened

 

[smash84]

Surprise Failures
Australia, Pakistan

What is surprising here???

 

[MW1304]

When has this ever happened

Your name doesn't happen to be Suzie, does it?

 

[NZ Guy]

Your name doesn't happen to be Suzie, does it?

Ermmmmmmmm no. Why?

 

[jashan83]

What is surprising here???

I have a feeling Pakistan will bounce back. They were knocked out in 2007 WC they came back as Finalist in 20-20 WC. Then again ruled out for 2009 20-20 WC, they came even stronger as Winners!!!

They are like hurt tigers ready to prove their worth. Maybe not the winners but definitely the Semi Finalists. After that god knows if bookie's take over

 

[Blaze 18]

What is surprising here???

 

[Cokolo]

Winners: India (Australia is due for a WC loss)
Semi's: Sri Lanka, Australia, South Africa
POTT: Don't know my players well enough but I hear a man who goes by Jaques Kallis is where it's at
Surprises: Bangladesh (It's their world cup and they will do well I predict)
Failures: New Zealand (Poor form will continue into February)

 

[cricket100%]

WINNERS
South-Africa

FINALISTS / SEMI-FINALISTS
England / India and Pakistan

PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT
Jacques Kallis

TOP RUN SCORER
Hashim Amla

TOP WICKET TAKER
Harbhajan Singh

SURPRISE PACKAGE
The Chokers (South-Africa) winning their first ever World Cup.

SURPRISE FAILURE
Sri Lanka not making Semi-Finals (Australia won't be a surprise)

ANY OTHER PREDICTIONS
Sachin Tendulkar failing to even score a half-century and is drop for Semi-Final.

 

[cricket100%]

Winners - New Zealand
Finalists/Semi-Finalists - Bangladesh, England and India
Player Of The Tournament - Vettori (Top Scorer, 2nd chap to 200 in ODI)
Top Run-Scorer - Vettoti
Top Wicket-Taker - Graeme Swann
Surprise Package - Australia (make it to the KO)
Surprise Failures - South Africa.
Any Other Predictions - Ricky Ponting breaks down and cries like a Sreesanth when Australia is KO'ed. Shahid Afridi make it big in the woman's world cup with a fake certificate.

Come on. Be reasonable. Vettori 200? Seeing is believing.
And I could see Ponting sobbing holding his cheek.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Come on. Be reasonable. Vettori 200? Seeing is believing.
And I could see Ponting sobbing holding his cheek.

You've got Sachin failing to score a 50 and being dropped for the semifinal. You're in no position to tell people to be reasonable!

 

[Prince EWS]

Tendulkar could get consecutive golden ducks from the first game right through to the semi-final without being dropped IMO.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Tendulkar could get consecutive golden ducks from the first game right through to the semi-final without being dropped IMO.

Exactly.

 

[Howe_zat]

Tendulkar could get consecutive golden ducks from the first game right through to the semi-final without being dropped IMO.

Even if you mean the semi finals in 2015.

 

[cricket100%]

You've got Sachin failing to score a 50 and being dropped for the semifinal. You're in no position to tell people to be reasonable!

Good point but I think Sachin failing to score a 50 is more likely to happen than Vettori scoring 200...

 

[Blaze 18]

Winners - New Zealand
Finalists/Semi-Finalists - Bangladesh, England and India
Player Of The Tournament - Vettori (Top Scorer, 2nd chap to 200 in ODI)
Top Run-Scorer - Vettoti
Top Wicket-Taker - Graeme Swann
Surprise Package - Australia (make it to the KO)
Surprise Failures - South Africa.
Any Other Predictions - Ricky Ponting breaks down and cries like a Sreesanth when Australia is KO'ed. Shahid Afridi make it big in the woman's world cup with a fake certificate.

How did I miss this gem ?

 

[Dan]

Winners: Australia
Finalists / Semi - Finalists: South Africa (F), Bangladesh, New Zealand (SF)
Player Of The Tournament: Steven Smith
Top Run Scorer: Tamim Iqbal
Top Wicket Taker: Shane Watson
Surprise Package: Ryan ten Doeschate...somehow
Surprise Failures: The whole damn thing, Pakistan
AOP (any other predictions): South Africa to lose to Bangladesh in the group stages after a Dale Steyn bouncer in the final over glances off Shakib's helmet and flies for 6 leg byes. Johnson to be dire again. Pakistan to stick with one captain.

 

[Prad100w]

Winners: Australia
Finalists / Semi - Finalists: India(F), Sri lanka, West Indies(SF)
Player Of The Tournament: Shane Watson
Top Run Scorer: Sachin Tendulkar
Top Wicket Taker: Muralidharan
Surprise Package : West indies reaching semis and Aus lifting it after all the recent setbacks.
Surprise Failures:England and SA exiting in the quarters.
AOP (any other predictions): Bangladesh making quarters.