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World Cup Predictions Thread

harsh.ag

harsh.ag

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Winners: New Zealand
Runners Up: Australia
Semi finalists: SA and SL
Leading run scorer: Warner
Leading wicket taker: Southee
Highest individual innings scorer: McCullum 191 vs Scotland
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Steyn 6 for 11 vs UAE
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: New Zealand
Player of the Tourney: Southee
Player of the Final: Williamson
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Afghanistan beats England
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Kohli
Random prediction: Hot NZ chick to flash Warner as he stands at long on, causing Taylor's miscue to smack him right between the eyes as he turns back amid the frantic calls of his Aussie mates
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

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Winners: Australia
Runners Up: South Africa
Semi finalists: New Zealand, England
Leading run scorer: Hashim Amla
Leading wicket taker: Mitchell McClenaghan (somehow)
Highest individual innings scorer: Virat Kohli (216 v Zimbabwe at Auckland)
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Dale Steyn
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: England
Player of the Tourney: Mitchell Starc
Player of the Final: Mitchell Starc
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Ireland v WI (though would that even be an upset at this point?)
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Rohit Sharma
Random prediction: Pakistan to claim that lack of sleep due to continued hassling by local ghosts as the main cause of their QF exit.
 
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Flem274*

Flem274*

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Winners: Australia
Runners Up: England
Semi finalists: New Zealand, Sri Lanka
Leading run scorer: Kumar Sangakkara
Leading wicket taker: Mitchell Starc
Highest individual innings scorer: Rohit Sharma (double ton at Eden Park against a minnow)
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Stuart Broad
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India and South Africa
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: England
Player of the Tourney: James Anderson
Player of the Final: Steve Smith
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Afghanistan v New Zealand
Biggest dud player of the tourney: MS Dhoni
Random prediction: Trent Boult to take 1/75 in the semi-final but also pull off a genius catch and slog 20 with the bat to give faint but futile hope. Howsie v The World gets even hotter.
 
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cnerd123

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Winners: New Zealand
Runners Up: Australia
Semi finalists: South Africa, England
Leading run scorer: Kane Williamson
Leading wicket taker: Mitchell Starc
Highest individual innings scorer: ABDV 150 (65) vs. India
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Boult 6-fer vs. Scotland
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: England
Player of the Tourney: Kane Williamson
Player of the Final: Kane Williamson
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Ireland to beat India
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Kohli
Random prediction: Match-fixing allegations against the India team, particularly MSD and Raina
 
B

brockley

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True the Mudgal report,that and the IPL auction rumoured to be during the World cup,could cause quite a stir *****,i wasn't going to name them tho.But i guess 1 last hurrah before being banned i guess.
 
James

James

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Winners: South Africa
Runners Up: New Zealand
Semi finalists: Australia, Sri Lanka
Leading run scorer: Hashim Amla
Leading wicket taker: Dale Steyn
Highest individual innings scorer: Brendon McCullum
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Mitchell Johnson
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: Ireland
Player of the Tourney: Hashim Amla
Player of the Final: Hashim Amla
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Ireland v West Indies
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Chris Gayle
Random prediction: Kane Williamson to take a key wicket in the semi-final
 
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Burgey

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Winners: NZ
Runners Up: Australia
Semi finalists: SA, SL
Leading run scorer: McCullum
Leading wicket taker: Johnson
Highest individual innings scorer: Warner
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Narine
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India (hopefully)
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: NZ
Player of the Tourney: McCullum
Player of the Final: Boult
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Ireland beat WI
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Rahane
Random prediction: Warner to be suspended for sledging/ abuse.
 
Riggins

Riggins

International Captain
Winners: Australia
Runners Up: Pakistan
Semi finalists: SA, NZ
Leading run scorer: De Villiers
Leading wicket taker: Starc
Highest individual innings scorer: Kohli
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Starc
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India (not making semi)
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: Pakis
Player of the Tourney: De Villiers
Player of the Final: Clarke
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Afghanistan over Sri Lanka
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Williamson
Random prediction: Maxwell to take the most catches in the tournament.
 
OverratedSanity

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Winners: South Africa
Runners Up: New Zealand
Semi finalists: Australia, England
Leading run scorer: Steve Smith
Leading wicket taker: Mitchell McClenaghan
Highest individual innings scorer: David Warner
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Mitchell Starc
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: England
Player of the Tourney: AB de Villers
Player of the Final: Hashim Amla
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Afghanistan beating England but England still qualifying
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Sunil Narine
Random prediction:England to do what they did in 2011 by losing randomly to bad teams buut also pulling off great wins against the big nations and reaching the semis
 
Grasshopper

Grasshopper

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Winners: South Africa
Runners Up: Australia
Semi finalists: Pakistan, New Zealand
Leading run scorer: Hashim Amla
Leading wicket taker: One of the Mitchells
Highest individual innings scorer: AB de Villiers
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Vernon Philander
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: Bangladesh
Player of the Tourney: AB de Villiers
Player of the Final: Hashim Amla
Predict an upset in a group stage game: UAE to beat Pakistan by 165 runs in Napier
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Steven Smith
Random prediction: Spidercam will malfunction during the final and scone a fielder just as he's lining up a vital catch.
 
WalkingWicket

WalkingWicket

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Bahnz said:
Winners: Australia
Runners Up: South Africa
Semi finalists: New Zealand, England
Leading run scorer: Hashim Amla
Leading wicket taker: Mitchell McClenaghan (somehow)
Highest individual innings scorer: Virat Kohli (216 v Zimbabwe at Auckland)
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Dale Steyn
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: England
Player of the Tourney: Mitchell Starc
Player of the Final: Mitchell Starc
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Ireland v WI (though would that even be an upset at this point?)
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Rohit Sharma
Random prediction: Pakistan to claim that lack of sleep due to continued hassling by local ghosts as the main cause of their QF exit.
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BBC Sport - Pakistan all-rounder Haris Sohail 'spooked' by hotel ghost
 
Jezroy

Jezroy

State Captain
Winners: New Zealand
Runners Up: Sri Lanka
Semi finalists: South Africa, Australia
Leading run scorer: Kane Williamson
Leading wicket taker: Morne Morkel
Highest individual innings scorer: Chris Gayle (204 v UAE at Napier)
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Adam Milne
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: Sri Lanka
Player of the Tourney: Kane Williamson
Player of the Final: Kane Williamson
Predict an upset in a group stage game: AFG vs BANG
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Tamim Iqbal - Or if you're talking one of the big boys - Watto
Random prediction: Zim vs Ire to be a tie like back in 2007
 
cnerd123

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I wouldn't call Afghanistan beating Bangladesh an upset tbh.

Afgh-BD-Zim-Ire all pretty close to each other in quality in ODIs outside of Asia ATM.
 
Jezroy

Jezroy

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***** said:
I wouldn't call Afghanistan beating Bangladesh an upset tbh.

Afgh-BD-Zim-Ire all pretty close to each other in quality in ODIs ATM.
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I definitely would call it an upset, just not as big an upset as BD beating Aus for instance. Just trying to get across that I think BD are gonna have a shocker of a time.
 
cnerd123

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I'm expecting BD to lose to Afgh tbh. They just don't have the right team for these conditions. And they always choke against minnows.
 
anil1405

anil1405

International Captain
Two guys so far have predicted South Africa to beat Australia in the final at MCG with close to 100,000 spectators.

I guess its safe to say that this would be a blockbuster moment in cricketing history if it indeed happens.
 
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jonbrooks

International Debutant
Winners: Australia
Runners Up: South Africa
Semi finalists: India, England
Leading run scorer: AB de Villiers
Leading wicket taker: Steyn
Highest individual innings scorer: Afridi wth 300 off 50 balls playing UAE
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Afridi with 10fer against UAE
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: New Zealand
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: England
Player of the Tourney: AB de Villiers
Player of the Final: David Warner
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Bangladesh to upset someone
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Virat Kholi
Random prediction: NZ to be 4th in their pool and will be eliminated by SA
 
Grasshopper

Grasshopper

State Vice-Captain
anil1405 said:
Two guys so far have predicted South Africa to beat Australia in the final at MCG with close to 100,000 spectators.

I guess its safe to say that this would be a blockbuster moment in cricketing history if it indeed happens.
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SA can't go on choking at World Cups forever...surely they're due?
 
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