Post Group Stage Predictions

[ankitj]

Winners: Australia
Runners Up: NZ
Semi finalists: India, South Africa
Leading run scorer: Sangakkara
Leading wicket taker: Boult
Player of the Final: Starc
Random prediction: Dhoni to stay stranded against Australia failing to win the game after coming very close.

 

[Jono]

Winners: New Zealand
Runners Up: India
Semi finalists: Australia, South Africa
Leading run scorer: McCullum
Leading wicket taker: Boult
Player of the Final: McCullum
Random prediction: Twatto to get hit in the balls by an Ashwin off spinner and the Indian segment of the SCG (i.e. the whole ground) to cheer

 

[Daemon]

Aus v NZ
India, Sri Lanka
Smith most runs
Starc most wickets

someone from cw takes a tui catch

 

[hendrix]

if we get 40,000 opposition fans in a home semi i'l use it as conclusive proof we should annex auckland from new zealand.

you.

live.

in.

Hamilton.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Winners: Aus
Runners up: SA
Semis: Aus, SA, India, NZ
Most runs: Ab
Most wickets: Starc

 

[silentstriker]

Winners: Aus
Runners up: NZ
Semis: Aus, NZ, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Going out on a limb. I think Bangladesh might even run Australia close in the semis.

 

[silentstriker]

NZ will play Aus in the final. Aus will beat India in the semi, NZ will beat SA in the other.

I predicted NZ to win the thing a couple of months back so I'll stick with that. I care less about that game than I do about the imperative of Australia bending over India in the semi just to taste the tears of all the fans on here who go slightly nuts when their team wins two games after 18 months of mediocrity.

Dude, India hold both the ICC Champions trophy and the World Cup. It doesn't matter nearly as much - after the past 18 months, most fans would be very happy with a semi-final. Obviously everyone wants their team to win, but no one objectively thought at the beginning they would actually win it.

 

[G.I.Joe]

AWTA, most of us had pegged India for a SF exist this time, so it wouldn't be much of a let down.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

NZ to beat Australia in final, Burgey has the same final 4 as me. Not going into the rest of his rant though.

 

[Sarun]

I predicted NZ to win the thing a couple of months back so I'll stick with that. I care less about that game than I do about the imperative of Australia bending over India in the semi just to taste the tears of all the fans on here who go slightly nuts when their team wins two games after 18 months of mediocrity.

Someone too salty on how the WC have turned out so far!

 

[Contra]

Yeah the expection for India to win this WC was far less than it was in 2011. We were almost destined to win that one with it being Sachin's final tournament and playing at home etc.

 

[Bahnz]

Is any knock out matches sold out yet already?

Guessing MCG, Adelaide & Cake Tin already has.

There are still a couple hundred of the most expensive tickets to be sold at the Cake Tin. Fortunately I booked mine a couple of months back.

Winners: Australia
Runners Up: South Africa
Semi finalists: New Zealand, India
Leading run scorer: de Villiers
Leading wicket taker: Starc
Player of the Final: Starc
Random prediction: Me to take a one-handed crowd catch on the one day I don't bother bringing my Tui shirt.

 

[Sarun]

Winner: India
Runner-Up: New Zealand
Semi Finalist: (Loser to India) Australia, (Loser to New Zealand) South Africa

Leading Run Scorer: AB De Villiers
Leading Wicket Taker: T Boult
Player of the Final: A Rahane
Random Prediction: India takes 90 wickets in the tournament (aka bowls out every opposition it faces)

 

[slugger]

I will be at the finals in the Ponsford stand cheering on NZ.

 

[Burgey]

Actually, an India/NZ final has the makings of a ridiculously good game of cricket.

 

[GirtBySea]

Winner: Australia
RU: India
SF: New Zealand, Sri Lanka

 

[_Ed_]

Winner: Australia
RU: India
SF: New Zealand, Sri Lanka

Don't think that's possible with the draw - Aus would play India in one semi and NZ-SL in the other.

 

[Shady Slim]

Winner: SA
Runner-up: Australia
Semifinalists: NZ, India
Run scorer: Amla
Wicket taker: Ashwin
Player of the Final: Amla
Random Prediction: SL to go with more than twenty overs of spin vs SA

 

[Hurricane]

if we get 40,000 opposition fans in a home semi i'l use it as conclusive proof we should annex auckland from new zealand.

tr.v. an·nexed, an·nex·ing, an·nex·es. 1. To append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing.

I used to use it the wrong way round to until I took history and there is plenty of annexing in history books

 

[Hurricane]

There are still a couple hundred of the most expensive tickets to be sold at the Cake Tin. Fortunately I booked mine a couple of months back.
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Got mine a year ago - don't know where i am going with that comment, just sharing.