SJS
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Blog? What blog ?
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Ashes Predictions Thread
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Matt79
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Mmmm, looking shaky on a few of these. Johnson not badly placed to be leading wicket taker, assuming he's not dropped. (That sentence should make no sense, but that's where we find ourselves). Still has time to become player of the series as well, but it will be a massive surprise from here.
Clarke not badly placed for the leading run scorer. Prior being dropped was a bad call.
Hauritz and Hilfy obviously the two biggest surprises of the series to date.
I think I'm still on course for the overall result.
SJS
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Okay I just saw what you meant. I did not know some of the predictions ended up there.
But why should they be removed from here. Couldn't they be in both places as we do with the comments on features ?
Athlai
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Adamc
Cricketer Of The Year
Series Result: Australia 2 - 0 No
Top Eng Runscorer: Strauss Quite possibly
Top Aus Runscorer: Hussey Unlikely
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Sidebottom No
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson Possible
Player of the Series: Hussey Unlikely
Surprise Package: Hussey Unlikely
Dropped Player(s): Lee Unlikely
Miscellaneous Event: Australia win a tense Third Test by one wicket thanks to an unbeaten Mike Hussey century in which he is dropped eleven times. The Fourth Test is abandoned after Richard digs up the pitch and burns his First Chance Average manifesto into the grass. He is subsequently thrown off theLord's Headingley balcony but survives after being caught by Geoffrey Boycott's grandmother. Looking forward to it
Top Eng Runscorer: Strauss Quite possibly
Top Aus Runscorer: Hussey Unlikely
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Sidebottom No
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson Possible
Player of the Series: Hussey Unlikely
Surprise Package: Hussey Unlikely
Dropped Player(s): Lee Unlikely
Miscellaneous Event: Australia win a tense Third Test by one wicket thanks to an unbeaten Mike Hussey century in which he is dropped eleven times. The Fourth Test is abandoned after Richard digs up the pitch and burns his First Chance Average manifesto into the grass. He is subsequently thrown off the
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dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Aren't we all.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Highly possible
Looking good
Looking good
Looking fairly good
Still possible
Could be
Hmm, not so far
No
Yes, probably
Made different ones in the blog that came after these tbf
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Katich not looking like a good bet.
pasag
RTDAS
Clarke calls looking good. The rest pretty ordinary.
Scaly piscine
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Thought Clark would play, so that's obviously stuffed that one. I'd go with Hilfenhaus if I'd known who'd play, never fancy touring raw pacemen to do particularly well - it's more the FM types that prosper. Broad has been generally ****e, but just couldn't see the other bowlers doing particularly well other than Flintoff who'd probably get injured - and players of the series are more likely to be bowlers anyway. Reasonably happy otherwise.
Burgey
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Possible but not likely given weather and form atm.
Highly unlikely given injury and form
Looking good
Looking ok
Looking ok, despite form he's not far away on the tally
Quite possible if we win it
Surprised me how he's going, anyway
Panesar dropped already, Bopara possible
Unfortunately Flintoff has already taken England's only 5-fer for the series.
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Well. So this is what I predicted...
Series Result:... 2-2...still possible
Most wickets? :... Anderson...Well he is three short of the pace..
Most runs? :... Strauss...YESSS!
Worst player? :... Flintoff...
Frustrating tail ender? :...Johnson ...
Surprise package? :...Ponting...
Any other ? :... Brett Lee will lose his cool on the field with his skipper...
Most wickets? :... Anderson...Well he is three short of the pace..
Most runs? :... Strauss...YESSS!
Worst player? :... Flintoff...
Frustrating tail ender? :...Johnson ...
Surprise package? :...Ponting...
Any other ? :... Brett Lee will lose his cool on the field with his skipper...
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Johnners
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Series Result: 3-1 Australia - Possible
Top Eng Runscorer: Bopara - Won't happen
Top Aus Runscorer: Clarke - Looking good
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson - Possible
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson - Will take all 20 at Edgbaston
Player of the Series: Clarke - Could happen
Surprise Packet: Haurtiz - Will average under 35 - Indeed
Dropped Player(s): Hauritz, Clark, Panesar, Cook - Heh, Hauritz/Cook won't be dropped now, Clark needs to play to be dropped...
Miscellaneous Event: KP will get out at least twice to either of Hauritz/North
Top Eng Runscorer: Bopara - Won't happen
Top Aus Runscorer: Clarke - Looking good
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson - Possible
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson - Will take all 20 at Edgbaston
Player of the Series: Clarke - Could happen
Surprise Packet: Haurtiz - Will average under 35 - Indeed
Dropped Player(s): Hauritz, Clark, Panesar, Cook - Heh, Hauritz/Cook won't be dropped now, Clark needs to play to be dropped...
Miscellaneous Event: KP will get out at least twice to either of Hauritz/North
morgieb
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Series Result: Australia 3-1 - possible but unlikely
Top Eng Runscorer: Pieterson (if fit, if not Cook) - possible, but needs big runs, especially if he's ruled out of the next test
Top Aus Runscorer: Hughes - really struggling, thought he'd be the type that would never stop scoring runs.
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson - still looking solid ATS.
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson - unlikely, he's bowling garbage ATS.
Player of the Series: Hughes - lol
Surprise Packet: Lee getting back into form - hasn't had the chance to.
Dropped Player(s): Bopara, Prior, Panesar, etc. - Panesar has, Prior won't, Bopara still might.
Miscellaneous Event: England getting raped in the first 3 games before Australia slow down. Australia showing that their T20 form was just a blip on the radar. England to get ****y in the media after "below average warm-up". More to come when I CBF thinking about it. - wrong on all of them.
Top Eng Runscorer: Pieterson (if fit, if not Cook) - possible, but needs big runs, especially if he's ruled out of the next test
Top Aus Runscorer: Hughes - really struggling, thought he'd be the type that would never stop scoring runs.
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson - still looking solid ATS.
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson - unlikely, he's bowling garbage ATS.
Player of the Series: Hughes - lol
Surprise Packet: Lee getting back into form - hasn't had the chance to.
Dropped Player(s): Bopara, Prior, Panesar, etc. - Panesar has, Prior won't, Bopara still might.
Miscellaneous Event: England getting raped in the first 3 games before Australia slow down. Australia showing that their T20 form was just a blip on the radar. England to get ****y in the media after "below average warm-up". More to come when I CBF thinking about it. - wrong on all of them.
Trumpers_Ghost
U19 Cricketer
Series Result: Aus 3-1 - NOSeries Result: Aus 3-1
Top Eng Runscorer: Cook
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson
Player of the Series: Johnson
Surprise Packet: Macdonald (to take plenty of wickets + a couple of good scores)
Dropped Player(s): Swann, Prior, Pannesar, Collingwood, Onions, Lee
Miscellaneous Event: England selectors to panic, chop and change the team and look to pick players from Australian State second XIs
Top Eng Runscorer: Cook - Maybe
Top Aus Runscorer: Ponting - Maybe
Top Eng Wicket-taker: Anderson - this ok
Top Aus Wicket-taker: Johnson - Unlikely
Player of the Series: Johnson - definate NO
Surprise Packet: Macdonald - thought he'd play
Dropped Player(s): Swann, Prior, Pannesar, Collingwood, Onions, Lee
Miscellaneous Event: England selectors to panic, chop and change the team and look to pick players from Australian State second XIs - NO
A couple of "Maybes" the best of my sorry lot!
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
- Still onSeries Result: 2-2 - Still on
Top Eng Runscorer : Strauss - Decent
Top Aus Runscorer : Clarke - As above
Top Eng Wicket-taker : Flintoff - Quite possible
Top Aus Wicket-taker : Siddle - Unlikely, could be dumped for 3rd Test
Player of the Series : Strauss - Again, quite possible
Surprise Packet : Hilfenhaus - Bingo
Dropped Player (s) : Clark/Swann - Naaaaaaahh
Miscellaneous Event : Broad to be hit for 6 sixes in an over by Johnson.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Not looking likely.
Not looking good so far, especially as he might miss games, but you never rule him out.
Not yet OOTQ.
Still quite possible.
Still possible, despite it all.
I don't do this frippery.
Dunno if he's really surprised anyone yet, but he's gone damn well.
MSP has indeed been picked as a first-choice and discarded, Lee hasn't yet, Onions hasn't yet been dropped but hasn't looked extraordinarily unlikely to either.
None yet.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Well, we've now had two in the same session... good job I didn't say "no more than two".
'Cos surely there'll be another at some point in the series.