Ashes Predictions

[Redbacks]

Dumped for Adelaide and top wicket taker for Australia in the series, well in Mitch!

 

[Pothas]

Australia 2 England 1

Leading run scorer: Ponting, is an obvious point but he really is so crucial to this series and got a nasty feeling he is going to have a good one.

Most Wickets: Broad, will win England their test match.

Finn to do better than a lot of people expect but Tremlett to come in and do well when someone gets injured.

North to play every test.

Collingwood to be dropped by the 5th test.

Delighted to be wrong about pretty much everything apart from Tremlett.

 

[Redbacks]

There did seem to be quite a lot of Australian optimism we could win the series. I guess the end of the drought caught us by surprise as swing hasn't really played a part in Australian summers for ages, England improved a lot since 09 and we have declined.

If we want to retrospectively look back at a key turning point: 517/1 for mine

 

[Furball]

Nah, 98 at Melbourne. After thrashing us to square the series, Boxing Day at Melbourne was the time to really grab the momentum and run with it. The pathetic capitulation summed up Australia's series perfectly.

 

[GIMH]

3-1 to the good guys, that's England
Top runscorer - Kevin Pietersen. Watson for the filthy horrible crims.
Top wicket taker - Stuart Broad. Bollinger for the filthy horrible crims.
Dumpings - Many Aussies to dump their passports in a state of embarassment
Debutant/Returning players - Allan Border from the desperate convicts
Surprise Packet - wdfu_ben91 returns to congratulate England

Er, got the score right

 

[ripper868]

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5-0 Australia
Top runscorer - Dogscratch, Mussey, Strauss
Top wicket taker - Dougeh, Swann
Dumpings - KP's missus, Bronte's Surf
Debutant/Returning players - Siddle, Flintoff, Spofforth
Surprise Packet - Cheese and Onion Samboy's

Well got the run scorer for aus, and i'm pretty sure someone got dumped at Bronte.

 

[andyc]

Interesting to see no one as yet predicting against their team to win.

Result: 3-1 Australia
Runs: Ponting and Strauss
Wickets: Hilfenhaus and Broad
Dumpings: North and possibly Hauritz
Returns/debuts: Usman Khawaja, Phil Hughes, Steve Smith
Surprises: Watson to get injured by the third Test, after which Hughes will gun it. Also, one hattrick will be taken (worth a shot).

Picked the scoreline, just the wrong team. Runs and wickets all wrong. Returns were on the money, though obviously a few missing.

And I've said it before but still so chuffed about the hattrick call.

 

[GIMH]

Well got the run scorer for aus, and i'm pretty sure someone got dumped at Bronte.

Nice avatar mate

 

[marc71178]

Some very astute shouts in there, mixed with some frankly dreadful ones...

The worst one is that last one. You would've been on the plane by then so how would you have taken the gloves?!

 

[ripper868]

Nice avatar mate

****. Yours will be mine in due time.

 

[NUFAN]

Scoreline: 3-1 Australia
Top Runscorers: Ricky Ponting and Paul Collingwood
Top Wicket Takers: Peter Siddle and Graeme Swann
Debutant/Returning Players: Usman Khawaja, Peter Siddle
Suprise Package: Siddle's Sizzling Summer

Scoreline is the wrong way around.
Run scorers were easily the two most disappointing batsman, a big no for me on this one.
Wicket takers finished in 2nd and 3rd for their country.
Debutant/Returning players was a decent call and I'm happy with Siddle's summer.

 

[MW1304]

Us in 1986/7 comes to mind.

As for predictions:

Score: 2-2 draw thus England retain blah blah.. Hmm much too under-confident there.

Top Runscorers: Ricky Ponting overall; Ian Bell for England. Gah. Horribly wrong with the first and just wrong with the second. Did anyone see Cook coming?

Top Wicket Takers: Mitchell Johnson, so good on home conditions, overall; Stuart Broad for England. Correct about Johnno (though not overall), majorly out with Broady, although hard to predict an injury.

Failures: Have a feeling Steven Finn might get dropped - not playing too badly but because Tremlett is more useful at this stage, also Colly might have a tough time; Hauritz at some point. Woohoo got the Finny bit right, although Tremmers came in under different circumstances. Colly did have a tough time but didn't get dropped. Hauritz should have come in, i'm claiming that one.

Returning: Tremlett, Morgan; Siddle. Morgs wrong, others right

Surprise Packages: Marcus North will be very good and consistent ; Belly. Belly surprised the aussies and...North...well...

As above.

 

[Howe_zat]

Did anyone see Cook coming?.

*cough*

 

[MW1304]

Not bad, except for the result.

Why? 3-1 to the good guys was spot on.

 

[Neil Pickup]

The worst one is that last one. You would've been on the plane by then so how would you have taken the gloves?!

I was there for the final session. Where there's a will...

 

[four_or_six]

4-0 England (one match to be washed out)
Top runscorer - Alistair Cook (Watto for Aussies)
Top wicket taker - James Anderson (Watto for Aussies).
Dumpings - Mid-series: North, Hussey, Hauritz. End-series: Ponting.
Debutant/Returning players - Xavier Doherty
Surprise Packet - Mark Nicholas will win an award for his commentary, and will be knighted in the Xmas honours list in 2011.

4-0 - not bad, forgot about Johnson knowing how to bowl in Perth.
Runscorer - who said no-one expected Cook to do well?! Watto not too far off.
Wickettaker - Well was always going to be Jimmy, no-brainer. Watto should have bowled more.
Dumpings - well at least I got North, Hussey way off, Hauritz should have started the series anyway. Ponting may well yet leave.
Debutant - Should have had more in here!
Mark Nicholas - Time will tell.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

2-1 to England

Top runscorer - Strauss overall with Clarke for the convicts.
Top wickettakers - Johnson and Swann.
Dumpings - North and Hauritz.
Returningplayers/Debutants - Khawaja,Siddle and Hughes.
Surprise Package - Bell

Johnson

North and Hauritz dumped.

All my returning players/debutants.

Surprise package did well.

Not too bad, been better but also worse on here.

 

[zaremba]

2-1 to England

Top runscorer - Strauss overall with Clarke for the convicts.
Top wickettakers - Johnson and Swann.
Dumpings - North and Hauritz.
Returningplayers/Debutants - Khawaja,Siddle and Hughes.
Surprise Package - Bell

Someone might tot up who's done the best with their predictions, but on the face of it these seem the most accurate

 

[turnstyle]

Result - Australia (3-1)
Runs - Watto to bash 500+ without not converting a 50, Broad to be hailed the next next Botham.
Wickets - Johnson (at least half from balls outside leg), Broad.
Dumping - Finn, Pieterson, Hussey after the WACA test.
Debutant - Morgan to slot back into 6, Khawaja to take Hussey's, O'Keefe to chose which player's spot he'll take from a lucky dip at the Christmas dinner.
Surprise - A 6th Test.

- Scoreline right but to the wrong team
- LOL at Watto. So close.

Rest was meh.

 

[Furball]

Someone might tot up who's done the best with their predictions, but on the face of it these seem the most accurate

Ahem

Scoreline: 2-1 England - Right winners, seems I over-rated Australia
Top Runscorers: Kevin Pietersen, Michael Clarke - Pietersen a reasonable call, Clarke just dire
Top Wicket Takers: Mitchell Johnson, James Anderson - Both correct
Dumpings: Marcuss North, Nathan Hauritz, Steven Finn - All correct
Debutant/Returning Players: Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith. Tremlett will come in for Finn after the 2nd Test - All correct, with the exception of who Tremlett came in for and why
Suprise Package: Ian Bell will ton up twice in the series. - Reasonable. Tonned up at Sydney and could have tonned up at Brisbane or Adelaide had circumstances differed