Ashes Predictions

[Athlai]

Scoreline: 0-0 (every match will most likely end up with 1 wicket needed for Australia, who are unable to get out Monty) (with Colly at the other end)
Top Runscorers: Clarke to return to form, Monty accumulates enough runs whilst blocking out the last day to edge past Collingwood's solid total of 100 runs taking 2345342 balls throughout series
Top Wicket Takers: Johnson to stop his poor run against England, Monty to come in for Swann (who could only pick up the one 10 wicket match haul during the 3 warm up games) for the first test and quite frankly never look back
Dumpings: Siddle for Hauritz, the entire England team except Monty
Debutant/Returning Players: thus allowing the previously unvailable Romsford U11 Cobras reserve team to return to the set up, resulting in an improved allround performance
Surprise Package: North to have a decent series, Sir Monty to receive knighthood for retaining the urn single-handedly (literally, when his right-hand is amputated after a freak Pedalo incident) and beating the aussies in their own backyard for the first time since Gatting!

the bolded line was bloody awesome

 

[vic_orthdox]

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

For the record, tipping a drawn series.

 

[Matt79]

Is the surprise they find some national kit big enough for him?

Sorry to take the thread off track,mods delete if you see fit.

Fat jokes about Cosgrove are ok.

 

[GotSpin]

3-0 Australia
Top runscorer - Ponting
Top wicket taker - Hilfenhaus
Dumpings - Marcus North
Debutant/Returning players - Usman
Surprise Packet - Hilfenhaus to have his break out series and take some massive hauls.

 

[Themer]

2-2 England retain Ashes.
Top runscorer - Clarke, Trott
Top wicket taker - Hilfenhaus. Broad.
Dumpings - Marcus North, Cook
Debutant/Returning players - Tremlett to get a gig due to injury at some stage
Surprise Packet - Tremlett to run through the Australian line up first innings back.

Can't wait tbh.

 

[Bonnie Prince C]

2-1 England
Top runscorer - Shane Watson & Andrew Strauss
Top wicket taker - Ben Hilfenhaus & Graeme Swann
Dumpings - Kevin Pietersen
Debutant/Returning players - Eoin Morgan
Surprise Packet - Steven Finn

 

[Shri]

2-1 Australia.

Last game to be a nail biter with the game ending in a draw with England close to a win.

Top run scorer: Shane Watson / Andrew Strauss
Top wicket taker: Mitchell Johnson / Graeme Swann

 

[aussie]

AUS win win @ least 2 test. England @ least 1. But AUS will certainly win the Ashes.

Ponting will have a summer with the bat similar to 2006/07

Swan will continue to progress as an off-spinner.

Thats the only sure things i'm willing to predict.

 

[zaremba]

2-1 Crims

Top runscorer - Watson, Strauss
Top wickettakers - Johnson, Broad
Dumpings - Hussey, Cook, Finn
Returningplayers/Debutants - Khawaja, Morgan, Tremlett
Surprise Package - North

 

[four_or_six]

AUS win win @ least 2 test. England @ least 1. But AUS will certainly retain the Ashes.

Ponting will have a summer with the bat similar to 2006/07

Swan will continue to progress as an off-spinner.

Thats the only sure things i'm willing to predict.

Retain?

 

[Howsie]

3-0 Australia
Top runscorer - Ricky Ponting/Andrew Strauss
Top wicket taker - Ben Hilfenhaus/Stuart Broad
Dumpings - Steven Finn, Alastair Cook
Debutant/Returning players - Chris Tremlett, Eoin Morgan
Surprise Packet - Ben Hilfenhaus

 

[Bonnie Prince C]

2-1 Crims

Top runscorer - Watson, Strauss
Top wickettakers - Johnson, Broad
Dumpings - Hussey, Cook, Finn
Returningplayers/Debutants - Khawaja, Morgan, Tremlett
Surprise Package - North

3-0 Australia
Top runscorer - Ricky Ponting/Andrew Strauss
Top wicket taker - Ben Hilfenhaus/Stuart Broad
Dumpings - Steven Finn, Alastair Cook
Debutant/Returning players - Chris Tremlett, Eoin Morgan
Surprise Packet - Ben Hilfenhaus

Trott moving to open?

 

[Pup Clarke]

3-0 Australia
Top runscorer - Ricky Ponting/Andrew Strauss
Top wicket taker - Ben Hilfenhaus/Stuart Broad
Dumpings - Steven Finn, Alastair Cook
Debutant/Returning players - Chris Tremlett, Eoin Morgan
Surprise Packet - Ben Hilfenhaus

To do well or underperform?

 

[Jarquis]

He has him as top wicket taker.

 

[howardj]

Series Winner Australia 2-1
Top runscorer Clarke, Bell
Top wicket taker Hilfenhaus, Swann
Dumpings North, Hauritz, Finn, Collingwood
Debutant/Returning players Khawaja, Smith, Tremlett, Morgan
Weird Event Botham and Chappell go out for a beer

 

[vcs]

Hopefully Australia win a dull series 2-1, with no one really standing out, like last time.

Seriously though, I reckon we'll have an Ashes 2005 style stormer. Teams are evenly matched.

 

[Jono]

3-0 Australia
Top runscorer - Simon Katich (although what's going on with his thumb?)
Top wicket taker - Mitchell Johnson
Dumpings - Alaistair Cook, Finn
Debutant/Returning players - Peter Siddle (if Bollinger doesn't get up or reinjures himself), Tremlett, Morgan

 

[iamdavid]

2-2
run scorer -Ian Bell (srs)
wicket taker - Hilfenhaus
Dumpings - Hauritz
Debutant/Returning players - O'Keefe, Tremlett
Suprise Packet - Ian Bell

 

[TT Boy]

KP to be dropped. Morgan to do a Duminy. England to retain the Ashes.

 

[Jayzamann]

He has him as top wicket taker.

Could bowl nothing but pies but get 5-fers in every test