Ashes Predictions

[Shri]

How many people had Johnson for leading wicket taker?

 

[biased indian]

How many people had Johnson for leading wicket taker?

i had.... but still confident he will come back

 

[Prince EWS]

i had.... but still confident he will come back

If selected.

 

[GotSpin]

I had money on him for being series wicket taker after he took a 5er in FC. Not overly distraught over him getting dropped or anything though considering my bet on Australia is 4x that

 

[biased indian]

If selected.

will they drop him for next game ???..he will get five wicket haul in next game

 

[zaremba]

2-1 Crims

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

Mystic Zaremba somewhat wide of the mark so far, as per usual.

 

[Burgey]

With neither side looking like bowling the other out twice, I predict five draws and a first day crowd in Sydney of 826.
This leads to CA going into financial crisis and withdrawing from international cricket to focus on it's new role as the latest IPL franchise.

 

[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

Pretty much bang on.

 

[tridibans]

I see many people here had Johnson in their wish list as the leading wicket taker
If the first test is anything to go by, it will be 2-1 England come january 2011.

 

[Spark]

If the first test is anything to by, it'll be 0-0 by January 2011...

 

[Oscillatingmind]

3-1 England
Top runscorer - Strauss, Clarke
Top wicket taker - Hilfenhaus, Broad
Dumpings - Hussey
Debutant/Returning players - Khawaja, Copeland
Surprise Packet - Swan to finish averaging 40+ with the ball (but do well with the bat)

thats my only victory so far, averaging 80 I believe.

 

[Ruckus]

thats my only victory so far, averaging 80 I believe.

But he failed with the bat haha...btw your profile pic is very Jack Black.

 

[Jarquis]

Made 20 odd didn't he?

 

[Ruckus]

Made 20 odd didn't he?

Nay, only 10.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

**** yeah.

I daresay that even with Lewis in the team, this total is safe.

I think you've finally broken even in your prediction career.

 

[andyc]

I think you've finally broken even in your prediction career.

Ha, it's definitely made up some of it. Not sure whether it's a good thing that my post in here was the first thing I thought of when I saw that P Siddy had taken a hattrick, tbh.

 

[Zinzan]

Mystic Zaremba somewhat wide of the mark so far, as per usual.

Lol, the anti-predictor

 

[Stapel]

Before this series got underway, I figured England were marginally favourites to keep The Ashes, for two reasons: Graeme Swann and just needing a drawn series. Those two arguements, imho, outweigh the fact that the Aussies play on home soil.

For the rest, I would think both teams were fairly equal. Having the benefit of having seen 8 days of play out of a possible 25, things look rather different. If at this point England could select Aussie players too, whom would they pick? None? Maybe MHussey, possibly Haddin, but otherwise?

Maybe it's a bit harsh, but the last week has taught me Australia are rightfully #5 in the test rankings. India, SL, SA and England simply have better teams!


England to win the series 4-0! Rain permitting........

 

[superkingdave]

4-0 Australia
Top Run Scorer - Ponting/Strauss
Top Wicket taker - Johnson/Broad
Axed - Hauritz/KP
Debuts - None
Flop of the series - Prior
Surprise - Johnson, will take plenty of wickets and bat a lot better as well.

Looking an early candidate for worst predictions

 

[Howe_zat]

Looking an early candidate for worst predictions

tbf you got at least one thing right, which is more than most of us'll manage.