Long term bets..

[Pothas]

Ian Bell to score more test centuries than Michael Clarke.

Mithchell Starc to average more with bat and ball than Shane Watson

James Vince to make centuries for England in all formats.

 

[GIMH]

Do you mean Starc wll average more with the bat and less with the ball than ********?

 

[Pothas]

Nah will end up with a worse bowling average.

 

[Daemon]

Kohli and Pujara to top Indian batting charts for tests within the next 3 years. Rahane to average ~30.

back in 2011. looking good so far.

sneaky edit hehe

 

[Maximas]

Thirramanne and Chandimal to both average over 45 in test cricket in the next 3 years, will slowly become the new Mahela/Sanga - not as prolific though

 

[honestbharani]

Praveen Kumar to have more than 300 test wickets
David Warner to play atleast 10 test matches
Sachin Tendulkar to play atleast 1 international match after his 40th birthday
Someone to hit a ODI 200 and join Tendulkar in that club within 1 year of this post
Ishant Sharma to be amongst the top 3 leading wicket takers in the 2015 WC
Cheteshwar Pujara to score more than 7000 test runs
Tim Southee to have more than 400 ODI wickets
Stuart Broads Batting Avg > Bowling Avg
Alastair Cook to have more than 12000 test runs

Impressive predictions tbh

 

[hendrix]

Ian Bell to score more test centuries than Michael Clarke.

I was going to take you up on this one, but the reality is that it's very possible. One of those little statistical quirks that will be good fodder for the "stats aren't everything" argument.

 

[Furball]

lol just read through this thread, morgie's bets are beyond ********.

 

[Cooky Monster]

Bairstow will never average over 40 at any point during his test match career.

 

[morgieb]

lol just read through this thread, morgie's bets are beyond ********.

Half of them were made when I was 15 tbf.

 

[Jarquis]

Stokes-Foakes-Woakes will never happen.

An English legspinner will take a Test 5fer in the next 3 years.

 

[morgieb]

I was going to take you up on this one, but the reality is that it's very possible. One of those little statistical quirks that will be good fodder for the "stats aren't everything" argument.

I don't think it'll be a statistical quirk, it'll merely be a case of Bell playing more Tests than Clarke.

 

[Flem274*]

tbf to morgie with 20/20 hindsight this is funnier.

Because he's just an average bowler. Can tear through sides when conditions suit and he is in good rhythm, but up against a decent batting lineup I feel as though he'll get hammered. Definitely not sub-25 material. Probably 27 or 28.

 

[hendrix]

I don't think it'll be a statistical quirk, it'll merely be a case of Bell playing more Tests than Clarke.

well, yeah, but Bell's average is also in the realm of other players who the consensus rate as much better players.

e.g. Laxman, off the top of my head.

 

[91Jmay]

I will go for James Tayor to make 4000 runs @ an average of >45.

 

[Howe_zat]

An English legspinner will take a Test 5fer in the next 3 years.

No they won't.

 

[Prince EWS]

No they won't.

Steve Smith has a British passport. It's on I reckon.

 

[Furball]

I've got a British passport. I'm not English.

 

[Prince EWS]

I've got a British passport. I'm not English.

His passport comes through Englishness though.

 

[Spikey]

I've got a British passport. I'm not English.

yes you are