World Cup Predictions Thread

[Burgey]

Ok, with this getting close let's kick off some predictions:

Winners:
Runners Up:
Semi finalists:
Leading run scorer:
Leading wicket taker:
Highest individual innings scorer:
Highest individual innings wicket taker:
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing:
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing:
Player of the Tourney:
Player of the Final:
Predict an upset in a group stage game:
Biggest dud player of the tourney:
Random prediction:

 

[Burgey]

Can a mod sticky this please?

 

[hendrix]

Winner: NZ
Runner Up: South Africa
Semi finalists: NZ, SA, Aus, India
Leading run scorer: Kane Williamson
Leading wicket taker: Mitchell Starc
Highest individual innings scorer: Hashim Amla
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Mitchell Starc
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: not really all that disappointing, but India and England will be knocked out in the QFs
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: none.
Player of the Tourney: Kane Williamson.
Player of the Final: Kane Williamson
Predict an upset in a group stage game: West Indies to beat Pakistan.
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Rohit Sharma
Random prediction: Tom Latham to replace Martin Guptill by the QFs.

 

[Contra]

Winners: India
Runners Up: Australia
Semi finalists: India, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Leading run scorer: Virat Kohli
Leading wicket taker: Mohammad Shammi
Highest individual innings scorer: Rohit Sharma
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Mitchell Starc
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: South Africa
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: Pakistan
Player of the Tourney: Virat Kohli
Player of the Final: Virat Kohli
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Ireland will beat West Indies
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Hashim Amla
Random prediction: uh.. Faf scoring 100 against NZ in a knockout game! lool.

 

[cnerd123]

^Optimistic

 

[Athlai]

Wait how does Faf score 100 against NZ in a knockout game if the finalists are India and Australia?

 

[Athlai]

Winner: NZ
Runner Up: South Africa
Semi finalists: NZ, SA, Aus, Pakistan
Leading run scorer: Misbah-ul-Haq/Brendon McCullum (sameish number)
Leading wicket taker: Morne Morkel
Highest individual innings scorer: Brendon McCullum (against a minnow)
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Morne Morkel
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: New Zealand
Player of the Tourney: Brendon McCullum
Player of the Final: Brendon McCullum
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Afghanistan to beat England
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Shane Watson
Random prediction: Tom Latham to get less than two games.

 

[Contra]

Wait how does Faf score 100 against NZ in a knockout game if the finalists are India and Australia?

SA and NZ are in different groups no? Each game after the group stages is a knockout so I'm not sure how the finals matter?

^Optimistic

Yeah can't help it, I can never make completely rational decisions when India as a team are involved. In all my time of playing fantasy leagues dating back to 2009, I've always done well in IPL compared to International tournaments (unless India performed well in them).

 

[ajdude]

Semi finalists: NZ, SA, Aus, India
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: not really all that disappointing, but India and England will be knocked out in the QFs

oh ok

 

[Fuller Pilch]

SA and NZ are in different groups no? Each game after the group stages is a knockout so I'm not sure how the finals matter?

Yeah, but you said both teams would make the semis but neither would make the final. How does Faf get his 100 ?

 

[Contra]

SA and NZ are in different groups no? Each game after the group stages is a knockout so I'm not sure how the finals matter?

Yeah, but you said both teams would make the semis but neither would make the final. How does Faf get his 100 ?

Ah I see it now, tbh I didn't think much about that last question about random prediction. In any case, you could say I'm hedging my bet on some of those predictions.

 

[hendrix]

oh ok

haha woops,

QFs and semis, that is.

 

[ajdude]

Winners: South Africa
Runners Up: Australia
Semi finalists: SA, Aus, Pakistan, NZ
Leading run scorer: Ahmed Shehzad
Leading wicket taker: Imran Tahir
Highest individual innings scorer: Shane Watson (199 against Scotland, bowled leaving one in the 42nd over)
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Imran Tahir (7/28 against WI)
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India I guess
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: Pakistan I guess
Player of the Tourney: Imran Tahir
Player of the Final: Hashim Amla (122 off 101, 5/20 off 10, 6 catches)
Predict an upset in a group stage game: UAE over India at Perth
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Ian Bell
Random prediction: Nobody to score more than two centuries for the tournament

 

[anil1405]

Winners: South Africa
Runners Up: Australia

Mate, if both these predictions come true i'd owe you a treat.

 

[longranger]

Winners: India
Runners Up: Australia
Semi finalists: New Zealand and South Africa
Leading run scorer: Rohit Sharma
Leading wicket taker: Mitchell Starc
Highest individual innings scorer: AB De Villiers
Highest individual innings wicket taker: James Anderson
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: Sri Lanka
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: New Zealand
Player of the Tourney: Rohit Sharma
Player of the Final: Virat Kohli
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Afghanistan to beat England
Biggest dud player of the tourney: David Warner
Random prediction: The knock-out games will feature a lot of sledging and that will make headlines

 

[hendrix]

Semi finalists: New Zealand and South Africa
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: New Zealand

everyone is picking NZ to at least make the semis.

 

[longranger]

everyone is picking NZ to at least make the semis.

In that case, I expect England to do far better than what most people are suggesting. Won't make it to the semis, but will impress in a few games.

 

[GIMH]

Winners: England
Runners Up: Australia
Semi finalists:New Zealand, South Africa
Leading run scorer: Eoin Morgan
Leading wicket taker: James Anderson
Highest individual innings scorer: Ian Bell 247* (87) V India
Highest individual innings wicket taker: James Anderson 8-8 (5.3) V India
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: India. Instead of being **** they will be really ****.
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: England. Will win at a canter instead of just winning.
Player of the Tourney: James Anderson. Averaging 75 with the bat and 4 with the ball
Player of the Final: James Anderson.
Predict an upset in a group stage game: A match thread goes by without Jono posting total bollocks. it later emerges he'd forgotten his password.
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Virat Kohli. Averages -2.
Random prediction: 2015 WC doesn't come close to matching 2011 for number of CW infractions.

 

[Howe_zat]

Winners: England
Runners Up: New Zealand
Semi finalists: Pakistan, South Africa
Leading run scorer: Moeen Ali
Leading wicket taker: Moeen Ali
Highest individual innings scorer: Moeen Ali 186 (120) vs Pakistan
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Moeen Ali 6-15 v India
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: Afghanistan will suffer a humiliating defeat to Australia
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: Australia, may win a game
Player of the Tourney: Moeen Ali.
Player of the Final: Moeen Ali.
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Bangladesh defeating Australia, if that can be considered an upset
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Moeen Ali for allowing some other players to also score runs
Random prediction: Moeen Ali quits cricket to work on nu-rave album with AB de Villiers

 

[WalkingWicket]

My prediction

Winners: Australia
Runners Up: India/South Africa
Semi finalists: Oz, India, South Africa, New Zealand
Leading run scorer: Warner/Brendon McCullum
Leading wicket taker: Starc
Highest individual innings scorer: Baz/Dilshan/Warner to get 150-odd against a minnow
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Sunil Narine could well run through the UAE with obscene figures like 7-3
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: Pakistan
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: South Africa (i.e. not choking)
Player of the Tourney: Warner
Player of the Final: Warner/Starc
Predict an upset in a group stage game: Ireland over Zimbabwe/Scotland over Bangladesh
Biggest dud player of the tourney: Kohli
Random prediction: England to beat Australia in the opener

What Don Bradman Cricket 2014 thinks will happen
I did a simulation of the World Cup on Don Bradman Cricket 2014

Winners: Pakistan
Runners Up: India
Semi finalists: Australia/New Zealand
Leading run scorer: Group A: Brendon McCullum (445 @ 89.00, 3 centuries, 1 fifty) Group B: Hashim Amla (371 runs @ 61.83, 2 centuries, 1 fifty), Knock-out: David Warner (338 runs @ 338.00, 2 centuries, 0 fifties)
Leading wicket taker: Group A: Mitchell Starc (14 @ 19.71), Group B: Saeed Ajmal & Ryan McLaren* (15 each), Knock-out: Rahat Ali (7 @ 20.57)
Highest individual innings scorer: David Warner (176, vs India in the Semi Final)
Highest individual innings wicket taker: Lasith Malinga (5/58, vs England, Group Stages)
Which team will be the biggest disappointment apropos their pre-tourney standing: -
Which team will over achieve apropos their pre-tourney standing: Pakistan
Player of the Tourney: Sarfraz Ahmed (324 runs @ 108.00 (only dismissed 3 times!), 0 hundreds, 4 fifties, 21 catches, 1 stumping)
Player of the Final: Mohammed Hafeez (123 off 142, 1-60 off 9)
Predict an upset in a group stage game: England getting beaten by Bangladesh
Biggest dud player of the tourney: -
Random prediction: -

*Not even in the tournament :/