I thought that I should front up for my awful selections for most runs/wickets. I have an excuse for Strauss, with the bad decisions, but Lee was a terrible pick whichever way you look at it, I should have known. I'm pretty sure Ponting fielding in the slips and at bat pad for Warne hasn't taken a catch yet eitherGreat Birtannia said:
Did I mention how much I like Stuart Clark?
Not much dead on target, but could've been worse.Slow Love™;966880 said:
Not too bad.
Not bad at all.
^Score: 2-1 Aus Not even close
Top Runscorer: Ponting
Top Wicket Taker: McGrath Naah, wasn't bad though
Most catches (wk excluded): Strauss No idea about amount of catches
Biggest surprise: Giles Was only a suprise how dire he was
Biggest disappointment: Langer Ish but not really, guess it was the England bowling attack
Man of the series: Pietersen if he gets in his groove. Failing that it'll probably be Ponting. And it probably was Ponting
Not the best reallyScore: 3-1 Nope
Top Runscorer: Hayden Nope
Top Wicket Taker: Lee Nope
Most catches (wk excluded): Hayden Was Collingwood
Biggest surprise: Panesar Clark IMO
Biggest disappointment: Martyn Well, he only played two games
Man of the series: Hayden Meh...
Just thought I may as well add some general predictions. Am tipping Panesar for a big series could've been better, Hussey will go well but not superman well just wrong, neither Warne nor Flintoff will relive their past efforts, but they'll still put in the odd super performance fair call really
LOL @ the averages thoughScore: 3-1 Australia Nah
Top Runscorer: Ponting Yep
Top Wicket Taker: Lee haha
Most catches (wk excluded): Hayden - Always in the slips/gully Yep
Biggest surprise: Gilchrist - Will Put Flintoff ghosts aside n have a blinder Well in a way i spose
Biggest disappointment: Flintoff Yep imo
Man of the series: Ponting Yep
Australian Averages:
Hayden 35
Langer 29
Ponting 67
Martyn 40
Hussey 43
Watson 33 Batting/39 Bowling
Gilchrist 56
Warne 21Batting/28 Bowling
Lee 22 Batting/21 Bowling
Johnson 26 Bowling
McGrath 33 Bowling
Wrong on all counts. Warne was probably third or fourth in line for MoTS after Ponting, Clark and maybe Hussey, but nothign else was all that close.FaaipDeOiad said:
Pretty crap predictions really, none of the cricketing ones right, and I fell asleep twice.
0%. Pathetic!Hi. I know there's various threads asking for predictions, but well I thought it would be an idea if we got everybody's predictions in one go. It was done in the official thread last year, and we can all have a good chuckle at those who get it horribly wrong ie probably this blinded optimist right here. The rose tinted glasses are firmly attached to my head and will be as long as those Ashes are ours.
Score: 2-2 TBF this was more a prediction for what I think England's score will be after 1 over in the Twenty20
Top Runscorer: Strauss Dire, but I wasn't alone. Strauss has mixed some silly shots with some bad luck, but I expect him to come back strongly.
Top Wicket Taker: Warne No, but not an unreasonable prediction I guess.
Most catches (wk excluded): Bell Think he made a couple, but again, incorrect
Biggest surprise: Mahmood (changed to Anderson) Dire on both counts, though Jimmy A looked half-decent this time round
Biggest disappointment: McGrath Correct, in that I'm disappointed he got his prediction right.
Man of the series: Flintoff Humbug.
Amount of Guinness to be drank upon completion of the series by GIMH: unquantified Will have to buy some cans tonight and drown the ol' sorrows
We can always give you an A for optimism
Well I'd expect an A* tbhWe can always give you an A for optimism
Hmmm, not bad but Way off with the Watson/KP combo
Lets see:
Score: 2-1 ENG, so wrong it's not even funny
