Some predictions...

Noticed that on cricinfo prediction game - in the star wars league - all teams except one or two do have one player in common and that is Watson.

What dream teams will you guys pick or have picked?

I have picked the following:
Amla
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Kohli
Jayawardene
Trott
Ferguson
Watson
Razzaq
Wahab
Malinga
Ashwin

Zuhair, at the moment, Watson is one of the best openers, why is he batting so late?  Ofcourse, if that's a fantasy game, that's ok but if that's a best team you'd pick, then Watson should open or don't play.

I think the top 8 teams will qualify for the QFs. Every team would have seen and learnt from the previous two WCs and will take the minows seriously.

 The South Africans will be there or thereabouts and I fancy Kallis to make plenty of runs.  Dale Steyn will blast out plenty of top order batsmen and Morkel will do alright as well.  If there are doubts about SA it's that they don't seem to know what their best XI is and it's the big debating point in the pub.   I see Kallis doing so well with the bat because they have so many bowling options - he won't bowl more than a couple of overs in any one match I think.   Of course on the downside , they can still play too negatively and lose matches that a more aggressive approach would win - they might yet again prove to be their own worst enemy.
            India , Sri Lanka , Pakistan and England (naturally!) are my favourites and in that order - Australia won't be winning this one and won't contest the semifinals either!

Winners : South Africa or England.
I  think the burden of expectation is going to pull India out. most likely in the QFs, have an uncomfortable feeling it could be against Pakistan.

Vote4peace, the expectations won't be the reason why India would go, if anything, their bowling is what will let them down.  On any decent pitch, India would be making 300+ scores.  For Netherland's sake, they better hope the meet a decent bowling pitch.

Someday Sledge, those South Africans would be happy to get you out of their country.

Originally posted by sundar skanda WINNERS: Srilanka /Australia/India/Pakistan......watch it!

  4 winners sundar ?  That might not be within the rules .

Okay ppl knock out stage is bout to commence which means prediction time!!! 

1st Quarter Final - Pakistan v West Indies         - Winner : Pakistan
2nd Quarter Final - India v Australia                   - Winner : India
3rd Quarter Final - New Zealand v South Africa  - Winner : South Africa
4th Quarter Final - Sri Lanka v England              - Winner : England

which could mean the SF line-up would be :
South Africa vs England
India vs Pakistan

I'd go with exactly the same predictions as that of V4P... I would want to see ENG win against lanka just because ENG have entertained us a lot and they haven't made th SF's since 92, SLN have had a good run in last two WC's making the Finals in 07 and SF's in 03.

Ind-Aus will be a thriller if they prepare a good batting wicket, if they prepare a "turner" it could go either way, it could even back fire on India.

It has been the Aravinda's, the Warne's, the Wasim's, the Waugh's and the Pontings's who have made a mark at the big stage, players who rise to the occasion and have that ability to perform under pressure are the ones who become legends.

The stage has come when the not-so-good players will be separated from the legends.

I'll try to predict one player from each team who can make the difference if they are to win the WC,  let me see how close I get by the time we end. You all can try the same.

Pakistan - Umer Gul
South Africa - AB Devillers
Srilanka - M Muralidaran
India - Gautam Gambhir
Australia - Michael Clarke
England - Eoin Morgan
New Zealand - Jesse Ryder
West Indies - Chris Gayle

Ricky Ponting, by the way, is already a legend.


Edited by sam_ahmed - 21 March 2011 at 6:54pm

I think Harbhajan too will have to play a Big role along with Zaheer if India is to go far. He's such a dangerous bowler if he's in the groove. But consistency has been his problem.

And I'm not sure of Clarke being Australia's man for the occasion. My money's still on Ponting.


Edited by vote4peace - 22 March 2011 at 9:49am