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    Posted: 02 January 2008 at 11:39am
A New Year brings new tournaments and (maybe) new stars and surprises - who do you think will be the winners in 2008.

Outline your predictions by copying the categories below. No prizes for winning, but we'll feature some of the best/most detailed/entertaining predictions online, alongside the predictions made by CW staff.

International Cricket

ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan:

England in New Zealand

England v New Zealand

England v South Africa

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia:

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland:

Domestic Cricket

County Champions:

Friends Provident:

Pro40:

Twenty20:

Pura Cup:

Ford Ranger Cup:

KFC Twenty20:

SuperSport Series:

MTN Domestic Championship:

Pro20:

Ranji Trophy:

Players

International Player Of 2008:

Young Player To Watch:

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008:

Good luck!


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ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan:Are Bermuda counted as champions??? Surely they should be, with Leverock taking them to glory. I predict a fiesty finale between the Bermudans (considering they are considered champions) and the Brute force of South Africa.

England in New Zealand: They dont deserve a holiday at all...Unhappy

England v New Zealand NZ 3-0 Whitewash

England v South Africa: South Africa to smack the living daylights out of Enlgnad, Cook the only good performer

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia: Cricket World 4th XI

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland: BERMUDA!!!!!!!!!!!!%20%20%20

Domestic Cricket

County Champions: Will be whoever wins it, probably Surrey

Friends Provident: They could providea decent tournament this year, that would be a win in my eyes

Pro40: England havent got half as many as that....

Twenty20: Lancashire, after getting Leverock on a 3 month deal

Pura Cup: Miami Dolphins....?

Ford Ranger Cup: Escort vs Ka in the final, easy win for the Escort.

KFC Twenty20: Popcorn Chicken

SuperSport Series: Netball to win the final 2-1 over Figure Skating

MTN Domestic Championship: Halifax Bank, Gloucstershire

Pro20: More like Englands amount.....

Ranji Trophy: Ali's Curry House

Players

International Player Of 2008: Dwayne Leverock

Young Player To Watch: Sean Kingston on a diet

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008: For Dwanye to become PM

Good luck! ThanksBig%20smile


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ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan: West Indies/Australia

England in New Zealand - England

England v New Zealand - England

England v South Africa - South Africa

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia: West Indies (I'm bias here)

Players

International Player Of 2008: Chanderpaul (watch him starve Aussie)

Young Player To Watch: Jerome Taylor, Dale Steyn, Cook, Rp Singh

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008: For West Indies to be more competitive and for Australia to be less lucky. (umpiring decision wise)



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International Cricket

ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan:  Australia

England in New Zealand      England

England v New Zealand       New Zealand

England v South Africa        South Africa

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia:    Pakistan

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland:     Dunno. Holland?

Domestic Cricket

County Champions:    Hampshire

Friends Provident:         Kent

Pro40:                   Durham

Twenty20:            Somerset

Pura Cup:           New South Wales

Ford Ranger Cup:        sorry, dont know

KFC Twenty20:          The Colonel?

SuperSport Series:

MTN Domestic Championship:

Pro20:

Ranji Trophy:

Players

International Player Of 2008:     Sangakkara  

Young Player To Watch:       Chawla

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008:       For  Andrei to stop making unfunny jokes and for me to hit him out the park. Oh, and for England to beat SA.

Good luck!
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International Cricket

ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan: - Australia/ Sri Lanka

England in New Zealand - New Zealand

England v New Zealand - NZL

England v South Africa - SOuth Africa

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia:- India

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland:

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County Champions:Surrey

Friends Provident:

Pro40:Kent

Twenty20:

Pura Cup:

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KFC Twenty20:

SuperSport Series:

MTN Domestic Championship:

Pro20:

Ranji Trophy:Orissa

Players

International Player Of 2008:Rahul Dravid

Young Player To Watch:Manoj TIwary

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008: None at the moement.
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ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan: West Indies/Australia

England in New Zealand - New Zealand

(NZ to win ODI series and draw Test series)

England v New Zealand - England

(NZ win ODI series, lose Test series)

England v South Africa - South Africa

(SA to clean up ODI's and Tests)

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia: Pakistan

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland: Ireland

(if Ireland have all their players they should win easy)

Domestic Cricket

County Champions:  Sussex

Friends Provident:   Kent

Pro40:  Somerset

Twenty20:     Notts

Pura Cup:    NSW

Ford Ranger Cup:  Victoria 

KFC Twenty20:    SA

SuperSport Series: Dolphins

MTN Domestic Championship: Eagles

Pro20: Titans

Ranji Trophy: Hyderabad

Players

International Player Of 2008: Ponting

Young Player To Watch: Tamim Iqbal

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008: For my International player of the year choice to be wrong, and McCullum win it instead.

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ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan:

England in New Zealand: I think a draw may be on the cards for the series

England v New Zealand: England win the series

England v South Africa: Close, and I hate to say it but South Africa win

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia: Bangladesh because their U-19's and the senior squad are one of the same

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland: Ireland

Domestic Cricket

County Champions: Yorkshire (bit optimistic but hey, stranger things have happened)

Friends Provident: Durham

Pro40: Not even going to make a prediction here.

Twenty20: I even hate to think about typing it but the team from the wrong side of the Pennines may have a good chance, even though they seem to choke every year. Lancashire, and I really do hope I'm wrong

Pura Cup:

Ford Ranger Cup:

KFC Twenty20:

SuperSport Series:

MTN Domestic Championship:

Pro20:

Ranji Trophy:

Players

International Player Of 2008: Will be a close call but I think that Sangakarra will take it

Young Player(s) To Watch: Adil Rashid, Mark Lawson (Hopefully we'll be daring for some matches and play both together in the County Championship).

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008: For Yorkshire to win the County Championship and for more test cricket rather than loads of ODI's.
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Resolution/Wish:

That the umpiries, namely those who were used in the Jan 2-5 SCG test match are given ample, practical ways in which technology will assist themselves in making the best decisions at crucial stages. Moreover, can we wish for the aid of technology to provide a platform that will enable the true outcome in all forms of the game.
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I've changed my wish. My one now is for ICC to get Bucknor off the umpire panel!

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My prediction: Aussies will enjoy bags of luck in 2008. They always do. Cry
Maybe they are getting lots of good luck. haha


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International Cricket

ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan: Australia/Sri Lanka

England in New Zealand - New Zealand

England v New Zealand - New Zealand

England v South Africa - South Africa

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia: Pakistan

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland: Ireland

Domestic Cricket

County Champions: Surrey

Friends Provident:   Kent

Pro40: Lancashire

Twenty20:   Kent

Pura Cup:    Victoria

Ford Ranger Cup: Tasmania

KFC Twenty20:    Tasmania

SuperSport Series:

MTN Domestic Championship:

Pro20:

Ranji Trophy:

Players

International Player Of 2008: Lee

Young Player To Watch: Cameron White, Ben Hilfenhaus, Adil Rashid and David Hussey.

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008: For Cricket Australia to stop being so greedy with ticket prices. Especially on day 5, where they were still charging pull price for 2 hours of play.

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Originally posted by bondy

Resolution/Wish:

That the umpiries, namely those who were used in the Jan 2-5 SCG test match are given ample, practical ways in which technology will assist themselves in making the best decisions at crucial stages. Moreover, can we wish for the aid of technology to provide a platform that will enable the true outcome in all forms of the game.


Amen to that. Cricket needs to get with the times.
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england to win

 
 
kent to win everthing
 
 
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Originally posted by tommyboy

 
kent to win everthing
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Redbacks will win pura, ford ranger and KFC...have a guess where I'm from? Wink

on a serious note...

International Cricket

ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan:  Champions trophy? news to me

England in New Zealand  England

England v New Zealand  England

England v South Africa  South Africa (Steyn to pwn)

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia:  Aus

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland:  Bangladesh! :D

Domestic Cricket

County Champions:  no idea

Friends Provident: no idea

Pro40: no idea

Twenty20: Kent back to back

Pura Cup: WA

Ford Ranger Cup:  Tasmania

KFC Twenty20:  Victoria

SuperSport Series:?

MTN Domestic Championship:?

Pro20:?

Ranji Trophy:?

Players

International Player Of 2008: Sachin Tendulkar

Young Player To Watch:  Ishant Sharma, Alastair Cook, Dale Steyn

Resolution/Wish   That Australia can find a decent young spinner...
To the optimist, the glass is half full.

To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.

To the engineer, the glass is twice the size it needs to be.
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Big call giving Sachin the player of year!
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ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan:   Those pitches will draw some of the sting from the Aussies' attack and the subcontinental sides will fancy their chances. South Africa  can't be rules out either , but they always find a way of beating themselves. Add to that the loss of Pollock and  his metronomic bowling and I just can't see them having enough.  For me it'll be between Pakistan and India and I'll go for India's allround strength and experience to pull it off.

England v New Zealand   NZ will win the one day series , but it could be a close run thing.  The tests should see an England win , but the home side , even without Bond , will push them hard.  Harmison is under pressure to perform and Hoggard has to prove his fitness after injury. If the English attack functions anything up to their potential they should win the series 2-0 with a possible draw because of bad weather.

England v South Africa    This is the big one for me this year.  The South Africans haven't won a test series in England since 1965 and this year could break that hoodoo.  The youngsters ,Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel , are the  two men that can bring off a series win.  England have seen Steyn , but not the  new , potent version. Morkel is practically unknown and I see him taking a lot of wickets - maybe even more than Steyn as the English batsmen might think hi m a tad easier to play.  Kallis will be targetted , as will Pietersen - both will be crucial cogs if their respective sides are to win.  England have the edge at the top of the order , but the SA  lower order makes more runs.  The wicketkeeper issue could still be a major problem for the home side ,  it needs resolving before the end of the NZ series.
        I'll take England to win 2-1 with the South Africans winning at Lords yet again!  Sidebottom and Panesar will do well.


County Champions:  It has to be Lancashire this year - just let it stop bloody raining !!

Players

International Player Of 2008:   Dale Steyn - the lad's going places.

Young Player To Watch: Morne Morkel and Alistair Cook  - both will  make headlines.

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008:   Less mouth on the field and more cricket.  More input from 3rd Umpires to cut down on the shockers , but only in tests and ODI's

   
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For me it'll be between Pakistan and India and I'll go for India's allround strength and experience to pull it off....


  Talk about kiss of death !!  After today's showing both these sides will lose in the 1st round !
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and to think, you tipped Lancs......
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Rats !  Division 2 here we come !Dead
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Blimey , my blood runs cold at the thought of losing at Grace Road and all that Celtic gloating !
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I'm sure the Lancs members would relish the opportunity to come down here and have their pants bored off by the flashing blade of Boeta Dippenaar
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Don't two members qualify for the T20 world cup?
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CC Champions Trophy in Pakistan: Aus

England in New Zealand NZ

England v New Zealand Eng

England v South Africa SA

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia: Pak

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland: Sco and Can



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Don't two members qualify for the T20 world cup?


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ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan:  India

England in New Zealand: England

England v New Zealand: England

England v South Africa: England

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia: West indies

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland:  Ireland

International Player Of 2008: Who else, Sachin Masterous Tendulkar

Young Player To Watch:  Cook, steyn, sharma and Rp singh

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008: For umpire to stop giving so much bad decisions that benefit aussie and for India to rip them arse in half when they tour india.
August 16th 2009, my team Youth Combine was crowned CHAMPION once more
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ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan:  Australia

England in New Zealand: England

England v New Zealand: England

England v South Africa: South Africa

ICC U-19 World Cup in Malaysia: Pakistan

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Qualifier in Ireland:  Ireland

International Player Of 2008: Brett Lee

Young Player To Watch:  Adam Voges

Resolution/Wish

Cricket’s New Year’s Resolution/Your Wish For 2008: For (most not all) Indian supporters to grow up and accept decisions good or otherwise and realise that cricket does not revolve around the Indian cricket board or its supporters and also, everyone form the ICC board be terminated and they start from scratch with a new team who havent lost the plot and have only left the game relatively recently (no more than twenty years) so they can still be in touch with whats happening currently, and give the players and supporters what they are after. Good, fun, honest, tough and entertaining cricket..



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"I wish my eyes can see as far as all the cricketing nation and not only aussie", would of better wish for 2008, soldier.
 
That word Honest written by you has just given me a big laugh.


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That word Honest written by you has just given me a big laugh.
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