Some predictions...
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Topic: Some predictions...
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Subject: Some predictions...
Date Posted: 11 February 2011 at 5:29pm
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Some simple predictions we can make for the WC 2011... Winners: Pakistan
Runners Up: India
Highest Run Getter: Hashim Amla
Highest Wicket Taker: Umer Gul
Player of the series: Shane Watson
Young Player (under 23) to watch out for: George Dockrell
------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
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Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 4:34am
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Winners: India
Runners Up: SA
Highest Run Getter: Sachin Tendulkar
Highest Wicket Taker: Zaheer Khan
Player of the series: Yuvraj Singh
Young Player (under 23) to watch out for: Southee ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 6:09am
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Winner: Pakistan
Runner up: Australia Most runs: Sachin Most wickets: Lee Most sixes: Razzaq Player of the tournament: Watson Most catches: Kohli |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 8:27am
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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 |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 2:45pm
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It won't be wise to leave out Shakib, Zuhair. For the initial stages it is better to pick some Kenya players as well because they play 2 games very quickly. Odoyo is a good pick, so is Tikolo. My team for the initial part is somewhat different but overall I'll most;y have the following players:
Tamim
Hashim
Kohli
Younus
Watson
Shakib
Kallis
Sangakkara
Gul
Malinga
Morne
I'll keep some players from minnow teams (when some of these players are not playing) at all times to be able to maintain the budget. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 12 February 2011 at 5:52pm
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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. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: 1Daz
Date Posted: 13 February 2011 at 11:08pm
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Winners: South Africa
Runners Up: England
Highest Run Getter: Johnathon Trott
Highest Wicket Taker: Tim Southee
Player of the series: Graeme Swann
Young Player (under 23) to watch out for: Southee ------------- Some people are only alive because it is illegal to kill them! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 2:29am
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Winners: India
Runners Up: Pakistan
Highest Run Getter: Sachin Tendulkar
Highest Wicket Taker: Murali
Player of the series: Sachin Tendulkar
Young Player (under 23) to watch out for: Darren Bravo ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: abubakar52
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 4:50am
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Winners:Sri Lanka
Runners Up: Australia Highest run Getter: RT Ponting Highest Wicket taker: Imran Tahir Young Player to watch: Ahmed Shahzad |
Posted By: kirankri
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 8:26am
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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. Teams like SA, Srilanka who play every game seriously (even if they are qualified for QFs) has more chances of topping the groups. Keeping that in mind, my prediction (in order) would be:
Group A-
Srilanka
Australia
Pakistan
NewZealand
Group B-
South Africa
India
England
West Indies
From Qf stage, it is a matter of one game and anything can happen.
Sri - WI - Srilanka has more chances
Aus-Eng - Australia has more chances (unless England intentionally didn't take it seriously in recent series)
Pak-Ind - India has more chances
Nz-SA - SA has more chances
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Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 8:54am
| Ian Chappell has picked his WC favorites - Five of them - huh. |
Posted By: Ahmed
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 5:38pm
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Winners: Pakistan
Runners Up: South Africa
Highest Run Getter: Hashim Amla
Highest Wicket Taker: Malinga
Player of the series: Afridi
Young Player to watch out for: Junaid Khan
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Posted By: Ahmed
Date Posted: 14 February 2011 at 6:03pm
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My dream team: Shane Watson Hashim Amla Mahela Jayawardene AB de Villiers (WK) Umar Akmal David Hussey Abdul Razaq Shahid Afridi Lasith Malinga Morne Morkel Imran Tahir |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 17 February 2011 at 5:25am
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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! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 17 February 2011 at 1:03pm
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Yes Sledger, I don't think Australia stand a chance in this one, not reaching the finals anyway. India were hot yesterday, the batting is so powerful and dangerous. With them in their backyard and that their spinners seem to be in form, the bowling looks much better now. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: vote4peace
Date Posted: 23 February 2011 at 11:06am
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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. |
Posted By: Cleaner
Date Posted: 02 March 2011 at 3:57am
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No mention of Australia?
Interesting?
Watch how many bad umpiring decisions the Aussies get? Very few, I bet (because umpires always seem to give Oz batsmen the benefit of the doubt?). If few decisions against them, they could do better and better as they go on!
India - will be "done" by bad umpiring decisions at critical points / critical players! Also, their bowling is not up to scratch!
South Africa - they are the form team in all departments. Amla always plays well against India, subcontinental countries.
Key factor will be umpires ie. which part of the world they are from in the critical match-ups, eg. India vs South Africa; if umpires from Oz / England / Pakistan, then India will be lucky to get 50-50 decisions or 50% of decisions!!
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 02 March 2011 at 12:55pm
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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. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 02 March 2011 at 1:11pm
I like 50% of that prediction ! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 02 March 2011 at 6:07pm
Someday Sledge, those South Africans would be happy to get you out of their country.  ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: sundar skanda
Date Posted: 07 March 2011 at 5:07am
| WINNERS: Srilanka /Australia/India/Pakistan......watch it! |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 07 March 2011 at 5:26am
4 winners sundar ? That might not be within the rules . ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 12 March 2011 at 5:47pm
| personally, I think it's very hard to predict who will win. it's turning out to be a very interesting world cup though. No doubt India will definitely be favourites. The team I like is not playing good cricket at all so.....:S |
Posted By: vote4peace
Date Posted: 21 March 2011 at 7:47am
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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 distrust a camel.. and anyone else who can go a week without a drink. 
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Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 21 March 2011 at 8:14am
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Now this is real prediction time!!! I don't think England are beating the Lankans on thier home soil. So that is where I differ. Saf and Pak should be through. India Australia match would be a good one too - it won't be a close one - it will be a hammering - for either of the team. India need more than 10 overs of Zaheer Khan if they are to win three knock out games and I don't see that happening.
I interviewed Rashid Latif at the start of the World Cup (for the newspaper I work for), and he tipped Pakistan and South Africa for the finals. May well be right!! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 21 March 2011 at 5:14pm
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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. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: kahmad
Date Posted: 21 March 2011 at 5:27pm
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That would be my predections: 1st Quarter Final - Pakistan v West Indies - Winner : Pakistan 2nd Quarter Final - India v Australia - Winner : Australia 3rd Quarter Final - New Zealand v South Africa - Winner : South Africa 4th Quarter Final - Sri Lanka v England - Winner : Sri Lanka I dont think Australia will repeat the mistakes which they did again Pakistan. We might see some aggression from them in the remaining matches. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 21 March 2011 at 6:43pm
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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. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 22 March 2011 at 5:50am
| It will have to be Zaheer Khan if India do manage to win it. India's well documented problem is their bowling and Zaheer will have to stand tall and perform single handedly, which is why India has the rarest of chances to go the distance. That is my two cents. |
Posted By: vote4peace
Date Posted: 22 March 2011 at 9:47am
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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. ------------- I distrust a camel.. and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
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Posted By: vote4peace
Date Posted: 22 March 2011 at 10:47am
A related link that shows some of the MOM of the Knock-out games. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/cricket-world-cup-2011/news/Heroes-who-landed-the-knockout-blows/articleshow/7750017.cms - http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/cricket-world-cup-2011/news/Heroes-who-landed-the-knockout-blows/articleshow/7750017.cms Interestingly Waugh hasn't won one yet. Though his century against SA 99 was akin to a Knock-out stage one. And I don't believe having not won one makes anyone a lesser player than they are. Winning it though gloats out in your resume. ------------- I distrust a camel.. and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
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Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 22 March 2011 at 1:39pm
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Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 22 March 2011 at 5:43pm
Your point is valid Zuhair, but Gambhir is one of those players who likes it at the big stage, he was the one who scored a match winning knock in the 2007 WT20 against PAK. I have seen him in 2008 (I think it was 08 or may be 07) Ranjhi Trophy final and the way he played in that game was just amazing, sheer class and you could sense it that he is a man who has a real BIG future ahead of him. Zaheer on the other hand was all over the place in 2003 WC final, and although it was a long long time ago, Zaheer hasn't really done special things in the WC's. Even against BAN in 2007 WC he was all over the place. ------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 22 March 2011 at 10:29pm
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Zaheer is a different bowler now, was a key difference in the Windies game in that he cleaned up Smith.
By the way, West Indies will be beating Pakistan tomorrow. Roach will blow down the incompetent top order!! Bishoo will take care of the wreckless Afridi and co. No sarcasm here, just the way I see it! It's not Roach alone to take out wickets - the 4 of Russell, Roach, Rampaul and Bishoo should be playing tomorrow.
Ok, i'm back to earth, I reckon West Indies will bowl well but man, their batting sucks at the moment. If Gayle doesn't score runs, then i'd be very worried! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 23 March 2011 at 5:06pm
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It was always going to be Gayle vs Gul early on spinny and it is not good to have such reliance on one single player, there are various reasons to have hope though, that is how life always is, you need to look forward and move on, only then you can achieve great heights, I'm sure WI will bounce back sooner rather than later. Darren Bravo will surely be one for the future, I would love to see Jerome Taylor and Dwayne Bravo back in for PAK and IND series.
------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 24 March 2011 at 3:13am
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I don't think Jerome Taylor is ever going to be back, he broke down in the last first class game that Jamaica played. No official word yet on what injury it is this time, rumour has it a muscle in the back but one thing we know is that it is a back injury and that's not good.
Fidel Edwards is back playing for Barbados, he might be back for the series against Pakistan at home.
Fret not, West Indies will do better in the tests. That's because Pollard wouldn't be playing for 1, Barath should be back and the stability of Nash and Chanderpaul. Sammy is the only problem. Chris Gayle and co are to blame though, they refused to sign the retainer contract so it was only left up to Sammy and Nash - rocket science isn't needed to tell you which they would have gone with. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 24 March 2011 at 6:28pm
| I'm guessin that u strongly dislike Pollard. I didn't know that there was a home series against Pak. Hopefully they recover from their losses in this world cup. I dont believe that this WI team has any amazing players. what they have is a few younger players with potential. |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 24 March 2011 at 7:09pm
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I don't dislike anyone Daisy but when a Cricketer isn't up to it, i'll call for him to be dropped. Ponting have some annoying behaviour when he's fielding but I don't hold a grudge against the man, I love watching him bat!
Always have love for our fellow men, and the world would be so much better off! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 25 March 2011 at 5:50am
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Pollard's a product of T20 mania , technically he's rubbish !! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: vote4peace
Date Posted: 25 March 2011 at 10:09am
Add Yusuf Pathan to that list
I second that!!!  Peace Maan ------------- I distrust a camel.. and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
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Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 25 March 2011 at 12:44pm
| Well Spin there are other players in that windies side that doesn't perform either.....and we both know that |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 25 March 2011 at 5:10pm
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Yes I know but for the World Cup xi, its just Devon Smith, Sammy and Pollard. Most of the other guys were newbies along with the seniors of Sarwan, Gayle and Shiv. So that's why i'd more single out Smith, Sammy and Pollard. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 25 March 2011 at 6:02pm
| Some of those senior players did not perform either. Chanderpaul wasn't himself and Sarwan he just never played any great innings either |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 26 March 2011 at 11:34pm
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I now realised I made a mistake above, saying Smith didn't perform, he was windies leading run scorer. Chris Gayle is out injured with a hernia tear or something - out for a few weeks, not sure how much as yet! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 27 March 2011 at 6:44pm
| Ok at this point..I predict a Pak vs SL final! |
Posted By: vote4peace
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 5:56am
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Even I feel that it could be a Pak-SL final, even though my heart disagrees all the signs show otherwise.
India has beaten Pak on the previous 4 occasions in the WC and its time the law of average caught up. Also in all those 4 games Pak had entered as favourite and lost. This time the boot is on the other foot as India enters the match as favourites. Pakistan has a good record against India at mohali having chased the target of 330 successfully the last time round. So I predict a PAK-SL finals ( do hope I go wrong). ------------- I distrust a camel.. and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
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Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 7:33am
| And I hope you are spot on mate. |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 8:03pm
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I predict a PAK-NZL final... (still shocked that RSA aren't there)
------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 6:40am
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Sorry Sam , I just can't see any way that New Zealand can beat Sri Lanka in Columbo - even if Murali is ruled out by injury. New Zealand are like Kentucky Fried Chicken - you know exactly what you're going to get , no surprises , the same each and every time. They'll field like demons , catch almost everything , bat tenaciously , in other words , to their absolute limit. Sadly , that won't be enough against a side that is simply much better in two of the three disciplines. Their fielding was awful against England and I expect that to improve - they want another Final. The word is that they'll be playing on the same pitch as Saturday's match. That's not ideal , but the Lankan batsmen are better equipped to handle it. I think they'll win comfortably. ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: sam_ahmed
Date Posted: 29 March 2011 at 7:37pm
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as it turns out you were right Zuhair, although NZL did gave them a bit
of a scare but in the end I thought they were good 30-40 runs short on
that track, I was expecting them to score somewhere around 250 and that
would have been a very competitive score but they fell well short.
------------- God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you! |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 6:19am
I've had a name change ! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 6:21am
This fella knows his cricket !! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 30 March 2011 at 2:31pm
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Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 03 April 2011 at 4:28am
Ohh! Almost there, but not quite.Think I got lucky one more time with my little predictions.
Just read SA as SL , 18 runs short by SRT
 .Of all my predicitons, the one I liked the most was regarding Yuvraj's man of the tournament prediciton. If you ask me , what I felt before the tournament I felt very strongly about two underachievers. One was Yuvraj and other was KP.I could see the hunger in them to perform. Sadly KP had to leave midway just when it seemed he was warming up himself for bigger matches. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 6:50am
| Got to admit - you are the new Paul!!!! Well done mate |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 12:04pm
 . I might never better this accuracy again in such a big tournament with so many players.
Thanks to Sam for raising this thread,otherwise I would not have predicted player for each of the category. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 12:23pm
| But you should have done better than picking South Africa as the runners up - anyone but them Raj!! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 12:38pm
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Yes, I was more biased towards Group B. I expected all Group B teams to be semis.SA and Ind by capability, while I just hoped WI and Eng get lucky in Quarters. I was over ambitious about WI.Then I assumed SA to beat WI/Eng if they face them in semis. (I secretly knew SL/Pak have better chance as we are all playing in Sub-continent, I just did not want to believe it EDIT : I should have given some weightage to SA's age old ability to err ...... forget it. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: vote4peace
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 12:46pm
As it turned all the teams of group A but Australia reached the semis. Guess everyone else ran out of fuel after a tough Group B battle. Everyone But ofcourse... Ahem .. Forgive the gloating just couldn't resist.. Must be pardoned in the name of being euphoric and a little light-headed . ------------- I distrust a camel.. and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
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Posted By: zuhair_abbasi
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 12:57pm
| How is the mood in India two days after? Still in celebration mode? I can only be envious |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 04 April 2011 at 1:39pm
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Yes Zuhair, it is still in the celebration but little quiter now.The fizz has calmed down a bit. How can it go on , many have lost their vocal cords temporarily after that frenzy celebrations.Few states have holiday today, where celebration is still going on. The TV channel won't stop till another week or so . All in all, it kind of light celebrations are still on. Work has taken backseat for sure, I can assure that productivity will be at the least almost at all places. Wherever and whenever outside I go, I either hear Yuvraj, Dhoni, Sachin, Zaheer, Gautam's being discussed.
Streets still have not got rid of cracker garbage yet (blame it on the corporations). Sweet stalls have been emptied. Food joints are buzzing in eveing. Eating out and partying among friends is going on. Restaurants have been busy, Facebook , Twitter feeds/updates are still overflowing in friends network, can't read em all. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: MalhotraRaj84
Date Posted: 10 April 2011 at 5:13am
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Yuvraj's best days ahead for next 5-6 years.Sub-Continent or Foreign pitches, he will be run machine. I see him making comeback in Test side aswell in future. ------------- Race to No 1 again ... started! |
Posted By: Mikey
Date Posted: 10 April 2011 at 6:05am
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Yuvraj looks as fit as I have seen him in a long time. He'll continue to be a decent all rounder in ODI cricket, that spin bowling of his is quite handy alongside his powerful batting.
It's going to be hard to push into that test side though! Few other incumbents! |