World Cup Predictions

How wrong I was: http://www.cricketworld.com/media_centre/article/?aid=9974

Mind, the bit about something going wrong in the final was right though!

Maybe I overreacted a bit - Tonksy's predictions were made on 5th April - quite some time after the WC had started!!!

Originally posted by tonks007 These are my predictions: Semi Final 1 - Australia vs South Africa - Australia wins   Semi Final 2 - New Zealand vs Sri Lanka - NZ wins   WC Final - Australia beats NZ and gets 3 in a row.   This WC top four/five are so close and could be any ones! Even Englands!!!

 Perfect Tonksy , well done matey!!  We'll have to see how your semifinal predictions turn out.

  I've been through the entire thread and Tonksy wasn't the only member to predict the final four , but he was the only fella to get the semifinal pairings correct.

  Others that deserve a small pat on the back are Watson , Superbokkie , Migera , Jayasuriya , SL Lion and vipera russelli - all selected Aus , NZ , SL and SA.

   For info , I had India in for NZ - dumb huh!!



 

Hi,

 I agree with the obvious four making the semifinals - the only possible partypooper being England , after the hosts third successive loss. 
    Commonsense tells me it won't happen - England look pretty average , but a couple of rain-affected matches or complete washouts might just upset the applecart.
   I sincerely hope it doesn't happen and the best 4 sides progress , but it is a possibility.

I agree with a NZ-SA and an AUS-SL semifinal match-up, but it could be ANY combination of the above four. The way I see it, if South Africa make the final they will win it, but they have to get through that semi-final 'psychological barrier', so to speak. If Australia play anyone other than SA in the final, they will win it. Otherwise, I would pick Sri Lanka to win. NZ are the outside chance, and beyond that, England are a vain outside possibility to sneak into the semis (but unlikely). West Indies look gone. SA for the cup!

Aus vs SL semi final. SAF vs NZ will be the other. The winner of the former semi final will take the cup (Aus or Sri Lanka)

 I've just had a thought (it happens occasionally!).  Towards the end of the super 8's it's likely that one , possibly two sides will have secured a place in the semifinals.  That allows them some leeway in how they approach those last matches and could give rise to some "shock" results.
     My idea is simple , the teams finishing 1st and 2nd have the choice of bowling or batting in their respective semifinal. That would dispense with the toss and reward the sides that performed best in the super 8 stage.

     It strikes me as a good idea and will make the sides really push for a top two finish.

      I'll write the ICC and see if they'll implement it for 2011 !!

Well.....your prediction is very possible. However, you said Aus/NZ...I think that the Aussies have the edge over NZ. They are a good team but I think that Aus is a bit better than them.

Pakistan and Sri Lanka for the win.
I had lost my internet this morning. And I just came back from my exams.

So that explains why your boys beat Aus a couple of months back, Bondy. It wasn't their skill - Aus were just missing players.

I never suggested they wern't contenders, but you couldn't call them consistant could you? My post was in reply to bondy suggesting that because they are in the top 4 it made them consistant, hence my reference to pakistan also being there.

"making them in the top four ODI sides in the world"

Are you suggesting the kiwis are consistant bondy?

Mojo's leaving out NZ and you guys argee?? These pitches are our own domain. Don't write us kiwis off!!! My likely semi finalists are SA, Aus, Sri Lanka and NZ.

Edited by bond2322 - 20 March 2007 at 10:36am