Ashes Predictions

[Mr Bean]

With under 3 weeks to go get your Ashes predictions in.

Series Result: Aus 4-0 (Pommy rain will save the Poms once)
Player of the Series: Steve Smith
Most Wickets: Hazelwood
Top Run Scorer: Smith
Best player for Aus: Smith
Best player for ENG: Stokes
Aus most disappointing Player: Watson (won't perform until series is wrapped up)
ENG most disappointing Player: Bell. (Sherminator is back)
Amount of times Shane Warne will say Michael Clarke's name: 86
Wickets James Anderson will take: 12
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: Cook sacked as capt, Root new skipper. Harris knees finally force him to retire.


Get em in so we can be wrong by August.

 

[Twizzle]

I pretty much agree with all your selections

 

[TheParraboy]

Series Result: Aus 2-1 (Poms wil snag one, one result draw due to weather)
Player of the Series: Josh Hazlewood
Most Wickets: Hazelwood
Top Run Scorer: Joe Root
Best player for Aus: Smith
Best player for ENG: Root
Aus most disappointing Player: Johnson
ENG most disappointing Player: Cook
Amount of times Shane Warne will say Michael Clarke's name: how do we measure this? ill say 20 times per test
Wickets James Anderson will take: 17
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: England to pick more South African players in the future. Micky Arthur immediately hired as coach.

Australian Retirees: 4 players - Clarke, Harris, Rogers, Haddin to all announce retirement from all forms of the game after securing the ashes (or after securing them)

Mission impossible KP and Jonathon Trott to make their test recalls during the ashes

Mission Impossible II Shane Watson to score a century

 

[JJ]

Series Result: Aus 3-1
Player of the Series: Steve Smith
Most Wickets: Anderson (I think the Aussie quicks will share them too evenly)
Top Run Scorer: Smith
Best player for Aus: Smith
Best player for ENG: Root/Anderson
Aus most disappointing Player: Watson (is it still possible for him to disappoint?) - Warner is my second choice, given there are very big expectations of him (I expect Watson, Marsh and Haddin to all be pretty shit, but that's expected as opposed to disappointment
ENG most disappointing Player: Bell. (likewise - although people actually expect him to perform)
Amount of times Shane Warne will say Michael Clarke's name: depends on how many minutes he has on air
Wickets James Anderson will take: 21
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: Aust retain Ashes, Poms play better than many expected. Harris retires after another excellent series (perhaps after Australian summer), Australian selectors continue to select Marsh and Watson

 

[Tommy Smith]

Series Result: Aus 4-1
Player of the Series: Mitchell Starc
Most Wickets: Mitchell Starc
Top Run Scorer: Steve Smith
Best player for Aus: Mitchell Starc
Best player for ENG: Joe Root
Aus most disappointing Player: Brad Haddin
ENG most disappointing Player: Stuart Broad
Amount of times Shane Warne will say Michael Clarke's name 10^10
Wickets James Anderson will take: 15
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: Harris to retire. Haddin to continue his free ride in the team. And the English status quo to remain because it's a Boy's Club.

 

[African Monkey]

Series Result: Eng 2-1 (somebody has to)
Player of the Series: Ben Stokes
Most Wickets: Ryan Harris
Top Run Scorer: Steve Smith
Best player for Aus: Steve Smith
Best player for ENG: Ben Stokes
Aus most disappointing Player: David Warner
ENG most disappointing Player: Joe Root
Amount of times Shane Warne will say Michael Clarke's name: 457(about the same amount of times he'll say KP and Michael Carberry)
Wickets James Anderson will take: 22
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: Harris, Clarke and Rogers to retire.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Series will be 2-2,can't be bothered with any other predictions

 

[ggmu]

Series Result: Aus 3-1(will be closer then people think)
Player of the Series: Steve Smith
Most Wickets: Anderson
Top Run Scorer: Smith
Best player for Aus: Smith
Best player for ENG: Root
Aus most disappointing Player: Watson/Rodgers
ENG most disappointing Player: Whoever opens with cook
Amount of times Shane Warne will say Michael Clarke's name: 200000
Wickets James Anderson will take: 25
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: No idea

 

[The Roth]

Series Result: Aus 3-1 with Poms to win one via a Stokes brilliance or a lethal Broad spell.
Player of the Series: Steve Smith
Most Wickets: Harris
Top Run Scorer: Smith
Best player for Aus: Smith & Harris
Best player for ENG: Root & Stokes
Aus most disappointing Player: Watson
ENG most disappointing Player: Moeen Ali. Aus batters will target him.
Amount of times Shane Warne will say Michael Clarke's name: About as much as he mentions KP, cooking and Cooks captaincy shortfalls.
Wickets James Anderson will take: 18
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: Multiple retirements for Aus. Ian Chappell to still whine about Bell not batting at number 3 and Cooks captaincy.
After a disastrous tour of Eng Watson promises to unleash the real Shane Watson for the upcoming summer.
A few selection surprises for Eng later in the year when they tour South Africa.

 

[Blade23]

Series Result: Eng 2-1 Rain will deny Aus twice before Poms get confidence up.
Player of the Series: Cook. A win or moral boosting draw will unleash the shackles.
Most Wickets: Hazelwood
Top Run Scorer: Cook
Best player for Aus: Smith
Best player for ENG: Cook & Stokes
Aus most disappointing Player: Clarke's back, Harris Knee and Watson's hammy will all play up.
ENG most disappointing Player: Ballance
Amount of times Shane Warne will say Michael Clarke's name: None I won't be listening to the him in my household. Radio all the way.
Wickets James Anderson will take: 18
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: Aus finally have pants pull down after carrying old and injury plague players. Harris, Watson, Marsh and Watson will all break down during the series.
Picture of Shane Warne & Caitlyn (Bruce) Jennar will surface in bed.
OBE's for England's new brigade.

 

[JW]

Hadds to get under the skin of Stokes/Buttler, leading to some memorable meltdowns.

 

[JJ]

Hadds to get under the skin of Stokes/Buttler, leading to some memorable meltdowns.

By Haddin, or them? Guess Haddin will have to do something useful, so this might be his mission

 

[Buzzard Breath]

Fallout once the series is over for both sides:
Picture of Shane Warne & Caitlyn (Bruce) Jennar will surface in bed.

:lol::lol::lol:
Any holes a goal for Warnie.

 

[Meapro Ham]

Only rain can save England from a 5-0 loss. Australia are just all over them in every department at the moment.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

Home team doesn't lose 5-0 in Ashes series,simply doesn't happen and won't happen here.

 

[Twizzle]

lol, check the '89 ashes series

4 zip white wash cuz 1 was washed out and only the rain saved the poms

 

[The Charlatan]

Series Result: Aus 3-0 with two washouts
Player of the Series: Steve Smith
Most Wickets: Hazelwood
Top Run Scorer: Smith
Best player for Aus: Smith
Best player for ENG: Broad
Aus most disappointing Player: Watson
ENG most disappointing Player: Bell
Amount of times Shane Warne will say Michael Clarke's name: 1,658,713,653,546
Wickets James Anderson will take: 15
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: Cook sacked, Watson finally dropped, Clarke retires. Poms whinge incessantly for another 18 months.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

lol, check the '89 ashes series

4 zip white wash cuz 1 was washed out and only the rain saved the poms

4 zip is not 5 zip

Maths 1
Twizzle 0
Angus Fraser 0

 

[Rabbits20]

Series Result: Aus 3-1
Player of the Series: Steve Smith
Most Wickets: Anderson (I think the Aussie quicks will share them too evenly)
Top Run Scorer: Smith
Best player for Aus: Smith
Best player for ENG: Root/Anderson
Aus most disappointing Player: Watson (is it still possible for him to disappoint?) - Warner is my second choice, given there are very big expectations of him (I expect Watson, Marsh and Haddin to all be pretty shit, but that's expected as opposed to disappointment
ENG most disappointing Player: Bell. (likewise - although people actually expect him to perform)
Amount of times Shane Warne will say Michael Clarke's name: depends on how many minutes he has on air
Wickets James Anderson will take: 21
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: Aust retain Ashes, Poms play better than many expected. Harris retires after another excellent series (perhaps after Australian summer), Australian selectors continue to select Marsh and Watson

I agree with all of that.

 

[lockyno1]

Series result: 3-1 Australia
Player of the Series: Josh Hazelewood
Top run scorer: Adam Voges
Best player for Aus: Hazelwood
Best player for ENG: Ben Stokes
Aus most disappointing Player: Mitchell Johnson
ENG most disappointing Player: Jos Buttler
Wickets James Anderson will take: 16
Fallout once the series is over for both sides: Harris announces immediate retirement post Ashes.