World Cup Prediction Thread

[Covvy]

It's pretty hard to judge really. I mean these days all the keeper has to do is keep reasonable well because his batting form is more important than his keeping form (that's what everyone thinks this day & age). You'd probably find that somewhere is the best keeper in the world, but he can't get a game cause he can't bat.

 

[coolz_hari]

Players
Best Batsman- Sachin Tendulkar
Best Bowler- M Muralitharan
Best New Player- Hasihm Amla
Best youngest player-Virat kohli
Most surprising player- E Morgan
Biggest Flops- Kevin Pieterson


Teams
Best Team- India / South Africa
Best Minnow Team- Bangladesh
Biggest Flops- England/ Australia


Misc.
Best Match of the Tournament- England Vs Australia or India Vs Pakistan
Moment of the Tournament- World Cup Winning minute
Most shocking moment- Bangladesh reaching the semis

 

[Aoun13]

Players
Best Batsman- Hashim Amla \ Sachin Tendulkar
Best Bowler- Wahab Riaz \ Brett Lee
Best New Player- Ahmed Shezad \ Eoin Morgan
Best youngest player- Ahmed Shezad
Most surprising player- Shahid Afridi
Biggest Flops- Sehwag or Misbah


Teams
Best Team- Australia, Srilanka, India
Best Minnow Team- Ireland
Biggest Flops- India, England
Dark Horse- Pakistan

Misc.
Best Match of the Tournament- India vs Pakistan Final
Moment of the Tournament- Afridi wining the Worldcup or Sachin announcing retirement with a WC trophy in hands.
Most shocking moment- Sachin getting out on 99 in Worldcup Final.

 

[6ry4nj]

Players
Best Batsman - Jacques Kallis
Best Bowler - Ajantha Mendis
Best New Player - Angelo Mathews
Most surprising player - Tim Bresnan
Biggest Flops - Shaun Tait (does he even qualify?)

Teams
Best Team - Sri Lanka
Best Minnow Team - Ireland
Biggest Flops - South Africa

Misc.
Best Match of the Tournament - India vs Sri Lanka
Moment of the Tournament - Opening/Closing Ceremony event featuring the three host captains.
Most shocking moment - Another spot-fixing/match-fixing scandal.

 

[AkshayS]

Players
Best Batsman - Sachin Tendulkar
Best Bowler - Lasith Malinga
Best New Player - Virat Kohli
Most surprising player - Tamim Iqbal/Michael Clarke
Biggest Flops - Shaun Tait/Imran Tahir

Teams
Best Team - India
Best Minnow Team - Ireland
Biggest Flops - South Africa

Misc.
Best Match of the Tournament - India vs South Arfica
Moment of the Tournament - The final, and a new nation(India) holding the trophy
Most shocking moment -
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[StinkyBoHoon]

Players
Best Batsman - Kallis
Best Bowler - Shakib Al Hasan
Best New Player - I don't know if he counts as new but Angelo Mathews
Most surprising player - Raina to return to top ODI form :/
Biggest Flops - Mitchell Johnson, Pietersen, Mendis

Teams
Best Team - India
Best Minnow Team - Canada
Biggest Flops - New Zealand, kinda obviously given their form and preperation, I rate bangladesh above them at this world cup.

Misc.
Best Match of the Tournament - Bangladesh versus England in the groups, Pakistan v India in the semi finals
Moment of the Tournament - winning 6 off the last ball in said semi final
Most shocking moment - mitchell johnson to bowl no wides in a game.

 

[AbhishekS]

Biggest Flops- Chris Gayle

This is what has turned out to be true for me, waiting for the tournament to end and see that how close I was in my wild predictions.

 

[AsadAbrar]

Most shocking moment-Pakistan players not fixing any match

I don't disagree to the fact that Pakistan can turn out to be the silent-horses and surprise everyone. They might even reach the finals if they don't fix any match and play to their full potential.

I am expecting at least three teams out of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and England to reach the semis.

Pakistan is the only team which fixed matches, Cronje and Azharuddin were fixed too! Don't they belong to India and South Africa?


It's really bad if you convict Pakistan of all match fixing, the international media has exploited a single event much.

 

[AbhishekS]

Pakistan is the only team which fixed matches, Cronje and Azharuddin were fixed too! Don't they belong to India and South Africa?

That was years back, the Pakistani match fixing issue is fairly recent. Even the Pakistani politicians are asking the players to stay out of all this for the SF.

Pakistan on match-fixing alert | Cricket World Cup 2011, Live Cricket | Fox Sports

 

[Aditya]

I'm not sure but was it proved that Cronje and Azharuddin fixed the matches? I guess it was proved in Cronje's case but I'm not sure what happened to Azharuddin.

 

[AsadAbrar]

That was years back, the Pakistani match fixing issue is fairly recent. Even the Pakistani politicians are asking the players to stay out of all this for the SF.

Pakistan on match-fixing alert | Cricket World Cup 2011, Live Cricket | Fox Sports

Oh, the one you are talking about is Rehman Malik, you must see Imran Khan's reaction to his speech.

 

[Aoun13]

I'm not sure but was it proved that Cronje and Azharuddin fixed the matches? I guess it was proved in Cronje's case but I'm not sure what happened to Azharuddin.

It was clearly proved about Salim Malik, Azharuddin and Cronje as match fixers.