Right then, with the game about to start, let me mention the bloggers competing in our little Champs Trophy Prediction challenge.
We've got Ben from Crucket
Q from Well Pitched
Shaun from SA Cricket Blog
Brian from Different Shades Of Green
Alex from King Cricket
Krish from Kridaya Cricket Blog
All those predictions will be posted in the comments section of this update, including Roscoe's predictions. But here are mine.
Winner - Pakistan
Semi Finalists - SA, Pak, Aus, NZ
SA vs SL
PAK vs WI
SA vs NZ
ENG vs SL
AUS vs WI
IND vs PAK
NZ vs SL
SA vs ENG
AUS vs IND
ENG vs NZ
AUS vs PAK
IND vs WI
Top 3 batsmen (Kallis, Ponting, Dilshan)
Top 3 wicket takers (Lee, Mendis, Bond)
Best Economy (Botha)
Most keeper dismissals (Boucher)
Most sixes (Yuvraj)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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Going to paste the various predictions in the comments section, so the update isn't prohibitively long.
Here's Ben:
Competition Winner: Pakistan (everyone needs to win the CT once and only once; don't see England doing it though)
Semi Finalists - : Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, India
Predict Group Match Results
SA vs SL: SL
PAK vs WI: Pak
SA vs NZ: SA
ENG vs SL: SL
AUS vs WI: Aus
IND vs PAK: Ind
NZ vs SL: SL
SA vs ENG: SA
AUS vs IND: Ind
ENG vs NZ: NZ
AUS vs PAK: Pak
IND vs WI: Ind
Top 3 Runs Scorers: Younis Khan, Martin Guptill, Kumar Sangakkara
Top 3 Wicket Takers: Shane Bond, James Anderson, Mitchell Johnson
Best Economy: Daniel Vettori
Most keeper dismissals: Mark Boucher
Most Sixes: Chris Gayle
From Q:
Competition Winner - Pakistan
Semi Finalists - - Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
Predict Group Match Results
SA vs SL -- SL
PAK vs WI -- Pak
SA vs NZ -- NZ
ENG vs SL -- SL
AUS vs WI -- Aus
IND vs PAK -- Pak
NZ vs SL -- SL
SA vs ENG -- SA
AUS vs IND -- Aus
ENG vs NZ -- NZ
AUS vs PAK -- Aus
IND vs WI -- Ind
Top 3 Runs Scorers - Ricky Ponting, AB De VIliers, Mahela Jayawardene
Top 3 Wicket Takers - - Mohammad Aamer, Dale Steyn, Nuwan Kulasekara
Best Economy -- Daniel Vettori, Saeed Ajmal, Muttiah Muralitharan
Most keeper dismissals -- Kamran Akmal
Most Sixes -- Cameron White
From Krish:
Competition Winner - Australia
Semi Finalists - Australia, India, South Africa, Sri Lanka
SA vs SL => SA
PAK vs WI => PAK
SA vs NZ => SA
ENG vs SL => SL
AUS vs WI => AUS
IND vs PAK => IND
NZ vs SL => SL
SA vs ENG => SA
AUS vs IND => AUS
ENG vs NZ => NZ
AUS vs PAK => AUS
IND vs WI => IND
Top 3 Runs Scorers
* Shane Watson
* Sachin Tendulkar
* Jayasuriya
Top 3 Wicket Takers
* Muralitharan
* Johnson
* Afridi
Best Economy
* Afridi
Most keeper dismissals
* Brad Haddin
Most Sixes
* H Gibbs
From Brian:
Competition Winner (Australia)
Semi Finalists (Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka)
Group Match Results:
SA vs SL (SA)
PAK vs WI (PAK)
SA vs NZ (SA)
ENG vs SL (SL)
AUS vs WI (AUS)
IND vs PAK (PAK)
NZ vs SL (SL)
SA vs ENG (SA)
AUS vs IND (AUS)
ENG vs NZ (NZ)
AUS vs PAK (AUS)
IND vs WI (IND)
Top 3 Runs Scorers (Ponting, de Villiers, Dilshan)
Top 3 Wicket Takers (Lee, Mendis, Malinga)
Best Economy (Mendis)
Most keeper dismissals (Sangakkara)
Most Sixes (Johnson)
From Shaun:
Competition Winner: Australia
Semi Finalists - Australia, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka
SA vs SL - SA
PAK vs WI - PAK
SA vs NZ - SA
ENG vs SL - SL
AUS vs WI - AUS
IND vs PAK - IND
NZ vs SL - SL
SA vs ENG - SA
AUS vs IND - IND
ENG vs NZ - ENG
AUS vs PAK - AUD
IND vs WI - IND
Top 3 Runs Scorers - AB de Villiers, Tendulkar, Ponting
Top 3 Wicket Takers - Parnell, Brett Lee and Harbhajan Singh
Best Economy - Johan Botha
Most keeper dismissals - Mark Boucher
Most Sixes - AB de Villiers
And Alex is so confident in the rest of us being useless that he only picked a tournament winner: Sri Lanka
Oh yeah, and here are Roscoe's picks:
Competition Winner: SA
Semi Finalists - Australia, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka
SA vs SL - SA
PAK vs WI - PAK
SA vs NZ - SA
ENG vs SL - SL
AUS vs WI - AUS
IND vs PAK - PAK
NZ vs SL - SL
SA vs ENG - SA
AUS vs IND - IND
ENG vs NZ - NZ
AUS vs PAK - AUS
IND vs WI - IND
Top 3 Runs Scorers - Smith, Ponting, Ghambir
Top 3 Wicket Takers - Murali, Lee, Sharma
Best Economy - Gul
Most keeper dismissals - Sangakarra
Most Sixes - Yuvraj
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