Monday, September 21, 2009

Champs Trophy Predictions


I'm really looking forward to the Champs Trophy, which begins tomorrow. There's something about the lack of fat on the fixture list that I find very appealing. Less appealing is watching SA crash out at the semi final stage but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. I've asked some cricket bloggers to have a crack at a little prediction tournament and if you want to join in, simply leave your answers in the comments section of this update. BEFORE the tournament starts.

Roscoe and my predictions, along with those of any other bloggers, will be posted tomorrow.

Competition Winner (26 pts)
Semi Finalists - (4 teams in no particular order for 10pts each)

Predict Group Match Results (2 pts for each correct result)

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 Runs Scorers (In no particular order - 5pts for each batsman in top 3)
Top 3 Wicket Takers (In no particular order - 5 pts for each bowler in top 3)

Best Economy (10 pts if correct, 2 pts if bowler is only 2nd best)
Most keeper dismissals (10 pts if correct, 2 pts if keeper is only 2nd best)
Most Sixes (10 pts if correct, 2 pts if batsman is 2nd best)

7 comments:

skroegerj said...

Thanks for putting this up Darren... here are my predictions...


Competition Winner : SL

Semi-finalists : SL, SA, AUS, IND

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 - ENG
AUS vs IND - AUS
ENG vs NZ - NZ
AUS vs PAK - AUS
IND vs WI - IND

Top 3 Runs Scorers :
TM Dilshan
Graeme Smith
Gautam Gambhir


Top 3 Wicket Takers :
Lasith Malinga
Umar Gul
Wayne Parnell


Best Economy - Saeed Ajmal
Most keeper dismissals - Kumar Sangakkara
Most Sixes - Albie Morkel


:D

Sean on September 22, 2009 at 2:41 PM said...

only 2 overs late
Competition Winner- SA
Semi Finalists - SA, Aus, India, Sri lanker


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- Nz
AUS vs PAK-Aus
IND vs WI-ind

Top 3 Runs Scorers AB de villiers, Ponting, Sanath Jayasuriya
Top 3 Wicket Takers D steyn, malinga, Afridi

Best Economy- Daniel Vettori
Most keeper dismissals- Doni
Most Sixes Albie Morkel

Anonymous said...

Is the competition still open? I was travelling, sorry :)

Anonymous said...

If it is my entry is below:

Competition Winner : SL

Semi-finalists : SL, SA, PAK, IND

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 :
Umar Akmal
TM Dilshan
Gautam Gambhir


Top 3 Wicket Takers :
Dale Steyn
Brett Lee
Harbhajan Singh


Best Economy - Ajantha Mendis
Most keeper dismissals - MS Dhoni
Most Sixes - Yuvraj Singh

Darren Buser on September 23, 2009 at 3:18 PM said...

Will count it but minus 10 cos you've got some potentially first match impacting picks there. Comp is definitely closed now.

Anonymous said...

Sounds fair :)

Reverse Swing on September 24, 2009 at 6:39 PM said...

Three match late damn so I am not predicting those three, does it make sense?

Competition Winner : PAK

Semi-finalists : SL, SA, PAK, IND

SA vs SL - N/A
PAK vs WI - N/A
SA vs NZ - N/A
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 :
TM Dilshan
Kallis
Umar Akmal


Top 3 Wicket Takers :
Parnell
M. Aamer
Umar Gul


Best Economy - Umar Gul
Most keeper dismissals - Boucher
Most Sixes - Afridi

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