I believe some might find this blog by Friday. Let’s see. In case they do, they can enter the World Cup competition I had planned. I don’t have the time, or inclincation to set up a Fantasy League, but I will run one like I did for the Ashes in 2010-11.
I suggest a question or an outcome, you answer.
Band 1 – 10 Points If Correct
1. Where will England finish (group elimination, QF, SF, Lost in Final, or winners)? GROUP ELIMINATION
2. Which Associate Nation will win a game against a test team first (answer none if you think there won’t be)? IRELAND (v West Indies)
3. Name the winners of Group A. NEW ZEALAND
4. Name the winners of Group B INDIA
Band 2 – 10 points if correct, 5 points if 2nd highest.
5. Who will be New Zealand’s highest run scorer? Martin Guptill (547)
6. Who will take the most wickets for India? Umes Yadav (18)
7. Which team will make the highest team score? Australia (417/6)
8. Which team will make the lowest team score? UAE 102 (not counting England’s 101/1 in winning on DL v Afghanistan.)
Band 3 – 20 points if correct, 10 points if 2nd highest, 5 points if 3rd highest
9. Who will make the highest individual score of the tournament? Martin Guptill (237), Chris Gayle (215), David Warne (178)
10. Who will take the most wickets in the tournament? Trent Boult & Mitchell Starc (22), Umes Yadav (18)
11. Who will make the highest individual score batting below number 6 in the competition? Darren Sammy (89), Jos Buttler (65), Farhaan Behardien (64)
12. Who will have the best individual figures ( Best figures will be calculate thus – 1st wickets, 2nd runs, 3rd least balls bowled) in the competition? Southee (7/33), Starc (6/28), Boult (5/27)
Band 4 – 5 points each, a straight pick
13. Who wins – England v Sri Lanka, Group Game – Sri Lanka
14. Who wins – New Zealand v Australia, Group Game – New Zealand
15. Who wins – Ireland v UAE – Group Game – Ireland
16. Who wins – India v Pakistan – Group Game – India
17. Who wins – Scotland v Afghanistan – Group Game – Afghanistan
18. Who wins – South Africa v India – Group Game – India
19. Who wins – Zimbabwe v Ireland – Group Game – Ireland
20. Who wins – England v New Zealand – Group Game – New Zealand
Band 5 – 25 point Question (10 for runner-up)
21. Who wins the World Cup? – Australia beat New Zealand
Band 6 – Varying points
22. The highest individual score will be (spot on 40 points, within 5 – 30 points, within 10 – 20 points, within 20 – 5 points) – 237
23. The highest team score will be (spot on 50 points, within 5 – 40 points, within 10 – 25 points, within 20 – 10 points) – 417
24. The highest number of wickets taken by an individual in the whole competition. (spot on 40 points, within 2 – 25 points, within 5 – 10 points) – 22
25. The number of run outs in the whole tournament (spot on 50, within 5, 40, within 8 – 20 points, within 12 – 10 points) – 39
Final Band 7 (10 points each)
26. England’s individual highest score, over or under 120.5 – yes/no – OVER (Moeen Ali 128)
27. England’s highest wicket taker for the tournament – over or under 12.5 – yes/no – UNDER (8 BY FINN)
28. The total number of sixes hit by England in the group stages – over or under 23.5 – yes/no UNDER (18)
29. The total number of sixes hit by India in the group stages – over or under 35.5 – yes/no UNDER (31)
30. Total number of centuries hit by designated wicket-keepers (at the start of the game) – over or under 6.5 – yes/no OVER (7)
If anyone sees this, have a go…
Being Outside Cricket 
1. QF
2. Afghanistan to beat Bangladesh and Ireland to beat Zimbabwe (that would be no shock
3. Australia
4. South Africa
5. Brendan McCullum
6. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar
7. South Africa (v UAE)
8. UAE (probably against SA)
9. Hashim Amla.
10. Mitchell Starc
11.James Faulkner
12. i) Mitchell Johnson ii) Steve Smith iii)?
13. Sri Lanka
14. NZ
15. Ireland
16. India
17. Afghanistan
18. South Africa
19. Irealnd
20. New Zealand
21. Australia
22. 172
23. 367
24. 23
25. 36.
26. 143 y
27. James Anderson 15 y
28. 19 n
29. 27 n
30. 4 n.
Here’s my shout!
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1. Semi-final
2. Ireland
3. Australia
4. South Africa
5. Kane Williamson
6. Bhushvenar Kumar
7. Australia
8. Zimbabwe
Band 3 – 20 points if correct, 10 points if 2nd highest, 5 points if 3rd highest
9. David Warner
10. Mitchell Johnson
11. Shahid Afridi
12. Dale Steyn
13. England
14. New Zealand
15. Ireland
16. India
17. Scotland
18. South Africa v India
19. Zimbabwe
20. New Zealand
21. South Africa
22. 167
23. 373
24. 23
25. 65
26. Over (yes)
27. Over (yes)
28. Over (yes)
29. Under (no)
30. Under (no)
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I’ve messed up the formatting there…lol.
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Number 18 – South Africa or India or are you going for a No Result?
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SA
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1. QF
2. Ireland
3. Australia
4. SA
5. Kane Williamson
6. Mohammad Shami
7. Australia
8. UAE
9. Aaron Finch
10. Tim Southee
11. Shahid Afridi
12. Senanayake
13. SL
14. Australia
15. Ireland
16. India
17. Afghanistan
18. SA
19. Zimbabwe
20. NZ
21. NZ (I’m dreaming….)
22. 174 (Derek Randall tribute!)
23.393
24. 22
25. 35
26. Under
27. Over
28. Under
29. Over
30. Under
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1) Quarters, probably
2) Afghanistan, because they play Bangladesh before Ireland get started. I’d probably crack a wry smile if Scotland beat England though
3) Oz
4) Southe Africa
5) Williamson
6) Kumar
7) India (v UAE)
8) UAE
9) McCullum . I fancy him for a ridiculously quick 200+
10) Mitchell Johnson
11) Dunno. I’ll go for Southee though, he only needs to click once.
12) Johnson
13) Lanky
14) Oz, unfortunately
15) Ireland
16) Pakistan
17) Afghanistan
18) South Africa
19) Ireland
20) New Zealand
21) NZ ( I wish!)
22) 235
23) 440
24) 29
25) 25
26) over
27) over
28) under
29) over
30) over
What a long quiz! I’m quite heavily biased towards NZ as well, who appear to have turned into a good team since I stopped living there.
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1. QF
2. Afghanistan (v Bangladesh)
3. Australia
4. South Africa
5. Kane Williamson
6. Mohit Sharma
7. Australia
8. UAE
9. Brendan McCullum
10. Mitchell Starc
11. Luke Ronchi
12. Dale Steyn
13. England
14. Australia
15. Ireland
16. India
17. Afghanistan
18. South Africa
19. Ireland
20. New Zealand
21. Australia
22. 164
23. 406
24. 26
25. 44
26. over
27. over
28. under
29. under
30. under
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1. QFs
2. Ireland
3. Australia
4. South Africa
5. Williamson
6. Shami
7. South Africa
8. Scotland
9. Warner
10. Johnson
11. Faulkner
12. I’d normally guess Ajantha Mendis against one of the Associates, but since he is not in … Johnson.
13. England
14. New Zealand
15. Ireland v UAE
16. India
17. Afghanistan
18. South Africa
19. Ireland
20. New Zealand
21. Australia
22. 193
23. 437
24. 25 wickets
25. 39 runouts
26. Over 120.5
27. Over 12.5
28. Over
29. Over, though it will be close, since India only play 2 games in New Zealand.
30. Over 6.5.
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1. QF
2. Ireland
3. Australia
4. South Africa
5. Brendon McCullum
6. Mohammed Shami
7. India
8. UAE
9. Rohit Sharma
10. Mitchell Johnson
11. Jos Buttler
12. Mitchell Johnson
13. Sri Lanka
14. Australia
15. Ireland
16. Pakistan
17. Afghanistan
18. South Africa
19. Ireland
20. New Zealand
21. Australia
22. 180
23. 450
24. 30
25. 45
26. Over
27. Under
28. Under
29. Under
30. Under
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Q1 – QF
Q2 – Afghanistan
Q3 – Australia
Q4 – South Africa
Q5 – Ross Taylor
Q6 – Ravi Jadeja
Q7 – South Africa
Q8 – Scotland
Q9 – Chris Gayle
Q10 – Josh Hazlewood
Q11 – James Faulkner
Q12 – Dale Steyn
Q13 – Sri Lanka
Q14 – Australia
Q15 – Ireland
Q16 – India
Q17 – Afghanistan
Q18 – South Africa
Q19 – Zimbabwe
Q20 – New Zealand
Q21 – Australia
Q22 – 182
Q23 – 416
Q24 – 21
Q25 – 101
Q26 – over
Q27 – over
Q28 – over
Q29 – over
Q30 – under
fingers crossed!
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Q1 – QF
Q2 – Ireland (I really want to see Scotland beat England but I can’t see it happening)
Q3 – Australia
Q4 – South Africa
Q5 – Brendan McCullum
Q6 – Ravi Jadeja – just for that tache!
Q7 – Australia
Q8 – UAE
Q9 – David Warner – opens so has a lot of time, scores fast and is in scarily good for at the moment. Of course, if he doesn’t keep his mouth shut it may be a short tournament for him.
Q10 – Mitchell Johnson
Q11 – James Faulkner
Q12 – Angelo Matthews
Q13 – Sri Lanka
Q14 – Australia
Q15 – Ireland
Q16 – Pakistan
Q17 – Scotland
Q18 – South Africa
Q19 – Ireland
Q20 – New Zealand
Q21 – Australia
Q22 – 144
Q23 – 384
Q24 – 36
Q25 – 101
Q26 – over
Q27 – over
Q28 – over
Q29 – over
Q30 – under
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Here goes…
1. QF
2. UAE
3. Australia
4. Pakistan
5. McCallum
6. Sharma
7. South Africa
8. Afghanistan
9. Kohli
10. Dale Steyn
11. Mitchell Johnson
12. Shahid Afridi
13. Sri Lanka
14. New Zealand
15. UAE
16. Pakistan
17. Scotland
18. South Africa v India
19. Ireland
20. New Zealand
21. Pakistan
22. The highest individual score will be 157
23. The highest team score will be 390
24. The highest number of wickets taken by an individual in the whole competition 24
25. 6,800
26. under 120.5
27. over 12.5
28. under 23.5
29. under 35.5
30. over 6.5
G’luck mate!
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Sorry misunderstood Q.25 – and Norm isn’t playing – so my answer for the run-outs is 19
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I really haven’t done much research (even had to double check who’s in which group), so I’m just responding to the call, going with instinct and trying to avoid the wooden spoon:
Band 1
1. QF
2. Ireland
3. Australia
4. South Africa
Band 2
5. Brendon McCullum
6. Stuart ‘14.15’ Binny, for originality and “lolz”
7. Australia
8. Scotland
Band 3
9. Hashim Amla
10. Mitchell Johnson
11. Jos Buttler
12. Dale Steyn
Band 4
13. Sri Lanka
14. Australia
15. Ireland
16. Pakistan
17. Afghanistan
18. South Africa
19. Zimbabwe
20. New Zealand
Band 5
21. New Zealand (counter-intuitive, anti-Big 3 protest vote to make me feel better)
Band 6
22. 189
23. 418
24. 25
25. 41
Final band 7
26. Over
27. Over
28. Under
29. Over
30. Under
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1. SF
2. Ireland
3. Australia
4. South Africa
5. Brendon McCullum
6. Ashwin
7. South Africa
8. UAE
9. Rohit Sharma
10. Mitchell Starc
11. Why did I ask this question? Jos Buttler
12. Dale Steyn
13. England
14. Australia
15. Ireland
16. India
17. Afghanistan
18. South Africa
19. Zimbabwe
20. New Zealand
21. South Africa
22. 188
23. 417
24. 22
25. 114
26. Yes
27. No
28. Yes
29. Yes
30. No
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188 and 417 eh?
Cheeky…
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1. QF
2. Ireland
3. Australia
4. SA
5. Williamson
6. Shami
7. New Zealand
8. UAE
9. Rohit Sharma
10. Trent Boult
11. James Faulkner
12. Morne Morkel
13. Sri Lanka
14. New Zealand
15. Ireland
16. Pakistan
17. Scotland
18. SA
19. Ireland
20. New Zealand
21. Australia
22. 146
23. 361
24. 18
25. 26
26. Yes (over)
27. Yes (over)
28. Yes (over)
29. Yes (over)
30. No (under)
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1. QF
2. Scotland
3. Australia
4. South Africa
5 .Brendan McCullan
6. Ashwin
7. New Zealand
8. UAE
9. A B De Villiers
10. Dale Steyn
11. Wayne Parnell
12. Mitchell Johnson
13. Sri Lanka
14. Australia
15. Ireland
16. India
17. Scotland
18. South Africa
19. Ireland
20. New Zealand
21. South Africa
22. 142
23. 385
24. 26
25. 13
26. No
27. No
28. No
29. No
30. No
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Losing finalists Australia.
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1. SF
2. Ireland
3. Australia
4. South Africa
5. Williamson
6. Shami
7. South Africa
8. UAE
9. Bell
10. Johnson
11. Faulkner
12. Steyn
13. Sri Lanka
14. Australia
15. Ireland
16. Pakistan
17. Scotland
18. South Africa
19. Ireland
20. England
21. South Africa
22. 138
23. 348
24. 19
25. 51
26. YES/OVER
27. YES/OVER
28. NO/UNDER
29. NO/UNDER
30. YES/OVER
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