Your 2008 predictions

*New Zealand will beat England at home
*Australia won't go to Pakistan (not the hardest one)
*SA v India ends in draw
*SA win the ODI series
*England exact revenge on New Zealand at home
*SA will beat England at home
*Simon Jones retires
*Trescothick retires
*Ponting scores heavily in India, at last
*SA win the ICC Champions Trophy as Australia are too tired

Well at least there isn't a world cup this year.

Predicted retirements this year- Gilchrist, Fleming, Bond, MacGill, Ganguly.

MacGill should have retired years ago.

Pollock.

Trescothick won't retire - at least not from domestic cricket.

doremi wrote:Pollock.

Hope not. He still has a lot going for him but I don't know whether the selectors are out to get him but he is still a force to be reckoned with in a test series and ODI's. I would much rather have him that that bloody clown Andre Nel in the team.

No, I meant Trescothick will retire from tests and ODIs

Peter Moores will die a bizarre sex death.

Demelza wrote:*New Zealand will beat England at home
*Australia won't go to Pakistan (not the hardest one)
*SA v India ends in draw
*SA win the ODI series
*England exact revenge on New Zealand at home
*SA will beat England at home
*Simon Jones retires
*Trescothick retires
*Ponting scores heavily in India, at last
*SA win the ICC Champions Trophy as Australia are too tired

Gee, SA are having a brilliant year.

England to beat NZ home and away.

England V S.A. ends up as another 2 - 2 draw.

ODI debut for James Hildreth.

Test debut for Tim Ambrose.

Surrey to win the County Championship.

Your 2008 predictions..........

The sun will rise in the East and set in the West ...
beyond that, it's all guesswork.
Especially Baz's wild prediction that Slurrey will win the CC !!
Though Tim Ambrose for the Porsche driving "Gob" would be welcomed ...

My particular multiple wish list concerns Michael Vaughan -
He should immediately relinquish the captaincy by falling on his sword; stops milking past glories; dumps the team's spin-doctor and refrains from insulting genuine cricket supporters with bullshit comments like 'taking positives' out of dung-heap performances.

I'll be emmigrating to Trinidad...seriously

My 2008 predictions that probably won't come true but I'll keep my fingers crossed anyhow:

Adil Rashid makes the step-up from promising leg-spinning all-rounder to Test match sex machine.

Chris "100% Barbadian" Jordan decides that he's English enough to throw his hat in with the honkies.

Owais Shah gets two Tests in a row.

Sajid Mahmood flips a switch in his head and suddenly starts combining pace and late swing with something bordering on accuracy.

Someone - anyone - takes charge of the England wicket-keeping position by scoring a few runs and catching the majority of what comes their way.

Andrew Flintoff's ankle is miraculously cured and he's able to resume his career.

Strausser gets his groove back.

Michael Vaughan, Paul Collingwood and Peter Moores run out of "positives" to list for England's losing performances and start getting real by accepting that they're a declining force who need their problems addressed rather than papered over with inane platitudes.

Graveney fooks off back to his tanning salon, never to be seen again.

Are they dreams or predictions?

MacGill retiring isn't a prediction.