2019 Cricketing Predictions Thread

[hadi123]

We had one for 2018, what do you guys think will happen over the next year? Obviously, we all are excited for the World Cup but there's lots of cricket to be played as always

1) England to win the World Cup

2) Sarfaraz to be sacked/quit as Test Captain

3) England to win the Ashes, Steve Smith will find form but David Warner may struggle

4) Sharjeel Khan to comeback

 

[MenInG]

Pakistan to improve Test rankings to 4 or 5 atleast

 

[Swashbuckler]

NZ to win the WC

Pakistan to end the WC losing streak against India

Kohli to have another disappointing WC campaign

Kane Williamson to be anointed the new king of batting leaving Kohli/Smith in the dust

Ashwin to be phased out gradually to accommodate Kuldeep, the next superstar of Indian cricket

India to bow out in SF of the WC

Dhoni to continue in international T20 after ODI retirement post WC

KKR to win IPL

Decline of Steve Smith and Warner

England to whitewash Australia in the Ashes

First ODI 300 by Rohit Sharma

Rabada to be exposed as an over rated bowler, Bumrah will grow in stature and be regarded as best in the world all formats combined

Pakistan to end their losing streak in Australia

Sri Lankan cricket to see a resurgence

India to whitewash SA in the test series

 

[j_kazmi]

Pakistan will not make the semi final, but will do better than most people will expect by staying in contention for a semi final spot until the very end.

Sarfraz will either retire from test cricket or will be sacked/will quit as test captain after the end of the SA test series.

The golden boy Umar Akmal will RETURN to the Pakistan team after the World Cup (his success or failure can not be guaranteed)

Karachi Kings will win the PSL (as much as i dislike the team)

Imam ul haq will not be end up being Pakistan’s first choice opener this World Cup.

Pakistan will fail to break the streak against India.

Babar Azam will score atleast 3 hundreds in the World Cup.

England will choke in the final of the World Cup.

 

[a_tahir]

Pakistan to make at least the semi final of the World Cup.

Pakistan to end the losing streak against India in World Cups.

Babar Azam to be Pakistan’s leading run scorer for the World Cup.

England to choke in this World Cup and miss their best chance.

Pakistan to be at least at no.4 in tests by the end of the year.

Pakistan to be no.3 in Odis by the end of the year.

Pakistan to beat SA 3-2 in the ODIs and win 2-1 in the t20is and lose 2-1 in the test series

 

[shokz1408]

- India to win the world cup.
- Sarfraz to lose captaincy in all forms.

 

[Smudger]

Kane williamson to have a cracking world cup.
Ind to be disqualified in group stages of wc.
Pak to win sa odi series.
Pak to win the world cup with afridi running through the english top order in wc final.
Kohli to have a dissapointing wc
Up
Sf 100 for babar in wc
SA to reach sf of wc
Rcb to win ipl

 

[Sarwar89]

1) England to win Cricket World Cup.
2) India to lose in Semi Final against Engerland.
3) Pakistan to lose against India again in World Cups and get knocked out in round robin.
4) Sacking of Sarfaraz in Test and ODI’s.
5) Pakistan cricket to struggle even more in 2019.
6) Ben Stokes to be player of the World Cup 2019, Ben stokes to win the Ashes for Engerland and Ben Stokes to receive OBE from Her Majesty and Ben Stokes to be named BBC Sports personality of the year.

 

[Kohli The King of Chase]

And, King Kohli finishes off in style. India win their third world cup.

 

[Mansoor3120]

1) India to win the world cup ( kohli the player of the tournament ) , runner up : England, Semi final exit for Nz and Australia
2) Another group stage exit for Pakistan
3) 4-1 odi series Victory for SA against Pakistan.
4) pakistan Test series loss to sl
5) India to win all the test series in 2019

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

World cup
1.Kohli will be the top scorer in the world cup.
2.Hardik pandya will be the best all-round performer in world cup, he will also play many clutch knocks.
3.Ind vs pak final.
4. Semifinalists will be ind, eng, pak, nz.
5.Fakhar zaman will be amongst top three scorers in world cup.
6. reincarnation of Amir.
7.dhoni will retire.

Tests
1.india will retain no. 1 rank.
2.most runs in tests for india-shaw.

 

[hisham_ashraf]

World cup
1.Kohli will be the top scorer in the world cup.
2.Hardik pandya will be the best all-round performer in world cup, he will also play many clutch knocks.
3.Ind vs pak final.
4. Semifinalists will be ind, eng, pak, nz.
5.Fakhar zaman will be amongst top three scorers in world cup.
6. reincarnation of Amir.
7.dhoni will retire.

Tests
1.india will retain no. 1 rank.
2.most runs in tests for india-shaw.

Just thinking about your point no.3 gives me goosebumps and I am wondering how your and every Indians reaction would be if Point no.7 turns out to be false

 

[Sunny_majoka]

I will make only realistic prediction
1:- babar azam to annouce himself as a best batsman in all formats after kohli.

 

[hisham_ashraf]

Shaheen Shah Afridi to have a great world cup.
Shubman Gill to debut for India.
One unknown player to play well in PSL and get into the WC squad.
Abbas to become no.1 in tests.
Kuldeep Yadav to have a below par 2019.
And finally SA to choke yet again in the WC.

 

[topspin]

1) Hafeez to become cricket commie after a disastrous WC
2) Shaheen will be Pakistan's best performer in the WC
3) Misbah will be dropped for Zalmi after another set of failures in the PSL after the first few games
4) Babar Azam will continue his good run in tests but will have another year of struggles in ODIs with a further dip in SR
5) England v India WC final - with Kohli and Bumrah playing starring roles to see their side through
6) First ODI score of 500
7) Renovation of the National Stadium will see little progress and remain far from completion

 

[AMSS]

Only one from me.

Dhoni wrecks the collective fantasies of Indians come the CWC'19.

Dhoni would give an early hint of his non-existent form during the league phases. But, this warning sign would be nonchalantly and brazenly ignored by the clueless skipper and the team management in general. Expect Shastri to provide public endorsement of Dhoni's value to the team with his familiar bombast.

Dhoni would amp up his theatrics behind the stumps to show the intangibles he brings. Having been coasted to the semis powered by the top order, Dhoni would deliver his stinker at the grand stage - the first knockout match.

I can already picture the commentators going on and on about Dhoni's game changing abilities with LSRK slipping in multiple references of captain cool and how he's done it all before.

All of this while Dhoni keeps lunging forward struggling to clear the 30 yard circle and RRR creeps up to double digits. This is the exact moment when Dhoni would dispatch the stifling opposition spinner for a straight six, a humongous one. And this is also when the commentators would wisely point out this is how Dhoni masterminds a chase and how nobody does it better and that the chase is well and truly on. Next ball, Dhoni goes hard again! And caught. The keeper takes a skier.

 

[UN talkz]

Pak to win World Cup, Sarf to score 50s against Bangaldesh, Windies and Lanka.

No place for Shafiq in the team.

India to remain #1 test team

Eng to win Ashes

Pak to draw Test series in Aus

Bobby- ICC player of the year

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Pakistan to reach the final of the World Cup.

England to win the tournament.

Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam, Shadab Khan and Hassan Ali will be the standout performers for Pakistan.

Pakistan will lose 1-0 in Australia.

Asad Shafiq and Sarfaraz Ahmed dropped from the Test team.

Saud Shakeel to debut for Pakistan.

England will win 4-0 in the Ashes.

 

[AuxiliA]

Shastri to claim that his side is the best ever Indian side, in about a weeks time.

 

[Sarwar89]

Few months ago
I saw a dream that in nail biting semi final between Eng v Ind, Josh Buttler’s klusenersque type innings will shift the momentum and Engerland will be in World Cup final.
Its coming home.

 

[HGhazanfar]

Pakistan to loose comprehensively in South Africa in the test matches. Abbass and Shaan Masood to perform well and get selected for ODIs. Team management to persist with Malik, Hafeez and Sarfraz for ODIs until the England series before world cup. By the world cup we will see the below squad, major changes Shaan Masood leads ODI and test teams - replaces Imam as an opener. Shadab khan will be given a larger role with the bat and promoted to middle order, Umar Akmal will replace Shoaib Malik after a strong PSL.

Shaan Masood C
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam VC
M Rizwan WK
Shadab Khan
Umar Akmal
Asif Ali
Faheem Ashraf
Hasan Ali
Shaheen Afridi
M Abbass

Expect M Musa from Islamabad united to make the world cup squad by impressing all during the PSL and bowling consistently between 145-150kph.

Pakistan to make 2019 world cup final - loosing to South Africa in the final. Will finally beat India in World Cups both in the round robin and semi finals.

Semi Final 1 Pakistan vs India (Pak to win)
Semi Final 2 South Africa vs England (South Africa to Win)

Other notable predictions

England will whitewash Ashes

 

[EliteCynical]

Only one from me.

Dhoni wrecks the collective fantasies of Indians come the CWC'19.

Dhoni would give an early hint of his non-existent form during the league phases. But, this warning sign would be nonchalantly and brazenly ignored by the clueless skipper and the team management in general. Expect Shastri to provide public endorsement of Dhoni's value to the team with his familiar bombast.

Dhoni would amp up his theatrics behind the stumps to show the intangibles he brings. Having been coasted to the semis powered by the top order, Dhoni would deliver his stinker at the grand stage - the first knockout match.

I can already picture the commentators going on and on about Dhoni's game changing abilities with LSRK slipping in multiple references of captain cool and how he's done it all before.

All of this while Dhoni keeps lunging forward struggling to clear the 30 yard circle and RRR creeps up to double digits. This is the exact moment when Dhoni would dispatch the stifling opposition spinner for a straight six, a humongous one. And this is also when the commentators would wisely point out this is how Dhoni masterminds a chase and how nobody does it better and that the chase is well and truly on. Next ball, Dhoni goes hard again! And caught. The keeper takes a skier.

That is the most beautiful poetry I have read all year. You have penned down my thoughts in probably the most brevity-laden para. This is exactly what would happen!

 

[Hasan123]

Enrlgnad to win the WC
Kuldeep will break out
Bumrah will take his game to another level. Same with Jos Buttler
Steve Smith will return with a bang
1 young Pakistani batsmen will make his way into the team
SA will choke in the WC again

 

[JaDed]

Cricket to semi return to Pakistan and Ahmed shehzad making a comeback back..

 

[Ali_Pakistan]

Pakistan to improve Test rankings to 4 or 5 atleast

How many tests is Pakistan playing in 2019 ?

 

[nextover666666]

Pakistan will win the World Cup

Babar Azam will score a 100 in a t20 match

Imam ul haq will be dropped from World Cup squad and Shan Masood will have a good World Cup

Sarfraz will be dropped from test and will no longer be captain for test

After World Cup Ahmed Shehzad will find a way to make the Pakistan squad In limited overs cricket

Hafeez will retire from all forms of game

Malik won't have a great year but will still be in Pakistans T20 squad and play T20 World Cup the following year

Haris Rauf will make his debut for Pakistan

 

[leg-side-flick]

Pakistan to win one test in SA

England to win the World Cup and Ashes

India to win the Australian series 3/1

 

[j_kazmi]

Pakistan to loose comprehensively in South Africa in the test matches. Abbass and Shaan Masood to perform well and get selected for ODIs. Team management to persist with Malik, Hafeez and Sarfraz for ODIs until the England series before world cup. By the world cup we will see the below squad, major changes Shaan Masood leads ODI and test teams - replaces Imam as an opener. Shadab khan will be given a larger role with the bat and promoted to middle order, Umar Akmal will replace Shoaib Malik after a strong PSL.

Shaan Masood C
Fakhar Zaman
Babar Azam VC
M Rizwan WK
Shadab Khan
Umar Akmal
Asif Ali
Faheem Ashraf
Hasan Ali
Shaheen Afridi
M Abbass

Expect M Musa from Islamabad united to make the world cup squad by impressing all during the PSL and bowling consistently between 145-150kph.

Pakistan to make 2019 world cup final - loosing to South Africa in the final. Will finally beat India in World Cups both in the round robin and semi finals.

Semi Final 1 Pakistan vs India (Pak to win)
Semi Final 2 South Africa vs England (South Africa to Win)

Other notable predictions

England will whitewash Ashes

What world is this in?

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

Pakistan to get knocked out of the World Cup after the 1st round
India to win the World Cup
England to win the Ashes
New Zealand to win the test mace
Pakistan to retain number 1 t20 spot in the rankings
Sarfraz to get fired as test captain and dropped from ODI and Test side
Intikhab Alam to get the coaching gig in the national side
Haroon Rasheed to be reinstated as the chief selector
2019 is gonna be epic baby!!!

 

[CadPakFan]

Sarfraz to return to form and improve fitness levels.

 

[WengerOut]

Sarfaraz and Ashwin flaunting their six packs after a a MOM performance . Well, not cricketing predictions exactly but still.

 

[pratiktc]

1) Prithvi Shaw to make jaws drop with his scoring rate in home matches 45+ avg at 95 SR in home conditions

2) Sarfaraz to be sacked from Tests and ODIs after world cup. Babar to be handed captaincy after stellar campaign of 450+ runs

3) Shikhar Dhawan to be in WC top 3 runscorers

4) MS Dhoni to shepherd home one last chase in a wobble against one of Afg/WI/SL and do little else in WC

5) NZ vs Eng final with Bairstow and Root overhauling NZ's score despite brilliant century from Kane

6) Amir to retire from Tests and focus on ODI, T20 league career

7) India's most successful pace trio in terms of wkts in a calendar year (Ishant+Bumrah+Shami) will never again play a Test match together after Sydney Test.

 

[Deewana]

I just have the gut feeling Pakistan to play India in the world cup Final and break the streak for once and all

 

[Gullycricket]

Pakistan to lose all series before WC
Pakistan to come into WC with no hope
Deja vu as Pak flukes the WC beating Eng in final
Virat Kohli to have spectacular downfall as India get knocked out in group stages of WC
Kohli's worst year with the bat
England win back the Ashes
England end year as No 1 in Odi
NZ displace Pak to become No 1 in T20

 

[Mp812]

India will not win s single series...just the world cup

 

[Stalin]

- India to win the Sydney test and series.
- South Africa to win tests 3-0 odis 4-1 and lose t20s 2-1 to Pakistan
- Mumbai Indians to win the IPL
- India to win the world cup beating New Zealand in the final
- Kohli to become a GOAT

 

[ExpressPacer]

- Shan Masood becomes Test captain.
- Babar Azam and Imam Ul Haq become world class batsmen.
- Steyn becomes highest wicket-taker at WC.
- Australia wins yet another WC with Paine as captain.

 

[introvert]

England to win worldcup With morgan or buttler playing crucial inning in final.

hales or bairtow or Root scoring first 200 in odi for england.

Jofra archer in england's worldcup squad.

Subhman gill selected in india odi squad

 

[Sadozai]

Pakistan will face humiliation in world cup.

Ind will again beat Pak in world cup.

Fakhar Zaman will become 1st choice test opener.

Karachi Kings will win PSL.

Sarfraz will lose test & ODI captaincy.

Umar Akmal will return to national team.

1 test playing team will play a short series in Pakistan.

Grant Flower will be sacked.

Asif Ali will be discarded.

PPers will continue over-hyping domestic players.

 

[Mueez]

Pakistan will win the WC!

England will choke in semis.

Babar Azam highest run-scorer of WC.

Amir highest wicket-taker of WC.

Pakistan get whitewashed by England 5-0.

Sarfraz loses his captaincy in Tests.

Kohli steps down as captain of India.