By Ged
April 7 2005

Ged presents a simple prediction game based on Middlesex players’ performance in the County Championship. Everyone can play for free and Ged even offers a small, cricket-related prize for the winner. Entries must be in by 10.00 a.m. 20th April and there will be no extended deadline.

Guess what each players’ County Championship average (batting and bowling) will be at the end of the 2005 season.  For each player who has 10 or more innings (for batting) and 10 or more wickets (for bowling) your prediction will be compared with the actual average.  You get an unwanted point for each run difference between your estimate and the true average. 

 

For example, if you guess that Jamie Dalrymple will have a batting averageof 45 and a bowling average of 33, and in fact he has a batting average of 42 and a bowling average of 39, you will get 3 points for his batting and 6 points for his bowling. 

 

If you do not submit an estimate for a player who in the event does have 10 innings or takes 10 wickets, you will be awarded 40 unwanted points for each discipline you failed to estimate.  However, you do not get penalised for having a guess for a player who doesn’t make the 10 innings/wickets cut, so it is worth having a guess at more or less the whole squad.

 

The person with the lowest number of points wins a small prize, which will be cricket related this time. Ged’s predictions are shown below. If Ged wins, there’ll be a prize for 2^nd place but the prize might be that much smaller!

 

To enter, please either submit your entry through the Message Board or you may submit in private to Gedladd@hotmail.co.uk .  Remember, the deadline is 10.00 a.m. 20^th April, after which no submissions will be accepted.

 

Name	2005 Predicted CC Batting Average	2005 Predicted CC Bowling Average
Ben Hutton	43	38
Andy Strauss	60	-
Owais Shah	55	45
Paul Weekes	39	41
Ed Joyce	48	50
Jamie Dalrymple	45	33
David Nash	35	-
Ben Scott	30	-
Ed Smith	52	-
Scott Styris	44	31
Nick Compton	36	-
Chris Peploe	22	36
Mel Betts	19	32
Mantie Hayward	7	28
Chad Keegan	25	25
Paul Hutchinson	5	34
Chris Wright	10	30
Chris Whelan	5	30
Alan Richardson	15	32
Eoin Morgan	30	-
Boyd Rankin	5	30
Billy Godelman	40	-