The 2008 English Domestic Season Prediction Competition

[Notts Exile]

As usual, a prediction league for this year's English county season. The questions are the same as in the last few years.

(i) Winner of the County Championship
(ii) Who will be relegated from CC1
(iii) Who will be promoted from CC2
(iv) Who will finish with the wooden spoon in CC2
(v) Who will win the National League (40-40)
(vi) Who will be relegated from NL1 (40-40)
(vii) Who will be promoted from NL2 (40-40)
(viii) Who will finish with the wooden spoon in the National League
(ix) Who will win the C&G Trophy
(x) Who will win the 20:20
(xi) Who will have the highest County Championship batting average (qualification of over 10 innings)
(xii) Who will make the highest individual score of the season
(xiii) Who will score the quickest century in all competitions of the season
(xiv) Who will have the lowest bowling average (qualification of over 20 wickets)
(xv) Who will take the most wickets across all competitions

Tie Breaker: How many runs (in total) will be scored in the first Test between England and New Zealand?

[greg]

(i) Winner of the County Championship - Durham
(ii) Who will be relegated from CC1 - Somerset and Surrey
(iii) Who will be promoted from CC2 - Essex and Northants
(iv) Who will finish with the wooden spoon in CC2 - Leicestershire
(v) Who will win the National League (40-40) - Lancashire
(vi) Who will be relegated from NL1 (40-40) - Gloucestershire and Worcestershire
(vii) Who will be promoted from NL2 (40-40) - Kent and Yorkshire
(viii) Who will finish with the wooden spoon in the National League - Leicestershire
(ix) Who will win the C&G Trophy - Somerset
(x) Who will win the 20:20 - Somerset
(xi) Who will have the highest County Championship batting average (qualification of over 10 innings) Mark Ramprakash
(xii) Who will make the highest individual score of the season - Marcus Trescothick
(xiii) Who will score the quickest century in all competitions of the season - Marcus Trescothick
(xiv) Who will have the lowest bowling average (qualification of over 20 wickets) - Shane Bond
(xv) Who will take the most wickets across all competitions - Andrew Caddick

Tie Breaker: How many runs (in total) will be scored in the first Test between England and New Zealand 1011

[adamberry]

Bit late but nevermind.

(i) Winner of the County Championship - Lancashire
(ii) Who will be relegated from CC1 - Notts and Hampshire
(iii) Who will be promoted from CC2 - Warwickshire and Middlesex
(iv) Who will finish with the wooden spoon in CC2 - Leicestershire
(v) Who will win the National League (40-40) - Somerset
(vi) Who will be relegated from NL1 (40-40) - Middlesex and Hampshire
(vii) Who will be promoted from NL2 (40-40) - Essex and Yorkshire
(viii) Who will finish with the wooden spoon in the National League - Glamorgan
(ix) Who will win the C&G Trophy - Sussex
(x) Who will win the 20:20 - Somerset
(xi) Who will have the highest County Championship batting average (qualification of over 10 innings) - Marcus Trescothick
(xii) Who will make the highest individual score of the season - Jacques Rudolph
(xiii) Who will score the quickest century in all competitions of the season - Ian Blackwell
(xiv) Who will have the lowest bowling average (qualification of over 20 wickets) - Mushtaq Ahmed
(xv) Who will take the most wickets across all competitions - Mushtaq Ahmed

Tie Breaker: How many runs (in total) will be scored in the first Test between England and New Zealand? 923

[Collyisamackem]

(i) Winner of the County Championship - Durham
(ii) Who will be relegated from CC1 - Kent, Surrey
(iii) Who will be promoted from CC2 - Derbyshire, Middlesex
(iv) Who will finish with the wooden spoon in CC2 - Glamorgan
(v) Who will win the National League (40-40) - Durham
(vi) Who will be relegated from NL1 (40-40) - Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire
(vii) Who will be promoted from NL2 (40-40) - Yorkshire, Surrey
(viii) Who will finish with the wooden spoon in the National League - Glamorgan
(ix) Who will win the C&G Trophy - Durham
(x) Who will win the 20:20 - Lancashire (I'd predict Durham but I don't want to be completely biased!)
(xi) Who will have the highest County Championship batting average (qualification of over 10 innings) - Mark Ramprakash
(xii) Who will make the highest individual score of the season - Marcus Trescothick
(xiii) Who will score the quickest century in all competitions of the season - Herschelle Gibbs (Twenty20)
(xiv) Who will have the lowest bowling average (qualification of over 20 wickets) - Matthew Hoggard
(xv) Who will take the most wickets across all competitions - Mushtaq Ahmed

Tie Breaker: How many runs (in total) will be scored in the first Test between England and New Zealand? 1100