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Forum News and Suggestions => Competitions => Topic started by: ItsJustCricket on July 09, 2013, 04:49:53 PM

Title: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: ItsJustCricket on July 09, 2013, 04:49:53 PM
PRIZE: Cricket Bat of your choice (whether we have it in stock or not - could even get one specially made for you).
WHERE TO ENTER: http://www.facebook.com/itsjustcricket (http://www.facebook.com/itsjustcricket)
HOW TO ENTER: Comment on today's post (now live) with your score prediction for the Ashes Test Series.  Entries must be specific ie. "drawn series" will not count, but 1-1 / 2-2 etc. will.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Wednesday July 17th, 11.59pm - so you have until the night before the Lord's Test to mull it over...
FORMAT: All correct predictions will go into a hat and then the winner will be drawn at random from this.

Sharing the competition with your friends is optional, but recommended!  :)

Best of luck!  :)
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: ItsJustCricket on July 10, 2013, 07:48:18 PM
Thanks for all the entries so far, guys, and good luck especially to those who went for a 5-0 England whitewash! Needless to say, the predictions since 11am today have generally been a bit different!
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: joeljonno on July 10, 2013, 07:50:50 PM
C'mon rain. The only way my 1-1 might have a chance. Rain all of August.
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on July 10, 2013, 07:52:37 PM
Is it too late to change my prediction??  :-[
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: ItsJustCricket on July 10, 2013, 10:06:49 PM
Is it too late to change my prediction??  :-[

Yes, unfortunately! I think whoever is holding back entering until next Wednesday's deadline is very smart! The Ashes are always tricky to predict...

In a way, I'm glad England didn't have it their own way today.  I would love to see another 2005 or 2009.  They were incredible Test series and a great advert for Test cricket, and such a competitive and close fought series would be very timely for Test cricket right now...
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: Gcricket on July 11, 2013, 06:52:14 AM
Thanks! Sounds like a great competition!
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: farnham_quins_2 on July 11, 2013, 10:20:31 AM
I think 2-1 could definitely be on the cards...win @ TB, draw at Lord's, lose @ OT, win @ Durham, draw @ Oval.
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: rbblack on July 11, 2013, 11:05:25 AM
3-1 to England for me. One rained off. We get complacent for one game and Clarke does a double hundred or something silly. Otherwise Eng are just too good.
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: towson80 on July 12, 2013, 12:00:33 AM
5-0 to Australia... ahh that's not right, that was my last "Owzthat" Ashes when I was 9 in the 1980s. I miss that game... b*ll*cks to computer cricket matches, dice was and always will be far superior.  :D

 
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: Kevtheplumber on July 12, 2013, 06:33:59 AM
4-1 England
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: ItsJustCricket on July 14, 2013, 02:49:33 PM
With the 1st test in the books, it's a great time to put your entry in for this.

Remember the deadline is Wednesday, 11.59pm.

Enter here: http://www.facebook.com/itsjustcricket (http://www.facebook.com/itsjustcricket)
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: Manormanic on July 14, 2013, 04:25:50 PM
Went 3-0 but thinking now 3-1.

Why?  Well, a draw is likely somewhere.  I'd thought two before I saw the weather forecast and the fact that the second back to back is at Durham, which might play into the hands of Australia with their deeper bowling reserves.
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: countycricketplayer on July 14, 2013, 11:31:10 PM
im going for 3-1 aussies will have to win one.
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: ItsJustCricket on July 17, 2013, 06:45:57 PM
Last chance to get your entries in, guys! Deadline is 11.59pm! Any entries received after this time won't count.
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: acko109 on July 17, 2013, 09:00:17 PM
i went 4-0 england..
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: Jogetnz on July 17, 2013, 11:05:52 PM
i went 4-0 england..

Snap
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: Gcricket on July 19, 2013, 12:56:27 AM
I Went 2-2
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: joeljonno on July 21, 2013, 06:35:15 PM
I have just noticed a typo in my entry. It's meant to say 5-0 not 1-1.
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: Matt_D on July 21, 2013, 06:43:33 PM
I went 3-1 England, did it before the Ashes started. Wish I didnt now though definately looking like a whitewash #fingerscrossed #touchwood
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: Jogetnz on July 24, 2013, 06:55:17 AM
Last chance to get your entries in, guys! Deadline is 11.59pm! Any entries received after this time won't count.

Hi Paul

I realise this will take a bit of work but any chance of a break down of the picks people went with eg 32 people went for a 3-2 Aust win etc.

Cheers
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: ItsJustCricket on July 24, 2013, 08:31:10 AM
Hi Paul

I realise this will take a bit of work but any chance of a break down of the picks people went with eg 32 people went for a 3-2 Aust win etc.

Cheers

One of my teammates (Jan Marchant) actually commented on the post with that very breakdown - I didn't even ask him to, he just did it.  He clearly has too much time on his hands!  :)
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: Jogetnz on August 05, 2013, 11:40:20 PM
Right, all I need if for England to win the last two and my 4-0 prediction is looking good but they will have to up their game a touch from the latest performance as unfortunately the Aussies will take plenty more positives out of the latest test than the English will.
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: ItsJustCricket on August 28, 2013, 10:19:12 PM
Just a head's up that we will be announcing the winner of this bat in a YouTube video that will be shot on Friday, and uploaded shortly afterwards.  Best of luck to the 26 names in the hat (all listed on our Facebook page, link in my signature below).  For my sake, as long as Chris doesn't win, I'm happy!  :)
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: acko109 on August 29, 2013, 12:38:09 AM
im gutted it wasnt 4-0...
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: Jogetnz on August 29, 2013, 01:33:06 AM
im gutted it wasnt 4-0...

Yip we were robbed there.

Good luck to all those left in the draw
Title: Re: Ashes Competition - Win a Cricket Bat of your choice!
Post by: ItsJustCricket on August 30, 2013, 08:35:44 PM
And the winner is...

And The Winner (of our Ashes Cricket Bat Competition) is... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EbA-CCZo4s#)