South Africa vs England predictions

Surorised no one has done this yet but

overall score
leading run scorer
leading wicket taker
Opener least likely to play Test cricket after the series
man of the series

Score 2-1 but not sure who will win.
Leading run scorer England -Taylor, saf - amla
leading wicket taker England - Finn, saf - steyn
opener least likely to play - hayles
man of the series - steyn

Number of pitches favouring seamers or batsmen: 4
Number of pitches taking spin by Day 5: 0

Moeen stands a chance of spending the series effectively as a specialist number 8 batsman unless he performs the unbelievable on unhelpful surfaces.

kingraf wrote:Surorised no one has done this yet but

overall score
leading run scorer
leading wicket taker
Opener least likely to play Test cricket after the series
man of the series

Score 1-1
Run scorer - England - Jimmy Taylor
Run scorer - Saffas - Amla
Wicket taker - England - MOEEN!
Wicket taker - Saffas - Morkel
Opener least likely to play tests post series - Amla has a mystery accident and loses his hand in the dressing room final day final test
Man of the series - always MOEEN!

Overall score: SA 3 England 1
Leading run scorer: De Villiers
Leading wicket taker: Broad
Opener least likely to play Test cricket after the series: Some South African I have barely heard of
Man of the series: De Villiers

AB and Steyn to top the run chart and wickettakers list respectively for SA. Root and Broad to do the same for England. Styan van Zyl isn't test class, and Hales isn't very promising in challenging conditions. Both of them might have to wait a bit for their next test opportunities after the series.
As for the series, looking forward to a good battle. SA at home aren't the force they otherwise used to be outside before the India series, still it might be a bit too much for England.......

Score - 2-2
Run scorer - England - Ben Stokes
Run scorer - SA - ABDV
Wicket taker - England - Broad
Wicket taker - SA - Steyn
Opener least likely to play tests post series - Cook after he finds his true calling in life, rearing orphaned lion cubs
Man of the series - Ben Stokes.

Sorry for being a bit late to this party but predictions genuinely made before start of first Test (best proof of that now is England's top run scorer). Besides incompetence, my biggest difficulty here is that I don't know enough about SA's players. Anyway, here goes!

Score - 2-1 to S A.
Run scorer - England - Cook
Run scorer - SA - Amla
Wicket taker - England - Stokes
Wicket taker - SA - Steyn
Opener least likely etc - no idea, think Hales and Compton will survive beyond this series
Man of series - Steyn