14for14: South Africa still too good for Australia in Test series Australia and South Africa - Dale Steyn appeals for the wicket of David Warner. FOURTEEN cricket predictions for 2014. Do you agree? Leave your comments and vote in the poll below. Australia won't win the New Year's Test - The Aussies have a notoriously poor record in dead rubbers on home soil - even during golden eras under Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting - and given England has lost each Test in this series by progressively smaller margins, you could say the Poms are on the way up. Sydney Thunder will make the Big Bash League finals - Last year's wooden spooners have several brilliant new recruits, including Mike Hussey, England's Eoin Morgan and Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan. In other words, they have more than just Chris Gayle, who was a total flop last summer. There will be an uproar when some Australian players are "rested" or "rotated" during the one-day series against England - Given the massive workload shouldered by the members of Australia's squad who played in both Ashes series this year, expect several stars to be rested during the one-dayers, followed by predictable complaints from sections of the media. Phil Hughes will earn a recall to the Test team - every time Hughes is dropped, he goes back to the Sheffield Shield, scores a pile of runs and earns a recall. His form for South Australia has been good so far, meaning there's every reason to expect the pattern will continue. Mitchell Johnson will shave his mo, and will get injured or fall woefully out of form - Australia's best bowler in the current Ashes series has vowed to extend Movember into January, but it's likely the mo' will go after the Ashes. Who knows what sort of bowler he'll be then? Shane Warne working commentary. Shane Warne will hint that he's thinking of making a comeback, and nobody will care - He's 44. No players will chuck a Stuart MacGill and refuse to tour Zimbabwe - last time Australia toured Zimbabwe, leg-spinner Stuart MacGill caused a diplomatic storm by refusing to tour in protest against the brutal regime of dictator Robert Mugabe. The Aussies are due to play an ODI series in Zimbabwe in the middle of next year, but the current crop of Aussie stars seem more likely to watch MTV than BBC. Notable exceptions are George Bailey and Ed Cowan, but neither is entrenched enough in the side to risk their spot. Australia will crash out of the early stages of the World T20 in Bangladesh - Australia has a very poor record at T20 tournaments and recent results suggest they could be headed for an early exit at the showpiece event in April. A young Aussie spinner will make his Test debut against Pakistan - it's hard to remember a recent tour to the sub-continent when Australia hasn't taken an inexperienced spinner. Graeme Maxwell in India this year, Nathan Lyon in Sri Lanka in 2011, Cameron White in India in 2010. It's highly likely next year's series against Pakistan will actually be played in the UAE, but spin-friendly pitches there mean there's a strong chance an untried tweaker will be asked to accompany Nathan Lyon. Australian batsman Shane Watson. Shane Watson will get injured - it's happened virtually every other year, so why not in 2014? An Australian player will get in a heated argument with Virat Kohli - India comes to Australia next summer, and leading the charge for the tourists will be batting firebrand Virat Kohli. He plays with a high level - some would say an Australian level - of aggression, meaning he's almost certain to have a run in with some of the more passionate Aussies. And by that, we mean David Warner. An IPL franchise will spend an obscene amount of money on a player that is yet to prove his worth - if this year's IPL auction was anything to go by, franchises still haven't learned their lesson when it comes to overspending on players. Australia will end the year as one of the top two Test teams in the world - the Aussies are already on the verge of leap-frogging England into third place in the rankings, and a strong performance against the current world No.1, South Africa, could see them jump into the top two earlier than expected. But even if that doesn't happen, they've got a three-Test series against Pakistan followed by four Tests against notoriously bad tourists India. South Africa will win the Test series against Australia - The Aussies will arrive in the Republic on a massive high after their thumping Ashes victory this summer, but they know playing the Proteas on their home soil is an entirely different prospect. Australia traditionally has a good record in South Africa, even in the post-Warne/McGrath/Gilchrist/Hayden era, and the home side will be hurt by the retirement of legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis, but expect the class of the world's No.1 side to win out in a tight series. More from the 14for14 series: AFL: Freo to win the flag NRL: Cam Smith to the Broncos Rugby: Benji will be a Super flop Winter Olympics: 'Chumpy' our Sochi star FIFA World Cup: Portugal won't make quarters Golf: Scott to get a Tiger by the tail Motorsport: Ricciardo will take down Vettel Tennis: Tomic to finally deliver International sport: Dante Exum will explode European Football: United tears, City cheers Which of these predictions do you think is most likely to happen?