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The Australian juggernaut rolls on

From Murali's record to Australia's records, rare milestones to hot streaks, and more. A look back at the statistical highlights of 2007

06-Jan-2008•George Binoy

Back from the brink

South Africa flirted with catastrophe in Tests, and lost the plot on the biggest stage in the limited-overs game

06-Jan-2008•Telford Vice

Hayden equals the Don, and Kumble's 100

Stats highlights from the fourth day of the Sydney Test between Australia and India

05-Jan-2008•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

Australia overcome spin challenge

Siddhartha Vaidhyanathan on Australia's defiance of India's spinners on a turning pitch

05-Jan-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan at the SCG

Business as usual

They said Australia would suffer the losses of key players. They were wrong, and how

05-Jan-2008•Peter English

Ambrose checks in

It looked like he had been passed over in favour of his former team-mate Matt Prior. Not quite. Tim Ambrose is England's surprise choice for the wicketkeeper's spot in the squad for New Zealand

05-Jan-2008•Andrew Miller

Prior slips off England's radar

The England selectors named two 16-man squads for the forthcoming ODI and Test series in New Zealand and a 13-man England Lions squad to tour India

04-Jan-2008•Andrew Miller at Lord's

A life beyond the boundary

Readers drawn to James by his writing on cricket will learn a lot more from this book about the man who was a confidant of the likes of Trotsky and Nkrumah

04-Jan-2008•Stephen Fay

A regal knock

Sachin Tendulkar's 154 was an expert innings from a batsman in control, someone who knew what the situation demanded

04-Jan-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan at the SCG

All's not well that ends well

For West Indies, 2007 was a year of tumult, crammed with historical events and twists, ugly politics and blame games. But it ended with a grand victory in South Africa

04-Jan-2008•Vaneisa Baksh

Spilling the beans and more banality

From hackle-raising autobiographies to exhaustive histories - 2007 offered a mixed bag of cricket books. Cricinfo asked its in-house editors, associates and a selection of the great and good for their picks of the year

04-Jan-2008•Martin Williamson

'Blind men in white coats'

Day one of the New Year Test was marred by poor umpiring decisions, with India getting the worst of it. A selection of what the pundits and the papers had to say

03-Jan-2008

Laxman's hat-trick in Sydney

Stats highlights from the second day of the Sydney Test between Australia and India

03-Jan-2008•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

Will and grace

Grit combined with flair as Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman produced India's most uplifting day in the series

03-Jan-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan at the SCG

Cash and commitment cause for concern

Life beyond the Test world: our review of the Associate nations in 2007

03-Jan-2008•Martin Williamson

Mainly Aussie

Cricinfo staffers picked their XIs of the year in the three formats. Surprise, surprise, about a third of the slots on offer go to Australians

03-Jan-2008•Dileep Premachandran

The decline of the ODI and other stories

Too many ODIs, too many of them tepid; the continuing dominance of Australia; the birth of Twenty20; and the decline of spin

03-Jan-2008•Sambit Bal

Symonds on a hot streak

Stats highlights from the first day of the Sydney Test between Australia and India

02-Jan-2008•S Rajesh and HR Gopalakrishna

New year, old habits

Too much happened on the first day at the SCG. Close to 30,000 people got to see a fine spell of left-arm seam, a tantalising display of off spin and a counterattacking partnership straight out of a classic western flick

02-Jan-2008•Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Sydney

A different stripe

Crab-like and inelegant he may be, but it is his gritty determination and stomach for a fight that are more worth remarking on. "Tiger" Chanderpaul is a man driven by the simple mantra of just doing the best he can

02-Jan-2008•Fazeer Mohammed

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