Pakistan had a chance but blew it, and overall Australia completely dominated in all aspects in the three-Test series which ended in another whitewash for the visitors

There is not a cricket-playing country in the world as backward and as resistant to not just modernity but simple, natural progression as Pakistan

Nathan Hauritz continued his resurgence after being challenged by the chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch to step up in the dying stages of Tests

This was a big season for Ricky Ponting's men