http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?ntid=3 Dreamcricket Views RSS Feed 10 Continuing from where I left off, this is the concluding part of the A to Z of cricket in 2008. Thursday, January 01, 2009 http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=10795&ntid=3 2008 has been a good year for cricket as a whole. Maybe the Aussies won't agree, for things haven't gone too well for them in the latter half, but they have the whole of next year to set their house in order. And even they can't complain much, for Pakistan have the most to grumble about; much of the last twelve months they would indeed like to see erased from their cricketing history, if there was indeed anything to erase in the first place. Elsewhere two new powers arose in world cricket, giving the schedule of 2009 a look resembling the last lap of a race as India and South Africa scurry towards the finish line that is the number one spot. Wednesday, December 31, 2008 http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=10794&ntid=3 Pakistan's first visit to the West Indies in 1958 produced some fascinating cricket and batting records that survive to this day. Tuesday, December 30, 2008 http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=10792&ntid=3 Watching the Australia-South Africa series has been an education in how much India have lost in recent years as a cricketing nation. Tuesday, December 30, 2008 http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=10793&ntid=3 The results might have been mixed but there is no denying the fact that the positives far outweighed the negatives when it came to the Indian cricket team's performance in 2008. Monday, December 29, 2008 http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=10786&ntid=3 What a year it has been for Indian cricket. It all started at the Sydney Cricket Ground where Australia took on India in the second Test of the series. Monday, December 29, 2008 http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=10787&ntid=3 The A to Z of cricket in 2008 Sunday, December 28, 2008 http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=10777&ntid=3 The last two matches played by India this year may not have taken place and no one would have complained, such were the circumstances. But they did happen and that left us with some pointers. Saturday, December 27, 2008 http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=10774&ntid=3 It is naive to argue that sports can strengthen political relationships between two nations. On the contrary political bonhomie must precede sports and games. Tuesday, December 23, 2008 http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=10759&ntid=3 Great Test Matches XV - England v Australia, Old Trafford, 1956 Tuesday, December 23, 2008 http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/news.hspl?nid=10761&ntid=3