2007 in review: Essay

ODI overkill and other stories

One of my fondest memories of 2007 is of an evening spent in the company of childhood heroes in the executive lounge of a hotel in Cape Town during the World Twenty20. I was to take Ian Chappell out for a drink but ended up being invited to his hotel instead. I was with a young colleague, and when we got there Ian was with Tony Grieg and Graham Gooch, and soon Ramiz Raja joined us

Sambit Bal looks back at an underwhelming year overloaded with one-day cricket

Of captains and longed-for victories

Cricinfo staffer pick their best and worst of 2007 - 4

The Australian juggernaut rolls on

Stats round-up: A year dominated by the world champions

Mainly Aussie

Cricinfo's best Test, ODI and Twenty20 teams of the year

A dark end, and the joy of six

Cricinfo staffers pick their best and worst of 2007 - 3

Streaks and freaks, spats and prats

Osman Samiuddin on the highs and lows of the year

Good World Cup, bad World Cup

Cricinfo's staffers pick the best and worst of 2007 - Part 1

Hits, misses, and a ton worth the wait

Cricinfo's pick of the best and worst moments of the year - 2

Say what?

A compilation of the memorable quotes of the year

Australia's blip, and World Cup shocks

Timeline: January to March

Of coaches, captains and other things

Timeline: April to June

Twenty20 comes to town

2007 in review: Timeline - July to September

Endings and beginnings

2007 in review: October to December

Remember what made the headlines in 2007?

Steven Asks: Twenty questions on the year that was

Back from the brink

Telford Vice on a mixed year for South Africa

Business as usual

Peter English reviews Australia's fortunes in 2007

All's not well that ends well

Vaneisa Baksh reviews West Indies' eventful 2007

Cash and commitment cause for concern

Martin Williamson looks at how Associates fared last year | Canada | Bermuda | Ireland | Kenya | Netherlands | Scotland

Good not great

Charlie Austin reviews a mixed 2007 for Sri Lanka

Two sides to the story

Sidharth Monga reviews Bangladesh's 2007

None more bleak

Osman Samiuddin reviews a tumultuous year for Pakistan

Glimmers in the gloom

Steven Price reviews Zimbabwe cricket in 2007

All black

Brydon Coverdale reviews New Zealand's ODI-heavy 2007

All to play for

Jenny Thompson looks back at women's cricket in 2007

'Nobody will get near Murali'

Cricinfo's experts pick their memorable moments of 2007

'Technology must be foolproof'

The state of modern-day umpiring

'Excessive cricket is hurting fast bowlers'

Experts analyse the lack of emerging fast bowlers

'Fifty-over cricket breeds mediocrity'

What impact will Twenty20 have on the ODI?

'Teams clueless about playing Australia in Australia'

Australia's continuing dominance, and likely challengers

Big audio dynamite

Peter English listens to Australia's on-field commentators

The end of the road

Andrew Miller reviews Fletcher's reign as England coach

Time to forgive Ramprakash

Rob Steen: The Surrey batsman should be picked for SL tour

For the love of God

Robin Uthappa feels he owes his success to the man upstairs

No room for bigotry

Mukul Kesavan criticises racist behaviour of Indian spectators

Learning by degrees

Peter Roebuck tracks the history of throwing in cricket

Why we love to love Sri Lanka

Suresh Menon on the simplicity of Sri Lanka's game

A tactic of its time

Gideon Haigh on why Bodyline wouldn't work today

Imagination, patience, luck

Aakash Chopra on what a good opener needs

The naming-after game

How trophies, grounds ,stands, ends and more get their names

An amateur solution in a professional world

Unrewarding careers of Associate players

Dazzling, delicate; a reassuring presence

Osman Samiuddin on his favourite Inzamam moment

In the skin of a lion

Boyd Rankin's unforgettable trip to the World Cup

The last king of Trinidad

Rahul Bhattacharya pays tribute to Brian Lara

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