It was the second time in the history of Test cricket that the side following-on had won and England's unbelievable victory defied all logic.
Mr Goodhart used monetary history to test these competing theories.
It was the second fastest double ton in Test history, and the fastest 250.
BBC: Virender Sehwag blitzes Sri Lanka as India pile on runs
The opening encounter at Lahore saw Mudassar Nazar compile the slowest hundred in Test history.
BBC: SPORT | Cricket | England | England in Pakistan 1977-78
Hutton's aggregate of 1, 521 runs from 19 innings is by far the highest in Oval Test history.
That was one of just 12 matches in Test history that have failed to reach a third day.
Sehwag now has five of the fastest nine double hundreds in Test history, and has scored six in total.
BBC: Virender Sehwag blitzes Sri Lanka as India pile on runs
He soon became the eighth batsman in Test history to score 9, 000 runs, but a double century remained elusive.
Petersen was only the third debutant in South African Test history to make a ton and the first for seven years.
India's MS Dhoni also became the first captain in Test history to win all four matches in a series despite losing every toss.
England were all out for 51 in the second innings in Jamaica, their third lowest total in Test history, leaving new skipper Strauss shell-shocked.
The left-hander accumulated made 1, 656 runs in the calendar year, the third highest in Test history behind Pakistan's Mohammad Yousuf and West Indian legend Viv Richards.
Indian opener Sehwag began the day on 284 - a total scored from just 239 balls during which he struck the fastest 250 in Test history.
His unorthodox 37 not out saved Zimbabwe from becoming only the 16th side in Test history to be bowled out for less than 100 in both innings.
Australia ensured Muttiah Muralitharan would have to wait until the home series against England to have the chance to overhaul Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne as the leading wicket-taker in Test history.
But he made sure that his name would be in the selectors' thoughts for the future, becoming the first Sri Lankan, and only the 13th bowler in Test history, to achieve the feat.
Naeem played the type of consolidating innings his team needed, reaching 50 from 150 balls, only the second time in their Test history that four Bangladesh batsmen had made half centuries in the same innings.
Teenager Adrian Barath hit a century in the opening match in Brisbane, fast bowler Roach showed real potential despite only taking seven wickets in the series and skipper Chris Gayle hit the fifth-fastest hundred in Test history in the first innings in Perth.
The game will always be remembered as Brian Lara's match - when the Trinidadian left-hander despatched England's bowlers to all four corners of the Antigua Recreation Ground on the way to scoring 375 - at the time, the highest individual score in Test history.
BBC: Page last updated at 08:18 GMT, Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Both countries have some way to go before they produce footballers who reach the same level as their other sporting heroes such as Tendulkar - the second highest Test century maker of all time - and Courtney Walsh - the leading wicket taker in Test history.
And while last man Ojha was at the crease, there looked a real possibility of only the third ever tie in Test cricket history.
Wilkinson is the highest-ever points scorer in Test rugby history and would have scored even more points had he not suffered from an appalling string of injuries since kicking England to World Cup glory in 2003.
In subjects such as English and history, the exams will test essay writing, while in maths and science there will be a greater focus on quantitative problem solving.
English second row Simon Shaw was named man of the match after a storming display as he became, at the age of 35, the oldest Lions Test debutant in history.
Kallis came to the crease and, supported by Neil McKenzie (35no), steadied the ship as he become only the eighth Test batsman in history to reach the 10, 000-run milestone with a push through covers.
It all sounds vaguely plausible, but the first test will, history suggests, come later, when it becomes clear whether Mr Thain and other insiders are buying shares to be held, if not until death, then at least for a long time to come.
So wrote Martin Johnson about Bill Frindall and the cricket statistician fraternity in the Daily Telegraph, after England's Andrew Strauss played all around a Shane Warne delivery in the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney in January 2007, a dismissal which saw the leg-spinner become the first bowler to take 700 Test wickets in history.
Last year, Dravid became only the sixth batsman in history to score 10, 000 Test runs.
Pakistan forfeited a Test against England at The Oval - the first in Test cricket's history - on charges of ball tampering.
BBC: SPORT | Cricket | International Teams | Waqar quits Pakistan coach role
应用推荐