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Cricket: 2014 Year in Review
Cricket will remember 2014 for a tragedy the likes of which the game has never known.
The death of Phillip Hughes and the resultant outpouring of grief cast a pall over any performances with bat and ball, both before and after the horrible incident that claimed his life.
What Australian captain Michael Clarke said about his team's dressing room could indeed be said about the game itself in Australia, "it will never be the same."
Ryan Harris was man-of-the-match for another superb performance.
Clarke lifted the urn after only the third Ashes clean sweep in history.
The SCG Test is likely to be Kevin Pietersen's last after he was sacked by England.
It was the Twenty20 series next, in which Australia triumphed 3-0.
The Aussies won the ODI series with the James Faulkner-inspired Gabba win the highlight.
Mitchell Johnson continued his hot form in the battle for No.1 against South Africa.
The Proteas bounced back in the Second Test, taking the series to a decider.
Clarke's couragous ton in the decider will live long in the memory.
