BBC Sport Online's crystal ball for 2003 is already playing catch up, after wrongly predicting an England defeat in the fifth Ashes Test.
In fact, we did actually spot the victory for Nasser Hussain's men, but decided it was such a ridiculous notion, the glass must have misted over.
Anyway, here goes with the predictions for June-December this year.
June:
When South Africa arrive in England ahead of the NatWest Series, Shaun Pollock swears he has nothing to declare going through customs.
An intimate search, however, reveals a golden mace, which is taken to the Lord's museum for safekeeping.
Pollock uses the NatWest Series final as cover for a daring attempt to grab the trophy back, but is stopped half-way through a window by the ghost of WG Grace.
July:
Australia opt to experiment during a two-Test home series against Bangladesh, handing the Test captaincy to Austin Waugh and calling up female leg-spinner Brooke Warne.
Behind the stumps is 18-month-old Harrison Gilchrist, son of another recent Test star.
The home side's plans are thrown into chaos, however, when young Gilchrist throws his toys out of his pram and is handed a suspension by the ICC.
England's inaugural Twenty20 Cup competition descends into chaos after the organisers introduce new rules mid-way through the tournament to increase entertainment.
Right-handed batsmen who score runs with their left see their totals doubled, the one-hand-one-bounce rule applies and the pitch is shortened to 11 yards.
August:
Month by month
Play in the third Test at Trent Bridge is suspended when Channel Four commentator Michael Atherton is struck down by a lightning bolt as he completes his pitch report.
Former South Africa fast bowler Allan Donald later apologies, saying he is still seething after Atherton failed to walk at the venue last time they played there.
September:
Confidence buoyed by memories of their World Cup meeting in 1999, Bangladesh upset Pakistan to record their first ever Test series victory.
And the dancing in the streets of Dhaka reaches fever pitch when a quirk in the ICC rankings system sees the side named as the new Test Championship holders.
Surrey, the only team to have fielded fewer than 15 overseas players over the course of the season, are once again crowned County Champions.
October:
Eager for revenge after a bowler-dominated series in New Zealand a year ago, India revoke their policy of producing pacy wickets, instructing their groundsmen to use sand liberally.
Spinners run through the Black Cap line-up, the three-Test series is over in three days, and the sides are left to get on with the serious business of the 21-match one-day international series.
November:
When tourists Zimbabwe take on an Australian Prime Minister's XI in Canberra, Aussie premier John Howard opens the bowling to Robert Mugabe with a brutal spell of short, fast, deliveries.
Unsurprisingly, as when England employed the tactic in the 1932 Bodyline series, a diplomatic incident ensues.
December:
After a topsy-turvy year in international cricket, things return to normal.
True to away form, India fail in Australia, New Zealand out-class the Pakistani tourists and England lose a two-Test series in Bangladesh.