The 2005 Ashes win was such a special moment for England. It was the first time the cricket team had beaten Australia in a Test series since 1989.
Parades were held, knighthoods and MBE's were handed out to the players and the country celebrated as if they had just won the World Cup.
Then a few days ago England's Michael Trescothick, who releases his autobiography next week, goes out and reveals: "We cheated in the Ashes series."
How, you may wonder? Did England slip sleeping pills into Australia's lunch? Did they fix matches?
No, not quite. Do you remember those devastating spells of reverse swing bowling Simon Jones, Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard and Andrew Flintoff produced to destroy the Australian top-order in the five match series? You know bowling that we all thought England had learned from watching a lot of old videos of Waqar Younis and Wasim Akram in action.
Well it turns out it was not video footage of the Pakistan swing kings they were watching, but instead old recordings of Bugs Bunny – at least Trescothick was.
The former opening batsman revealed his job in the field was to first suck on boiled sweets (and he names the brand: Murray Mints) to create a lot of saliva and then shine the ball with the mint-flavoured saliva, which subsequently kept the shine on for longer allowing it to swing for longer periods.
You couldn't make this stuff up really. It's hilarious to think what lengths a person will go to – just to market his autobiography.
Former Australian fast bowler Damien Fleming also found the revelation amusing, pointing out: "At least now we know why England lost the Ashes [2006-2007], they lost their minty guy."
But thankfully not everything about England cricket is a joke now that Kevin Pietersen is captain.
The guy is a legend.
This week would have been Sir Donald Bradman's centenary birthday and the Australian is universally recognised as the greatest cricketer ever, but the way Pietersen is going when he completes his career he will be placed on a similar pedestal.
When appointed England captain for his first Test at the beginning of the month, he stopped a rampant South Africa in their tracks and won a consolation victory for the hosts – mutterings of beginner's luck were heard.
Last Friday when he pulled off a one-day international win through superb tactics, including bowling himself instead of two more recognised bowlers because of the pitch situation, those mutterings were still audible.
However, when you mastermind the dismissal of the No2 ranked ODI team for a mere 83 – their second lowest score ever – and win by 10-wickets like England did over South Africa on Tuesday, then those mutterings turn to gasps of astonishment.
A win today will seal the series for England, hand Pietersen his first trophy in his debut competition as captain and put him on the way to becoming one of the country's best skippers ever.
Another person on the way to becoming the best ever is Australia's new rugby coach Robbie Deans.
The New Zealander, who already has a record five Super 14 title wins with the Crusaders, has turned the Wallabies into a solid outfit overnight.
A loss to New Zealand last month is the only blemish on an otherwise glittering year thus far. His latest conquest is a 27-15 thrashing of world champions South Africa on the weekend – that too in South Africa.
It was the first time since 2000 that Australia have beaten the Springboks at home and Deans now stands on the verge of winning his debut Tri-Nations.