How quickly the cricket world can change.
An underdone, inexperienced New Zealand team beating Australia on their home turf! Australia then turning around and dishing out a 4-0 thumping of an experienced Indian team with some of the most productive batting of the modern era.
And then England getting white-washed by a Pakistan team who were on the brink of disaster about 12 months ago and who are now back as combative as ever and not to be taken lightly in the foreseeable future.
Add to that South Africa dishing it out to post-Murali Sri Lanka, although it has to be said the way Sri Lanka came back from an innings and 81-run loss in the first Test to claim a 208-run win in the second, only to then go down by 10 wickets in the third was symptomatic of the volatility of the game around the world these days.
The game is probably in its most unpredictable state for many years. Is that a good thing or bad?
The consensus would have to be that it is good.
While periods of dominance do have the ability to raise the overall standard of performance, especially among the most competitive teams as happened during the great Australian era which coincided with Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath's involvement, they can also lower interest levels.
But it would have to be said the latest situation has only heightened the level of support for the Test game.
Add to that the changing of the guard which is happening in the game. Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have been three dominating influences in batting but all three are in the closing stages of their careers.
New players are emerging and a qualitative change is taking place. And that can only be of benefit to the game's appeal.
New Zealand has been undergoing such a process, and the introduction of new players, an assured Test match programme for the next 15 months and success, especially the Australian result, has lifted interest in the national side to heights unseen in the last five or six years.
Rob Nicol, Kane Williamson, Dean Brownlie, Doug Bracewell, Trent Boult have come along to supplement earlier new boys in Tim Southee, BJ Watling and Martin Guptill.
Others are pressing from the wings with Tom Latham, Michael Bates, Andrew Ellis and Tarun Nethula all getting their chance to impress against Zimbabwe.
New Zealand need to lift their world Test ranking, they are better than the No.8 position they have occupied for too long.
The signs are that the reinvigoration managed under John Wright's coaching has set a foundation that could bear significant fruit for the next decade. That has to be great for the New Zealand game with subsequent rub-offs for the other styles of cricket.
Put alongside what is happening on the world scene and it would have to be said that cricket is in for another surge in popularity.