Test match Cricket is all about patience,Resilience,Grit and Tenacity. Test match cricket is about surviving and countering the tough times.
Test match cricket resembles life. There will be ups and downs in life and test cricket is the same. In test match cricket you have to go through all the ups and downs. Life always gives you a second chance, In the same manner test match always gives you the second chance. One team might dominate the majority of the sessions, but one good session can complete change the fate of the match.Test cricket seperates Gentleman from Boys. Imagine a fast bowler steaming in all day long and batsman shouldering his arms and leaving the ball to the keeper. Imagine a slip fielder fileding in the same position for 90 overs expecting an edge from the batsman.
Test cricket is like the game of chess. You have to make the bravest decisions. When do you declare? Will you enforce a follow on? What is the minimum time required to take ten wickets?How much longer can you survive on the 4th and 5th day pitch, assessing the pitch condition? Assessing the overcast conditions?. Test match cricket is a team sport. You play as a team, yoy win as a team.
The Dog who blinks first in a Dog fight is the one that losses. There is a reason why it is called test cricket. It is the ultimate test of character, technique, courage, skill. Each session is a mini battle in itself. In sport one team will win and the other will loose, but Test matches gives you a draw. Two good teams, toiling hard all the 5 days and you cannot seperate them, then comes the real magic of test cricket "A DRAW"
Test match cricket is the challenging format. In which format of the game you will applaud when a batsman scores 1 run of 40 balls, In which format of the game you will praise a bowler steaming in all day long and deliberately bowling outside off stump testing the patience of the batsman.
As Harsha bhogle said Test matches are won by what doesnot happen in the highlights. When you have no chance of winning, but you are denying the opposition a win, it is a win itself.
*LONG LIVE TEST CRICKET*
