Test-match

So resigned is the Pakistan Cricket Board to not playing at home for the foreseeable future that it has agreed to play its Test-match and Twenty20 series against Australia in England this summer.

Pakistan's Cricketers Dismissed for a Duck Richard Lord 2010

So resigned is the Pakistan Cricket Board to not playing at home for the foreseeable future that it has agreed to play its Test-match and Twenty20 series against Australia in England this summer.

Pakistan's Cricketers Dismissed for a Duck Richard Lord 2010

Two sides on different sides of the Test-match spectrum, but united by one thing: envy of the other's resources.

Injury-hit India look to Ishant Sharma to step up the pace 2010

England's discipline with the ball has been so impressive in this series, and as a result Australia's scoring rate is their lowest in a home series since Steve Waugh's captaincy fast-forwarded Test-match batting.

The Ashes 2010: Australia v England - day four as it happened 2010

So resigned is the Pakistan Cricket Board to not playing at home for the foreseeable future that it has agreed to play its Test-match and Twenty20 series against Australia in England this summer.

Pakistan's Cricketers Dismissed for a Duck Richard Lord 2010

You get to such situations rarely in Test-match life, and you need to grab them.

Mohammad Amir's absence betrayed Pakistan's lack of a killer instinct Mike Brearley at Lord 2010

Sky cool on IPL franchiseDigger's highlighting yesterday of the attempts by a Test-match county's chairman to engineer a "get? out" from the England & Wales Cricket Board's £300m television deal with Sky has prompted disquiet among broadcasters.

Good news for Portsmouth ? Guardian finds missing £4m 2010

Test-match cricket: Test matches are still the pinnacle of international cricket.

The Ashes Explainer 2010

But Test-match victories over Australia don't come cheap and, if anything, it was England who were grateful for the chance to recuperate when the umpires offered the light with 12 overs remaining in the day, the partnership worth 185.

Australia Set Up an Unlikely Cliffhanger 2009

Never mind the fancy-Dans of the Test-match arena, going off at a misting of drizzle or because the light meter has dipped below "dazzling": village cricketers will continue playing through rain, flood, and tempest to complete the match, even if it hastens us to an early grave.

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