Test cricket can be a daunting spectacle for the unfamiliar: a vast field, two sets of wickets and up to five days of play in a single match. But it is also beautiful; a prolonged battle unlike ...

Threatened to be neglected and cast aside by the flashier and faster three-hour T20 format, the traditional five-day Test cricket has somehow survived these increasingly faster times. It's not hard to ...

Test. ODI. T20I. And now we have a fourth format. Yes, you read that right. The aim is to further globalise the game, and the new upcoming championship targets individuals aged 13 to 19 years old.

A match lasting up to five days and the equivalent of a working week is naturally going to be a slog. Those not from cricket countries - even many who are - generally are baffled how anyone can sit ...

Cricket’s first Test match was played between Australia and England in 1877. The next Ashes match, starting at the Gabba in Brisbane on Thursday, will be Test number 2,611. It will also be the 25th ...