Today provides one of the most beautiful, delicate feelings that I know and wait for, and first I have to provide some backstory. In particular, Test cricket. A match lasts 5 days.
A match lasts 5 days. So there’s room for back-and-forths, intense 20 minute periods of play forcing one team into sure defeat, then slow steady day-long grinds back into it against all belief – if they have the character for it. All of life is in Test cricket.
All of life is in Test cricket. I gave an overview, drew a lesson (do not keep your eye on the ball. ) and waxed lyrical some time ago (2022).