Traditionally, Test cricket has been played over five days, but four-day matches are far from new. In fact, they are a return to cricket’s rich and varied past.

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Virat Kohli, one of India’s greatest ever players, announced his retirement from Test cricket on Monday. “It’s been 14 years since I first wore the baggy blue in Test cricket.

‘My father appreciates red-ball cricket’ Rohit Sharma called time on his Test career, having played 67 matches, scoring 4301 runs at an average of 40.57. The Indian ODI captain had a stop ...

By Shah Faisal Root was given his Test cap by Collingwood in India—and it was no coincidence. Root became the fielder with the most catches in Test cricket. His career is not just an offshoot of ...

It was the single that lifted this modest son of Sheffield to the grand total of 13,379 runs in 157 Test matches for England over 13 years of high achievement since he made his debut as a fresh ...

“Test cricket is very similar to life. If things don’t go your way on day one, you have to go to sleep, wake up and come back,” Kohli explained in an interview with Graham Bensinger in 2019.

Published: June 9, 2025 10:44pm EDT Cricket’s third World Test Championship final will begin on Wednesday night in London.