Given the relative paucity of cricket this year, the longest format has emerged as a healer for deprived fans over the past month
A drawn Test series against the formidable England side will be as good as victory believes former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi
Anil Kumble has revealed that pulling out of the Australian tour in 2007-08 would have been accepted by fans but his team continued the Test series to prove their mettle on foreign soil
For West Indies, Gabriel picked three wickets while Chase and Joseph scalped two wickets each
South Africa's limited over skipper Quinton de Kock didn't want Test captaincy as 'extra pressure' of leading the team in the traditional format would have been 'too much stress'
Ganguly played a superb knock of 131 for which he consumed 301 deliveries
The right-handed batsman did not have a good show with the bat in his first Test as he just managed to score 19 runs in the entire match
ICC came up with World Test Championship to reinvigorate the format in white-ball era but Sangakkara feels sustaining such tournaments will be difficult
In 104 matches long Test career, Sehwag scored 8586 runs at an impressive average of 49.34. He also scored 23 centuries and 32 fifties in a 12-year long stint in the longest format
He brought up the milestone against West Indies in the third Test of the three-match series at Antigua Recreation Ground
We don't know where this proposal is going to end up, but we do know that Test cricket is becoming less and less feasible in commercial and financial terms, with every passing Test
Australia have been unbeatable this season, winning all four Tests at home
In case, Hardik can't make it, selectors might either look at hitting prowess of Suryakumar Yadav since the ODIs in the Kiwiland will be an extension of T20s in World Cup year.
Ponting's Test team of the 2010s doesn't feature any other Indian apart from Kohli, who is currently ranked No.1 in both ICC Test and ODI rankings for batsmen
India are currently ranked number one in ICC Test team rankings, followed by New Zealand, South Africa, England and Australia
The 30-year-old took a single off Muhammad Musa during the second Test against Pakistan in Adelaide to reach the milestone and take possession of a record held for 73 years
The overall quality of cricket has to improve - too many uneven duels have blighted the romance of Test match cricket
Laxman scored 281 off 452 balls while Dravid made 180 off 353 and India eventually declared on 657/7.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will also be present.
Cricket made its mark in sporting culture for the first time way back in the 1800s with the introduction of Test cricket.