The 160th Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
The Final Word Cricket Podcast
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The End of Test Cricket
Ben Stokes has risen to the challenge spectacularly and I think it's partly because he thinks his legacy is already secure. Indian Australia are interesting I suspect that they wouldn't have been forced to follow on against New Zealand at Wellington in fact there's no chance they would have been forced into following on. Tim Southy declared quite imaginatively Karachi against Pakistan Barbara Zahn with a declaration well that was the age has misunderstood the whole thing hadn't he. England should probably have chased two five eight but here we are talking about a one-run defeat fourth instance ever of a team winning after following on these are great things for test cricket absolutely.
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