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Test Cricket is the pinnacle of cricket, but its relevance and future is uncertain

Why we love test cricket Test Cricket is the pinnacle of cricket, but its relevance and future is uncertain. A format that has a long illustrious history dating back to 1877. Since then test cricket has appealed to so many people and has captured their love of cricket. But in recent times test cricket faces many uncertainties, and challenges and its future remains doubtful. All test cricket fans are worried about is test cricket’s future and potentially facing a reality where test cricket ceases to exist. But before we talk about test cricket’s uncertain future, let’s talk about why we love test cricket! I think the reason we love test cricket is it’s a format that is steep in tradition, and history and you don’t get that with the other forms of cricket. It’s also a true test for any cricketer to prove themselves in the game's truest and purest form. Test cricket is different to other sports it’s a game where it goes for five days or back in the real old day's test matches were
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Calls for more Women’s Tests are growing louder, but the ICC and Cricket Boards aren’t hearing them

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Over 558,000 tuned in to watch the final session of the Women's Ashes Test which was the most-watched day of a women's test on record in Australia. If that isn't a strong message to the ICC and cricket boards that more fans want more women's tests then what else will convince them. Women's cricket has come leaps and bounds over the years the one area the women's game is lagging in is test cricket. Women cricketers have been playing test cricket since 1934 there have been only 143 test matches ever played in history. But in recent times women's test matches are becoming scarcer. The reason we see fewer test matches being played is down to many factors. The one biggest factor is that cricket boards don't want to put money and effort into women's tests and primarily want to focus on the limited-overs forms of the game to develop and promote the game in their respected countries. Calls are growing louder for more women's tests after we witness one of
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