You might think Robbie Williams is the greatest gift to music the world has ever seen. Test cricket has unrivalled depth. If Test cricket is art, the pitch is the canvas on which the players paint their masterpiece. The fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England at the MCG was Test cricket cubism, the great game broken apart and stuck back together in abstract form, with a hint of Brydon Carse batting at number three. Test cricket is a rich tapestry, 2,615 parts and counting.

Source: BBC December 27, 2025 19:27 UTC