FREDDIE’S FINEST

EVEN IN THIS BRAVE NEW WORLD OF T20, Big Bashes, IPL and the Hundred, Test matches are still the most exalted form of cricket, and at their best arguably the most sublime of any sport. A proper Test match is like a novel: it ebbs and flows, it reveals character for good and bad, it intrigues and suspends, it grips and moves, it runs multiple plots at once, and by the end you’re breathless and wrung out, wanting to stay in it so much longer but knowing that its finitude and rarity are what make it so special. This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the GREATEST TEST SERIES EVER PLAYED. The 2005 Ashes had it all: the two best teams in the world going without quarter at each other,…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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