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Tests of Character

Discover yourself by taking our quizzes

What sort of pitch would you be?

Everyone's pouring hate on the SSC. Could you do better?

1. Runs are:

2. Wickets are:

3. What's your motto as a pitch?

4. What do captains do or say when they inspect you?

5. How do captains react when they lose the toss on you?

6. How do openers feel when they come to bat on you on the first day of a Test?

7. How do opening bowlers feel when they come to bowl on you on the first day of a Test?

8. Grass is:

9. Cracks are:

  • Fun, frolic and Ashes Pashes
    Fan Following: Day 4 at Adelaide was a reversion to the grinding-out cricket that makes Test matches real tests of patience and skill
  • The nuisance of cyber banter
    The Long Handle: First there was knuckle-biting stupidity. Then there were attempts to defend it
  • Proteas in pink
    Fan Following: The South Africans brought a big splash of colour and zing to the Wanderers
  • Teething troubles at the new-look Adelaide Oval
    Fan Following: The new Adelaide Oval is so good, it should be on your bucket list. But if the weather is going to stay this way, bring a jacket.
  • Press conferences? Spare us
    The Long Handle: Enough of young men in baseball caps boringly answering questions that shouldn't have been asked
  • Raise courage and commitment
    Mark Nicholas: The ability to respond to challenges that are beyond the daily call is diminished by overkill, but that is precisely the task ahead of Cook and Co
  • A unique double, and an Ashes record
    Ask Steven: Also, debutant captains, most runs by Under-25s, and fathers and sons playing together
  • A cricket ground's song
    Christian Ryan: What makes a special cricket place special? At Adelaide Oval, part of it is that going to the cricket is about not having to watch the cricket
  • It's a draw!
    ESPNcricinfo XI: After Darren Bravo's superb effort in Dunedin, a look at some other famous match-saving innings in Tests
  • 'I used to sledge while batting'
    An Aussie who played for England, Martin McCague remembers how the press reacted to his selection
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