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Fine tradition of exciting Test finishes continues

Abu Dhabi seemed an eternity away as England finished the job in Colombo, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian

Siddhartha Talya
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
Abu Dhabi seemed an eternity away as England finished the job in Colombo, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian. That the game went into the final day added to the excitement.
It always seems a challenge to entice people to attend the fifth day of a Test match, as if they feel it is the bottom of the barrel. Tickets are always available and, generally, at a reduced price. In terms of value, though, they should be double. These are Test cricket's bargains because, over the years, followers of England who have shown up at matches around the world have seen all aspects of last-day dramas: matches that seemed safe, lost; matches that were all but lost, saved, heroically; games that were resurrected from the dead at the last minute.
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Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo