Test cricket continues to fascinate

From Centurion to Perth, there was plenty to savour as the long version of the game produced some thoroughly absorbing play, writes Christopher Martin-Jenkins in the Times.

Were you absorbed from a distance by the uncertain outcomes of the simultaneous Test matches in Centurion and the Waca ground in Perth? Crowds for both games were no more than satisfactory but much of the cricket was spell-binding, proof if it were needed that Test cricket will confound those sages who fear that it is an anachronism in an age of instant gratification.