Five-Day Format Quotes

Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.

We don't cover too many draws in Test cricket and its great: it means the cricket is more interesting, more exciting.

It is the ultimate test. It's every cricketer's dream to play Test cricket. I'm eagerly waiting for my opportunity to represent my country in whites also.

Call me traditional, but Test cricket is the most important thing.

That is what Test cricket is about, adapting to different conditions around the world.

It is easy to get carried away in this Twenty20 era and think Test cricket has to be entertaining all the time.

Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status as a Test player. By the time I finish, I want to play at least 80 Tests and be known for my achievements in Tests.

Test cricket might seem to be slow and ponderous at times, yet it is capable of conjuring great drama from nowhere.

It's very rare that you get a chance to play in a Test and that's what makes it so special and prestigious.

We have to understand that the five-day format has its own uncertainties, unlike ODIs or T20s. In ODIs, you know that you have to field for 50 overs only, while in Test cricket, there may be a situation that a team might bat for one-and-a-half to two days.

Test matches to me are the caviar compared to the fast food stuff. Having the ability and the constitution to triumph over five days is what it's all about.