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→Test (First Class) cricket - an overview
If at the end of the fifth day's play Australia were 350-8, they would not yet have reached their target, and Sri Lanka would not yet have taken 10 wickets. In this instance both teams would have failed to win and the game would be declared a draw. This occurrence is not uncommon.
If at the end of the fifth day's play Australia were 350-8, they would not yet have reached their target, and Sri Lanka would not yet have taken 10 wickets. In this instance both teams would have failed to win and the game would be declared a draw. This occurrence is not uncommon.
===Test playing nations===
Only countries approved by the International Cricket Council may compete in test cricket. The following ten teams currently have that status:
* England (since 1877)
* Australia (1877)
* South Africa (1889)
* West Indies (1928)
* New Zealand (1930)
* India (1932)
* Canada (1933)
* Pakistan (1952)
* Sri Lanka (1982)
* Zimbabwe (1992)
* Bangladesh (2000)
Not all these teams have had continuous tenure among the test playing nations. South Africa, for example, were excluded in response to their [[apartheid]] policy. Ireland have recently expressed the desire to become full ICC members and get to test status.
==Other aspects of the game==
==Other aspects of the game==