Six reasons why Tests are much better than limited overs cricket

3. Any type of result is possible; even drawn matches are interesting:

In ODIs, only three results are possible, unless of course a particular match gets abandoned due to natural causes. Such a stalemate is normally known as a “No result.” In case of Tests, you can include “draw” as an additional result, which can be expected. “A draw can occur either due to natural causes like rain, or may be due to the caliber of the batsmen who can preserve their wickets till the time the fifth day’s play gets over.” Just like a win or a loss or for that matter a tie, even draws make an interesting reading in Test matches.

At Eden Park, Auckland, in one of the Tests against England, New Zealand’s No.11 batsman, Danny Morrison, kept on hanging with Nathan Astle for two and a half hours to deny the visitors a well deserved victory. Similarly, South Africa’s best batsman of the 90′s, Daryll Cullinan, gave a spirited fight back, playing alongside the team’s tail-enders to force a draw against India in the Johannesburg Test in 1997. It is never easy to fight till the last when the odds are stacked against you. That is the beauty of Test cricket, where the team which is looking down the barrel can show some sort of resistance, sneaking a draw by battling out quality fast bowlers and spinners purely by the art of defending and leaving.