Below you will find example sentences with "test cricket". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Test Cricket in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: cricket
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.5 words

Words in this phrase

test cricket

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • test can mean: A challenge, trial. Common word
  • cricket can mean: An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on ... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

class or test cricket and the 1× cricket and test cricket 1× cricket and test cricket in general 1× demands of test cricket while lewis 1× four day test cricket saying that 1× granted elite test cricket status 1× haul in test cricket to bowl 1× history of test cricket 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

test cricket is 2× dhoni retired from 1× ganguly went on 1× harbhajan singh became 1× indeed there have 1× india spinners kuldeep 1×

Common sentence endings:

against sri lanka 1× age of 27 1× an exposure trip 1× and test cricket 1× at bay oval 1× braving the cold 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

first 6× day 6× india 4× team 3× south 3× africa 3× west 2× indies 2× wednesday 2× tests 2× england 2× great 2×

Related phrases

international cricket cricket board test positive cricket club cricket council positive test cricket team test pilot indian cricket test scores

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around cricket:

international cricket 20× cricket board 18× cricket council 14× cricket team 12× indian cricket 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

test flight test pilot test positive test scores tested negative tested positive

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

test positive test pilot test scores test flight

Same ending:

international cricket indian cricket

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "test cricket" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as class or test cricket and the, cricket and test cricket, first, day and india stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with international cricket, cricket board, test positive, international cricket, cricket board and cricket council, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with test cricket

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

There is a difference between attention focus in T20 Cricket and Test cricket. (13 words)

He could have been strengthening West Indies Test cricket - and Test cricket in general. (14 words)

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket and is considered its highest standard. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

The first is the fact his favourite format of the game is first class or Test cricket and the second is the fact he treasures his Test cap more than any other cap he’s received in the game — and that after playing just four Tests. (46 words)

Premier off-spinner Nathan Lyon took his second eight-wicket haul in Test cricket to bowl out India for 169 in their second innings at the close of day two’s play in third Test at the Holkar Stadium on Thursday. (41 words)

Test cricket is also set to be disrupted and Cricket West Indies chief Johnny Grave said on Wednesday that they will be as “flexible and creative as possible” as they look to ensure the Tests against England are played. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

The national cricket team participated in their first Cricket World Cup in 1999, and the following year was granted elite Test cricket status.

He could have been strengthening West Indies Test cricket - and Test cricket in general.

There is a difference between attention focus in T20 Cricket and Test cricket.

Test cricket is also set to be disrupted and Cricket West Indies chief Johnny Grave said on Wednesday that they will be as “flexible and creative as possible” as they look to ensure the Tests against England are played.

The couch is the closest Test cricket great Greg Chappell will get to his own charity’s annual sports stars sleep out for homelessness, but cricket power couple Alyssa Healy and Mitchell Starc will be braving the cold.

Harbhajan Singh became the first Indian to take a hat-trick in Test cricket against Australia in 2001 and Rohit Sharma became the highest individual scorer in ODI cricket with his epic 264 against Sri Lanka.

South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn has announced his retirement from test cricket, but will be available for one-day international and Twenty20 cricket, he confirmed on Monday.

South Africa's Kagiso Rabada delivers a ball during the first day of the second Test cricket match between India and South Africa at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on October 10, 2019.

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Indeed, there have only been six dismissals in ODI cricket that has come out of a batsman obstructing the field and it has happened just once in the history of Test cricket.

While he conceded that Twenty20 cricket was more popular and served as a great revenue earner, he insisted the format would never hold the prestige Test cricket did.

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket and is considered its highest standard.

Premier off-spinner Nathan Lyon took his second eight-wicket haul in Test cricket to bowl out India for 169 in their second innings at the close of day two’s play in third Test at the Holkar Stadium on Thursday.

Test Cricket: New Zealand v England, 6am, BT Sport 1 Continued coverage of day three of the first Test at Bay Oval.

The first is the fact his favourite format of the game is first class or Test cricket and the second is the fact he treasures his Test cap more than any other cap he’s received in the game — and that after playing just four Tests.

India spinners Kuldeep Yadav on Thursday opposed the idea of four-day Test cricket saying that he does not want any tinkering with the ‘classic’ five-day Test.

Virender Sehwag is also only the fourth person to score more than one triple Test ton in Test cricket.

Ganguly went on to reiterate that doing well in Test cricket is the ultimate goal for this Indian team and they have the team to do well in the next Test series in New Zealand.

Mohammad Amir Test retirement: Pakistan pace greats including Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar have slammed Mohammad Amir’s decision to retire from Test cricket at the age of 27.

But even if factor in all those variables, Shaw burst into the Test scene fully organised, equipped to deal with demands of Test cricket, while Lewis, equally hyped in the Caribbean, seemed a clueless novice on an exposure trip.

Dhoni retired from Test cricket in 2014, handing over the reigns to Kohli, who has been India’s Test captain since January 2015, an ICC report on Wednesday said.

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