test match
noun
1
: any of a series of championship cricket matches played between teams representing Australia and England
2
: a championship game or series (as of cricket) played between teams representing different countries
Example Sentences
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John Mccormick, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022 Sunny goes to watch the second test match between Sri Lanka and England—a game that will end up quelling his disquiet. Carey Baraka, The Atlantic, 28 July 2022 The official test match between England and the West Indies will take place at the stadium named after Antiguan cricketing legend Vivian Richards in March. CNN, 1 Jan. 2022 Cheika will now try To’omua, who has started only four of 50 test matches at flyhalf. San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019 But even Saturday’s four-hour, 42 minute, 17-13 Yankees victory before 59,659 fans has to seem a breeze compared to a five-day cricket test match. Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019 Coming of age In 2017, Afghanistan was awarded full member status of the ICC and played its first test match in 2018, losing heavily to India, one of the game’s giants. Philippa Velija, Quartz India, 11 June 2019 Afghanistan will host Ireland in the northern Indian city of Dehradun for three Twenty20 and five one-day internationals before a five-day test match — only the second for both countries since their admission to cricket’s elite. Rizwan Ali, The Seattle Times, 19 Feb. 2019 In terms of mental preparation, 15-a-side rugby is a different beast to sevens -- something that Brian O'Driscoll, whose illustrious career spanned 141 test matches for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, readily acknowledges. George Ramsay, CNN, 1 June 2018 See More
John Mccormick, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022 Sunny goes to watch the second test match between Sri Lanka and England—a game that will end up quelling his disquiet. Carey Baraka, The Atlantic, 28 July 2022 The official test match between England and the West Indies will take place at the stadium named after Antiguan cricketing legend Vivian Richards in March. CNN, 1 Jan. 2022 Cheika will now try To’omua, who has started only four of 50 test matches at flyhalf. San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019 But even Saturday’s four-hour, 42 minute, 17-13 Yankees victory before 59,659 fans has to seem a breeze compared to a five-day cricket test match. Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019 Coming of age In 2017, Afghanistan was awarded full member status of the ICC and played its first test match in 2018, losing heavily to India, one of the game’s giants. Philippa Velija, Quartz India, 11 June 2019 Afghanistan will host Ireland in the northern Indian city of Dehradun for three Twenty20 and five one-day internationals before a five-day test match — only the second for both countries since their admission to cricket’s elite. Rizwan Ali, The Seattle Times, 19 Feb. 2019 In terms of mental preparation, 15-a-side rugby is a different beast to sevens -- something that Brian O'Driscoll, whose illustrious career spanned 141 test matches for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, readily acknowledges. George Ramsay, CNN, 1 June 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1862, in the meaning defined at sense 1