There is one thing Test cricket has over one-dayers and T20: the fourth innings. The drama tends to be most intense in its final act, throwing up tougher tests than the other forms. So turn your eye with me, for a moment, to two contrasting fourth-innings performances from the last couple of seasons.
First, Australia v India, Adelaide, December 13, 2014, the first Test of the series. Australia declared their second innings at the start of the fifth day, leaving India a target of 364 in 98 overs. Ordinarily India would have tried to bat the day through: safety first, always, from Merchant to Gavaskar to Dhoni.