God help me - the Test Cricket thread

[Professer E]

Big difference between test and short format bowling, especially spinners.  In shorter format they tend to go after you a bit more,  so batters attack balls they wouldn't normally,  so they hit a few up and create chances.  Longer format they can wait and sweat on bad balls with low scoring risk.  The batsmen don't need to force the issue.  So you need to bowl very tidily for extended periods to build pressure plus the odd jaffa to create chances against defensive-first minded players.