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Test cricket

Test cricket noun: the highest level of international cricket, where Test sides compete against each other in five-day matches.

Noun

Test cricket (uncountable)

  1. The highest level of international cricket, where Test sides compete against each other in five-day matches.

Test cricket meaning in Tamil

Test cricket in Tamil

தேர்வுத் துடுப்பாட்டம்

Origin of Test cricket

From the idea that the long, gruelling matches are a trial of the relative strengths of the two sides.

Questions about Test cricket

What does Test cricket mean?
Test cricket means the highest level of international cricket, where Test sides compete against each other in five-day matches.
What is Test cricket in Tamil?
Test cricket in Tamil is தேர்வுத் துடுப்பாட்டம். See Test cricket meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Test cricket?
Test cricket is a noun.

Words near Test cricket in the dictionary

  1. test benches
  2. test card
  3. test cards
  4. test case
  5. test cases
  6. Test cricket
  7. test cross
  8. test crosses
  9. test depth
  10. test depths
  11. test double

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Test cricket (page history and authors); test cricket (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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