Luxurious slow burn of a day reassures us Test cricket’s future is safe | Jonathan Liew

Despite the plane trailing a protest banner over Headingley, the longest form of the game has rarely been in a better placeIt was a luxurious slow burn of a third day at Headingley, one of those days when the moments all seem to blur into a kind of ambient hum, a day when nothing is wasted and nothing is resolved, when everything is moving but nobody is going anywhere. India’s batters seemed content to mark out time; England’s bowlers and fielders ran in with purpose but little urgen