Never mind the banner: Test cricket’s future looks bright on days like these | Jonathan Liew

As a plane with a protest banner flew over Headingley, the third Test showed off the game’s longest form at its bestIt 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 urgenc