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The ten best Test cricket comebacks

Simon Rice
Friday 08 January 2010 01:01 GMT
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A remarkable week of Test cricket has reinforced the longer form of the game as the pinnacle of the sport.

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Australia completed a remarkable comeback against Pakistan this week while England - although giving up on a world record run-chase - beat the odds yesterday and claimed a dramatic draw against South Africa at Newlands.

Here we recount some of the greatest comebacks in Test cricket - the times when defeat looked a certainty only for the underdogs to dig in and turn a match on its head - creating some of the most dramatic moments in cricket.

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