The document discusses several examples of heroic test cricket innings that helped save matches through determined, patient batting. It describes knocks by Mike Atherton for England, Mark Greatbatch for New Zealand, Andy Flower for Zimbabwe, Faf du Plessis for South Africa in his debut, and Jacques Kallis frequently saving tests for South Africa, including a 346 ball unbeaten 109 to avoid defeat against West Indies.

2.  No format of Cricket tests the skills of a cricketer more than Test
cricket
 The longest format of cricket pushes cricketers to show amount of
determination and patience too
 Test cricket has witnessed some highly patient yet heroic knocks
 Which helped their team secure a hard-fought stalemate

3.  Mike Atherton produced one of the most memorable
match-saving knocks in the history of cricket
 He scored a marathon 185 not out off 492 balls to pull
a draw against South Africa
 England was chasing a mammoth target of 479 when
skipper Mike Atherton took up the mantle of saving
the match
 Atherton put on an unbelievable display of Test
match batting against world class bowlers like Allan
Donald and Shaun Pollock
 To be precise, he spent 10 hours and 43 minutes at the
crease

4.  Being asked to follow on, New Zealand were
tottering at 107 for 4 at one stage
 Mark Greatbatch remained steady at the
crease and built a couple of match-saving
partnerships
 His 82 runs stand with Jeff Crowe was one of
these
 Burly Kiwi scored an unbeaten 146 facing as
many as 485 deliveries
 Which resulted in saving his team from a
heavy loss

5.  You can place this inning at the top of Andy
Flower's many single-handed rescue efforts
 Zimbabwe had followed on 227 runs
behind, and were 61 for 3
 Flower dug in against handy Indian attack
including Javagal Srinath and Zaheer Khan
 He spent nearly 544 minutes at the crease
facing 444 balls
 His 232 not out remains the highest Test
score by a wicket-keeper

6.  In his debut game, Faf du Plessis gave batsmen all
over the world a crash course on saving a Test
match
 Chasing 430, the Proteas were already 4 wickets
down for 77
 First session of the last day saw Faf du Plessis
repairing the inning with AB de Villiers without
losing a wicket till lunch
 Soon after the beginning of the post-tea session, the
young South African reached a memorable century
 Faf du Plessis showed extreme determination to
pull a historic draw for South Africa

7.  Jacques Kallis is one of the few players who
made a career out of saving Tests
 South Africans were enforced to follow on
after getting all out for 188 in response of
West Indies 543
 The Proteas 2nd innings was all about a
dogged resistance from Jacques Kallis
 He scored unbeaten 109 from 346 balls and
batted almost 7 hours
 He make sure that his team left the match
unscathed, avoiding an embarrassing loss