Test Match (board game)
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Test Match refers to two cricket-themed board games. Both are distinct from table-top football game Subbuteo's cricket variation.[1]
The first version was first published in 1955 by John Waddington Limited in the United Kingdom and John Sands Pty. Ltd. in Australia.[2]
Russell Jackson notes that "you pulled on a couple of cardboard tabs to randomly generate a type of delivery before your batting opponent did the same on the other end of the board, but if you were a genuinely competitive player, the reliance on luck over skill would eventually start to grate."[3]
The original game depends entirely by chance, and is similar in principle to pencil cricket.