London — Ben Stokes made an emphatic case for the drama of five-day Test cricket this week — inspiring England to a series-levelling win against SA in the final overs of a dramatic contest.

His match-winning performance in Cape Town on Tuesday came at a time of intensifying debate over the future of the longest form of the game, which has been played since 1877...

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