A game as unique as a fingerprint

I have nearly reached the end of "STORY OF THE ASHES," the Wisden Cricketer history of the ENGLAND v. AUSTRALIA cricket rivalry.
The nations first played in March 1877 at Melbourne. The book concludes with a Test match in January 2007 (so the book misses the 2009 series victory by England).
I have learned so much from the book -- a collection of contemporary match reports.
I read one of my favorite passages last night, after returning home following election coverage at the newspaper.
Matthew Engel wrote in 2003:
"The appeal of Test cricket as opposed to one-day internationals rests on a simple proposition: that each Test is unique, like a fingerprint, with all kinds of whorls and loops that are never repeated. The vast majority of one-dayers, in contrast, fit into about five or six well-used alternative scenarios, like American cop dramas."
Engel's words could explain why fans return to follow any of the greatest sports -- their differences appeal to us. We never know what we might see.