GUIDES

The Follow-On Rule, Explained— What the follow-on is, when a captain can enforce it, and how the margin has changed since cricket's first Test in 1877.
How CricArcade Decides a Single Delivery— The geometric-mean matchup at the heart of every engine: how a batter's numbers and a bowler's become a run and a wicket probability, then a result.
How a Test Pitch Plays— Green tops, dustbowls and roads: 60-plus real venues, per-match pitch preparation, wear over five days, the new ball and the sessions in The Follow-On.
The Six Eras of Test Cricket— From the three-day Golden Age to the DRS era: six periods of Test cricket, each calibrated to the real match record, and two findings that surprised us.
Test Captaincy: Declarations, the Follow-On and Reviews— When to bat first, when to declare, whether to enforce the follow-on and when to burn a review, and how The Follow-On's AI captain weighs each call.
Settling In, and the Myth of the Nervous Nineties— A new batter is most vulnerable early, and the nervous nineties turn out to be a myth. How CricArcade models both, measured from real Test data.
How to Read a Cricket Scorecard— A plain-English guide to the batting card, bowling figures, extras, fall of wickets and the result line, with what every abbreviation actually means.

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England v Australia Only Test

Australia tour of England - 1882 (1882) · Kennington Oval, London · 28 August 1882 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 7 runs

Australia won by 7 runs. Hugh Massie top-scored with 55 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1882 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

Australia, 62 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	caught (W.G. Grace)	9	87
Hugh Massie	bowled	1	4
Billy Murdoch	bowled	13	64
George Bonnor	bowled	1	6
Tom Horan	bowled	3	20
George Giffen	bowled	2	20
Jack Blackham	caught (W.G. Grace)	17	54
Tom Garrett	caught (Maurice Read)	10	38
Harry Boyle	bowled	2	7
Sammy Jones	caught (Billy Barnes)	0	17
Frederick Spofforth	not out	4	4

Ted Peate 38.00-24-31-4George Ulyett 9.00-5-11-1Dick Barlow 31.00-22-19-5Allan Steel 2.00-1-1-0

England, 92 (10 wkts)

Dick Barlow	caught (Alec Bannerman)	11	23
W.G. Grace	bowled	4	23
George Ulyett	stumping (Jack Blackham)	26	59
Bunny Lucas	caught (Jack Blackham)	9	64
Alfred Lyttelton	caught (Jack Blackham)	2	24
Charles Studd	bowled	0	3
Maurice Read	not out	19	45
Billy Barnes	bowled	5	12
Allan Steel	bowled	14	26
Monkey Hornby	bowled	2	7
Ted Peate	caught (Harry Boyle)	0	2

Frederick Spofforth 36.30-18-46-7Tom Garrett 16.00-7-22-1Harry Boyle 19.00-7-24-2

Australia, 116 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	caught (Charles Studd)	13	69
Hugh Massie	bowled	55	60
George Bonnor	bowled	2	9
Billy Murdoch	run out	29	55
Tom Horan	caught (W.G. Grace)	2	7
George Giffen	caught (W.G. Grace)	0	1
Jack Blackham	caught (Alfred Lyttelton)	7	12
Sammy Jones	run out	6	28
Frederick Spofforth	bowled	0	4
Tom Garrett	not out	2	5
Harry Boyle	bowled	0	2

Ted Peate 21.00-9-40-4George Ulyett 6.00-2-10-1Dick Barlow 13.00-5-27-0Allan Steel 7.00-0-15-2Billy Barnes 12.00-5-15-1Charles Studd 4.00-1-9-0

England, 73 (10 wkts)

W.G. Grace	caught (Alec Bannerman)	32	54
Monkey Hornby	bowled	9	17
Dick Barlow	bowled	0	1
George Ulyett	caught (Jack Blackham)	11	26
Bunny Lucas	bowled	5	55
Alfred Lyttelton	bowled	12	55
Allan Steel	caught (Frederick Spofforth)	0	3
Maurice Read	bowled	0	2
Billy Barnes	caught (Billy Murdoch)	2	5
Charles Studd	not out	0	0
Ted Peate	bowled	2	3

Frederick Spofforth 28.00-15-44-7Tom Garrett 7.00-2-10-0Harry Boyle 20.00-11-19-3

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