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 1st Test

Australia tour of England - 1888 (1888) · Lord's, London · 16 July 1888 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 61 runs

Australia won by 61 runs. W.G. Grace top-scored with 24 for England.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1888 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

Australia, 111 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	caught (W.G. Grace)	0	0
Percy McDonnell	caught (Tim O'Brien)	22	0
Harry Trott	caught (George Lohmann)	0	0
George Bonnor	bowled	6	0
Jack Blackham	bowled	22	0
Sammy Woods	caught (Billy Gunn)	18	0
Charlie Turner	caught (George Lohmann)	3	0
Jack Edwards	not out	21	0
Affie Jarvis	caught (George Lohmann)	3	0
Jack Worrall	caught (Bobby Abel)	2	0
J.J. Ferris	caught (Mordecai Sherwin)	14	0

George Lohmann 20.00-9-28-2Bobby Peel 21.00-7-36-4Johnny Briggs 21.00-8-26-3Billy Barnes 6.00-0-17-0Allan Steel 3.20-2-4-1

England, 52 (10 wkts)

W.G. Grace	caught (Sammy Woods)	10	0
Bobby Abel	bowled	3	0
Billy Barnes	caught (Affie Jarvis)	3	0
George Lohmann	lbw	2	0
Walter Read	stumping (Jack Blackham)	4	0
Tim O'Brien	bowled	0	0
Bobby Peel	run out	8	0
Allan Steel	stumping (Jack Blackham)	3	0
Billy Gunn	caught (Jack Blackham)	2	0
Johnny Briggs	bowled	17	0
Mordecai Sherwin	not out	0	0

Charlie Turner 25.00-9-27-5J.J. Ferris 21.00-13-19-3Sammy Woods 4.00-2-6-1

Australia, 56 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	bowled	0	0
Percy McDonnell	bowled	1	0
Harry Trott	bowled	3	0
George Bonnor	caught (George Lohmann)	8	0
Jack Blackham	run out	1	0
Sammy Woods	caught (W.G. Grace)	3	0
Charlie Turner	caught (W.G. Grace)	12	0
Jack Edwards	caught (Mordecai Sherwin)	0	0
J.J. Ferris	not out	20	0
Jack Worrall	bowled	4	0
Affie Jarvis	caught (Billy Barnes)	4	0

George Lohmann 14.00-4-33-4Bobby Peel 10.20-3-14-4Johnny Briggs 4.00-1-9-1Allan Steel 1.00-1-0-0

England, 62 (10 wkts)

W.G. Grace	caught (Alec Bannerman)	24	0
Bobby Abel	caught (George Bonnor)	8	0
Bobby Peel	bowled	4	0
Walter Read	bowled	3	0
Tim O'Brien	bowled	4	0
Allan Steel	not out	10	0
Billy Gunn	bowled	8	0
Johnny Briggs	bowled	0	0
Billy Barnes	stumping (Jack Blackham)	1	0
George Lohmann	stumping (Jack Blackham)	0	0
Mordecai Sherwin	caught (J.J. Ferris)	0	0

Charlie Turner 24.00-8-36-5J.J. Ferris 23.00-11-26-5

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