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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 2nd Test

Australia tour of England - 1888 (1888) · Kennington Oval, London · 13 August 1888 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 137 runs

England won by an innings and 137 runs. Bobby Abel top-scored with 70 for England.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1888 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

Australia, 78 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	caught (George Lohmann)	13	0
Percy McDonnell	caught (George Lohmann)	0	0
Harry Trott	bowled	13	0
George Bonnor	bowled	0	0
Jack Edwards	bowled	26	0
Affie Jarvis	bowled	5	0
Sammy Woods	run out	0	0
Charlie Turner	bowled	0	0
Jack Blackham	bowled	0	0
Jack Worrall	caught (W.G. Grace)	8	0
J.J. Ferris	not out	13	0

George Lohmann 29.30-21-21-1Bobby Peel 8.00-4-14-1Johnny Briggs 37.00-24-25-5Billy Barnes 16.00-9-18-2

England, 305 (10 wkts)

W.G. Grace	caught (Jack Edwards)	1	0
John Shuter	bowled	28	0
George Ulyett	caught (Jack Blackham)	0	0
Walter Read	bowled	18	0
Bobby Abel	run out	70	0
Billy Barnes	caught (Jack Worrall)	62	0
Frank Sugg	bowled	31	0
Bobby Peel	bowled	25	0
Johnny Briggs	bowled	0	0
George Lohmann	not out	62	0
Henry Wood	caught (Alec Bannerman)	8	0

Charlie Turner 60.00-24-112-6J.J. Ferris 35.20-15-73-1Harry Trott 7.00-2-25-0Sammy Woods 32.00-10-80-2Jack Worrall 4.00-1-15-0

Australia, 99 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	bowled	5	0
Percy McDonnell	bowled	32	0
Harry Trott	stumping (Henry Wood)	4	0
George Bonnor	caught (Henry Wood)	5	0
Jack Edwards	caught (Walter Read)	0	0
J.J. Ferris	run out	16	0
Sammy Woods	caught (Bobby Abel)	7	0
Charlie Turner	bowled	18	0
Affie Jarvis	bowled	8	0
Jack Blackham	caught (George Lohmann)	4	0
Jack Worrall	not out	0	0

George Lohmann 6.00-4-11-0Bobby Peel 28.20-13-49-4Johnny Briggs 6.00-3-7-0Billy Barnes 29.00-16-32-5

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