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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Australia v England 5th Test

England tour of Australia - 1924 (1924/25) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 27 February 1925 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 307 runs

Australia won by 307 runs. Bill Ponsford top-scored with 80 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1925 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 286 (10 wkts)

Herbie Collins	caught (Bert Strudwick)	1	0
Jack Ryder	bowled	29	0
Jack Gregory	run out	29	0
Tommy Andrews	caught (Dodger Whysall)	26	0
Johnny Taylor	caught (Dodger Whysall)	15	0
Bill Ponsford	caught (Frank Woolley)	80	0
Alan Kippax	bowled	42	0
Charles Kelleway	lbw	9	0
Bert Oldfield	caught (Bert Strudwick)	29	0
Arthur Mailey	bowled	14	0
Clarrie Grimmett	not out	12	0

Maurice Tate 39.50-6-92-4Arthur Gilligan 13.00-1-46-1Roy Kilner 38.00-4-97-4'Young Jack' Hearne 7.00-0-33-0Frank Woolley 5.00-0-18-0

England, 162 (10 wkts)

Jack Hobbs	caught (Bert Oldfield)	0	7
Herbert Sutcliffe	caught (Arthur Mailey)	22	26
Andy Sandham	run out	4	25
Frank Woolley	bowled	47	0
Patsy Hendren	caught (Bill Ponsford)	10	0
'Young Jack' Hearne	lbw	16	0
Dodger Whysall	lbw	8	0
Roy Kilner	stumping (Bert Oldfield)	24	0
Maurice Tate	bowled	25	0
Arthur Gilligan	stumping (Bert Oldfield)	5	0
Bert Strudwick	not out	1	0

Jack Gregory 9.00-1-42-2Charles Kelleway 15.00-1-38-1Arthur Mailey 5.00-0-13-0Jack Ryder 7.00-0-24-1Clarrie Grimmett 11.70-2-45-5

Australia, 313 (10 wkts)

Jack Gregory	lbw	22	0
Jack Ryder	bowled	7	0
Tommy Andrews	caught (Frank Woolley)	80	0
Johnny Taylor	stumping (Bert Strudwick)	25	0
Bill Ponsford	run out	5	0
Alan Kippax	caught (Dodger Whysall)	8	0
Herbie Collins	lbw	28	0
Charles Kelleway	caught (Dodger Whysall)	73	0
Bert Oldfield	not out	65	0
Arthur Mailey	bowled	0	2
Clarrie Grimmett	bowled	0	5

Maurice Tate 39.30-6-115-5Arthur Gilligan 15.00-2-46-1Roy Kilner 34.00-13-54-0'Young Jack' Hearne 22.00-0-84-2Frank Woolley 8.00-1-14-1

England, 142 (10 wkts)

Jack Hobbs	stumping (Bert Oldfield)	13	0
Herbert Sutcliffe	bowled	0	9
Andy Sandham	lbw	15	0
Frank Woolley	caught (Tommy Andrews)	28	0
Patsy Hendren	caught (Bert Oldfield)	10	0
'Young Jack' Hearne	lbw	24	0
Dodger Whysall	stumping (Bert Oldfield)	18	0
Roy Kilner	caught (Bill Ponsford)	1	0
Maurice Tate	caught (Arthur Mailey)	33	0
Arthur Gilligan	not out	0	0
Bert Strudwick	caught (Arthur Mailey)	0	2

Jack Gregory 10.00-0-53-1Charles Kelleway 7.00-1-16-2Clarrie Grimmett 19.40-3-37-6Herbie Collins 8.00-2-36-1

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