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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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Australia v England 1st Test

England tour of Australia - 1954 (1954/55) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 26 November 1954 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by an innings and 154 runs

Australia won by an innings and 154 runs. Neil Harvey top-scored with 162 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1954 TESTS Brisbane Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 582 (8 wkts)

Les Favell	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	23	0
Arthur Morris	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	153	0
Keith Miller	bowled	49	0
Neil Harvey	caught (Trevor Bailey)	162	0
Graeme Hole	run out	57	0
Richie Benaud	caught (Peter May)	34	0
Ron Archer	caught (Alec Bedser)	0	0
Ray Lindwall	not out	64	0
Gil Langley	bowled	16	0
Ian Johnson	not out	24	0
Bill Johnston	did not bat	0	0

Alec Bedser 37.00-4-131-1Brian Statham 34.00-2-123-2Frank Tyson 29.00-1-160-1Trevor Bailey 26.00-1-140-3Bill Edrich 3.00-0-28-0

England, 181 (10 wkts)

Leonard Hutton	caught (Gil Langley)	4	0
Reg Simpson	bowled	2	0
Bill Edrich	caught (Gil Langley)	15	0
Peter May	bowled	1	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Graeme Hole)	40	0
Trevor Bailey	bowled	88	0
Frank Tyson	bowled	7	0
Alec Bedser	bowled	5	0
Keith Andrew	bowled	6	0
Brian Statham	bowled	11	0
Denis Compton	not out	2	0

Ray Lindwall 14.00-4-27-3Keith Miller 11.00-5-19-1Ron Archer 4.00-1-14-1Ian Johnson 19.00-5-46-3Richie Benaud 12.00-5-28-0Bill Johnston 16.10-5-47-2

England, 248 (10 wkts)

Leonard Hutton	lbw	13	0
Reg Simpson	run out	9	0
Bill Edrich	bowled	88	0
Peter May	lbw	44	0
Colin Cowdrey	bowled	10	0
Trevor Bailey	caught (Gil Langley)	23	0
Frank Tyson	not out	37	0
Alec Bedser	caught (Ron Archer)	5	0
Keith Andrew	bowled	5	0
Denis Compton	caught (Gil Langley)	0	0
Brian Statham	caught (Neil Harvey)	14	0

Ray Lindwall 17.00-3-50-2Keith Miller 12.00-2-30-1Ron Archer 15.00-4-28-0Ian Johnson 17.00-5-38-2Richie Benaud 8.10-1-43-3Bill Johnston 21.00-8-59-1

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