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 2nd Test

Australia tour of England - 1956 (1956) · Lord's, London · 21 June 1956 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 185 runs

Australia won by 185 runs. Richie Benaud top-scored with 97 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1956 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

Australia, 283 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (Fred Trueman)	78	0
Jim Burke	stumping (Godfrey Evans)	65	0
Neil Harvey	caught (Godfrey Evans)	0	0
Peter Burge	bowled	21	0
Keith Miller	bowled	28	0
Ken Mackay	caught (Trevor Bailey)	38	0
Ron Archer	bowled	28	0
Richie Benaud	bowled	5	0
Ian Johnson	caught (Godfrey Evans)	6	0
Gil Langley	caught (Trevor Bailey)	14	0
Pat Crawford	not out	0	0

Brian Statham 35.00-9-70-2Fred Trueman 28.00-6-54-2Trevor Bailey 34.00-12-72-2Jim Laker 29.10-10-47-3Johnny Wardle 20.00-7-40-1

England, 157 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Gil Langley)	9	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Richie Benaud)	23	0
Tom Graveney	bowled	5	0
Peter May	bowled	63	0
Willie Watson	caught (Richie Benaud)	6	0
Trevor Bailey	bowled	32	0
Godfrey Evans	stumping (Gil Langley)	0	0
Jim Laker	bowled	12	0
Johnny Wardle	caught (Gil Langley)	0	0
Fred Trueman	caught (Gil Langley)	7	0
Brian Statham	not out	0	0

Keith Miller 34.10-9-72-5Pat Crawford 4.50-2-4-0Ron Archer 23.00-9-47-2Ken Mackay 11.00-3-15-1Richie Benaud 9.00-2-19-2

Australia, 249 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	26	0
Jim Burke	caught (Tom Graveney)	16	0
Neil Harvey	caught (Trevor Bailey)	10	0
Peter Burge	bowled	14	0
Ken Mackay	caught (Godfrey Evans)	31	0
Ron Archer	caught (Godfrey Evans)	1	0
Keith Miller	caught (Godfrey Evans)	30	0
Richie Benaud	caught (Godfrey Evans)	97	0
Ian Johnson	lbw	17	0
Gil Langley	not out	7	0
Pat Crawford	lbw	0	0

Brian Statham 26.00-5-59-1Fred Trueman 28.00-2-90-5Trevor Bailey 24.50-8-64-4Jim Laker 7.00-3-17-0Johnny Wardle 7.00-2-19-0

England, 181 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Gil Langley)	21	0
Colin Cowdrey	lbw	27	0
Tom Graveney	caught (Gil Langley)	18	0
Willie Watson	bowled	18	0
Peter May	caught (Gil Langley)	53	0
Trevor Bailey	caught (Neil Harvey)	18	0
Godfrey Evans	caught (Gil Langley)	20	0
Jim Laker	caught (Gil Langley)	4	0
Johnny Wardle	bowled	0	0
Fred Trueman	bowled	2	0
Brian Statham	not out	0	0

Keith Miller 36.00-12-80-5Ron Archer 31.20-8-71-4Richie Benaud 28.00-14-27-1Ian Johnson 4.00-2-3-0

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