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 4th Test

Australia tour of England - 1961 (1961) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 27 July 1961 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 54 runs

Australia won by 54 runs. Bill Lawry top-scored with 102 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1961 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

Australia, 185 (10 wkts)

Bill Lawry	lbw	74	0
Bob Simpson	caught (John Murray)	4	0
Neil Harvey	caught (Raman Subba Row)	19	0
Norm O'Neill	hitwicket	11	0
Peter Burge	bowled	15	0
Brian Booth	caught (Brian Close)	46	0
Ken Mackay	caught (John Murray)	11	0
Alan Davidson	caught (Ken Barrington)	0	0
Richie Benaud	bowled	2	0
Wally Grout	caught (John Murray)	2	0
Graham McKenzie	not out	1	0

Fred Trueman 14.00-1-55-1Brian Statham 21.00-3-53-5Jack Flavell 22.00-8-61-1Ted Dexter 6.40-2-16-3

England, 360 (10 wkts)

Geoff Pullar	bowled	63	0
Raman Subba Row	caught (Bob Simpson)	2	0
Ted Dexter	caught (Alan Davidson)	16	0
Peter May	caught (Bob Simpson)	95	0
Brian Close	lbw	33	0
Ken Barrington	caught (Norm O'Neill)	78	0
John Murray	caught (Wally Grout)	24	0
David Allen	caught (Brian Booth)	42	0
Fred Trueman	caught (Neil Harvey)	3	0
Brian Statham	caught (Ken Mackay)	4	0
Jack Flavell	not out	0	0

Alan Davidson 39.00-11-70-3Graham McKenzie 38.00-11-106-2Ken Mackay 40.00-9-81-1Richie Benaud 35.00-15-80-0Bob Simpson 11.40-4-23-4

Australia, 415 (10 wkts)

Bill Lawry	caught (Fred Trueman)	102	0
Bob Simpson	caught (John Murray)	51	0
Neil Harvey	caught (John Murray)	35	0
Norm O'Neill	caught (John Murray)	67	0
Peter Burge	caught (John Murray)	23	0
Brian Booth	lbw	9	0
Ken Mackay	caught (Brian Close)	18	0
Alan Davidson	not out	77	0
Richie Benaud	lbw	1	0
Wally Grout	caught (Brian Statham)	0	0
Graham McKenzie	bowled	32	0

Fred Trueman 32.00-6-92-0Brian Statham 44.00-9-106-1Jack Flavell 29.40-4-65-2Ted Dexter 20.00-4-61-3David Allen 38.00-25-58-4Brian Close 8.00-1-33-0

England, 194 (10 wkts)

Geoff Pullar	caught (Norm O'Neill)	26	0
Raman Subba Row	bowled	49	0
Ted Dexter	caught (Wally Grout)	76	0
Peter May	bowled	0	2
Brian Close	caught (Norm O'Neill)	8	0
Ken Barrington	lbw	5	0
John Murray	caught (Bob Simpson)	4	0
David Allen	caught (Bob Simpson)	10	0
Fred Trueman	caught (Richie Benaud)	8	0
Brian Statham	bowled	8	0
Jack Flavell	not out	0	0

Alan Davidson 14.40-1-50-2Graham McKenzie 4.00-1-20-0Ken Mackay 13.00-7-33-1Richie Benaud 32.00-11-70-6Bob Simpson 8.00-4-21-1

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