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 1st Test

England tour of Australia - 1974 (1974/75) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 29 November 1974 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 166 runs

Australia won by 166 runs. Tony Greig top-scored with 110 for England.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1974 TESTS Brisbane Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 297 (10 wkts)

Ian Redpath	bowled	5	20
Wally Edwards	caught (Dennis Amiss)	4	15
Ian Chappell	caught (Tony Greig)	90	202
Greg Chappell	caught (Keith Fletcher)	58	132
Ross Edwards	caught (Alan Knott)	32	120
Doug Walters	caught (Peter Lever)	3	6
Rod Marsh	caught (Mike Denness)	14	56
Terry Jenner	caught (Peter Lever)	12	28
Dennis Lillee	caught (Alan Knott)	15	22
Max Walker	not out	41	72
Jeff Thomson	run out	23	77

Bob Willis 21.50-3-56-4Peter Lever 16.00-1-53-0Mike Hendrick 19.00-3-64-2Tony Greig 16.00-2-70-1Derek Underwood 20.00-6-54-2

England, 247 (10 wkts)

Dennis Amiss	caught (Terry Jenner)	7	31
Brian Luckhurst	caught (Rod Marsh)	1	27
John Edrich	caught (Ian Chappell)	48	147
Mike Denness	lbw	6	20
Keith Fletcher	bowled	17	40
Tony Greig	caught (Rod Marsh)	110	229
Alan Knott	caught (Terry Jenner)	12	39
Peter Lever	caught (Ian Chappell)	4	15
Derek Underwood	caught (Ian Redpath)	25	53
Bob Willis	not out	13	35
Mike Hendrick	caught (Ian Redpath)	4	17

Dennis Lillee 23.00-6-73-2Jeff Thomson 21.00-5-59-3Max Walker 24.50-2-73-4Doug Walters 6.00-1-18-1Terry Jenner 6.00-1-24-0

Australia, 273 (5 wkts)

Ian Redpath	bowled	25	125
Wally Edwards	caught (Alan Knott)	5	29
Ian Chappell	caught (Keith Fletcher)	11	27
Greg Chappell	bowled	71	202
Ross Edwards	caught (Alan Knott)	53	152
Doug Walters	not out	62	96
Rod Marsh	not out	46	57
Terry Jenner	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Max Walker	did not bat	0	0
Jeff Thomson	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 15.00-3-45-3Peter Lever 18.00-4-58-0Mike Hendrick 13.00-2-47-0Tony Greig 13.00-2-60-0Derek Underwood 26.00-6-63-2

England, 148 (10 wkts)

Dennis Amiss	caught (Doug Walters)	25	69
Brian Luckhurst	caught (Ian Chappell)	3	21
John Edrich	bowled	6	28
Mike Denness	caught (Doug Walters)	27	46
Keith Fletcher	caught (Greg Chappell)	19	56
Tony Greig	bowled	2	7
Alan Knott	bowled	19	94
Peter Lever	caught (Ian Redpath)	14	32
Derek Underwood	caught (Max Walker)	30	70
Bob Willis	not out	3	20
Mike Hendrick	bowled	0	16

Dennis Lillee 12.00-2-25-2Jeff Thomson 17.50-3-46-6Max Walker 9.00-4-32-0Doug Walters 2.00-2-0-0Terry Jenner 16.00-5-45-2

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