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 - 1974 (1974/75) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 25 January 1975 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 163 runs

Australia won by 163 runs. Alan Knott top-scored with 106* for England.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1975 TESTS Adelaide Oval ARCHIVE

Australia, 291 (10 wkts)

Ian Redpath	caught (Tony Greig)	21	96
Rick McCosker	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	35	73
Ian Chappell	caught (Alan Knott)	0	3
Greg Chappell	lbw	5	6
Doug Walters	caught (Bob Willis)	55	66
Rod Marsh	caught (Tony Greig)	6	17
Terry Jenner	bowled	74	115
Max Walker	run out	41	77
Dennis Lillee	bowled	26	38
Ashley Mallett	not out	23	51
Jeff Thomson	bowled	5	8

Bob Willis 10.00-0-46-1Geoff Arnold 12.20-3-42-1Derek Underwood 29.00-3-113-7Tony Greig 10.00-0-63-0Fred Titmus 7.00-1-27-0

England, 167 (10 wkts)

Dennis Amiss	caught (Ian Chappell)	0	11
David Lloyd	caught (Rod Marsh)	4	27
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Max Walker)	26	59
Mike Denness	caught (Rod Marsh)	51	65
Keith Fletcher	caught (Ian Chappell)	40	71
Tony Greig	caught (Rod Marsh)	19	44
Alan Knott	caught (Dennis Lillee)	5	23
Fred Titmus	caught (Greg Chappell)	11	25
Derek Underwood	caught (Dennis Lillee)	0	2
Geoff Arnold	bowled	0	34
Bob Willis	not out	11	17

Dennis Lillee 12.50-2-49-4Jeff Thomson 15.00-1-58-3Max Walker 5.00-1-18-0Terry Jenner 5.00-0-28-0Ashley Mallett 9.00-4-14-3

Australia, 262 (5 wkts)

Ian Redpath	bowled	52	125
Rick McCosker	caught (Alan Knott)	11	13
Ian Chappell	caught (Alan Knott)	41	75
Greg Chappell	caught (Tony Greig)	18	62
Doug Walters	not out	71	128
Rod Marsh	caught (Tony Greig)	55	100
Terry Jenner	not out	14	21
Max Walker	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Ashley Mallett	did not bat	0	0
Jeff Thomson	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 5.00-0-27-0Geoff Arnold 20.00-1-71-1Derek Underwood 26.00-5-102-4Tony Greig 2.00-0-9-0Fred Titmus 13.00-1-53-0

England, 234 (10 wkts)

Dennis Amiss	caught (Rod Marsh)	0	4
David Lloyd	caught (Doug Walters)	5	3
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Ashley Mallett)	3	12
Mike Denness	caught (Terry Jenner)	14	24
Keith Fletcher	lbw	63	139
Tony Greig	lbw	20	69
Alan Knott	not out	106	205
Fred Titmus	lbw	20	116
Derek Underwood	caught (Ian Chappell)	0	3
Geoff Arnold	bowled	0	6
Bob Willis	bowled	3	19

Dennis Lillee 14.00-3-69-4Max Walker 20.00-3-89-3Terry Jenner 15.00-4-39-1Ashley Mallett 25.00-10-36-2Ian Chappell 1.00-0-1-0

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