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 1st Test

Australia tour of England - 1975 (1975) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 10 July 1975 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by an innings and 85 runs

Australia won by an innings and 85 runs. Rod Marsh top-scored with 61 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1975 TESTS Edgbaston ARCHIVE

Australia, 341 (10 wkts)

Rick McCosker	bowled	59	135
Alan Turner	caught (Mike Denness)	37	96
Ian Chappell	caught (Keith Fletcher)	52	95
Greg Chappell	lbw	0	8
Ross Edwards	caught (Graham Gooch)	56	163
Doug Walters	caught (Chris Old)	14	26
Rod Marsh	caught (Keith Fletcher)	61	97
Max Walker	caught (Alan Knott)	7	22
Jeff Thomson	caught (Geoff Arnold)	49	67
Dennis Lillee	caught (Alan Knott)	3	8
Ashley Mallett	not out	3	19

Geoff Arnold 33.00-3-91-3John Snow 33.00-6-86-3Chris Old 33.00-7-111-2Tony Greig 15.00-2-43-1Derek Underwood 7.00-3-10-1

England, 92 (10 wkts)

John Edrich	lbw	34	123
Dennis Amiss	caught (Jeff Thomson)	4	25
Keith Fletcher	caught (Ashley Mallett)	6	13
Mike Denness	caught (Greg Chappell)	3	26
Graham Gooch	caught (Rod Marsh)	0	3
Tony Greig	caught (Rod Marsh)	8	12
Alan Knott	bowled	14	21
Derek Underwood	bowled	10	22
Chris Old	caught (Greg Chappell)	13	26
John Snow	lbw	0	3
Geoff Arnold	not out	0	1

Dennis Lillee 15.00-8-15-5Jeff Thomson 10.00-3-21-0Max Walker 17.30-5-48-5Ashley Mallett 3.00-1-8-0

England, 164 (10 wkts)

John Edrich	caught (Rod Marsh)	5	17
Dennis Amiss	caught (Gary Gilmour)	5	78
Keith Fletcher	caught (Doug Walters)	51	99
Mike Denness	bowled	8	23
Graham Gooch	caught (Rod Marsh)	0	7
Tony Greig	caught (Rod Marsh)	7	26
Alan Knott	caught (Rick McCosker)	38	125
Chris Old	caught (Doug Walters)	7	22
John Snow	caught (Rod Marsh)	34	40
Derek Underwood	bowled	3	14
Geoff Arnold	not out	6	4

Dennis Lillee 20.00-8-45-2Jeff Thomson 18.00-8-38-5Max Walker 24.00-9-47-2Ashley Mallett 13.20-6-34-1

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