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 - 1978 (1978/79) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 1 December 1978 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 7 wickets · Man of the Match: Derek Randall

England won by 7 wickets. Kim Hughes top-scored with 129 for Australia. Man of the Match: Derek Randall.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1978 TESTS Brisbane Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 109 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (Bob Taylor)	7	30
Gary Cosier	run out	1	2
Peter Toohey	bowled	1	12
Graham Yallop	caught (Graham Gooch)	7	40
Kim Hughes	caught (Bob Taylor)	4	24
Trevor Laughlin	caught (John Lever)	2	3
John Maclean	not out	33	83
Bruce Yardley	caught (Bob Taylor)	17	40
Rodney Hogg	caught (Bob Taylor)	36	67
Alan Hurst	caught (Bob Taylor)	0	4
Jim Higgs	bowled	1	5

Bob Willis 14.00-2-44-4Chris Old 9.70-1-24-2Ian Botham 12.00-1-40-3Graham Gooch 1.00-0-1-0Phil Edmonds 1.00-1-0-0

England, 274 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Kim Hughes)	13	67
Graham Gooch	caught (Trevor Laughlin)	2	13
Derek Randall	caught (Trevor Laughlin)	75	196
Bob Taylor	lbw	20	115
Mike Brearley	caught (John Maclean)	6	13
David Gower	caught (John Maclean)	44	90
Ian Botham	caught (John Maclean)	49	73
Geoff Miller	lbw	27	70
Phil Edmonds	caught (John Maclean)	1	9
Chris Old	not out	29	102
Bob Willis	caught (John Maclean)	8	20

Alan Hurst 27.40-6-93-4Rodney Hogg 28.00-8-74-6Trevor Laughlin 22.00-6-54-0Bruce Yardley 7.00-1-34-0Gary Cosier 5.00-1-10-0Jim Higgs 6.00-2-9-0

Australia, 303 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	lbw	19	50
Gary Cosier	bowled	0	1
Peter Toohey	lbw	1	9
Graham Yallop	caught (Bob Willis)	102	307
Kim Hughes	caught (Phil Edmonds)	129	411
Trevor Laughlin	lbw	5	8
John Maclean	lbw	15	63
Bruce Yardley	caught (Mike Brearley)	16	70
Rodney Hogg	bowled	16	35
Alan Hurst	bowled	0	2
Jim Higgs	not out	0	2

Bob Willis 27.60-3-69-3Ian Botham 26.00-5-95-3Chris Old 17.00-1-60-2Geoff Miller 34.00-12-52-2Phil Edmonds 12.00-1-27-0

England, 153 (3 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	run out	16	82
Graham Gooch	caught (Bruce Yardley)	2	33
Derek Randall	not out	74	175
Mike Brearley	caught (John Maclean)	13	51
David Gower	not out	48	90
Bob Taylor	did not bat	0	0
Ian Botham	did not bat	0	0
Geoff Miller	did not bat	0	0
Phil Edmonds	did not bat	0	0
Chris Old	did not bat	0	0
Bob Willis	did not bat	0	0

Rodney Hogg 12.50-2-35-1Alan Hurst 10.00-4-17-0Bruce Yardley 13.00-1-41-1Trevor Laughlin 3.00-0-6-0Jim Higgs 12.00-1-43-0Gary Cosier 3.00-0-11-0

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