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 3rd Test

England tour of Australia - 1978 (1978/79) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 29 December 1978 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 103 runs · Man of the Match: Graeme Wood

Australia won by 103 runs. Graeme Wood top-scored with 100 for Australia. Man of the Match: Graeme Wood.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1978 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 244 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (John Emburey)	100	283
Rick Darling	run out	33	71
Kim Hughes	caught (Bob Taylor)	0	1
Graham Yallop	caught (Mike Hendrick)	41	98
Peter Toohey	caught (Derek Randall)	32	70
Allan Border	caught (Mike Brearley)	29	115
John Maclean	bowled	8	47
Rodney Hogg	caught (Derek Randall)	0	5
Geoff Dymock	bowled	0	14
Alan Hurst	bowled	0	2
Jim Higgs	not out	1	15

Bob Willis 13.00-2-47-0Ian Botham 20.10-4-68-3Mike Hendrick 23.00-3-50-3John Emburey 14.00-1-44-0Geoff Miller 19.00-6-35-3

England, 124 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	bowled	1	13
Mike Brearley	lbw	1	8
Derek Randall	lbw	13	53
Graham Gooch	caught (Allan Border)	25	91
David Gower	lbw	29	48
Ian Botham	caught (Rick Darling)	22	80
Geoff Miller	bowled	7	101
Bob Taylor	bowled	1	4
John Emburey	bowled	0	14
Bob Willis	caught (Rick Darling)	19	76
Mike Hendrick	not out	6	33

Rodney Hogg 17.00-7-30-5Alan Hurst 12.00-2-24-1Geoff Dymock 15.60-4-38-3Jim Higgs 19.00-9-32-1

Australia, 156 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	bowled	34	107
Rick Darling	caught (Derek Randall)	21	86
Kim Hughes	caught (David Gower)	48	142
Graham Yallop	caught (Bob Taylor)	16	46
Peter Toohey	caught (Ian Botham)	20	30
Allan Border	run out	0	12
John Maclean	caught (Mike Hendrick)	10	77
Rodney Hogg	bowled	1	21
Geoff Dymock	caught (Mike Brearley)	6	39
Jim Higgs	stumping (Bob Taylor)	0	7
Alan Hurst	not out	0	4

Bob Willis 7.00-0-21-0Ian Botham 15.00-4-41-3Mike Hendrick 14.00-4-25-1Geoff Miller 14.00-5-39-2John Emburey 21.20-12-30-3

England, 155 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	lbw	38	155
Mike Brearley	caught (John Maclean)	0	3
Derek Randall	lbw	2	8
Graham Gooch	lbw	40	87
David Gower	lbw	49	128
Ian Botham	caught (John Maclean)	10	62
Geoff Miller	caught (Kim Hughes)	1	12
Bob Taylor	caught (John Maclean)	5	40
John Emburey	not out	7	33
Bob Willis	caught (Graham Yallop)	3	12
Mike Hendrick	bowled	0	2

Rodney Hogg 17.00-5-36-5Geoff Dymock 18.00-4-37-2Alan Hurst 11.00-1-39-1Jim Higgs 16.00-2-29-2Allan Border 5.00-0-14-0

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