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 6th Test

England tour of Australia - 1978 (1978/79) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 10 February 1979 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 9 wickets · Man of the Match: Graham Yallop

England won by 9 wickets. Graham Yallop top-scored with 121 for Australia. Man of the Match: Graham Yallop.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1979 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 193 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (Ian Botham)	15	25
Andrew Hilditch	run out	3	8
Kim Hughes	caught (Ian Botham)	16	86
Graham Yallop	caught (David Gower)	121	212
Peter Toohey	caught (Bob Taylor)	8	37
Phil Carlson	caught (Graham Gooch)	2	5
Bruce Yardley	bowled	7	15
Kevin Wright	stumping (Bob Taylor)	3	11
Rodney Hogg	caught (John Emburey)	9	46
Jim Higgs	not out	9	45
Alan Hurst	bowled	0	1

Bob Willis 11.00-4-48-1Mike Hendrick 12.00-2-21-1Ian Botham 9.70-1-57-4John Emburey 18.00-3-48-2Geoff Miller 9.00-3-13-1Geoff Boycott 1.00-0-6-0

England, 298 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Andrew Hilditch)	19	80
Mike Brearley	caught (Peter Toohey)	46	148
Derek Randall	lbw	7	9
Graham Gooch	stumping (Kevin Wright)	74	136
David Gower	caught (Kevin Wright)	65	111
Ian Botham	caught (Phil Carlson)	23	53
Geoff Miller	lbw	18	84
Bob Taylor	not out	36	118
John Emburey	caught (Andrew Hilditch)	0	18
Bob Willis	bowled	10	63
Mike Hendrick	caught (Bruce Yardley)	0	7

Rodney Hogg 18.00-6-42-1Alan Hurst 20.00-4-58-3Bruce Yardley 25.00-2-105-2Phil Carlson 10.00-1-24-0Jim Higgs 30.00-8-69-4

Australia, 133 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (Bob Willis)	29	78
Andrew Hilditch	caught (Bob Taylor)	1	17
Kim Hughes	caught (Graham Gooch)	7	16
Graham Yallop	caught (Bob Taylor)	17	120
Peter Toohey	caught (Graham Gooch)	0	2
Phil Carlson	caught (Ian Botham)	0	2
Bruce Yardley	not out	61	147
Kevin Wright	caught (Geoff Boycott)	5	62
Rodney Hogg	bowled	7	25
Jim Higgs	caught (Ian Botham)	2	4
Alan Hurst	caught (Geoff Miller)	4	17

Bob Willis 3.00-0-15-0Mike Hendrick 7.00-3-22-1John Emburey 24.00-4-52-4Geoff Miller 27.10-6-44-5

England, 33 (1 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Kim Hughes)	13	52
Mike Brearley	not out	20	30
Derek Randall	not out	0	2
Graham Gooch	did not bat	0	0
David Gower	did not bat	0	0
Ian Botham	did not bat	0	0
Geoff Miller	did not bat	0	0
Bob Taylor	did not bat	0	0
John Emburey	did not bat	0	0
Bob Willis	did not bat	0	0
Mike Hendrick	did not bat	0	0

Bruce Yardley 5.20-0-21-0Jim Higgs 5.00-1-12-1

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