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 6th Test

Australia tour of England - 1981 (1981) · Kennington Oval, London · 27 August 1981 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

Match drawn · Man of the Match: Dennis Lillee

Match drawn. Geoff Boycott top-scored with 137 for England. Man of the Match: Dennis Lillee.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1981 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

Australia, 337 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (Mike Brearley)	66	129
Martin Kent	caught (Mike Gatting)	54	129
Kim Hughes	hitwicket	31	67
Graham Yallop	caught (Ian Botham)	26	50
Allan Border	not out	106	230
Dirk Wellham	bowled	24	93
Rod Marsh	caught (Ian Botham)	12	18
Ray Bright	caught (Mike Brearley)	3	40
Dennis Lillee	bowled	11	36
Terry Alderman	bowled	0	2
Mike Whitney	bowled	4	13

Bob Willis 31.00-6-91-4Mike Hendrick 31.00-8-63-0Ian Botham 47.00-13-125-6John Emburey 23.00-2-58-0

England, 290 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Graham Yallop)	137	321
Wayne Larkins	caught (Terry Alderman)	34	75
Chris Tavaré	caught (Rod Marsh)	24	91
Mike Gatting	bowled	53	114
Mike Brearley	caught (Ray Bright)	0	6
Paul Parker	caught (Martin Kent)	0	3
Ian Botham	caught (Graham Yallop)	3	5
Alan Knott	bowled	36	49
John Emburey	lbw	0	2
Bob Willis	bowled	3	7
Mike Hendrick	not out	0	6

Dennis Lillee 31.40-4-89-7Terry Alderman 35.00-4-84-3Mike Whitney 23.00-3-76-0Ray Bright 21.00-6-41-0

Australia, 327 (9 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (Alan Knott)	21	46
Martin Kent	caught (Mike Brearley)	7	17
Kim Hughes	lbw	6	24
Graham Yallop	bowled	35	62
Allan Border	caught (Chris Tavaré)	84	152
Dirk Wellham	lbw	103	221
Rod Marsh	caught (Mike Gatting)	52	83
Ray Bright	bowled	11	14
Dennis Lillee	not out	8	36
Mike Whitney	caught (Ian Botham)	0	3
Terry Alderman	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 10.00-0-41-0Mike Hendrick 29.20-6-82-4Ian Botham 42.00-9-128-4John Emburey 23.00-3-76-1

England, 243 (7 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	lbw	0	4
Wayne Larkins	caught (Terry Alderman)	24	78
Chris Tavaré	caught (Martin Kent)	8	36
Mike Gatting	caught (Martin Kent)	56	70
Paul Parker	caught (Martin Kent)	13	46
Mike Brearley	caught (Rod Marsh)	51	160
Ian Botham	lbw	16	14
Alan Knott	not out	70	138
John Emburey	not out	5	33
Bob Willis	did not bat	0	0
Mike Hendrick	did not bat	0	0

Dennis Lillee 30.00-10-70-4Terry Alderman 19.00-6-60-2Mike Whitney 11.00-4-46-1Ray Bright 27.00-12-50-0Graham Yallop 8.00-2-17-0

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