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 - 1982 (1982/83) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 10 December 1982 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 8 wickets · Man of the Match: Geoff Lawson

Australia won by 8 wickets. Greg Chappell top-scored with 115 for Australia. Man of the Match: Geoff Lawson.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1982 TESTS Adelaide Oval ARCHIVE

Australia, 414 (10 wkts)

Kepler Wessels	caught (Bob Taylor)	44	89
John Dyson	caught (Bob Taylor)	44	125
Greg Chappell	caught (David Gower)	115	201
Kim Hughes	run out	88	232
Geoff Lawson	caught (Ian Botham)	2	18
Allan Border	caught (Bob Taylor)	26	95
David Hookes	caught (Ian Botham)	37	69
Rod Marsh	caught (Eddie Hemmings)	3	14
Bruce Yardley	caught (David Gower)	38	66
Rodney Hogg	not out	14	45
Jeff Thomson	caught (Ian Botham)	3	9

Bob Willis 25.00-8-76-2Ian Botham 36.50-5-112-4Derek Pringle 33.00-5-97-2Geoff Miller 14.00-2-33-0Eddie Hemmings 48.00-17-96-1

England, 200 (10 wkts)

Chris Tavaré	caught (Rod Marsh)	1	4
Graeme Fowler	caught (Rod Marsh)	11	18
David Gower	caught (Rod Marsh)	60	133
Allan Lamb	caught (Rod Marsh)	82	156
Ian Botham	caught (Kepler Wessels)	35	66
Derek Randall	bowled	0	2
Geoff Miller	caught (Bruce Yardley)	7	13
Bob Taylor	caught (Greg Chappell)	2	8
Derek Pringle	not out	1	12
Eddie Hemmings	bowled	0	4
Bob Willis	bowled	1	5

Geoff Lawson 18.00-4-56-4Rodney Hogg 14.00-2-41-2Jeff Thomson 14.50-3-51-3Bruce Yardley 21.00-7-52-1

England, 273 (10 wkts)

Chris Tavaré	caught (Kepler Wessels)	0	10
Graeme Fowler	caught (Rod Marsh)	37	99
David Gower	bowled	114	259
Allan Lamb	caught (Greg Chappell)	8	30
Ian Botham	caught (John Dyson)	58	140
Derek Randall	caught (Rod Marsh)	17	38
Geoff Miller	lbw	17	25
Derek Pringle	caught (Rod Marsh)	9	15
Bob Taylor	not out	3	18
Eddie Hemmings	caught (Kepler Wessels)	0	2
Bob Willis	caught (Rod Marsh)	10	9

Geoff Lawson 24.00-6-66-5Rodney Hogg 19.00-5-53-1Jeff Thomson 13.00-3-41-2Bruce Yardley 37.00-12-90-2Allan Border 8.00-2-14-0David Hookes 3.00-1-9-0

Australia, 78 (2 wkts)

David Hookes	did not bat	0	0
Kepler Wessels	caught (Bob Taylor)	1	7
John Dyson	not out	37	76
Geoff Lawson	caught (Derek Randall)	14	33
Greg Chappell	not out	26	34
Kim Hughes	did not bat	0	0
Allan Border	did not bat	0	0
Rod Marsh	did not bat	0	0
Bruce Yardley	did not bat	0	0
Rodney Hogg	did not bat	0	0
Jeff Thomson	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 8.00-1-17-1Ian Botham 10.00-2-45-1Derek Pringle 1.50-0-11-0Eddie Hemmings 4.00-1-5-0

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