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 - 1986 (1986/87) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 12 December 1986 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Match drawn · Man of the Match: Allan Border

Match drawn. Chris Broad top-scored with 116 for England. Man of the Match: Allan Border.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1986 TESTS Adelaide Oval ARCHIVE

Australia, 497 (5 wkts)

Geoff Marsh	bowled	43	137
David Boon	caught (James Whitaker)	103	274
Dean Jones	caught (Jack Richards)	93	220
Allan Border	caught (Jack Richards)	70	130
Greg Ritchie	caught (Chris Broad)	36	56
Greg Matthews	not out	73	119
Steve Waugh	not out	79	117
Peter Sleep	did not bat	0	0
Greg Dyer	did not bat	0	0
Merv Hughes	did not bat	0	0
Bruce Reid	did not bat	0	0

Graham Dilley 32.00-3-111-1Phil DeFreitas 32.00-4-128-1John Emburey 46.00-11-117-1Phil Edmonds 52.00-14-134-2Mike Gatting 9.00-1-22-0

England, 429 (10 wkts)

Chris Broad	caught (Geoff Marsh)	116	263
Bill Athey	bowled	55	100
Mike Gatting	caught (Steve Waugh)	100	141
Allan Lamb	caught (Greg Matthews)	14	47
David Gower	lbw	38	42
John Emburey	caught (Greg Dyer)	49	118
James Whitaker	caught (Greg Matthews)	11	34
Jack Richards	caught (Dean Jones)	29	84
Phil DeFreitas	not out	4	36
Phil Edmonds	caught (Allan Border)	13	28
Graham Dilley	bowled	0	6

Merv Hughes 30.00-8-82-1Bruce Reid 28.40-8-64-4Peter Sleep 47.00-14-132-4Greg Matthews 23.00-1-102-0Steve Waugh 19.00-4-56-1Allan Border 1.00-0-1-0

Australia, 189 (3 wkts)

Geoff Marsh	caught (Phil Edmonds)	41	95
David Boon	lbw	0	11
Dean Jones	caught (Allan Lamb)	2	21
Allan Border	not out	100	253
Greg Ritchie	not out	46	162
Greg Matthews	did not bat	0	0
Steve Waugh	did not bat	0	0
Peter Sleep	did not bat	0	0
Greg Dyer	did not bat	0	0
Merv Hughes	did not bat	0	0
Bruce Reid	did not bat	0	0

Graham Dilley 21.00-8-38-1Phil DeFreitas 16.00-5-36-1John Emburey 22.00-6-50-0Phil Edmonds 29.00-7-63-1Mike Gatting 2.00-1-4-0

England, 36 (2 wkts)

Chris Broad	not out	15	69
Bill Athey	caught (Greg Dyer)	12	20
Mike Gatting	bowled	0	1
Allan Lamb	not out	9	48
David Gower	did not bat	0	0
John Emburey	did not bat	0	0
James Whitaker	did not bat	0	0
Jack Richards	did not bat	0	0
Phil DeFreitas	did not bat	0	0
Phil Edmonds	did not bat	0	0
Graham Dilley	did not bat	0	0

Merv Hughes 7.00-2-16-1Steve Waugh 3.00-1-10-0Greg Matthews 8.00-4-10-1Peter Sleep 5.00-5-0-0

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