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 4th Test

England tour of Australia - 1986 (1986/87) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 December 1986 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

England won by an innings and 14 runs · Man of the Match: Gladstone Small

England won by an innings and 14 runs. Chris Broad top-scored with 112 for England. Man of the Match: Gladstone Small.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1986 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 131 (10 wkts)

Geoff Marsh	caught (Jack Richards)	17	47
David Boon	caught (Ian Botham)	7	11
Dean Jones	caught (David Gower)	59	136
Allan Border	caught (Jack Richards)	15	26
Steve Waugh	caught (Ian Botham)	10	30
Greg Matthews	caught (Ian Botham)	14	50
Peter Sleep	caught (Jack Richards)	0	8
Tim Zoehrer	bowled	5	7
Craig McDermott	caught (Jack Richards)	0	4
Merv Hughes	caught (Jack Richards)	2	15
Bruce Reid	not out	2	3

Gladstone Small 22.40-7-48-5Phil DeFreitas 11.00-1-30-0John Emburey 4.00-0-16-0Ian Botham 16.00-4-41-5Mike Gatting 1.00-0-4-0

England, 324 (10 wkts)

Chris Broad	caught (Tim Zoehrer)	112	255
Bill Athey	lbw	21	58
Mike Gatting	caught (Merv Hughes)	40	118
Allan Lamb	caught (Tim Zoehrer)	43	92
David Gower	caught (Greg Matthews)	7	17
Ian Botham	caught (Tim Zoehrer)	29	54
Jack Richards	caught (Geoff Marsh)	3	14
Phil DeFreitas	caught (Greg Matthews)	7	14
John Emburey	caught (Craig McDermott)	22	30
Phil Edmonds	lbw	19	49
Gladstone Small	not out	21	36

Craig McDermott 26.50-4-83-4Merv Hughes 30.00-3-94-1Bruce Reid 28.00-5-78-4Steve Waugh 8.00-4-16-0Peter Sleep 28.00-4-65-1

Australia, 188 (10 wkts)

Geoff Marsh	run out	60	142
David Boon	caught (Mike Gatting)	8	21
Dean Jones	caught (Mike Gatting)	21	33
Allan Border	caught (John Emburey)	34	82
Steve Waugh	bowled	49	103
Greg Matthews	bowled	0	7
Peter Sleep	run out	6	25
Tim Zoehrer	caught (Bill Athey)	1	8
Craig McDermott	bowled	1	14
Merv Hughes	caught (Gladstone Small)	8	8
Bruce Reid	not out	0	4

Phil DeFreitas 12.00-1-44-1Gladstone Small 15.00-3-40-2Ian Botham 7.00-1-19-0Phil Edmonds 19.40-5-45-3John Emburey 20.00-5-43-2

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