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 1st Test

Australia tour of England and Ireland - 1993 (1993) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 3 June 1993 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 179 runs · Man of the Match: Shane Warne

Australia won by 179 runs. Graham Gooch top-scored with 133 for England. Man of the Match: Shane Warne.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1993 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

Australia, 266 (10 wkts)

Mark Taylor	caught (Peter Such)	124	233
Michael Slater	caught (Alec Stewart)	58	131
David Boon	caught (Chris Lewis)	21	90
Mark Waugh	caught (Phil Tufnell)	6	37
Allan Border	stumping (Alec Stewart)	17	54
Steve Waugh	bowled	3	19
Ian Healy	caught (Peter Such)	12	48
Brendon Julian	caught (Mike Gatting)	0	6
Merv Hughes	caught (Phil DeFreitas)	2	12
Shane Warne	not out	15	40
Craig McDermott	run out	8	17

Andy Caddick 15.00-4-38-0Phil DeFreitas 23.00-8-46-1Chris Lewis 13.00-2-44-0Peter Such 33.30-9-67-6Phil Tufnell 28.00-5-78-2

England, 189 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Brendon Julian)	65	137
Mike Atherton	caught (Ian Healy)	19	74
Mike Gatting	bowled	4	12
Robin Smith	caught (Mark Taylor)	4	6
Graeme Hick	caught (Allan Border)	34	71
Alec Stewart	bowled	27	49
Chris Lewis	caught (David Boon)	9	12
Phil DeFreitas	lbw	5	17
Andy Caddick	caught (Ian Healy)	7	23
Peter Such	not out	14	33
Phil Tufnell	caught (Ian Healy)	1	22

Craig McDermott 18.00-2-50-0Merv Hughes 20.50-5-59-4Brendon Julian 11.00-2-30-2Shane Warne 24.00-10-51-4Allan Border 1.00-0-4-0

Australia, 404 (5 wkts)

Mark Taylor	lbw	9	28
Michael Slater	caught (Andy Caddick)	27	48
David Boon	caught (Mike Gatting)	93	256
Mark Waugh	bowled	64	106
Allan Border	caught (Andy Caddick)	31	87
Steve Waugh	not out	78	134
Ian Healy	not out	102	133
Brendon Julian	did not bat	0	0
Merv Hughes	did not bat	0	0
Shane Warne	did not bat	0	0
Craig McDermott	did not bat	0	0

Andy Caddick 20.00-3-79-1Phil DeFreitas 24.00-1-80-1Chris Lewis 9.00-0-43-0Peter Such 31.00-6-78-2Phil Tufnell 37.00-4-112-1Graeme Hick 9.00-1-20-0

England, 316 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	handled the ball	133	247
Mike Atherton	caught (Mark Taylor)	25	72
Mike Gatting	bowled	23	34
Robin Smith	bowled	18	65
Graeme Hick	caught (Ian Healy)	22	71
Alec Stewart	caught (Ian Healy)	11	25
Chris Lewis	caught (Mark Taylor)	43	77
Phil DeFreitas	lbw	7	26
Andy Caddick	caught (Shane Warne)	25	74
Peter Such	caught (Allan Border)	9	36
Phil Tufnell	not out	0	0

Craig McDermott 30.00-9-76-0Merv Hughes 27.20-4-92-4Brendon Julian 14.00-1-67-1Shane Warne 49.00-26-86-4

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