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 3rd Test

Australia tour of England and Scotland - 1997 (1997) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 3 July 1997 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 268 runs · Man of the Match: Steve Waugh

Australia won by 268 runs. Steve Waugh top-scored with 116 for Australia. Man of the Match: Steve Waugh.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1997 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

Australia, 220 (10 wkts)

Mark Taylor	caught (Graham Thorpe)	2	20
Matthew Elliott	caught (Alec Stewart)	40	98
Greg Blewett	bowled	8	13
Mark Waugh	caught (Alec Stewart)	12	27
Steve Waugh	bowled	108	174
Michael Bevan	caught (Alec Stewart)	7	16
Ian Healy	caught (Alec Stewart)	9	20
Shane Warne	caught (Alec Stewart)	3	7
Paul Reiffel	bowled	31	84
Jason Gillespie	caught (Alec Stewart)	0	8
Glenn McGrath	not out	0	2

Darren Gough 21.00-7-52-3Dean Headley 27.30-4-72-4Andy Caddick 14.00-2-52-1Mark Ealham 11.00-2-34-2Robert Croft 4.00-0-13-0

England, 153 (10 wkts)

Mark Butcher	stumping (Ian Healy)	51	140
Mike Atherton	caught (Ian Healy)	5	29
Alec Stewart	caught (Mark Taylor)	30	79
Nasser Hussain	caught (Ian Healy)	13	29
Graham Thorpe	caught (Mark Taylor)	3	7
John Crawley	caught (Ian Healy)	4	26
Mark Ealham	not out	24	97
Robert Croft	caught (Steve Waugh)	7	23
Darren Gough	lbw	1	13
Andy Caddick	caught (Mark Waugh)	15	57
Dean Headley	bowled	0	10

Glenn McGrath 23.40-9-40-3Paul Reiffel 9.00-3-14-0Shane Warne 30.00-14-48-6Jason Gillespie 14.00-3-39-0Michael Bevan 8.00-3-14-1

Australia, 375 (8 wkts)

Matthew Elliott	caught (Mark Butcher)	11	40
Mark Taylor	caught (Mark Butcher)	1	3
Greg Blewett	caught (Nasser Hussain)	19	35
Mark Waugh	bowled	55	81
Steve Waugh	caught (Alec Stewart)	116	271
Michael Bevan	caught (Mike Atherton)	0	16
Ian Healy	caught (Mark Butcher)	47	78
Shane Warne	caught (Alec Stewart)	53	78
Paul Reiffel	not out	45	88
Jason Gillespie	not out	28	54
Glenn McGrath	did not bat	0	0

Darren Gough 20.00-3-62-0Dean Headley 29.00-4-104-4Robert Croft 39.00-12-105-2Mark Ealham 13.00-3-41-1Andy Caddick 21.00-0-69-1

England, 180 (10 wkts)

Mark Butcher	caught (Glenn McGrath)	28	78
Mike Atherton	lbw	21	38
Alec Stewart	bowled	1	5
Nasser Hussain	lbw	1	14
Graham Thorpe	caught (Ian Healy)	7	29
John Crawley	hitwicket	83	151
Mark Ealham	caught (Ian Healy)	9	75
Robert Croft	caught (Paul Reiffel)	7	13
Darren Gough	bowled	6	18
Andy Caddick	caught (Jason Gillespie)	17	19
Dean Headley	not out	0	4

Glenn McGrath 21.00-4-46-4Jason Gillespie 12.00-4-31-3Paul Reiffel 2.00-0-8-0Shane Warne 30.40-8-63-3Michael Bevan 8.00-2-34-0

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