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 5th Test

England tour of Australia - 1998 (1998/99) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 2 January 1999 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 98 runs · Man of the Match: Stuart MacGill

Australia won by 98 runs. Michael Slater top-scored with 123 for Australia. Man of the Match: Stuart MacGill.

Australia ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1999 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 311 (10 wkts)

Mark Taylor	caught (Graeme Hick)	2	8
Michael Slater	caught (Warren Hegg)	18	35
Justin Langer	caught (Mark Ramprakash)	26	39
Mark Waugh	caught (Warren Hegg)	121	205
Steve Waugh	bowled	96	171
Darren Lehmann	caught (Nasser Hussain)	32	37
Ian Healy	caught (Warren Hegg)	14	28
Shane Warne	not out	2	7
Stuart MacGill	bowled	0	1
Colin Miller	bowled	0	1
Glenn McGrath	caught (Graeme Hick)	0	2

Darren Gough 17.00-4-61-3Dean Headley 19.30-3-62-4Alex Tudor 12.00-1-64-2Peter Such 24.00-6-77-1Mark Ramprakash 15.00-0-56-0

England, 199 (10 wkts)

Mark Butcher	lbw	36	70
Alec Stewart	caught (Shane Warne)	3	17
Nasser Hussain	caught (Mark Waugh)	42	126
Mark Ramprakash	caught (Stuart MacGill)	14	42
Graeme Hick	caught (Shane Warne)	23	38
John Crawley	caught (Mark Taylor)	44	75
Warren Hegg	bowled	15	50
Alex Tudor	bowled	14	40
Dean Headley	caught (Glenn McGrath)	8	20
Darren Gough	lbw	0	2
Peter Such	not out	0	4

Glenn McGrath 17.00-7-35-2Colin Miller 23.00-6-45-2Stuart MacGill 20.10-2-57-5Shane Warne 20.00-4-67-1

Australia, 180 (10 wkts)

Michael Slater	caught (Warren Hegg)	123	189
Mark Taylor	caught (Alec Stewart)	2	25
Justin Langer	lbw	1	5
Mark Waugh	caught (Mark Ramprakash)	24	60
Darren Lehmann	caught (John Crawley)	0	8
Ian Healy	caught (John Crawley)	5	26
Steve Waugh	bowled	8	28
Shane Warne	caught (Mark Ramprakash)	8	13
Stuart MacGill	caught (Mark Butcher)	6	24
Colin Miller	not out	3	9
Glenn McGrath	caught (Alec Stewart)	0	2

Dean Headley 19.00-7-40-4Darren Gough 15.00-3-51-1Peter Such 25.50-5-81-5Alex Tudor 5.00-2-8-0

England, 179 (10 wkts)

Mark Butcher	stumping (Ian Healy)	27	47
Alec Stewart	stumping (Ian Healy)	42	55
Nasser Hussain	caught (Stuart MacGill)	53	129
Mark Ramprakash	caught (Mark Taylor)	14	46
Graeme Hick	bowled	7	25
John Crawley	lbw	5	16
Warren Hegg	caught (Ian Healy)	3	10
Alex Tudor	bowled	3	21
Dean Headley	caught (Ian Healy)	16	24
Darren Gough	not out	7	15
Peter Such	caught (Stuart MacGill)	2	12

Glenn McGrath 10.00-0-40-1Colin Miller 17.00-1-50-1Stuart MacGill 20.10-4-50-7Shane Warne 19.00-3-43-1

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