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 New Zealand 3rd Test

New Zealand tour of Australia - 1973 (1973/74) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 26 January 1974 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by an innings and 57 runs

Australia won by an innings and 57 runs. Rod Marsh top-scored with 132 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1974 TESTS Adelaide Oval ARCHIVE

Australia, 459 (10 wkts)

Keith Stackpole	caught (John Parker)	15	26
Ashley Woodcock	caught (Jeremy Coney)	27	66
Ian Chappell	caught (Richard Hadlee)	22	52
Greg Chappell	bowled	42	105
Doug Walters	bowled	94	141
Ian Davis	caught (Bevan Congdon)	15	45
Rod Marsh	stumping (Ken Wadsworth)	132	266
Kerry O'Keeffe	lbw	85	195
Ashley Mallett	caught (Ken Wadsworth)	11	62
Alan Hurst	caught (Brian Hastings)	16	16
Geoff Dymock	not out	0	2

Richard Hadlee 28.00-3-102-1Dayle Hadlee 21.00-2-76-1Lance Cairns 21.00-4-73-2David O'Sullivan 35.50-4-148-5Bevan Congdon 15.00-1-60-1

New Zealand, 207 (10 wkts)

John Parker	caught (Rod Marsh)	0	9
Glenn Turner	lbw	20	42
John Morrison	caught (Ian Chappell)	40	121
Brian Hastings	caught (Ashley Woodcock)	23	54
Bevan Congdon	run out	13	67
Jeremy Coney	caught (Rod Marsh)	8	69
Ken Wadsworth	lbw	48	107
Dayle Hadlee	caught (Greg Chappell)	29	158
Richard Hadlee	caught (Ian Chappell)	20	49
David O'Sullivan	bowled	2	10
Lance Cairns	not out	4	6

Alan Hurst 19.00-3-56-1Geoff Dymock 19.00-5-44-2Doug Walters 1.00-0-2-0Ashley Mallett 23.00-6-46-2Kerry O'Keeffe 24.30-9-55-3Ian Chappell 1.00-0-4-1

New Zealand, 190 (10 wkts)

John Parker	caught (Ian Chappell)	22	107
Glenn Turner	caught (Kerry O'Keeffe)	34	57
John Morrison	caught (Ian Chappell)	4	23
Brian Hastings	caught (Keith Stackpole)	7	19
Bevan Congdon	not out	71	297
Jeremy Coney	bowled	17	54
Ken Wadsworth	caught (Rod Marsh)	16	58
Dayle Hadlee	caught (Greg Chappell)	0	23
Richard Hadlee	caught (Rod Marsh)	15	31
David O'Sullivan	caught (Ian Chappell)	4	47
Lance Cairns	caught (Ian Chappell)	0	24

Alan Hurst 10.00-2-17-0Geoff Dymock 27.00-7-58-5Doug Walters 3.00-0-17-0Kerry O'Keeffe 28.00-12-51-3Ashley Mallett 21.50-9-47-2

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