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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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New Zealand v Australia 3rd Test

Australia tour of New Zealand - 1974 (1973/74) · Eden Park, Auckland · 22 March 1974 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 297 runs

Australia won by 297 runs. Ian Redpath top-scored with 159* for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1974 TESTS Eden Park ARCHIVE

Australia, 214 (10 wkts)

Keith Stackpole	caught (John Parker)	0	1
Ian Redpath	caught (Ken Wadsworth)	13	35
Ian Chappell	caught (Glenn Turner)	37	66
Greg Chappell	caught (Hedley Howarth)	0	8
Ian Davis	caught (Brian Hastings)	0	4
Doug Walters	not out	104	138
Rod Marsh	caught (Brian Hastings)	45	71
Kerry O'Keeffe	caught (John Morrison)	0	6
Gary Gilmour	caught (John Morrison)	1	10
Max Walker	caught (Mark Burgess)	7	20
Ashley Mallett	caught (Glenn Turner)	7	15

Richard Hadlee 9.00-1-45-1Richard Collinge 18.00-4-82-5Dayle Hadlee 9.00-0-41-0Bevan Congdon 10.20-0-46-4

New Zealand, 97 (10 wkts)

Glenn Turner	caught (Greg Chappell)	41	101
John Parker	lbw	11	18
John Morrison	caught (Rod Marsh)	9	22
Bevan Congdon	lbw	4	15
Brian Hastings	bowled	0	23
Mark Burgess	caught (Rod Marsh)	7	22
Ken Wadsworth	caught (Rod Marsh)	0	2
Hedley Howarth	caught (Gary Gilmour)	0	3
Dayle Hadlee	bowled	4	3
Richard Hadlee	caught (Ian Chappell)	13	34
Richard Collinge	not out	8	7

Max Walker 10.00-4-11-1Gary Gilmour 15.00-3-64-5Ashley Mallett 5.20-0-22-4

Australia, 331 (10 wkts)

Keith Stackpole	caught (Bevan Congdon)	0	7
Ian Redpath	not out	159	310
Ian Chappell	lbw	35	32
Greg Chappell	caught (Ken Wadsworth)	38	54
Ian Davis	caught (John Parker)	5	25
Doug Walters	caught (John Parker)	5	15
Rod Marsh	caught (Richard Hadlee)	47	63
Kerry O'Keeffe	caught (Mark Burgess)	32	106
Gary Gilmour	bowled	4	10
Max Walker	bowled	0	1
Ashley Mallett	caught (John Parker)	6	21

Richard Hadlee 9.00-1-50-2Richard Collinge 16.40-0-84-4Dayle Hadlee 7.00-0-48-0Bevan Congdon 19.00-1-66-1Hedley Howarth 28.00-5-83-3

New Zealand, 150 (10 wkts)

Glenn Turner	caught (Ian Chappell)	72	144
John Parker	caught (Rod Marsh)	34	117
John Morrison	caught (Rod Marsh)	0	4
Bevan Congdon	caught (Rod Marsh)	4	21
Brian Hastings	lbw	1	4
Mark Burgess	caught (Keith Stackpole)	6	6
Ken Wadsworth	caught (Greg Chappell)	21	55
Dayle Hadlee	caught (Doug Walters)	4	40
Richard Hadlee	bowled	1	10
Hedley Howarth	not out	3	14
Richard Collinge	caught (Ian Chappell)	4	13

Max Walker 19.00-8-39-4Gary Gilmour 16.00-0-52-2Ashley Mallett 13.00-6-51-2Kerry O'Keeffe 5.00-1-8-2

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