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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New Zealand v Australia 1st Test

Australia tour of New Zealand - 1977 (1976/77) · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 18 February 1977 · New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl

Match drawn

Match drawn. Doug Walters top-scored with 250 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1977 TESTS Lancaster Park ARCHIVE

Australia, 531 (10 wkts)

Alan Turner	bowled	3	16
Ian Davis	caught (Geoff Howarth)	34	96
Rick McCosker	caught (John Parker)	37	59
Greg Chappell	caught (Glenn Turner)	44	99
Gary Cosier	bowled	23	37
Doug Walters	caught (Hedley Howarth)	250	342
Rod Marsh	caught (John Parker)	2	5
Gary Gilmour	bowled	101	146
Kerry O'Keeffe	run out	8	26
Dennis Lillee	caught (Richard Hadlee)	19	24
Max Walker	not out	10	40

Richard Hadlee 29.00-1-155-3Ewen Chatfield 31.00-4-125-3Dayle Hadlee 24.50-1-130-2Bevan Congdon 7.00-0-27-0Hedley Howarth 19.00-2-94-1

New Zealand, 334 (10 wkts)

Glenn Turner	caught (Alan Turner)	15	81
Geoff Howarth	caught (Rod Marsh)	42	62
Bevan Congdon	caught (Gary Gilmour)	23	55
John Parker	caught (Rod Marsh)	34	110
Mark Burgess	caught (Rod Marsh)	66	95
Jock Edwards	caught (Gary Gilmour)	34	54
Warren Lees	caught (Rod Marsh)	14	24
Richard Hadlee	caught (Rod Marsh)	3	8
Hedley Howarth	bowled	61	151
Dayle Hadlee	not out	37	119
Ewen Chatfield	bowled	5	29

Dennis Lillee 31.20-6-119-2Gary Gilmour 10.00-0-48-0Max Walker 26.00-7-66-3Kerry O'Keeffe 28.00-5-101-5

Australia, 141 (4 wkts)

Alan Turner	lbw	20	46
Ian Davis	caught (Warren Lees)	22	91
Rick McCosker	not out	77	129
Greg Chappell	caught (John Parker)	0	10
Gary Cosier	run out	2	10
Doug Walters	not out	20	62
Rod Marsh	did not bat	0	0
Gary Gilmour	did not bat	0	0
Kerry O'Keeffe	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Max Walker	did not bat	0	0

Richard Hadlee 13.00-4-41-1Ewen Chatfield 11.00-1-34-0Dayle Hadlee 8.00-0-28-1Hedley Howarth 10.00-0-37-1Bevan Congdon 1.00-0-1-0

New Zealand, 272 (8 wkts)

Glenn Turner	caught (Kerry O'Keeffe)	36	100
Geoff Howarth	caught (Rod Marsh)	28	88
Bevan Congdon	not out	107	251
John Parker	caught (Rick McCosker)	21	56
Mark Burgess	caught (Rick McCosker)	39	77
Jock Edwards	caught (Rod Marsh)	15	30
Warren Lees	caught (Rod Marsh)	3	7
Hedley Howarth	bowled	0	1
Richard Hadlee	caught (Gary Cosier)	15	25
Dayle Hadlee	not out	8	46
Ewen Chatfield	did not bat	0	0

Dennis Lillee 18.00-1-70-2Gary Gilmour 10.00-0-48-1Max Walker 25.00-4-65-4Kerry O'Keeffe 20.00-4-56-1Greg Chappell 11.00-0-33-0

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