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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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Pakistan v Australia Only Test

Australia tour of Pakistan - 1956 (1956/57) · National Stadium, Karachi · 11 October 1956 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Pakistan won by 9 wickets

Pakistan won by 9 wickets. Abdul Kardar top-scored with 69 for Pakistan.

Australia ARCHIVE Pakistan ARCHIVE 1956 TESTS National Stadium ARCHIVE

Australia, 77 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (Imtiaz Ahmed)	17	0
Jim Burke	caught (Wallis Mathias)	4	0
Neil Harvey	lbw	2	0
Ian Craig	caught (Imtiaz Ahmed)	0	0
Keith Miller	caught (Wazir Mohammad)	21	0
Ron Archer	caught (Imtiaz Ahmed)	10	0
Richie Benaud	caught (Waqar Hasan)	4	0
Alan Davidson	caught (Abdul Kardar)	3	0
Ray Lindwall	caught (Wallis Mathias)	2	0
Ian Johnson	not out	13	0
Gil Langley	caught (Waqar Hasan)	1	0

Fazal Mahmood 27.00-11-34-6Khan Mohammad 26.10-9-43-4

Pakistan, 192 (10 wkts)

Hanif Mohammad	caught (Gil Langley)	0	0
Alimuddin	caught (Ray Lindwall)	10	0
Gul Mohammad	bowled	12	0
Imtiaz Ahmed	caught (Colin McDonald)	15	0
Waqar Hasan	caught (Gil Langley)	6	0
Wazir Mohammad	caught (Ian Johnson)	67	0
Abdul Kardar	lbw	69	0
Wallis Mathias	bowled	0	0
Fazal Mahmood	not out	10	0
Zulfiqar Ahmed	caught (Gil Langley)	0	0
Khan Mohammad	bowled	3	0

Ray Lindwall 27.00-8-42-1Keith Miller 17.00-5-40-2Ron Archer 4.00-0-18-1Alan Davidson 6.00-4-6-1Richie Benaud 17.00-5-36-1Ian Johnson 20.30-3-50-4

Australia, 179 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	bowled	3	0
Jim Burke	caught (Wallis Mathias)	10	0
Neil Harvey	bowled	4	0
Ian Craig	lbw	18	0
Keith Miller	bowled	11	0
Ron Archer	caught (Fazal Mahmood)	27	0
Richie Benaud	bowled	56	0
Alan Davidson	caught (Imtiaz Ahmed)	37	0
Ray Lindwall	lbw	0	0
Ian Johnson	bowled	0	0
Gil Langley	not out	13	0

Fazal Mahmood 48.00-17-80-7Khan Mohammad 40.50-13-69-3Zulfiqar Ahmed 9.00-1-18-0Abdul Kardar 12.00-5-12-0

Pakistan, 66 (1 wkts)

Hanif Mohammad	caught (Neil Harvey)	5	0
Alimuddin	not out	34	0
Gul Mohammad	not out	27	0
Imtiaz Ahmed	did not bat	0	0
Waqar Hasan	did not bat	0	0
Wazir Mohammad	did not bat	0	0
Abdul Kardar	did not bat	0	0
Wallis Mathias	did not bat	0	0
Fazal Mahmood	did not bat	0	0
Zulfiqar Ahmed	did not bat	0	0
Khan Mohammad	did not bat	0	0

Ray Lindwall 16.00-8-22-0Keith Miller 12.00-4-18-0Ron Archer 3.50-3-1-0Alan Davidson 9.00-5-9-1Ian Johnson 7.50-2-16-0

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