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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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South Africa v Australia 1st Test

Australia tour of South Africa - 1949 (1949/50) · Ellis Park, Johannesburg · 24 December 1949 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by an innings and 85 runs

Australia won by an innings and 85 runs. Lindsay Hassett top-scored with 112 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1949 TESTS Ellis Park ARCHIVE

Australia, 401 (10 wkts)

Arthur Morris	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	0	0
Jack Moroney	run out	0	0
Keith Miller	bowled	21	0
Lindsay Hassett	bowled	112	0
Neil Harvey	bowled	34	0
Sam Loxton	stumping (Billy Wade)	101	0
Colin McCool	bowled	31	0
Ian Johnson	caught (Jack Cheetham)	66	0
Ron Saggers	lbw	14	0
Ray Lindwall	caught (Jack Nel)	21	0
Bill Johnston	not out	1	0

Cuan McCarthy 25.00-2-90-2John Watkins 19.00-3-56-2Ian Smith 13.00-0-70-0Hugh Tayfield 28.00-3-93-3Tufty Mann 28.40-4-92-2

South Africa, 122 (10 wkts)

Owen Wynne	lbw	3	0
Eric Rowan	bowled	60	0
Jack Nel	bowled	4	0
Dudley Nourse	caught (Lindsay Hassett)	0	0
Billy Wade	bowled	2	0
Jack Cheetham	lbw	10	0
John Watkins	caught (Lindsay Hassett)	36	0
Hugh Tayfield	lbw	6	0
Tufty Mann	bowled	0	0
Ian Smith	not out	1	0
Cuan McCarthy	bowled	0	0

Ray Lindwall 10.00-1-22-0Bill Johnston 12.00-4-21-2Keith Miller 15.00-3-40-5Ian Johnson 18.20-6-37-3Sam Loxton 1.00-0-2-0

South Africa, 176 (10 wkts)

Eric Rowan	lbw	32	0
Owen Wynne	caught (Ron Saggers)	33	0
Jack Nel	caught (Ron Saggers)	14	0
Dudley Nourse	caught (Ron Saggers)	36	0
Billy Wade	bowled	11	0
Jack Cheetham	caught (Lindsay Hassett)	35	0
John Watkins	caught (Keith Miller)	0	0
Hugh Tayfield	caught (Keith Miller)	0	0
Tufty Mann	lbw	13	0
Ian Smith	caught (Colin McCool)	1	0
Cuan McCarthy	not out	1	0

Ray Lindwall 8.00-1-25-0Bill Johnston 20.10-5-44-6Keith Miller 11.00-1-27-0Ian Johnson 14.00-0-54-3Sam Loxton 3.00-0-11-0Colin McCool 9.00-3-15-1

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