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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South Africa v Australia 5th Test

Australia tour of South Africa - 1949 (1949/50) · Crusaders Ground, Gqeberha · 3 March 1950 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by an innings and 259 runs

Australia won by an innings and 259 runs. Lindsay Hassett top-scored with 167 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1950 TESTS Crusaders Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 548 (7 wkts)

Arthur Morris	caught (Paul Winslow)	157	0
Jack Moroney	caught (Dudley Nourse)	7	0
Keith Miller	caught (Dudley Nourse)	22	0
Neil Harvey	bowled	116	0
Lindsay Hassett	caught (Cuan McCarthy)	167	0
Sam Loxton	caught (Eric Rowan)	43	0
Colin McCool	caught (George Fullerton)	6	0
Ian Johnson	not out	26	0
Ron Saggers	not out	4	0
Geff Noblet	did not bat	0	0
Bill Johnston	did not bat	0	0

Cuan McCarthy 29.00-3-121-0Michael Melle 23.00-2-132-2Hugh Tayfield 25.00-1-103-2Tufty Mann 36.00-4-154-2Denis Begbie 4.00-0-38-1

South Africa, 152 (10 wkts)

Eric Rowan	bowled	40	0
Jack Nel	bowled	0	0
Ronald Draper	caught (Bill Johnston)	7	0
Dudley Nourse	caught (Colin McCool)	37	0
Denis Begbie	caught (Ron Saggers)	1	0
Paul Winslow	lbw	0	0
George Fullerton	stumping (Ron Saggers)	18	0
Hugh Tayfield	stumping (Ron Saggers)	6	0
Michael Melle	bowled	1	0
Tufty Mann	bowled	41	0
Cuan McCarthy	not out	1	0

Keith Miller 14.00-3-42-4Bill Johnston 3.00-0-12-0Geff Noblet 17.10-7-21-3Ian Johnson 11.00-1-48-1Colin McCool 5.00-1-29-2

South Africa, 126 (10 wkts)

Eric Rowan	caught (Colin McCool)	0	0
Jack Nel	lbw	5	0
Ronald Draper	bowled	3	0
Dudley Nourse	bowled	55	0
Denis Begbie	bowled	5	0
George Fullerton	caught (Ron Saggers)	24	0
Paul Winslow	stumping (Ron Saggers)	11	0
Hugh Tayfield	stumping (Ron Saggers)	7	0
Tufty Mann	lbw	6	0
Michael Melle	caught (Neil Harvey)	6	0
Cuan McCarthy	not out	4	0

Keith Miller 8.00-0-24-1Bill Johnston 6.00-1-10-3Geff Noblet 9.00-2-16-0Ian Johnson 7.00-1-21-3Colin McCool 14.20-2-48-2Sam Loxton 4.00-2-7-1

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