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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Australia v South Africa 1st Test

South Africa tour of Australia - 1952 (1952/53) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 5 December 1952 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 96 runs

Australia won by 96 runs. Neil Harvey top-scored with 109 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1952 TESTS Brisbane Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

Australia, 274 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (John Watkins)	27	0
Arthur Morris	lbw	29	0
Neil Harvey	caught	109	0
Lindsay Hassett	caught (John Waite)	55	0
Keith Miller	bowled	3	0
Graeme Hole	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	8	0
Ray Lindwall	lbw	5	0
Gil Langley	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	17	0
Doug Ring	caught (Percy Mansell)	13	0
Ian Johnson	lbw	7	0
Bill Johnston	not out	1	0

Michael Melle 20.50-0-71-6John Watkins 24.00-8-41-4Anton Murray 14.00-1-63-0Hugh Tayfield 15.00-3-59-0Percy Mansell 8.00-0-40-0

South Africa, 218 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Ian Johnson)	9	0
John Waite	lbw	39	0
Russell Endean	caught (Gil Langley)	14	0
Ken Funston	bowled	33	0
Roy McLean	caught (Keith Miller)	13	0
Jack Cheetham	caught (Gil Langley)	26	0
John Watkins	caught (Keith Miller)	25	0
Percy Mansell	caught (Ray Lindwall)	31	0
Anton Murray	lbw	18	0
Hugh Tayfield	lbw	3	0
Michael Melle	not out	7	0

Ray Lindwall 12.00-0-48-1Keith Miller 10.00-0-46-1Bill Johnston 7.60-2-21-1Doug Ring 21.00-2-72-6Ian Johnson 12.00-3-31-1

Australia, 271 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	stumping (John Waite)	17	0
Arthur Morris	caught (Michael Melle)	58	0
Lindsay Hassett	caught (Jackie McGlew)	17	0
Neil Harvey	run out	52	0
Keith Miller	lbw	3	0
Graeme Hole	lbw	42	0
Ray Lindwall	not out	38	0
Gil Langley	bowled	27	0
Doug Ring	bowled	4	0
Ian Johnson	lbw	13	0
Bill Johnston	caught (Jackie McGlew)	0	0

Michael Melle 26.00-2-95-3John Watkins 26.00-13-47-2Anton Murray 13.00-7-13-0Hugh Tayfield 33.30-5-116-4

South Africa, 237 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	lbw	69	0
John Waite	stumping (Gil Langley)	14	0
Russell Endean	lbw	12	0
Ken Funston	caught (Gil Langley)	65	0
Roy McLean	bowled	38	0
Jack Cheetham	bowled	18	0
John Watkins	hitwicket	1	0
Percy Mansell	bowled	4	0
Anton Murray	not out	11	0
Hugh Tayfield	caught (Gil Langley)	1	0
Michael Melle	bowled	4	0

Ray Lindwall 30.00-8-60-5Bill Johnston 26.00-5-62-2Doug Ring 17.00-3-58-0Ian Johnson 30.00-7-52-3Graeme Hole 3.00-0-5-0Neil Harvey 1.00-1-0-0

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