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 4th Test

Australia tour of South Africa - 1957 (1957/58) · New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg · 7 February 1958 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 10 wickets

Australia won by 10 wickets. Richie Benaud top-scored with 100 for Australia.

Australia ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1958 TESTS New Wanderers Stadium ARCHIVE

Australia, 400 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	lbw	26	0
Jim Burke	caught (John Waite)	81	0
Neil Harvey	caught (John Waite)	5	0
Richie Benaud	caught (Russell Endean)	100	0
Ian Craig	bowled	3	0
Wally Grout	lbw	7	0
Ken Mackay	not out	83	0
Bob Simpson	caught (John Waite)	6	0
Alan Davidson	caught (Chris Burger)	62	0
Ian Meckiff	caught (Russell Endean)	26	0
Lindsay Kline	caught (John Waite)	1	0

Peter Heine 37.50-6-96-6Neil Adcock 17.00-3-37-2Trevor Goddard 43.00-10-136-1Hugh Tayfield 49.00-17-107-1Clive van Ryneveld 3.00-0-24-0

South Africa, 195 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Wally Grout)	1	0
Russell Endean	lbw	22	0
Hugh Tayfield	lbw	27	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Ian Meckiff)	9	0
Ken Funston	caught (Ian Craig)	70	0
Roy McLean	caught (Wally Grout)	9	0
Chris Burger	stumping (Wally Grout)	21	0
John Waite	lbw	12	0
Peter Heine	caught (Richie Benaud)	24	0
Neil Adcock	bowled	0	0
Clive van Ryneveld	not out	0	0

Ian Meckiff 21.00-3-38-2Alan Davidson 19.00-2-39-2Ken Mackay 11.00-5-11-0Richie Benaud 20.20-0-70-4Lindsay Kline 9.00-1-37-2

South Africa, 187 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Bob Simpson)	70	0
Russell Endean	caught (Bob Simpson)	38	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Bob Simpson)	0	0
Ken Funston	not out	64	0
Roy McLean	caught (Wally Grout)	0	0
John Waite	caught (Wally Grout)	10	0
Chris Burger	caught (Colin McDonald)	1	0
Clive van Ryneveld	lbw	0	0
Hugh Tayfield	stumping (Wally Grout)	0	0
Peter Heine	caught (Ian Meckiff)	1	0
Neil Adcock	run out	3	0

Ian Meckiff 13.00-2-24-0Alan Davidson 20.00-4-44-1Richie Benaud 41.00-8-84-5Lindsay Kline 16.00-6-27-3Jim Burke 15.00-10-8-0

Australia, 1 (0 wkts)

Colin McDonald	not out	1	0
Jim Burke	not out	0	0
Neil Harvey	did not bat	0	0
Richie Benaud	did not bat	0	0
Ian Craig	did not bat	0	0
Wally Grout	did not bat	0	0
Ken Mackay	did not bat	0	0
Bob Simpson	did not bat	0	0
Alan Davidson	did not bat	0	0
Ian Meckiff	did not bat	0	0
Lindsay Kline	did not bat	0	0

Roy McLean 0.40-0-1-0

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