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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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Sri Lanka v Australia Only Test

Australia tour of Sri Lanka - 1983 (1982/83) · Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy · 22 April 1983 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by an innings and 38 runs · Man of the Match: Kepler Wessels

Australia won by an innings and 38 runs. David Hookes top-scored with 143* for Australia. Man of the Match: Kepler Wessels.

Australia ARCHIVE Sri Lanka ARCHIVE 1983 TESTS Asgiriya Stadium ARCHIVE

Australia, 499 (4 wkts)

Kepler Wessels	caught (Roy Dias)	141	188
Graeme Wood	caught (Rumesh Ratnayake)	4	22
Graham Yallop	lbw	98	238
Greg Chappell	lbw	66	103
David Hookes	not out	143	152
Allan Border	not out	47	88
Roger Woolley	did not bat	0	0
Tom Hogan	did not bat	0	0
Bruce Yardley	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Rodney Hogg	did not bat	0	0

Ashantha de Mel 23.00-3-113-2Rumesh Ratnayake 28.00-4-108-0Arjuna Ranatunga 19.00-2-72-1Somachandra De Silva 44.00-7-122-1Unknown #1707 17.00-1-84-0

Sri Lanka, 249 (10 wkts)

Sidath Wettimuny	caught (Roger Woolley)	0	3
Susil Fernando	caught (Roger Woolley)	0	12
Roy Dias	caught (Allan Border)	4	4
Duleep Mendis	caught (David Hookes)	74	92
Ranjan Madugalle	caught (Bruce Yardley)	9	33
Arjuna Ranatunga	caught (Dennis Lillee)	90	120
Somachandra De Silva	caught (Tom Hogan)	26	55
Ashantha de Mel	caught (David Hookes)	29	69
Guy de Alwis	caught (Allan Border)	3	18
Rumesh Ratnayake	caught (Roger Woolley)	14	45
Unknown #1707	not out	0	0

Dennis Lillee 19.00-3-67-2Rodney Hogg 12.00-4-31-1Greg Chappell 1.00-0-2-0Bruce Yardley 25.00-7-88-5Tom Hogan 11.00-1-50-1Allan Border 4.50-0-11-1

Sri Lanka, 191 (10 wkts)

Sidath Wettimuny	bowled	96	145
Susil Fernando	caught (Roger Woolley)	3	10
Roy Dias	bowled	10	37
Rumesh Ratnayake	run out	30	67
Duleep Mendis	caught (Allan Border)	6	21
Ranjan Madugalle	bowled	0	2
Arjuna Ranatunga	bowled	32	64
Somachandra De Silva	caught (Roger Woolley)	5	13
Ashantha de Mel	caught (Graham Yallop)	0	6
Guy de Alwis	run out	9	9
Unknown #1707	not out	0	19

Dennis Lillee 11.00-3-40-1Rodney Hogg 3.00-2-7-0Bruce Yardley 26.00-6-78-2Tom Hogan 25.20-6-66-5

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