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 England 3rd Test

England tour of Australia - 1881 (1881/82) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 3 March 1882 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 6 wickets

Australia won by 6 wickets. Percy McDonnell top-scored with 147 for Australia.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1882 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 160 (10 wkts)

George Ulyett	bowled	0	0
Dick Barlow	caught (Jack Blackham)	4	0
John Selby	caught (Hugh Massie)	13	0
Billy Bates	caught (Joey Palmer)	1	0
Arthur Shrewsbury	caught (Harry Boyle)	82	0
Billy Midwinter	bowled	12	0
William Scotton	caught (Sammy Jones)	18	0
Tom Emmett	bowled	4	0
Alfred Shaw	bowled	3	0
Dick Pilling	bowled	12	0
Ted Peate	not out	11	0

Joey Palmer 45.20-23-46-5Tom Garrett 60.00-24-85-3Sammy Jones 8.00-5-11-0Harry Boyle 27.00-18-18-2

Australia, 246 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	bowled	70	0
Hugh Massie	bowled	0	0
Billy Murdoch	caught (George Ulyett)	6	0
Tom Horan	caught (Billy Bates)	1	0
Percy McDonnell	caught (Billy Midwinter)	147	0
George Giffen	caught (Dick Pilling)	2	0
Jack Blackham	bowled	4	0
Sammy Jones	not out	7	0
Tom Garrett	bowled	0	0
Joey Palmer	bowled	6	0
Harry Boyle	caught (Dick Pilling)	3	0

Ted Peate 45.00-24-43-5Billy Bates 38.00-17-67-3George Ulyett 3.00-1-10-0Billy Midwinter 62.00-25-75-2Alfred Shaw 8.00-4-14-0Tom Emmett 16.00-6-37-0

England, 131 (10 wkts)

Dick Barlow	caught (Tom Garrett)	8	0
George Ulyett	bowled	23	0
John Selby	bowled	1	0
Billy Bates	caught (Alec Bannerman)	2	0
Arthur Shrewsbury	caught (Harry Boyle)	47	0
Billy Midwinter	bowled	10	0
William Scotton	bowled	1	0
Tom Emmett	bowled	2	0
Alfred Shaw	bowled	6	0
Dick Pilling	bowled	23	0
Ted Peate	not out	8	0

Joey Palmer 40.00-19-44-4Tom Garrett 36.10-10-78-6Harry Boyle 4.00-1-9-0

Australia, 58 (4 wkts)

Hugh Massie	caught (Billy Midwinter)	9	0
Alec Bannerman	caught (Dick Pilling)	14	0
Billy Murdoch	caught (Billy Midwinter)	4	0
Tom Horan	not out	16	0
Percy McDonnell	caught (Tom Emmett)	9	0
Sammy Jones	not out	6	0
George Giffen	did not bat	0	0
Jack Blackham	did not bat	0	0
Tom Garrett	did not bat	0	0
Joey Palmer	did not bat	0	0
Harry Boyle	did not bat	0	0

Ted Peate 25.00-18-15-3Billy Bates 24.30-13-43-1

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