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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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England tour of Australia - 1888 (1887/88) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 10 February 1888 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

England won by 126 runs

England won by 126 runs. Arthur Shrewsbury top-scored with 44 for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1888 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 109 (10 wkts)

Arthur Shrewsbury	caught (Charlie Turner)	44	150
Andrew Stoddart	caught (George McShane)	16	35
George Ulyett	caught (Fred Burton)	5	15
Walter Read	bowled	10	54
Maurice Read	caught (Charlie Turner)	0	2
Bobby Peel	hitwicket	3	11
Billy Newham	caught (Jack Worrall)	9	79
George Lohmann	caught (Sammy Jones)	12	22
Johnny Briggs	bowled	0	11
William Attewell	not out	7	14
Dick Pilling	run out	3	7

Charlie Turner 50.00-27-44-5J.J. Ferris 47.00-25-60-4Tom Garrett 3.00-1-5-0

Australia, 35 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	caught (George Ulyett)	2	19
Sammy Jones	caught (Arthur Shrewsbury)	0	20
Harry Moses	caught (Walter Read)	3	20
Fred Burton	caught (Andrew Stoddart)	1	11
Jack Worrall	stumping (Dick Pilling)	6	7
George McShane	caught (Arthur Shrewsbury)	0	2
Percy McDonnell	bowled	3	5
Jack Blackham	caught (Arthur Shrewsbury)	2	4
Tom Garrett	caught (Dick Pilling)	10	26
Charlie Turner	not out	8	26
J.J. Ferris	caught (Walter Read)	0	12

George Lohmann 19.00-13-17-5Bobby Peel 18.30-9-18-5

England, 125 (10 wkts)

Arthur Shrewsbury	bowled	1	11
Andrew Stoddart	caught (Jack Blackham)	17	29
George Ulyett	bowled	5	6
Walter Read	bowled	8	38
Maurice Read	caught (Alec Bannerman)	39	49
Bobby Peel	stumping (Jack Blackham)	9	26
George Lohmann	caught (Jack Blackham)	0	1
Billy Newham	lbw	17	58
Johnny Briggs	caught (Jack Worrall)	14	39
William Attewell	not out	10	35
Dick Pilling	bowled	5	8

Charlie Turner 38.00-23-43-7J.J. Ferris 16.00-4-43-2George McShane 21.00-7-39-1

Australia, 79 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	caught (William Attewell)	2	14
Percy McDonnell	bowled	6	16
Harry Moses	caught (Johnny Briggs)	11	13
Sammy Jones	caught (Arthur Shrewsbury)	15	79
Fred Burton	caught (Dick Pilling)	1	9
Charlie Turner	lbw	12	26
Tom Garrett	caught (Arthur Shrewsbury)	1	23
Jack Blackham	not out	25	54
George McShane	bowled	0	15
Jack Worrall	bowled	1	7
J.J. Ferris	caught (Arthur Shrewsbury)	5	22

George Lohmann 32.00-18-35-4Bobby Peel 33.00-14-40-4William Attewell 4.20-2-4-2

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