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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 v Australia 3rd Test

Australia tour of England - 1888 (1888) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 30 August 1888 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 21 runs

England won by an innings and 21 runs. W.G. Grace top-scored with 38 for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1888 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

England, 170 (10 wkts)

W.G. Grace	caught (George Bonnor)	38	0
Bobby Abel	bowled	0	0
George Ulyett	bowled	0	0
Walter Read	bowled	19	0
Billy Barnes	bowled	24	0
Frank Sugg	bowled	24	0
Billy Gunn	lbw	15	0
Bobby Peel	lbw	11	0
Johnny Briggs	not out	22	0
George Lohmann	run out	0	0
Dick Pilling	caught (George Bonnor)	17	0

J.J. Ferris 40.00-20-49-2Charlie Turner 55.00-21-86-5Sammy Woods 18.10-6-35-2

Australia, 79 (10 wkts)

Percy McDonnell	caught (W.G. Grace)	15	0
Alec Bannerman	bowled	1	0
Harry Trott	stumping (Dick Pilling)	17	0
George Bonnor	run out	5	0
Jack Edwards	bowled	0	0
Charlie Turner	bowled	0	0
Sammy Woods	caught (Walter Read)	4	0
Jack Blackham	caught (Walter Read)	15	0
John Lyons	caught (George Lohmann)	22	0
Jack Worrall	bowled	0	0
J.J. Ferris	not out	0	0

Bobby Peel 26.20-17-31-7George Lohmann 17.00-9-31-1Johnny Briggs 9.00-4-17-1

Australia, 67 (10 wkts)

Alec Bannerman	caught (W.G. Grace)	0	1
Percy McDonnell	bowled	0	0
Harry Trott	run out	0	0
George Bonnor	caught (W.G. Grace)	0	0
Jack Blackham	bowled	5	0
John Lyons	bowled	32	0
Sammy Woods	bowled	0	1
Charlie Turner	bowled	26	0
Jack Edwards	caught (W.G. Grace)	1	0
J.J. Ferris	caught (Bobby Abel)	3	0
Jack Worrall	not out	0	0

Bobby Peel 16.00-4-37-4George Lohmann 8.00-3-20-3Johnny Briggs 7.10-2-10-2

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