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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England v Australia 3rd Test

Australia tour of England - 1896 (1896) · Kennington Oval, London · 10 August 1896 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 66 runs

England won by 66 runs. Joe Darling top-scored with 47 for Australia.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1896 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

England, 144 (10 wkts)

W.G. Grace	caught (Harry Trott)	24	0
Stanley Jackson	caught (Tom McKibbin)	45	0
KS Ranjitsinhji	bowled	8	0
Bobby Abel	caught (Hugh Trumble)	26	0
Archie MacLaren	bowled	20	0
Tom Hayward	bowled	0	0
Teddy Wynyard	caught (Joe Darling)	10	0
Bobby Peel	caught (Harry Donnan)	0	0
Dick Lilley	caught (Frank Iredale)	2	0
Jack Hearne	bowled	8	0
Tom Richardson	not out	1	0

George Giffen 32.00-12-64-2Hugh Trumble 40.00-10-59-6Tom McKibbin 9.30-0-21-2

Australia, 110 (10 wkts)

Joe Darling	caught (Archie MacLaren)	47	0
Frank Iredale	run out	30	0
George Giffen	bowled	0	0
Harry Trott	bowled	5	0
Syd Gregory	bowled	1	0
Clem Hill	run out	1	0
Harry Donnan	bowled	10	0
James Kelly	not out	10	0
Hugh Trumble	bowled	3	0
Ernie Jones	caught (Archie MacLaren)	3	0
Tom McKibbin	bowled	0	0

Bobby Peel 20.00-9-30-2Jack Hearne 26.10-10-41-6Tom Richardson 5.00-0-22-0Tom Hayward 2.00-0-17-0

England, 82 (10 wkts)

W.G. Grace	bowled	9	0
Stanley Jackson	bowled	2	0
KS Ranjitsinhji	stumping (James Kelly)	11	0
Bobby Abel	caught (George Giffen)	21	0
Archie MacLaren	bowled	6	0
Tom Hayward	caught (Harry Trott)	13	0
Teddy Wynyard	caught (James Kelly)	3	0
Bobby Peel	bowled	0	0
Dick Lilley	caught (Tom McKibbin)	6	0
Jack Hearne	bowled	1	0
Tom Richardson	not out	10	0

Hugh Trumble 25.00-9-30-6Tom McKibbin 20.00-8-35-3George Giffen 1.00-0-4-0Ernie Jones 3.00-0-13-1

Australia, 42 (10 wkts)

Frank Iredale	caught (Stanley Jackson)	3	0
Joe Darling	bowled	0	0
Harry Trott	caught (Bill Brockwell)	3	0
George Giffen	bowled	1	0
Syd Gregory	caught (Tom Richardson)	6	0
Clem Hill	bowled	0	0
Harry Donnan	caught (Tom Hayward)	0	0
James Kelly	lbw	3	0
Hugh Trumble	not out	7	0
Ernie Jones	bowled	3	0
Tom McKibbin	caught (Bobby Abel)	16	0

Tom Richardson 1.00-1-0-0Jack Hearne 13.00-8-19-4Bobby Peel 12.00-5-23-6

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