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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 5th Test

Australia tour of England - 1926 (1926) · Kennington Oval, London · 14 August 1926 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 289 runs

England won by 289 runs. Herbert Sutcliffe top-scored with 161 for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1926 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

England, 269 (10 wkts)

Jack Hobbs	bowled	37	0
Herbert Sutcliffe	bowled	76	0
Frank Woolley	bowled	18	0
Patsy Hendren	bowled	8	0
Percy Chapman	stumping (Bert Oldfield)	49	0
Greville Stevens	caught (Tommy Andrews)	17	0
Wilfred Rhodes	caught (Bert Oldfield)	28	0
George Geary	run out	9	0
Maurice Tate	bowled	23	0
Harold Larwood	caught (Tommy Andrews)	0	0
Bert Strudwick	not out	4	0

Jack Gregory 15.00-4-31-1Clarrie Grimmett 33.00-12-74-2Arthur Mailey 33.50-3-138-6Charles Macartney 7.00-4-16-0Arthur Richardson 7.00-2-10-0

Australia, 285 (10 wkts)

Bill Woodfull	bowled	35	0
Warren Bardsley	caught (Bert Strudwick)	2	0
Charles Macartney	bowled	25	0
Bill Ponsford	run out	2	0
Tommy Andrews	bowled	3	0
Herbie Collins	caught (Greville Stevens)	61	0
Arthur Richardson	caught (George Geary)	16	0
Jack Gregory	caught (Greville Stevens)	73	0
Bert Oldfield	not out	33	0
Clarrie Grimmett	bowled	35	0
Arthur Mailey	caught (Bert Strudwick)	0	0

Maurice Tate 37.10-17-40-3Harold Larwood 34.00-11-82-3George Geary 27.00-8-43-0Greville Stevens 29.00-3-85-1Wilfred Rhodes 25.00-15-35-2

England, 399 (10 wkts)

Jack Hobbs	bowled	100	0
Herbert Sutcliffe	bowled	161	0
Frank Woolley	lbw	27	0
Patsy Hendren	caught (Bert Oldfield)	15	0
Percy Chapman	bowled	19	0
Greville Stevens	caught (Arthur Mailey)	22	0
Wilfred Rhodes	lbw	14	0
George Geary	caught (Bert Oldfield)	1	0
Maurice Tate	not out	33	0
Harold Larwood	bowled	5	0
Bert Strudwick	caught (Tommy Andrews)	2	0

Jack Gregory 18.00-1-58-2Clarrie Grimmett 55.00-17-108-3Arthur Mailey 42.50-6-128-3Charles Macartney 26.00-16-24-0Arthur Richardson 41.00-21-81-2

Australia, 118 (10 wkts)

Bill Woodfull	caught (George Geary)	0	0
Bill Ponsford	caught (Harold Larwood)	12	0
Charles Macartney	caught (George Geary)	16	0
Warren Bardsley	caught (Frank Woolley)	21	0
Herbie Collins	caught (Frank Woolley)	4	0
Tommy Andrews	caught (Maurice Tate)	15	0
Jack Gregory	caught (Herbert Sutcliffe)	9	0
Arthur Richardson	bowled	4	0
Bert Oldfield	bowled	23	0
Clarrie Grimmett	not out	8	0
Arthur Mailey	bowled	6	0

Maurice Tate 9.00-4-12-1Harold Larwood 14.00-3-34-3George Geary 6.30-2-15-1Greville Stevens 3.00-1-13-1Wilfred Rhodes 20.00-9-44-4

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