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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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Australia v England 5th Test

England tour of Australia - 1946 (1946/47) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 28 February 1947 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 5 wickets

Australia won by 5 wickets. Leonard Hutton top-scored with 122* for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1947 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 263 (9 wkts)

Leonard Hutton	not out	122	356
Cyril Washbrook	bowled	0	2
Bill Edrich	caught (Don Tallon)	60	174
Laurie Fishlock	bowled	14	40
Denis Compton	hitwicket	17	41
Norman Yardley	caught (Keith Miller)	2	14
Jack Ikin	bowled	0	4
Godfrey Evans	bowled	29	49
Peter Smith	bowled	2	19
Alec Bedser	not out	10	37
Doug Wright	caught (Don Tallon)	7	18

Ray Lindwall 22.00-3-63-7Keith Miller 15.30-2-31-1George Tribe 28.00-2-95-0Ernie Toshack 16.00-4-40-0Colin McCool 13.00-0-34-1

Australia, 234 (10 wkts)

Sid Barnes	caught (Godfrey Evans)	71	166
Arthur Morris	lbw	57	139
Donald Bradman	bowled	12	23
Lindsay Hassett	caught (Jack Ikin)	24	104
Keith Miller	caught (Jack Ikin)	23	48
Ron Hamence	not out	30	96
Colin McCool	caught (Norman Yardley)	3	15
Don Tallon	caught (Denis Compton)	0	3
Ray Lindwall	caught (Peter Smith)	0	2
George Tribe	caught (Laurie Fishlock)	9	5
Ernie Toshack	run out	5	15

Alec Bedser 27.00-7-49-2Bill Edrich 7.00-0-34-0Peter Smith 8.00-0-38-0Doug Wright 29.00-4-105-7Norman Yardley 5.00-2-8-0

England, 184 (9 wkts)

Laurie Fishlock	lbw	0	1
Cyril Washbrook	bowled	24	49
Bill Edrich	stumping (Don Tallon)	24	65
Denis Compton	caught (Keith Miller)	76	178
Jack Ikin	stumping (Don Tallon)	0	2
Norman Yardley	bowled	11	43
Godfrey Evans	bowled	20	71
Peter Smith	caught (Don Tallon)	24	58
Alec Bedser	stumping (Don Tallon)	4	13
Doug Wright	not out	1	5
Leonard Hutton	did not bat	0	0

Ray Lindwall 12.00-1-46-2Keith Miller 6.00-1-11-1George Tribe 14.00-0-58-0Ernie Toshack 4.00-1-14-1Colin McCool 21.40-5-44-5Sid Barnes 3.00-0-11-0

Australia, 205 (5 wkts)

Sid Barnes	caught (Godfrey Evans)	30	73
Arthur Morris	run out	17	41
Donald Bradman	caught (Denis Compton)	63	117
Lindsay Hassett	caught (Jack Ikin)	47	122
Keith Miller	not out	34	44
Ron Hamence	caught (Bill Edrich)	1	10
Colin McCool	not out	13	18
Don Tallon	did not bat	0	0
Ray Lindwall	did not bat	0	0
George Tribe	did not bat	0	0
Ernie Toshack	did not bat	0	0

Alec Bedser 22.00-4-75-2Bill Edrich 2.00-0-14-0Peter Smith 2.00-0-8-0Doug Wright 22.00-1-93-2Norman Yardley 3.00-1-7-0Denis Compton 1.20-0-8-0

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