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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Australia v England 5th Test

England tour of Australia - 1954 (1954/55) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 25 February 1955 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Match drawn

Match drawn. Tom Graveney top-scored with 111 for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1955 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 367 (7 wkts)

Leonard Hutton	caught (Peter Burge)	6	4
Tom Graveney	caught (Ian Johnson)	111	157
Peter May	caught (Alan Davidson)	79	188
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Len Maddocks)	0	1
Denis Compton	caught (Ian Johnson)	84	200
Trevor Bailey	bowled	72	182
Godfrey Evans	caught (Colin McDonald)	10	13
Johnny Wardle	not out	5	8
Frank Tyson	did not bat	0	0
Bob Appleyard	did not bat	0	0
Brian Statham	did not bat	0	0

Ray Lindwall 20.60-5-77-3Keith Miller 15.00-1-71-0Alan Davidson 19.00-3-72-0Ian Johnson 20.00-5-68-3Richie Benaud 20.00-4-79-1

Australia, 210 (10 wkts)

Bill Watson	bowled	18	56
Colin McDonald	caught (Peter May)	72	149
Les Favell	bowled	1	3
Neil Harvey	caught (Frank Tyson)	13	33
Keith Miller	run out	19	34
Peter Burge	caught (Bob Appleyard)	17	31
Richie Benaud	bowled	7	12
Len Maddocks	caught (Bob Appleyard)	32	62
Alan Davidson	caught (Godfrey Evans)	18	69
Ian Johnson	run out	11	30
Ray Lindwall	not out	2	5

Frank Tyson 11.00-1-46-2Brian Statham 9.00-1-31-0Bob Appleyard 16.00-2-54-1Johnny Wardle 24.40-6-79-5

Australia, 118 (6 wkts)

Bill Watson	caught (Tom Graveney)	3	20
Colin McDonald	caught (Godfrey Evans)	37	69
Les Favell	caught (Tom Graveney)	9	15
Neil Harvey	caught (Johnny Wardle)	1	9
Keith Miller	bowled	28	46
Peter Burge	not out	18	36
Richie Benaud	bowled	22	35
Len Maddocks	did not bat	0	0
Alan Davidson	did not bat	0	0
Ian Johnson	did not bat	0	0
Ray Lindwall	did not bat	0	0

Frank Tyson 5.00-2-20-0Brian Statham 5.00-0-11-1Johnny Wardle 12.00-1-51-3Tom Graveney 6.00-0-34-1Leonard Hutton 0.60-0-2-1

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