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 - 1956 (1956) · Headingley, Leeds · 12 July 1956 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 42 runs

England won by an innings and 42 runs. Peter May top-scored with 101 for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1956 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

England, 312 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Len Maddocks)	5	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Len Maddocks)	0	0
Alan Oakman	bowled	4	0
Peter May	caught (Ray Lindwall)	101	0
Cyril Washbrook	lbw	98	0
Tony Lock	caught (Keith Miller)	21	0
Doug Insole	caught (Ken Mackay)	5	0
Trevor Bailey	not out	33	0
Godfrey Evans	bowled	40	0
Jim Laker	bowled	5	0
Fred Trueman	caught (Ray Lindwall)	0	0

Ray Lindwall 33.40-11-67-3Ron Archer 50.00-24-68-3Ken Mackay 13.00-3-29-0Richie Benaud 42.00-9-89-3Ian Johnson 29.00-8-59-1

Australia, 133 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (Godfrey Evans)	2	0
Jim Burke	lbw	41	0
Neil Harvey	caught (Fred Trueman)	11	0
Peter Burge	lbw	2	0
Ken Mackay	caught (Trevor Bailey)	2	0
Keith Miller	bowled	41	0
Ron Archer	bowled	4	0
Richie Benaud	caught (Alan Oakman)	30	0
Len Maddocks	caught (Fred Trueman)	0	0
Ian Johnson	caught (Peter Richardson)	0	0
Ray Lindwall	not out	0	0

Fred Trueman 8.00-2-19-1Trevor Bailey 7.00-2-15-0Jim Laker 29.00-10-58-5Tony Lock 27.10-11-41-4

Australia, 129 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	bowled	6	0
Jim Burke	bowled	16	0
Neil Harvey	caught (Tony Lock)	69	0
Keith Miller	caught (Fred Trueman)	26	0
Peter Burge	lbw	5	0
Richie Benaud	bowled	1	0
Ian Johnson	caught (Alan Oakman)	3	0
Ken Mackay	bowled	2	0
Ron Archer	caught (Cyril Washbrook)	1	0
Len Maddocks	lbw	0	0
Ray Lindwall	not out	0	0

Fred Trueman 11.00-3-21-1Trevor Bailey 7.00-2-13-0Jim Laker 41.30-21-55-6Tony Lock 40.00-23-40-3

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