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 4th Test

Australia tour of England - 1956 (1956) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 26 July 1956 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 170 runs

England won by an innings and 170 runs. David Sheppard top-scored with 113 for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1956 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

England, 451 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Len Maddocks)	104	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Len Maddocks)	80	0
David Sheppard	bowled	113	0
Peter May	caught (Ron Archer)	43	0
Trevor Bailey	bowled	20	0
Cyril Washbrook	lbw	6	0
Alan Oakman	caught (Ron Archer)	10	0
Godfrey Evans	stumping (Len Maddocks)	47	0
Jim Laker	run out	3	0
Tony Lock	not out	25	0
Brian Statham	caught (Len Maddocks)	0	0

Ray Lindwall 21.30-6-63-2Keith Miller 21.00-6-41-0Ron Archer 22.00-6-73-1Ian Johnson 47.00-10-151-4Richie Benaud 47.00-17-123-2

Australia, 84 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (Tony Lock)	32	0
Jim Burke	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	22	0
Neil Harvey	bowled	0	0
Ian Craig	lbw	8	0
Keith Miller	caught (Alan Oakman)	6	0
Ken Mackay	caught (Alan Oakman)	0	0
Ron Archer	stumping (Godfrey Evans)	6	0
Richie Benaud	caught (Brian Statham)	0	0
Ray Lindwall	not out	6	0
Len Maddocks	bowled	4	0
Ian Johnson	bowled	0	0

Brian Statham 6.00-3-6-0Trevor Bailey 4.00-3-4-0Jim Laker 16.40-4-37-9Tony Lock 14.00-3-37-1

Australia, 189 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (Alan Oakman)	89	0
Jim Burke	caught (Tony Lock)	33	0
Neil Harvey	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	0	0
Ian Craig	lbw	38	0
Ken Mackay	caught (Alan Oakman)	0	0
Keith Miller	bowled	0	0
Ron Archer	caught (Alan Oakman)	0	0
Richie Benaud	bowled	18	0
Ray Lindwall	caught (Tony Lock)	8	0
Ian Johnson	not out	1	0
Len Maddocks	lbw	2	0

Brian Statham 16.00-10-15-0Trevor Bailey 20.00-8-31-0Jim Laker 51.20-23-53-10Tony Lock 55.00-30-69-0Alan Oakman 8.00-3-21-0

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