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 2nd Test

England tour of Australia - 1958 (1958/59) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 31 December 1958 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia won by 8 wickets. Neil Harvey top-scored with 167 for Australia.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1958 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 253 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Wally Grout)	3	8
Trevor Bailey	caught (Richie Benaud)	48	114
Willie Watson	bowled	0	4
Tom Graveney	lbw	0	1
Peter May	bowled	113	298
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Wally Grout)	44	208
Godfrey Evans	caught (Alan Davidson)	4	8
Tony Lock	stumping (Wally Grout)	5	29
Jim Laker	not out	22	85
Brian Statham	bowled	13	34
Peter Loader	bowled	1	3

Alan Davidson 25.50-7-64-6Ian Meckiff 24.00-4-69-3Ken Mackay 9.00-2-16-0Richie Benaud 29.00-7-61-1Lindsay Kline 11.00-2-43-0

Australia, 305 (10 wkts)

Colin McDonald	caught (Tom Graveney)	47	169
Jim Burke	bowled	3	20
Neil Harvey	bowled	167	325
Norm O'Neill	caught (Godfrey Evans)	37	109
Ken Mackay	caught (Godfrey Evans)	18	60
Bob Simpson	lbw	0	7
Richie Benaud	lbw	0	5
Alan Davidson	bowled	24	64
Wally Grout	caught (Peter May)	8	26
Ian Meckiff	bowled	0	2
Lindsay Kline	not out	1	15

Brian Statham 28.00-6-57-7Peter Loader 27.20-4-97-3Trevor Bailey 16.00-0-50-0Jim Laker 12.00-1-47-0Tony Lock 17.00-2-54-0

England, 83 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Neil Harvey)	2	11
Trevor Bailey	caught (Jim Burke)	14	34
Willie Watson	bowled	7	21
Tom Graveney	caught (Alan Davidson)	3	7
Peter May	caught (Alan Davidson)	17	68
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Wally Grout)	12	12
Godfrey Evans	run out	11	27
Tony Lock	caught (Alan Davidson)	6	38
Jim Laker	caught (Neil Harvey)	3	10
Brian Statham	not out	8	19
Peter Loader	bowled	0	5

Alan Davidson 15.00-2-41-3Ian Meckiff 15.20-3-38-6Richie Benaud 1.00-0-4-0

Australia, 42 (2 wkts)

Colin McDonald	lbw	5	13
Jim Burke	not out	18	55
Wally Grout	stumping (Godfrey Evans)	12	44
Neil Harvey	not out	7	25
Norm O'Neill	did not bat	0	0
Ken Mackay	did not bat	0	0
Bob Simpson	did not bat	0	0
Richie Benaud	did not bat	0	0
Alan Davidson	did not bat	0	0
Ian Meckiff	did not bat	0	0
Lindsay Kline	did not bat	0	0

Brian Statham 5.00-1-11-1Peter Loader 5.00-1-13-0Jim Laker 4.00-1-7-1Tony Lock 3.10-1-11-0

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