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 2nd Test

Australia tour of England - 1961 (1961) · Lord's, London · 22 June 1961 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 5 wickets

Australia won by 5 wickets. Bill Lawry top-scored with 130 for Australia.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1961 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

England, 195 (10 wkts)

Geoff Pullar	bowled	11	0
Raman Subba Row	lbw	48	0
Ted Dexter	caught (Graham McKenzie)	27	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Wally Grout)	16	0
Peter May	caught (Wally Grout)	17	0
Ken Barrington	caught (Ken Mackay)	4	0
Ray Illingworth	bowled	13	0
John Murray	lbw	18	0
Tony Lock	caught (Wally Grout)	5	0
Fred Trueman	bowled	25	0
Brian Statham	not out	11	0

Alan Davidson 24.30-6-42-5Graham McKenzie 26.00-7-81-1Frank Misson 16.00-4-48-2Ken Mackay 12.00-3-24-2

Australia, 327 (10 wkts)

Bill Lawry	caught (John Murray)	130	0
Colin McDonald	bowled	4	0
Bob Simpson	caught (Ray Illingworth)	0	0
Neil Harvey	caught (Ken Barrington)	27	0
Norm O'Neill	bowled	1	0
Peter Burge	caught (John Murray)	46	0
Alan Davidson	lbw	6	0
Ken Mackay	caught (Ken Barrington)	54	0
Wally Grout	lbw	0	0
Graham McKenzie	bowled	34	0
Frank Misson	not out	25	0

Brian Statham 44.00-10-89-2Fred Trueman 34.00-3-118-4Ted Dexter 24.00-7-56-3Tony Lock 26.00-13-48-0Ray Illingworth 11.30-5-16-1

England, 190 (10 wkts)

Geoff Pullar	caught (Wally Grout)	42	0
Raman Subba Row	caught (Wally Grout)	8	0
Ted Dexter	bowled	17	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Ken Mackay)	7	0
Peter May	caught (Wally Grout)	22	0
Ken Barrington	lbw	66	0
Ray Illingworth	caught (Neil Harvey)	0	0
John Murray	caught (Wally Grout)	25	0
Tony Lock	bowled	1	0
Fred Trueman	caught (Wally Grout)	0	0
Brian Statham	not out	2	0

Alan Davidson 24.00-8-50-2Graham McKenzie 29.00-13-37-5Frank Misson 17.00-2-66-2Ken Mackay 8.00-6-5-0Bob Simpson 19.00-10-32-1

Australia, 71 (5 wkts)

Bill Lawry	caught (John Murray)	1	0
Colin McDonald	caught (Ray Illingworth)	14	0
Neil Harvey	caught (John Murray)	4	0
Norm O'Neill	bowled	0	0
Peter Burge	not out	37	0
Bob Simpson	caught (Ray Illingworth)	15	0
Alan Davidson	not out	0	0
Ken Mackay	did not bat	0	0
Wally Grout	did not bat	0	0
Graham McKenzie	did not bat	0	0
Frank Misson	did not bat	0	0

Brian Statham 10.50-3-31-3Fred Trueman 10.00-0-40-2

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