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 3rd Test

England tour of Australia - 1974 (1974/75) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 December 1974 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Match drawn

Match drawn. Dennis Amiss top-scored with 90 for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1974 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 230 (10 wkts)

Dennis Amiss	caught (Doug Walters)	4	8
David Lloyd	caught (Ashley Mallett)	14	91
Colin Cowdrey	lbw	35	171
John Edrich	caught (Rod Marsh)	49	124
Mike Denness	caught (Rod Marsh)	8	40
Tony Greig	run out	28	62
Alan Knott	bowled	52	119
Fred Titmus	caught (Ashley Mallett)	10	45
Derek Underwood	caught (Rod Marsh)	9	23
Bob Willis	caught (Doug Walters)	13	15
Mike Hendrick	not out	8	18

Dennis Lillee 20.00-2-70-2Jeff Thomson 22.40-4-72-4Max Walker 24.00-10-36-1Doug Walters 7.00-2-15-0Ashley Mallett 15.00-3-37-2

Australia, 237 (10 wkts)

Ian Redpath	caught (Alan Knott)	55	185
Wally Edwards	caught (Mike Denness)	29	123
Greg Chappell	caught (Tony Greig)	2	6
Ross Edwards	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	1	6
Doug Walters	caught (David Lloyd)	36	73
Ian Chappell	lbw	36	89
Rod Marsh	caught (Alan Knott)	44	130
Max Walker	caught (Alan Knott)	30	109
Dennis Lillee	not out	2	6
Ashley Mallett	run out	0	6
Jeff Thomson	bowled	2	6

Bob Willis 21.70-4-61-5Mike Hendrick 2.60-1-8-0Derek Underwood 22.00-6-62-0Tony Greig 24.00-2-63-2Fred Titmus 22.00-11-43-2

England, 231 (10 wkts)

Dennis Amiss	caught (Ian Chappell)	90	174
David Lloyd	caught (Ashley Mallett)	44	83
Colin Cowdrey	caught (Greg Chappell)	8	26
John Edrich	caught (Rod Marsh)	4	19
Mike Denness	caught (Ian Chappell)	2	12
Tony Greig	caught (Greg Chappell)	60	132
Alan Knott	caught (Rod Marsh)	4	11
Fred Titmus	bowled	0	24
Derek Underwood	caught (Ian Chappell)	4	5
Bob Willis	bowled	15	65
Mike Hendrick	not out	0	3

Dennis Lillee 17.00-3-55-2Jeff Thomson 17.00-1-71-4Max Walker 11.00-0-45-0Ashley Mallett 24.00-6-60-4

Australia, 219 (8 wkts)

Ian Redpath	run out	39	169
Wally Edwards	lbw	0	6
Ian Chappell	lbw	0	5
Greg Chappell	lbw	61	137
Ross Edwards	caught (David Lloyd)	10	21
Doug Walters	caught (Mike Denness)	32	60
Rod Marsh	caught (Alan Knott)	40	118
Max Walker	not out	23	101
Dennis Lillee	caught (Mike Denness)	14	28
Ashley Mallett	not out	0	1
Jeff Thomson	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 14.00-2-56-1Derek Underwood 19.00-7-43-0Tony Greig 18.00-2-56-4Fred Titmus 29.00-10-64-2

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