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 - 1975 (1975) · Headingley, Leeds · 14 August 1975 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Match drawn

Match drawn. Rick McCosker top-scored with 95* for Australia.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1975 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

England, 249 (10 wkts)

Barry Wood	lbw	9	30
John Edrich	caught (Ashley Mallett)	62	121
David Steele	caught (Doug Walters)	73	169
John Hampshire	lbw	14	36
Keith Fletcher	caught (Ashley Mallett)	8	32
Tony Greig	run out	51	102
Alan Knott	lbw	14	59
Phil Edmonds	not out	13	36
Chris Old	bowled	5	26
John Snow	caught (Doug Walters)	0	3
Derek Underwood	caught (Greg Chappell)	0	3

Dennis Lillee 28.00-12-53-1Jeff Thomson 22.00-8-53-2Gary Gilmour 31.20-10-85-6Max Walker 18.00-4-54-0Ian Chappell 2.00-0-4-0

Australia, 126 (10 wkts)

Rick McCosker	caught (John Hampshire)	0	18
Rod Marsh	bowled	25	64
Ian Chappell	bowled	35	102
Greg Chappell	caught (Derek Underwood)	13	56
Ross Edwards	lbw	0	1
Doug Walters	lbw	19	62
Gary Gilmour	caught (Tony Greig)	6	34
Max Walker	caught (Chris Old)	0	14
Jeff Thomson	caught (David Steele)	16	60
Dennis Lillee	bowled	11	42
Ashley Mallett	not out	1	11

John Snow 18.50-7-22-3Chris Old 11.00-3-30-1Tony Greig 3.00-0-14-0Barry Wood 5.00-2-10-0Derek Underwood 19.00-12-22-1Phil Edmonds 20.00-7-28-5

England, 273 (10 wkts)

Barry Wood	lbw	25	74
John Edrich	bowled	35	90
David Steele	caught (Greg Chappell)	92	222
Keith Fletcher	caught (Greg Chappell)	14	44
Tony Greig	caught (Ashley Mallett)	49	71
Chris Old	stumping (Rod Marsh)	10	16
John Hampshire	caught (Greg Chappell)	0	4
Alan Knott	caught (Jeff Thomson)	31	29
Phil Edmonds	caught (Alan Turner)	8	12
John Snow	caught (Rod Marsh)	9	15
Derek Underwood	not out	0	0

Dennis Lillee 20.00-5-48-2Jeff Thomson 20.00-6-67-1Gary Gilmour 20.00-5-72-3Max Walker 15.00-4-36-1Ashley Mallett 19.00-4-50-3

Australia, 206 (3 wkts)

Rick McCosker	not out	95	214
Rod Marsh	bowled	12	47
Ian Chappell	lbw	62	127
Greg Chappell	caught (David Steele)	12	11
Doug Walters	not out	25	42
Ross Edwards	did not bat	0	0
Gary Gilmour	did not bat	0	0
Max Walker	did not bat	0	0
Jeff Thomson	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Ashley Mallett	did not bat	0	0

John Snow 15.00-6-21-0Chris Old 17.00-5-61-1Tony Greig 9.00-3-20-0Derek Underwood 15.00-4-40-1Phil Edmonds 17.00-4-64-1

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