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 1st Test

Australia tour of England - 1977 (1977) · Lord's, London · 16 June 1977 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Match drawn · Man of the Match: Bob Woolmer

Match drawn. Bob Woolmer top-scored with 120 for England. Man of the Match: Bob Woolmer.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1977 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

England, 204 (10 wkts)

Dennis Amiss	bowled	4	31
Mike Brearley	caught (Richie Robinson)	9	26
Bob Woolmer	run out	79	202
Derek Randall	caught (Greg Chappell)	53	101
Tony Greig	bowled	5	22
Graham Barlow	caught (Rick McCosker)	1	14
Alan Knott	caught (Doug Walters)	8	20
Chris Old	caught (Rod Marsh)	9	27
John Lever	bowled	8	35
Derek Underwood	not out	11	26
Bob Willis	bowled	17	26

Jeff Thomson 20.50-5-41-4Len Pascoe 23.00-7-53-2Max Walker 30.00-6-66-3Kerry O'Keeffe 10.00-3-32-0Greg Chappell 3.00-0-12-0

Australia, 271 (10 wkts)

Richie Robinson	bowled	11	12
Rick McCosker	bowled	23	75
Greg Chappell	caught (Chris Old)	66	193
Craig Serjeant	caught (Alan Knott)	81	175
Doug Walters	caught (Mike Brearley)	53	96
David Hookes	caught (Mike Brearley)	11	25
Rod Marsh	lbw	1	15
Kerry O'Keeffe	caught	12	42
Max Walker	caught (Alan Knott)	4	40
Jeff Thomson	bowled	6	18
Len Pascoe	not out	3	11

Bob Willis 30.10-7-78-7John Lever 19.00-5-61-1Derek Underwood 25.00-6-42-0Chris Old 35.00-10-70-2Bob Woolmer 5.00-1-20-0

England, 288 (10 wkts)

Dennis Amiss	bowled	0	4
Mike Brearley	caught (Richie Robinson)	49	137
Bob Woolmer	caught (Greg Chappell)	120	248
Tony Greig	caught (Kerry O'Keeffe)	91	178
Graham Barlow	lbw	5	43
Alan Knott	caught (Doug Walters)	8	23
Derek Randall	caught (Rick McCosker)	0	4
Chris Old	caught (Doug Walters)	0	3
John Lever	caught (Rod Marsh)	3	16
Derek Underwood	not out	12	21
Bob Willis	caught (Rod Marsh)	0	1

Jeff Thomson 24.40-3-86-4Len Pascoe 26.00-2-96-3Max Walker 35.00-13-56-2Greg Chappell 12.00-2-24-0Kerry O'Keeffe 15.00-7-26-1

Australia, 106 (6 wkts)

Richie Robinson	caught (Bob Woolmer)	4	8
Rick McCosker	bowled	1	3
Greg Chappell	caught (John Lever)	24	36
David Hookes	caught (Bob Willis)	50	104
Doug Walters	caught	10	20
Craig Serjeant	caught (Dennis Amiss)	3	12
Rod Marsh	not out	6	51
Kerry O'Keeffe	not out	8	11
Max Walker	did not bat	0	0
Jeff Thomson	did not bat	0	0
Len Pascoe	did not bat	0	0

Bob Willis 10.00-1-40-2Chris Old 14.00-0-46-2Derek Underwood 10.00-3-16-2John Lever 5.00-2-4-0

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