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 4th Test

Australia tour of England - 1977 (1977) · Headingley, Leeds · 11 August 1977 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 85 runs

England won by an innings and 85 runs. Geoff Boycott top-scored with 191 for England.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1977 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

England, 397 (10 wkts)

Mike Brearley	caught (Rod Marsh)	0	3
Geoff Boycott	caught (Greg Chappell)	191	471
Bob Woolmer	caught (Greg Chappell)	37	100
Derek Randall	lbw	20	26
Tony Greig	bowled	43	80
Graham Roope	caught (Doug Walters)	34	92
Alan Knott	lbw	57	135
Ian Botham	bowled	0	3
Derek Underwood	caught (Ray Bright)	6	25
Mike Hendrick	caught (Richie Robinson)	4	12
Bob Willis	not out	5	12

Jeff Thomson 34.00-7-113-4Max Walker 48.00-21-97-0Len Pascoe 34.40-10-91-4Doug Walters 3.00-1-5-0Ray Bright 26.00-9-66-2Greg Chappell 10.00-2-25-0

Australia, 97 (10 wkts)

Rick McCosker	run out	27	39
Ian Davis	lbw	0	2
Greg Chappell	caught (Mike Brearley)	4	11
David Hookes	lbw	24	26
Doug Walters	caught (Mike Hendrick)	4	18
Richie Robinson	caught (Tony Greig)	20	41
Rod Marsh	caught (Alan Knott)	2	16
Ray Bright	not out	9	22
Max Walker	caught (Alan Knott)	7	8
Jeff Thomson	bowled	0	3
Len Pascoe	bowled	0	6

Bob Willis 5.00-0-35-0Mike Hendrick 15.30-2-41-4Ian Botham 11.00-3-21-5

Australia, 221 (10 wkts)

Rick McCosker	caught (Alan Knott)	12	48
Ian Davis	caught (Alan Knott)	19	33
Greg Chappell	caught (Tony Greig)	36	146
David Hookes	lbw	21	35
Doug Walters	lbw	15	32
Richie Robinson	bowled	20	96
Rod Marsh	caught (Derek Randall)	63	87
Ray Bright	caught (Tony Greig)	5	18
Max Walker	bowled	30	54
Jeff Thomson	bowled	0	2
Len Pascoe	not out	0	6

Bob Willis 14.00-7-32-3Mike Hendrick 22.50-6-54-4Tony Greig 20.00-7-64-2Ian Botham 17.00-3-47-0Bob Woolmer 8.00-4-8-1Derek Underwood 8.00-3-16-0

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