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 5th Test

Australia tour of England - 1977 (1977) · Kennington Oval, London · 25 August 1977 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Match drawn

Match drawn. David Hookes top-scored with 85 for Australia.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1977 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

England, 202 (10 wkts)

Mike Brearley	caught (Rod Marsh)	39	146
Geoff Boycott	caught (Rick McCosker)	39	128
Bob Woolmer	lbw	15	49
Derek Randall	caught (Rod Marsh)	3	31
Tony Greig	caught (Ray Bright)	0	4
Graham Roope	bowled	38	85
Alan Knott	caught (Rick McCosker)	6	18
John Lever	lbw	3	25
Derek Underwood	bowled	20	43
Mike Hendrick	bowled	15	46
Bob Willis	not out	24	40

Jeff Thomson 23.20-3-87-4Mick Malone 47.00-20-63-5Max Walker 28.00-11-51-1Ray Bright 3.00-2-1-0

Australia, 375 (10 wkts)

Craig Serjeant	lbw	0	6
Rick McCosker	lbw	32	147
Greg Chappell	caught (Derek Underwood)	39	78
Kim Hughes	caught (Bob Willis)	1	37
David Hookes	caught (Alan Knott)	85	113
Doug Walters	bowled	4	14
Rod Marsh	lbw	57	151
Ray Bright	lbw	16	62
Max Walker	not out	78	84
Mick Malone	bowled	46	81
Jeff Thomson	bowled	17	19

Bob Willis 29.30-5-102-5Mike Hendrick 37.00-5-93-2John Lever 22.00-6-61-1Derek Underwood 35.00-9-102-1Tony Greig 8.00-2-17-1

England, 55 (2 wkts)

Mike Brearley	caught (Craig Serjeant)	4	10
Geoff Boycott	not out	25	78
Bob Woolmer	caught (Rod Marsh)	6	13
Derek Randall	not out	20	55
Tony Greig	did not bat	0	0
Graham Roope	did not bat	0	0
Alan Knott	did not bat	0	0
John Lever	did not bat	0	0
Derek Underwood	did not bat	0	0
Mike Hendrick	did not bat	0	0
Bob Willis	did not bat	0	0

Jeff Thomson 5.00-1-22-1Mick Malone 10.00-4-14-1Max Walker 8.00-2-14-0Ray Bright 3.00-2-5-0

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