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 4th Test

England tour of Australia - 1978 (1978/79) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 6 January 1979 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 93 runs · Man of the Match: Derek Randall

England won by 93 runs. Derek Randall top-scored with 150 for England. Man of the Match: Derek Randall.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1979 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 140 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Allan Border)	8	40
Mike Brearley	bowled	17	80
Derek Randall	caught (Graeme Wood)	0	2
Graham Gooch	caught (Peter Toohey)	18	81
David Gower	caught (John Maclean)	7	10
Ian Botham	caught (Graham Yallop)	59	108
Geoff Miller	caught (John Maclean)	4	5
Bob Taylor	caught (Allan Border)	10	28
John Emburey	caught (Graeme Wood)	0	11
Bob Willis	not out	7	43
Mike Hendrick	bowled	10	24

Rodney Hogg 11.00-3-36-2Geoff Dymock 13.00-1-34-0Alan Hurst 10.60-2-28-5Jim Higgs 18.00-4-42-3

Australia, 278 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	bowled	0	5
Rick Darling	caught (Ian Botham)	91	200
Kim Hughes	caught (John Emburey)	48	167
Graham Yallop	caught (Ian Botham)	44	136
Peter Toohey	caught (Graham Gooch)	1	4
Allan Border	not out	60	203
John Maclean	lbw	12	58
Rodney Hogg	run out	6	17
Geoff Dymock	bowled	5	54
Jim Higgs	caught (Ian Botham)	11	32
Alan Hurst	run out	0	2

Bob Willis 9.00-2-33-2Ian Botham 28.00-3-87-2Mike Hendrick 24.00-4-50-2Geoff Miller 13.00-2-37-1John Emburey 29.00-10-57-1Graham Gooch 5.00-1-14-0

England, 324 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	lbw	0	1
Mike Brearley	bowled	53	195
Derek Randall	lbw	150	498
Graham Gooch	caught (Graeme Wood)	22	98
David Gower	caught (John Maclean)	34	68
Ian Botham	caught (Graeme Wood)	6	88
Geoff Miller	lbw	17	80
Bob Taylor	not out	21	113
John Emburey	caught (Rick Darling)	14	39
Bob Willis	caught (Peter Toohey)	0	1
Mike Hendrick	caught (Peter Toohey)	7	11

Rodney Hogg 28.00-10-67-4Geoff Dymock 17.00-4-35-0Alan Hurst 19.00-3-43-0Jim Higgs 59.60-15-148-5Allan Border 23.00-11-31-1

Australia, 109 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	run out	27	64
Rick Darling	caught (Graham Gooch)	13	37
Kim Hughes	caught (John Emburey)	15	40
Graham Yallop	caught (Mike Hendrick)	1	12
Peter Toohey	bowled	5	50
Allan Border	not out	45	115
John Maclean	caught (Ian Botham)	0	11
Geoff Dymock	bowled	0	12
Rodney Hogg	caught (Ian Botham)	0	4
Jim Higgs	lbw	3	29
Alan Hurst	bowled	0	21

Bob Willis 2.00-0-8-0Mike Hendrick 10.00-3-17-2John Emburey 17.20-7-46-4Geoff Miller 20.00-7-38-3

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