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 5th Test

England tour of Australia - 1978 (1978/79) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 27 January 1979 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

England won by 205 runs · Man of the Match: Ian Botham

England won by 205 runs. Bob Taylor top-scored with 97 for England. Man of the Match: Ian Botham.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1979 TESTS Adelaide Oval ARCHIVE

England, 159 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Kevin Wright)	6	21
Mike Brearley	caught (Kevin Wright)	2	14
Derek Randall	caught (Phil Carlson)	4	13
Graham Gooch	caught (Kim Hughes)	1	10
David Gower	lbw	9	13
Ian Botham	caught (Kevin Wright)	74	97
Geoff Miller	lbw	31	89
Bob Taylor	run out	4	21
John Emburey	bowled	4	21
Bob Willis	caught (Rick Darling)	24	20
Mike Hendrick	not out	0	9

Rodney Hogg 10.40-1-26-4Alan Hurst 14.00-1-65-3Phil Carlson 9.00-1-34-0Bruce Yardley 4.00-0-25-0Jim Higgs 3.00-1-9-2

Australia, 155 (10 wkts)

Rick Darling	caught (Bob Willis)	15	33
Graeme Wood	caught (Derek Randall)	35	117
Kim Hughes	caught (John Emburey)	4	10
Graham Yallop	bowled	0	4
Allan Border	caught (Bob Taylor)	11	18
Phil Carlson	caught (Bob Taylor)	0	5
Bruce Yardley	bowled	28	75
Kevin Wright	lbw	29	69
Rodney Hogg	bowled	0	1
Jim Higgs	run out	16	63
Alan Hurst	not out	17	39

Bob Willis 11.00-1-55-1Mike Hendrick 19.00-1-45-2Ian Botham 11.40-0-42-4John Emburey 12.00-7-13-2

England, 337 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Kim Hughes)	49	212
Mike Brearley	lbw	9	65
Derek Randall	caught (Bruce Yardley)	15	50
Graham Gooch	bowled	18	74
David Gower	lbw	21	54
Ian Botham	caught (Bruce Yardley)	7	29
Geoff Miller	caught (Kevin Wright)	64	203
Bob Taylor	caught (Kevin Wright)	97	300
John Emburey	bowled	42	132
Bob Willis	caught (Kevin Wright)	12	18
Mike Hendrick	not out	3	10

Rodney Hogg 27.60-7-59-3Alan Hurst 37.00-9-97-4Phil Carlson 27.00-8-41-2Bruce Yardley 20.00-6-60-0Jim Higgs 28.00-4-75-1Allan Border 3.00-2-5-0

Australia, 149 (10 wkts)

Rick Darling	bowled	18	37
Graeme Wood	run out	9	41
Kim Hughes	caught (David Gower)	46	176
Graham Yallop	bowled	36	176
Allan Border	bowled	1	19
Phil Carlson	caught (David Gower)	21	51
Bruce Yardley	caught (Mike Brearley)	0	2
Kevin Wright	caught (John Emburey)	0	16
Rodney Hogg	bowled	2	7
Jim Higgs	not out	3	10
Alan Hurst	bowled	13	13

Bob Willis 12.00-3-41-3Mike Hendrick 14.00-6-19-3Ian Botham 14.00-4-37-1Geoff Miller 18.00-3-36-2John Emburey 9.00-5-16-0

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