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 2nd Test

England tour of Australia - 1979 (1979/80) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 4 January 1980 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 6 wickets · Man of the Match: Greg Chappell

Australia won by 6 wickets. David Gower top-scored with 98* for England. Man of the Match: Greg Chappell.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1980 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 118 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	bowled	18	72
Geoff Boycott	bowled	8	12
Derek Randall	caught (Greg Chappell)	0	10
Peter Willey	caught (Julien Wiener)	8	24
Mike Brearley	caught (Len Pascoe)	7	45
David Gower	bowled	3	3
Ian Botham	caught (Greg Chappell)	27	22
Bob Taylor	caught (Rod Marsh)	10	20
Graham Dilley	not out	22	45
Bob Willis	caught (Julien Wiener)	3	8
Derek Underwood	caught (Allan Border)	12	11

Dennis Lillee 13.30-4-40-4Geoff Dymock 17.00-6-42-4Len Pascoe 9.00-4-14-1Greg Chappell 4.00-1-19-1Jim Higgs 1.00-0-3-0

Australia, 129 (10 wkts)

Rick McCosker	caught (David Gower)	1	16
Julien Wiener	run out	22	50
Ian Chappell	caught (Mike Brearley)	42	84
Greg Chappell	caught (Bob Taylor)	3	27
Kim Hughes	caught (Bob Taylor)	18	40
Allan Border	caught (Graham Gooch)	15	60
Rod Marsh	caught (Derek Underwood)	7	20
Dennis Lillee	caught (Mike Brearley)	5	18
Geoff Dymock	caught (Bob Taylor)	4	6
Len Pascoe	not out	10	15
Jim Higgs	bowled	2	14

Ian Botham 17.00-7-29-4Bob Willis 11.00-3-30-1Derek Underwood 13.20-3-39-2Graham Dilley 5.00-1-13-0Peter Willey 1.00-0-2-0Graham Gooch 11.00-4-16-2

England, 223 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Greg Chappell)	4	8
Geoff Boycott	caught (Rick McCosker)	18	42
Peter Willey	bowled	3	28
Mike Brearley	caught (Rod Marsh)	19	85
Derek Underwood	caught (Allan Border)	43	111
Derek Randall	caught (Rod Marsh)	25	71
David Gower	not out	98	141
Ian Botham	caught (Julien Wiener)	0	20
Bob Taylor	bowled	8	52
Graham Dilley	bowled	4	12
Bob Willis	caught (Greg Chappell)	1	12

Dennis Lillee 24.30-6-63-2Geoff Dymock 28.00-8-48-3Len Pascoe 23.00-3-76-3Greg Chappell 21.00-10-36-2

Australia, 210 (4 wkts)

Julien Wiener	bowled	13	48
Rick McCosker	caught (Bob Taylor)	41	134
Ian Chappell	caught (Ian Botham)	9	24
Greg Chappell	not out	98	202
Kim Hughes	caught (Graham Dilley)	47	97
Allan Border	not out	2	8
Rod Marsh	did not bat	0	0
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Geoff Dymock	did not bat	0	0
Len Pascoe	did not bat	0	0
Jim Higgs	did not bat	0	0

Ian Botham 23.30-12-43-0Bob Willis 12.00-2-26-1Derek Underwood 26.00-6-71-3Graham Dilley 12.00-0-33-0Peter Willey 4.00-0-17-0Graham Gooch 8.00-2-20-0

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