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 1st Test

Australia tour of England - 1981 (1981) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 18 June 1981 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 4 wickets · Man of the Match: Dennis Lillee

Australia won by 4 wickets. Allan Border top-scored with 63 for Australia. Man of the Match: Dennis Lillee.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1981 TESTS Trent Bridge ARCHIVE

England, 174 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Graeme Wood)	10	18
Geoff Boycott	caught (Allan Border)	27	53
Bob Woolmer	caught (Graeme Wood)	0	9
David Gower	caught (Graham Yallop)	26	39
Mike Gatting	lbw	52	117
Peter Willey	caught (Allan Border)	10	22
Ian Botham	bowled	1	8
Paul Downton	caught (Graham Yallop)	8	23
Graham Dilley	bowled	34	49
Bob Willis	caught (Rod Marsh)	0	1
Mike Hendrick	not out	6	8

Dennis Lillee 13.00-3-34-3Terry Alderman 24.00-7-68-4Rodney Hogg 11.40-1-47-3Geoff Lawson 8.00-3-25-0

Australia, 162 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	lbw	0	2
John Dyson	caught (Bob Woolmer)	5	45
Graham Yallop	bowled	13	47
Kim Hughes	lbw	7	34
Trevor Chappell	bowled	17	80
Allan Border	caught (Ian Botham)	63	204
Rod Marsh	caught (Geoff Boycott)	19	13
Geoff Lawson	caught (David Gower)	14	18
Dennis Lillee	caught (Paul Downton)	12	48
Rodney Hogg	caught (Geoff Boycott)	0	7
Terry Alderman	not out	12	31

Graham Dilley 20.00-7-38-3Bob Willis 30.00-14-47-3Mike Hendrick 20.00-7-43-2Ian Botham 16.50-6-34-2

England, 116 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Graham Yallop)	6	9
Geoff Boycott	caught (Rod Marsh)	4	9
Bob Woolmer	caught (Rod Marsh)	0	4
David Gower	caught (Martin Kent)	28	72
Mike Gatting	lbw	15	34
Peter Willey	lbw	13	27
Ian Botham	caught (Allan Border)	33	38
Paul Downton	lbw	3	12
Graham Dilley	caught (Rod Marsh)	13	18
Bob Willis	caught (Trevor Chappell)	1	10
Mike Hendrick	not out	0	2

Dennis Lillee 16.40-2-46-5Terry Alderman 19.00-3-62-5Rodney Hogg 3.00-1-8-0

Australia, 119 (6 wkts)

Graeme Wood	caught (Bob Woolmer)	8	28
John Dyson	caught (Paul Downton)	38	89
Graham Yallop	caught (Mike Gatting)	6	34
Kim Hughes	lbw	22	53
Trevor Chappell	not out	20	65
Allan Border	bowled	20	49
Rod Marsh	lbw	0	2
Geoff Lawson	not out	5	11
Dennis Lillee	did not bat	0	0
Rodney Hogg	did not bat	0	0
Terry Alderman	did not bat	0	0

Graham Dilley 11.10-4-24-4Bob Willis 13.00-2-28-1Mike Hendrick 20.00-7-33-0Ian Botham 10.00-1-34-1

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