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 4th Test

Australia tour of England - 1981 (1981) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 30 July 1981 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 29 runs · Man of the Match: Ian Botham

England won by 29 runs. Mike Brearley top-scored with 48 for England. Man of the Match: Ian Botham.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1981 TESTS Edgbaston ARCHIVE

England, 172 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Rod Marsh)	13	42
Mike Brearley	caught (Allan Border)	48	109
David Gower	caught (Rodney Hogg)	0	10
Graham Gooch	caught (Rod Marsh)	21	43
Mike Gatting	caught (Terry Alderman)	21	46
Peter Willey	bowled	16	59
Ian Botham	bowled	26	43
John Emburey	bowled	3	33
Bob Taylor	bowled	0	3
Chris Old	not out	11	23
Bob Willis	caught (Rod Marsh)	13	15

Dennis Lillee 18.00-4-61-2Terry Alderman 23.10-8-42-5Rodney Hogg 16.00-3-49-1Ray Bright 12.00-4-20-2

Australia, 214 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	run out (Chris Old)	38	139
John Dyson	bowled	1	11
Allan Border	caught (Bob Taylor)	2	24
Ray Bright	lbw	27	51
Kim Hughes	lbw	47	101
Graham Yallop	bowled	30	70
Martin Kent	caught (Bob Willis)	46	81
Rod Marsh	bowled	2	24
Dennis Lillee	bowled	18	43
Rodney Hogg	run out	0	0
Terry Alderman	not out	3	3

Bob Willis 19.00-3-63-0Chris Old 21.00-8-44-3John Emburey 26.50-12-43-4Ian Botham 20.00-1-64-1

England, 203 (10 wkts)

Geoff Boycott	caught (Rod Marsh)	29	136
Mike Brearley	lbw	13	17
David Gower	caught (Allan Border)	23	59
Graham Gooch	bowled	21	93
Mike Gatting	bowled	39	71
Peter Willey	bowled	5	22
Ian Botham	caught (Rod Marsh)	3	11
Chris Old	caught (Rod Marsh)	23	24
John Emburey	not out	37	79
Bob Taylor	lbw	8	47
Bob Willis	caught (Rod Marsh)	2	5

Dennis Lillee 26.00-9-51-2Terry Alderman 22.00-5-65-3Rodney Hogg 10.00-3-19-0Ray Bright 34.00-17-68-5

Australia, 107 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	lbw	2	5
John Dyson	lbw	13	46
Allan Border	caught (Mike Gatting)	40	175
Kim Hughes	caught (John Emburey)	5	11
Graham Yallop	caught (Ian Botham)	30	96
Martin Kent	bowled	10	45
Rod Marsh	bowled	4	8
Ray Bright	lbw	0	1
Dennis Lillee	caught (Bob Taylor)	3	19
Rodney Hogg	not out	0	6
Terry Alderman	bowled	0	3

Bob Willis 20.00-6-37-2Chris Old 11.00-4-19-1John Emburey 22.00-10-40-2Ian Botham 14.00-9-11-5

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