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 5th Test

Australia tour of England - 1981 (1981) · Old Trafford, Manchester · 13 August 1981 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 103 runs · Man of the Match: Ian Botham

England won by 103 runs. Allan Border top-scored with 123* for Australia. Man of the Match: Ian Botham.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1981 TESTS Old Trafford ARCHIVE

England, 223 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	lbw	10	19
Geoff Boycott	caught (Rod Marsh)	10	20
Chris Tavaré	caught (Terry Alderman)	69	193
David Gower	caught (Graham Yallop)	23	49
Mike Brearley	lbw	2	6
Mike Gatting	caught (Allan Border)	32	42
Ian Botham	caught (Ray Bright)	0	1
Alan Knott	caught (Allan Border)	13	55
John Emburey	caught (Allan Border)	1	18
Paul Allott	not out	52	92
Bob Willis	caught (Kim Hughes)	11	23

Dennis Lillee 24.10-8-55-4Terry Alderman 29.00-5-88-4Mike Whitney 17.00-3-50-2Ray Bright 16.00-6-30-0

Australia, 124 (10 wkts)

Graeme Wood	lbw	19	16
John Dyson	caught (Ian Botham)	0	11
Kim Hughes	lbw	4	3
Graham Yallop	caught (Ian Botham)	0	2
Martin Kent	caught (Alan Knott)	52	45
Allan Border	caught (David Gower)	11	23
Rod Marsh	caught (Ian Botham)	1	2
Ray Bright	caught (Alan Knott)	22	55
Dennis Lillee	caught (Graham Gooch)	13	25
Mike Whitney	bowled	0	7
Terry Alderman	not out	2	1

Bob Willis 14.00-0-63-4Paul Allott 6.00-1-17-2Ian Botham 6.20-1-28-3John Emburey 4.00-0-16-1

England, 388 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	bowled	5	18
Geoff Boycott	lbw	37	122
Chris Tavaré	caught (Martin Kent)	78	289
David Gower	caught (Ray Bright)	1	21
Mike Gatting	lbw	11	44
Mike Brearley	caught (Rod Marsh)	3	20
Ian Botham	caught (Rod Marsh)	118	102
Alan Knott	caught (John Dyson)	59	89
John Emburey	caught (Martin Kent)	57	122
Paul Allott	caught (Kim Hughes)	14	81
Bob Willis	not out	5	6

Dennis Lillee 46.00-13-137-2Terry Alderman 52.00-19-109-5Mike Whitney 27.00-6-74-2Ray Bright 26.40-12-68-1

Australia, 373 (10 wkts)

John Dyson	run out	5	14
Graeme Wood	caught (Alan Knott)	6	16
Kim Hughes	lbw	43	72
Graham Yallop	bowled	114	125
Allan Border	not out	123	356
Martin Kent	caught (Mike Brearley)	2	17
Rod Marsh	caught (Alan Knott)	47	101
Ray Bright	caught (Alan Knott)	5	29
Dennis Lillee	caught (Ian Botham)	28	65
Terry Alderman	lbw	0	10
Mike Whitney	caught (Mike Gatting)	0	42

Bob Willis 30.50-2-96-3Paul Allott 17.00-3-71-2Ian Botham 36.00-16-86-2John Emburey 49.00-9-107-2Mike Gatting 3.00-1-13-0

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