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 4th Test

England tour of Australia - 1982 (1982/83) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 December 1982 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

England won by 3 runs · Man of the Match: Norman Cowans

England won by 3 runs. Chris Tavaré top-scored with 89 for England. Man of the Match: Norman Cowans.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1982 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 260 (10 wkts)

Geoff Cook	caught (Greg Chappell)	10	53
Graeme Fowler	caught (Greg Chappell)	4	15
Chris Tavaré	caught (Bruce Yardley)	89	165
David Gower	caught (Rod Marsh)	18	26
Allan Lamb	caught (John Dyson)	83	115
Ian Botham	caught (Kepler Wessels)	27	23
Geoff Miller	caught (Allan Border)	10	15
Derek Pringle	caught (Kepler Wessels)	9	48
Bob Taylor	caught (Rod Marsh)	1	13
Bob Willis	not out	6	21
Norman Cowans	caught (Geoff Lawson)	3	12

Geoff Lawson 17.00-6-48-0Rodney Hogg 23.30-6-69-4Bruce Yardley 27.00-9-89-4Jeff Thomson 13.00-2-49-2Greg Chappell 1.00-0-5-0

Australia, 260 (10 wkts)

Kepler Wessels	bowled	47	64
John Dyson	lbw	21	40
Greg Chappell	caught (Allan Lamb)	0	1
Kim Hughes	bowled	66	172
Allan Border	bowled	2	10
David Hookes	caught (Bob Taylor)	53	69
Rod Marsh	bowled	53	98
Bruce Yardley	bowled	9	17
Geoff Lawson	caught (Graeme Fowler)	0	2
Rodney Hogg	not out	8	12
Jeff Thomson	bowled	1	9

Bob Willis 15.00-2-38-3Ian Botham 18.00-3-69-1Norman Cowans 16.00-0-69-2Derek Pringle 15.00-2-40-1Geoff Miller 15.00-5-44-3

England, 277 (10 wkts)

Geoff Cook	caught (Bruce Yardley)	26	44
Graeme Fowler	bowled	65	99
Chris Tavaré	bowled	0	8
David Gower	caught (Rod Marsh)	3	9
Allan Lamb	caught (Rod Marsh)	26	46
Ian Botham	caught (Greg Chappell)	46	46
Geoff Miller	lbw	14	29
Derek Pringle	caught (Rod Marsh)	42	118
Bob Taylor	lbw	37	54
Bob Willis	not out	8	32
Norman Cowans	bowled	10	9

Geoff Lawson 21.40-6-66-4Rodney Hogg 22.00-5-64-3Bruce Yardley 15.00-2-67-0Jeff Thomson 21.00-3-74-3Greg Chappell 1.00-0-6-0

Australia, 270 (10 wkts)

Kepler Wessels	bowled	14	30
John Dyson	caught (Chris Tavaré)	31	77
Greg Chappell	caught (Ian Gould)	2	8
Kim Hughes	caught (Bob Taylor)	48	116
David Hookes	caught (Bob Willis)	68	87
Allan Border	not out	62	165
Rod Marsh	lbw	13	28
Bruce Yardley	bowled	0	5
Geoff Lawson	caught (Norman Cowans)	7	16
Rodney Hogg	lbw	4	8
Jeff Thomson	caught (Geoff Miller)	21	62

Bob Willis 17.00-0-57-0Ian Botham 25.10-4-80-2Norman Cowans 26.00-6-77-6Derek Pringle 12.00-4-26-1Geoff Miller 16.00-6-30-1

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