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 Only Test

England tour of Australia - 1988 (1987/88) · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney · 29 January 1988 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Match drawn · Man of the Match: David Boon

Match drawn. David Boon top-scored with 184* for Australia. Man of the Match: David Boon.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1988 TESTS Sydney Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 403 (10 wkts)

Chris Broad	bowled	139	361
Martyn Moxon	bowled	40	119
Tim Robinson	caught (Mike Veletta)	43	121
Mike Gatting	caught (Greg Dyer)	13	53
Bill Athey	caught (Peter Taylor)	37	81
David Capel	caught (Peter Sleep)	21	78
John Emburey	stumping (Greg Dyer)	23	59
Bruce French	stumping (Greg Dyer)	47	94
Neil Foster	caught (Allan Border)	19	24
Eddie Hemmings	not out	8	38
Graham Dilley	bowled	13	15

Craig McDermott 35.00-8-65-0Tony Dodemaide 36.00-10-98-1Peter Taylor 34.00-10-84-4Steve Waugh 22.50-5-51-3Peter Sleep 45.00-8-114-2

Australia, 198 (10 wkts)

David Boon	caught (Bruce French)	12	49
Geoff Marsh	caught (Bruce French)	5	49
Dean Jones	caught (John Emburey)	56	125
Allan Border	caught (Chris Broad)	2	15
Mike Veletta	caught (John Emburey)	22	46
Steve Waugh	caught (Bruce French)	27	85
Peter Sleep	caught (Bill Athey)	41	114
Greg Dyer	lbw	0	7
Peter Taylor	caught (Bruce French)	20	49
Tony Dodemaide	not out	12	42
Craig McDermott	caught (Neil Foster)	1	3

Graham Dilley 19.10-4-54-3Neil Foster 19.00-6-27-2John Emburey 30.00-10-57-0David Capel 6.00-3-13-2Eddie Hemmings 22.00-3-53-3

Australia, 312 (2 wkts)

Craig McDermott	did not bat	0	0
David Boon	not out	184	431
Geoff Marsh	caught (Bill Athey)	56	215
Dean Jones	caught (Martyn Moxon)	24	67
Allan Border	not out	48	105
Mike Veletta	did not bat	0	0
Steve Waugh	did not bat	0	0
Peter Sleep	did not bat	0	0
Greg Dyer	did not bat	0	0
Peter Taylor	did not bat	0	0
Tony Dodemaide	did not bat	0	0

Graham Dilley 13.00-1-48-0Neil Foster 15.00-6-27-0John Emburey 38.00-5-98-1David Capel 17.00-4-38-1Eddie Hemmings 52.00-15-107-0

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