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 1st Test

England tour of Australia - 1990 (1990/91) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 23 November 1990 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by 10 wickets · Man of the Match: Terry Alderman

Australia won by 10 wickets. Geoff Marsh top-scored with 72* for Australia. Man of the Match: Terry Alderman.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1990 TESTS Brisbane Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 183 (10 wkts)

Mike Atherton	lbw	13	54
Wayne Larkins	caught (Ian Healy)	12	37
David Gower	caught (Ian Healy)	61	121
Allan Lamb	caught (Merv Hughes)	32	78
Robin Smith	bowled	7	13
Alec Stewart	lbw	4	17
Jack Russell	caught (Terry Alderman)	16	74
Chris Lewis	caught (Allan Border)	20	31
Gladstone Small	not out	12	35
Angus Fraser	caught (Ian Healy)	1	5
Devon Malcolm	caught (Steve Waugh)	5	7

Terry Alderman 18.00-5-44-2Bruce Reid 18.00-3-53-4Merv Hughes 19.00-5-39-3Steve Waugh 7.00-2-20-0Greg Matthews 16.00-8-30-1

Australia, 130 (10 wkts)

Geoff Marsh	lbw	9	31
Mark Taylor	caught (Chris Lewis)	10	44
David Boon	lbw	18	42
Allan Border	caught (Mike Atherton)	9	30
Dean Jones	caught (Gladstone Small)	17	42
Steve Waugh	caught (Robin Smith)	1	4
Greg Matthews	caught (Gladstone Small)	35	93
Ian Healy	caught (Mike Atherton)	22	71
Merv Hughes	caught (Jack Russell)	9	23
Bruce Reid	bowled	0	8
Terry Alderman	not out	0	3

Devon Malcolm 17.00-2-45-1Angus Fraser 21.00-6-33-3Gladstone Small 16.00-4-34-3Chris Lewis 9.00-0-29-3

England, 107 (10 wkts)

Mike Atherton	bowled	15	44
Wayne Larkins	lbw	0	1
David Gower	bowled	27	44
Allan Lamb	lbw	14	24
Jack Russell	lbw	15	84
Robin Smith	caught (Mark Taylor)	1	14
Alec Stewart	caught (Peter Cantrell)	6	10
Chris Lewis	lbw	14	47
Gladstone Small	caught (Terry Alderman)	15	42
Angus Fraser	caught (Peter Cantrell)	0	8
Devon Malcolm	not out	0	5

Terry Alderman 22.00-7-47-6Bruce Reid 14.00-3-40-1Merv Hughes 12.10-5-17-2Greg Matthews 1.00-1-0-0Steve Waugh 4.00-2-7-1

Australia, 139 (0 wkts)

Mark Taylor	not out	67	139
Geoff Marsh	not out	72	154
David Boon	did not bat	0	0
Allan Border	did not bat	0	0
Dean Jones	did not bat	0	0
Steve Waugh	did not bat	0	0
Greg Matthews	did not bat	0	0
Ian Healy	did not bat	0	0
Merv Hughes	did not bat	0	0
Bruce Reid	did not bat	0	0
Terry Alderman	did not bat	0	0

Angus Fraser 14.00-2-49-0Gladstone Small 15.00-2-36-0Devon Malcolm 9.00-5-22-0Chris Lewis 6.00-0-29-0Mike Atherton 2.00-0-16-0

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