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 2nd Test

England tour of Australia - 1990 (1990/91) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 December 1990 · England won the toss and chose to bat

Australia won by 8 wickets · Man of the Match: Bruce Reid

Australia won by 8 wickets. David Gower top-scored with 100 for England. Man of the Match: Bruce Reid.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1990 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 341 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	lbw	20	33
Mike Atherton	caught (David Boon)	0	11
Wayne Larkins	caught (Ian Healy)	64	145
Robin Smith	caught (Ian Healy)	30	86
David Gower	caught (Bruce Reid)	100	170
Alec Stewart	caught (Ian Healy)	79	211
Jack Russell	caught (Ian Healy)	15	55
Phil DeFreitas	caught (Ian Healy)	3	5
Angus Fraser	caught (Dean Jones)	24	55
Devon Malcolm	caught (Mark Taylor)	6	19
Phil Tufnell	not out	0	9

Terry Alderman 30.40-7-86-2Bruce Reid 39.00-8-97-6Merv Hughes 29.00-7-83-2Greg Matthews 27.00-8-65-0Steve Waugh 6.00-2-19-0

Australia, 274 (10 wkts)

Geoff Marsh	caught (Jack Russell)	36	62
Mark Taylor	caught (Jack Russell)	61	177
David Boon	caught (Jack Russell)	28	82
Allan Border	caught (Jack Russell)	62	164
Dean Jones	caught (Jack Russell)	44	57
Steve Waugh	bowled	19	47
Greg Matthews	lbw	12	54
Ian Healy	caught (Jack Russell)	5	10
Merv Hughes	lbw	4	15
Terry Alderman	bowled	0	10
Bruce Reid	not out	3	16

Devon Malcolm 25.50-4-74-2Angus Fraser 39.00-10-82-6Phil Tufnell 21.00-5-62-0Phil DeFreitas 25.00-5-69-2Mike Atherton 2.00-1-3-0

England, 134 (10 wkts)

Graham Gooch	caught (Terry Alderman)	58	116
Mike Atherton	caught (Ian Healy)	4	20
Wayne Larkins	caught (Ian Healy)	54	171
Robin Smith	caught (Mark Taylor)	8	15
David Gower	caught (Allan Border)	0	6
Alec Stewart	caught (Geoff Marsh)	8	60
Jack Russell	caught (Dean Jones)	1	33
Phil DeFreitas	lbw	0	4
Angus Fraser	caught (Mark Taylor)	0	6
Devon Malcolm	lbw	1	14
Phil Tufnell	not out	0	0

Terry Alderman 10.00-2-19-0Bruce Reid 22.00-12-51-7Merv Hughes 9.00-4-26-0Greg Matthews 25.00-9-40-3Steve Waugh 7.00-6-4-0

Australia, 179 (2 wkts)

Geoff Marsh	not out	79	257
Mark Taylor	caught (Mike Atherton)	5	24
Ian Healy	caught (Mike Atherton)	1	3
David Boon	not out	94	234
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
Merv Hughes	did not bat	0	0
Terry Alderman	did not bat	0	0
Bruce Reid	did not bat	0	0

Devon Malcolm 23.00-7-52-1Angus Fraser 20.00-4-33-1Phil Tufnell 24.00-12-36-0Phil DeFreitas 16.00-3-46-0Mike Atherton 3.00-0-14-0

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