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 4th Test

Australia tour of England and Scotland - 1997 (1997) · Headingley, Leeds · 24 July 1997 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

Australia won by an innings and 61 runs · Man of the Match: Jason Gillespie

Australia won by an innings and 61 runs. Matthew Elliott top-scored with 199 for Australia. Man of the Match: Jason Gillespie.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1997 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

England, 151 (10 wkts)

Mark Butcher	caught (Greg Blewett)	24	57
Mike Atherton	caught (Jason Gillespie)	41	143
Alec Stewart	caught (Greg Blewett)	7	24
Nasser Hussain	caught (Mark Taylor)	26	41
Dean Headley	caught (Steve Waugh)	22	32
Graham Thorpe	bowled	15	26
John Crawley	caught (Greg Blewett)	2	13
Mark Ealham	not out	8	24
Robert Croft	caught (Ricky Ponting)	6	8
Darren Gough	bowled	0	2
Mike Smith	bowled	0	2

Glenn McGrath 22.00-5-67-2Paul Reiffel 20.00-4-41-1Jason Gillespie 13.40-1-37-7Greg Blewett 3.00-0-17-0Shane Warne 1.00-0-2-0

Australia, 447 (9 wkts)

Mark Taylor	caught (Alec Stewart)	0	11
Matthew Elliott	bowled	199	351
Greg Blewett	caught (Alec Stewart)	1	8
Mark Waugh	caught (Dean Headley)	8	18
Steve Waugh	caught (John Crawley)	4	12
Ricky Ponting	caught (Mark Ealham)	127	202
Ian Healy	bowled	31	46
Shane Warne	caught (Graham Thorpe)	0	5
Paul Reiffel	not out	54	72
Jason Gillespie	bowled	3	18
Glenn McGrath	not out	20	30

Darren Gough 36.00-5-149-5Dean Headley 25.00-2-125-2Mike Smith 23.00-2-89-0Mark Ealham 19.00-3-56-2Robert Croft 18.00-1-49-0Mark Butcher 2.00-0-14-0

England, 245 (10 wkts)

Mark Butcher	caught (Ian Healy)	19	18
Mike Atherton	caught (Shane Warne)	2	13
Alec Stewart	bowled	16	30
Nasser Hussain	caught (Jason Gillespie)	105	181
Graham Thorpe	caught (Mark Waugh)	15	30
John Crawley	bowled	72	214
Mark Ealham	caught (Mark Waugh)	4	47
Dean Headley	lbw	3	17
Robert Croft	caught (Ian Healy)	5	7
Darren Gough	caught (Mark Waugh)	0	1
Mike Smith	not out	4	4

Glenn McGrath 22.00-5-80-2Paul Reiffel 21.10-2-49-5Jason Gillespie 23.00-8-65-2Shane Warne 21.00-6-53-1Steve Waugh 4.00-1-11-0

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