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 6th Test

Australia tour of England and Scotland - 1997 (1997) · Kennington Oval, London · 21 August 1997 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 19 runs · Man of the Match: Phil Tufnell

England won by 19 runs. Graham Thorpe top-scored with 62 for England. Man of the Match: Phil Tufnell.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1997 TESTS Kennington Oval ARCHIVE

England, 162 (10 wkts)

Mark Butcher	bowled	5	24
Mike Atherton	caught (Ian Healy)	8	17
Alec Stewart	lbw	36	73
Nasser Hussain	caught (Matthew Elliott)	35	114
Graham Thorpe	bowled	27	34
Mark Ramprakash	caught (Greg Blewett)	4	8
Adam Hollioake	bowled	0	6
Andy Caddick	not out	26	35
Peter Martin	bowled	20	19
Phil Tufnell	caught (Greg Blewett)	1	20
Devon Malcolm	lbw	0	1

Glenn McGrath 21.00-4-76-7Michael Kasprowicz 11.40-2-56-1Shane Warne 17.00-8-32-2Shaun Young 7.00-3-8-0

Australia, 211 (10 wkts)

Matthew Elliott	bowled	12	33
Mark Taylor	caught (Adam Hollioake)	38	42
Greg Blewett	caught (Alec Stewart)	47	132
Mark Waugh	caught (Mark Butcher)	19	69
Steve Waugh	lbw	22	34
Ricky Ponting	caught (Nasser Hussain)	40	96
Ian Healy	caught (Alec Stewart)	2	34
Shaun Young	caught (Alec Stewart)	0	3
Shane Warne	bowled	30	34
Michael Kasprowicz	lbw	0	1
Glenn McGrath	not out	1	5

Devon Malcolm 11.00-2-37-0Peter Martin 15.00-5-38-0Andy Caddick 19.00-4-76-3Phil Tufnell 34.30-16-66-7

England, 143 (10 wkts)

Mark Butcher	lbw	13	48
Mike Atherton	caught (Steve Waugh)	8	21
Alec Stewart	lbw	3	9
Nasser Hussain	caught (Matthew Elliott)	2	50
Graham Thorpe	caught (Mark Taylor)	62	115
Mark Ramprakash	stumping (Ian Healy)	48	110
Adam Hollioake	lbw	4	10
Andy Caddick	not out	0	37
Peter Martin	caught (Michael Kasprowicz)	3	2
Phil Tufnell	caught (Ian Healy)	0	2
Devon Malcolm	bowled	0	2

Glenn McGrath 17.00-5-33-0Michael Kasprowicz 15.50-5-36-7Shane Warne 26.00-9-57-2Mark Waugh 7.00-3-16-1Shaun Young 1.00-0-5-0

Australia, 94 (10 wkts)

Mark Taylor	lbw	18	34
Matthew Elliott	lbw	4	3
Greg Blewett	caught (Alec Stewart)	19	36
Mark Waugh	caught (Nasser Hussain)	1	7
Steve Waugh	caught (Graham Thorpe)	6	19
Ricky Ponting	lbw	20	35
Ian Healy	caught (Andy Caddick)	14	17
Shaun Young	not out	4	24
Shane Warne	caught (Peter Martin)	3	5
Michael Kasprowicz	caught (Adam Hollioake)	4	13
Glenn McGrath	caught (Graham Thorpe)	1	2

Devon Malcolm 3.00-0-15-1Peter Martin 4.00-0-13-0Phil Tufnell 13.10-6-27-4Andy Caddick 12.00-2-42-5

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