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 4th Test

England tour of Australia - 1998 (1998/99) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 December 1998 · Australia won the toss and chose to bowl

England won by 12 runs · Man of the Match: Dean Headley

England won by 12 runs. Steve Waugh top-scored with 122* for Australia. Man of the Match: Dean Headley.

England ARCHIVE Australia ARCHIVE 1998 TESTS Melbourne Cricket Ground ARCHIVE

England, 256 (10 wkts)

Mike Atherton	caught (Ian Healy)	0	5
Alec Stewart	bowled	107	160
Mark Butcher	caught (Justin Langer)	0	7
Nasser Hussain	caught (Ian Healy)	19	56
Mark Ramprakash	caught (Glenn McGrath)	63	92
Graeme Hick	caught (Damien Fleming)	39	67
Warren Hegg	caught (Ian Healy)	3	5
Dean Headley	caught (Mark Taylor)	14	49
Darren Gough	bowled	11	14
Angus Fraser	not out	0	2
Alan Mullally	lbw	0	5

Glenn McGrath 22.00-5-64-3Damien Fleming 19.00-3-71-0Unknown #5668 10.00-0-59-1Stuart MacGill 19.00-2-61-4Steve Waugh 6.00-2-8-2

Australia, 319 (10 wkts)

Mark Taylor	caught (Graeme Hick)	7	29
Michael Slater	lbw	1	14
Justin Langer	caught (Nasser Hussain)	44	103
Mark Waugh	lbw	36	67
Steve Waugh	not out	122	198
Darren Lehmann	caught (Warren Hegg)	13	23
Ian Healy	caught (Dean Headley)	36	55
Damien Fleming	caught (Graeme Hick)	12	30
Unknown #5668	bowled	5	18
Stuart MacGill	caught (Warren Hegg)	43	63
Glenn McGrath	bowled	0	2

Darren Gough 28.00-7-96-5Dean Headley 25.00-3-86-0Alan Mullally 21.30-5-64-3Mark Ramprakash 2.00-0-6-0Angus Fraser 22.00-0-78-2

England, 227 (10 wkts)

Mike Atherton	bowled	0	9
Alec Stewart	caught (Michael Slater)	52	98
Mark Butcher	caught (Michael Slater)	14	45
Dean Headley	bowled	1	15
Nasser Hussain	caught (Michael Slater)	50	131
Mark Ramprakash	bowled	14	43
Graeme Hick	bowled	60	82
Warren Hegg	caught (Stuart MacGill)	9	21
Darren Gough	caught (Michael Slater)	4	14
Angus Fraser	not out	7	20
Alan Mullally	caught (Glenn McGrath)	16	15

Glenn McGrath 20.20-5-56-2Damien Fleming 17.00-4-45-2Unknown #5668 15.00-4-56-3Stuart MacGill 27.00-3-81-3Mark Waugh 1.00-1-0-0

Australia, 153 (10 wkts)

Michael Slater	lbw	18	23
Mark Taylor	caught (Dean Headley)	19	33
Justin Langer	caught (Mark Ramprakash)	30	53
Mark Waugh	caught (Graeme Hick)	43	81
Steve Waugh	not out	30	49
Darren Lehmann	caught (Warren Hegg)	4	7
Ian Healy	caught (Graeme Hick)	0	2
Damien Fleming	lbw	0	3
Unknown #5668	caught (Warren Hegg)	9	29
Stuart MacGill	bowled	0	2
Glenn McGrath	lbw	0	2

Darren Gough 15.40-2-54-2Dean Headley 17.00-5-60-6Alan Mullally 10.00-4-20-2Angus Fraser 4.00-0-23-0

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