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 New Zealand 2nd Test

New Zealand tour of England - 1958 (1958) · Lord's, London · 19 June 1958 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 148 runs

England won by an innings and 148 runs. Colin Cowdrey top-scored with 65 for England.

England ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1958 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

England, 268 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Eric Petrie)	36	0
Mike Smith	caught (Eric Petrie)	47	0
Tom Graveney	caught (Eric Petrie)	37	0
Peter May	caught (Jack Alabaster)	19	0
Colin Cowdrey	bowled	65	0
Trevor Bailey	caught (Eric Petrie)	17	0
Godfrey Evans	caught (Johnny Hayes)	11	0
Tony Lock	not out	23	0
Fred Trueman	bowled	8	0
Jim Laker	caught (Bob Blair)	1	0
Peter Loader	caught (Bill Playle)	4	0

Johnny Hayes 22.00-5-36-4Tony MacGibbon 36.40-11-86-4Bob Blair 25.00-6-57-0John Reid 24.00-12-41-1Jack Alabaster 16.00-6-48-1

New Zealand, 46 (10 wkts)

Lawrie Miller	lbw	4	0
John D'Arcy	caught (Fred Trueman)	14	0
Bill Playle	caught (Tom Graveney)	1	0
Noel Harford	caught (Jim Laker)	0	0
John Reid	caught (Peter Loader)	6	0
Bert Sutcliffe	bowled	18	0
Tony MacGibbon	caught (Peter May)	2	0
Jack Alabaster	caught (Tony Lock)	0	0
Eric Petrie	caught (Fred Trueman)	0	0
Bob Blair	not out	0	0
Johnny Hayes	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	1	0

Fred Trueman 4.00-1-6-1Peter Loader 4.00-2-6-0Jim Laker 12.00-6-13-4Tony Lock 11.30-7-17-5Trevor Bailey 1.00-0-4-0

New Zealand, 74 (10 wkts)

Lawrie Miller	caught (Fred Trueman)	0	0
John D'Arcy	caught (Trevor Bailey)	33	0
Bill Playle	bowled	3	0
Noel Harford	caught (Peter May)	3	0
John Reid	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	5	0
Bert Sutcliffe	bowled	0	0
Tony MacGibbon	caught (Peter May)	7	0
Jack Alabaster	bowled	5	0
Eric Petrie	not out	4	0
Bob Blair	bowled	0	0
Johnny Hayes	caught (Tony Lock)	14	0

Fred Trueman 11.00-6-24-2Peter Loader 9.00-6-7-2Jim Laker 13.00-8-24-1Tony Lock 12.30-8-12-4Trevor Bailey 5.00-1-7-1

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