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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New Zealand v England 1st Test

England tour of New Zealand - 1959 (1958/59) · Lancaster Park, Christchurch · 27 February 1959 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 99 runs

England won by an innings and 99 runs. Ted Dexter top-scored with 141 for England.

England ARCHIVE New Zealand ARCHIVE 1959 TESTS Lancaster Park ARCHIVE

England, 349 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Eric Petrie)	8	53
Willie Watson	caught (Eric Petrie)	10	25
Tom Graveney	lbw	42	112
Peter May	caught (Ken Hough)	71	143
Colin Cowdrey	bowled	15	23
Ted Dexter	bowled	141	292
John Mortimore	caught (Alex Moir)	11	30
Roy Swetman	bowled	9	38
Fred Trueman	lbw	21	63
Tony Lock	bowled	15	66
Frank Tyson	not out	6	8

Bob Blair 31.00-5-89-2Ken Hough 39.00-11-96-3Alex Moir 36.00-9-83-2John Reid 18.10-9-34-3John Sparling 16.00-7-38-0Bert Sutcliffe 2.00-0-9-0

New Zealand, 133 (10 wkts)

Bruce Bolton	caught (Roy Swetman)	33	109
Roger Harris	caught (Tony Lock)	6	28
John Guy	caught (Fred Trueman)	3	25
John Reid	bowled	40	73
Bert Sutcliffe	caught (Tony Lock)	0	2
Noel McGregor	caught (Tony Lock)	0	5
John Sparling	stumping (Roy Swetman)	12	42
Alex Moir	caught (Tom Graveney)	0	2
Eric Petrie	lbw	8	57
Bob Blair	lbw	0	6
Ken Hough	not out	31	28

Fred Trueman 10.50-3-39-1Frank Tyson 14.00-4-23-3Tony Lock 26.00-15-31-5John Mortimore 22.00-8-40-1

New Zealand, 126 (10 wkts)

Bruce Bolton	caught (Peter May)	26	119
Roger Harris	bowled	13	49
John Guy	caught (Tony Lock)	56	127
John Reid	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	1	11
Bert Sutcliffe	caught (Fred Trueman)	12	26
Noel McGregor	lbw	6	50
John Sparling	bowled	0	5
Alex Moir	caught (Roy Swetman)	1	7
Eric Petrie	not out	2	23
Bob Blair	caught (Fred Trueman)	2	5
Ken Hough	bowled	7	14

Fred Trueman 8.00-2-20-1Frank Tyson 14.00-6-23-2Tony Lock 28.20-13-53-6John Mortimore 21.00-10-27-1Ted Dexter 1.00-0-3-0

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