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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South Africa v England 1st Test

England tour of South Africa - 1896 (1895/96) · Crusaders Ground, Gqeberha · 13 February 1896 · South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl

England won by 288 runs

England won by 288 runs. Sammy Woods top-scored with 53 for England.

England ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1896 TESTS Crusaders Ground ARCHIVE

England, 172 (10 wkts)

Tim O'Brien	caught	17	0
George Lohmann	caught (Tommy Routledge)	0	0
Tom Hayward	caught (Jimmy Sinclair)	30	0
C.B. Fry	bowled	43	0
Arthur Hill	run out	25	0
Sammy Woods	caught (Barberton Halliwell)	7	0
Hugh Bromley-Davenport	caught (Charles Fichardt)	26	0
Lord Hawke	bowled	0	0
Charles Wright	bowled	19	0
Audley Miller	not out	4	0
Harry Butt	caught (Barberton Halliwell)	1	0

Jimmy Sinclair 16.00-5-34-1Joseph Willoughby 22.00-6-54-2Bonnor Middleton 25.40-6-64-5Unknown #192 7.00-3-20-1

South Africa, 91 (10 wkts)

Tommy Routledge	bowled	22	0
Frank Hearne	caught (Tim O'Brien)	23	0
Robert Poore	bowled	11	0
Jimmy Sinclair	bowled	4	0
Unknown #192	bowled	0	0
Barberton Halliwell	bowled	13	0
Charles Fichardt	bowled	4	0
Unknown #188	caught (George Lohmann)	3	0
Unknown #186	bowled	7	0
Bonnor Middleton	not out	4	0
Joseph Willoughby	bowled	0	0

George Lohmann 15.40-6-38-7Hugh Bromley-Davenport 12.00-2-46-2Tom Hayward 3.00-1-7-1

England, 217 (10 wkts)

Charles Wright	bowled	33	0
Harry Butt	bowled	0	0
Tim O'Brien	bowled	16	0
Tom Hayward	caught (Barberton Halliwell)	6	0
C.B. Fry	caught (Barberton Halliwell)	15	0
George Lohmann	bowled	0	0
Arthur Hill	bowled	37	0
Sammy Woods	caught (Robert Poore)	53	0
Hugh Bromley-Davenport	caught (Robert Poore)	7	0
Lord Hawke	caught	30	0
Audley Miller	not out	20	0

Jimmy Sinclair 20.00-2-68-3Joseph Willoughby 19.00-4-68-2Bonnor Middleton 36.00-12-66-4Unknown #192 4.00-1-11-0Robert Poore 1.40-0-4-1

South Africa, 30 (10 wkts)

Tommy Routledge	bowled	2	0
Frank Hearne	bowled	5	0
Robert Poore	caught (Tim O'Brien)	10	0
Jimmy Sinclair	bowled	0	0
Charles Fichardt	lbw	1	0
Unknown #192	bowled	8	0
Barberton Halliwell	caught (Tom Hayward)	3	0
Unknown #188	not out	1	0
Unknown #186	bowled	0	0
Bonnor Middleton	bowled	0	0
Joseph Willoughby	caught (Tom Hayward)	0	0

George Lohmann 9.40-5-7-8Hugh Bromley-Davenport 7.00-1-23-1Tom Hayward 2.00-2-0-1

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