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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 South Africa 2nd Test

South Africa tour of England - 1947 (1947) · Lord's, London · 21 June 1947 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 10 wickets

England won by 10 wickets. Denis Compton top-scored with 208 for England.

England ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1947 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

England, 542 (8 wkts)

Leonard Hutton	bowled	18	121
Cyril Washbrook	caught (Lindsay Tuckett)	65	0
Bill Edrich	bowled	189	0
Denis Compton	caught (Athol Rowan)	208	0
Charlie Barnett	bowled	33	0
Norman Yardley	caught (Athol Rowan)	5	0
Godfrey Evans	bowled	16	0
George Pope	not out	8	0
Alec Bedser	bowled	0	0
Doug Wright	did not bat	0	0
Eric Hollies	did not bat	0	0

Lindsay Tuckett 47.00-8-115-5Ossie Dawson 33.00-11-81-1Tufty Mann 53.00-16-99-1Athol Rowan 65.00-11-174-1Ian Smith 17.00-2-73-0

South Africa, 326 (10 wkts)

Bruce Mitchell	stumping (Godfrey Evans)	46	0
Alan Melville	caught (Alec Bedser)	117	0
Ken Viljoen	bowled	1	0
Dudley Nourse	lbw	61	0
Ossie Dawson	caught (Charlie Barnett)	36	0
Tony Harris	stumping (Godfrey Evans)	30	0
Athol Rowan	bowled	8	0
Lindsay Tuckett	bowled	5	0
Tufty Mann	bowled	4	0
Johnny Lindsay	not out	7	0
Ian Smith	caught (Bill Edrich)	11	0

Bill Edrich 9.00-1-22-0Alec Bedser 26.00-1-76-0George Pope 19.20-5-49-1Doug Wright 39.00-10-95-5Eric Hollies 28.00-10-52-2Denis Compton 21.00-11-32-2

South Africa, 245 (10 wkts)

Bruce Mitchell	caught (Bill Edrich)	80	0
Alan Melville	bowled	8	0
Ken Viljoen	bowled	6	0
Dudley Nourse	bowled	58	0
Ossie Dawson	caught (Bill Edrich)	33	0
Tony Harris	caught (Norman Yardley)	3	0
Athol Rowan	not out	38	0
Lindsay Tuckett	lbw	9	0
Tufty Mann	bowled	5	0
Johnny Lindsay	caught (Norman Yardley)	5	0
Ian Smith	caught (Bill Edrich)	0	0

Bill Edrich 13.00-5-31-3Alec Bedser 14.00-6-20-0George Pope 17.00-7-36-0Doug Wright 32.20-6-80-5Eric Hollies 20.00-7-32-0Denis Compton 31.00-10-46-2

England, 26 (0 wkts)

Godfrey Evans	did not bat	0	0
George Pope	did not bat	0	0
Alec Bedser	did not bat	0	0
Doug Wright	did not bat	0	0
Eric Hollies	did not bat	0	0
Leonard Hutton	not out	13	0
Cyril Washbrook	not out	13	0
Bill Edrich	did not bat	0	0
Denis Compton	did not bat	0	0
Charlie Barnett	did not bat	0	0
Norman Yardley	did not bat	0	0

Lindsay Tuckett 3.00-0-4-0Ossie Dawson 6.00-2-6-0Tufty Mann 3.10-1-16-0

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