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 South Africa 1st Test

South Africa tour of England - 1955 (1955) · Trent Bridge, Nottingham · 9 June 1955 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 5 runs

England won by an innings and 5 runs. Don Kenyon top-scored with 87 for England.

England ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1955 TESTS Trent Bridge ARCHIVE

England, 322 (10 wkts)

Don Kenyon	lbw	87	0
Tom Graveney	caught (John Waite)	42	0
Peter May	caught (Jackie McGlew)	83	0
Denis Compton	lbw	27	0
Ken Barrington	caught (John Waite)	0	5
Trevor Bailey	lbw	49	0
Godfrey Evans	caught (Trevor Goddard)	12	0
Johnny Wardle	lbw	2	0
Frank Tyson	caught (Roy McLean)	0	0
Brian Statham	caught (John Waite)	20	0
Bob Appleyard	not out	0	1

Neil Adcock 36.00-9-74-2Trevor Goddard 36.40-18-61-2Eddie Fuller 29.00-5-59-3Hugh Tayfield 37.00-11-66-2Ian Smith 30.00-9-62-1

South Africa, 176 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Godfrey Evans)	68	0
Trevor Goddard	lbw	12	0
John Waite	run out	0	0
Russell Endean	lbw	0	0
Roy McLean	bowled	13	0
Paul Winslow	caught (Peter May)	2	0
Jack Cheetham	caught (Tom Graveney)	54	0
Hugh Tayfield	caught (Trevor Bailey)	11	0
Eddie Fuller	bowled	15	0
Ian Smith	caught (Peter May)	0	0
Neil Adcock	not out	1	0

Brian Statham 25.00-5-47-1Frank Tyson 24.00-5-51-2Trevor Bailey 5.00-2-8-0Bob Appleyard 28.00-9-46-2Johnny Wardle 32.00-23-24-4

South Africa, 130 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Peter May)	51	0
Trevor Goddard	run out	32	0
John Waite	caught (Denis Compton)	3	0
Russell Endean	caught (Tom Graveney)	6	0
Roy McLean	caught (Tom Graveney)	16	0
Jack Cheetham	bowled	5	0
Paul Winslow	bowled	3	0
Hugh Tayfield	bowled	0	0
Eddie Fuller	caught (Godfrey Evans)	6	0
Ian Smith	not out	2	0
Neil Adcock	bowled	6	0

Brian Statham 10.00-4-16-0Frank Tyson 21.30-7-28-6Trevor Bailey 17.00-8-21-2Bob Appleyard 19.00-4-32-0Johnny Wardle 29.00-17-33-1

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