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 2nd Test

South Africa tour of England - 1955 (1955) · Lord's, London · 23 June 1955 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 71 runs

England won by 71 runs. Roy McLean top-scored with 142 for South Africa.

England ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1955 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

England, 129 (10 wkts)

Don Kenyon	bowled	1	0
Tom Graveney	caught (John Waite)	15	0
Peter May	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	0	0
Denis Compton	caught (Headley Keith)	20	0
Ken Barrington	bowled	34	0
Trevor Bailey	lbw	13	0
Godfrey Evans	caught (John Waite)	20	0
Fred Titmus	lbw	4	0
Johnny Wardle	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	20	0
Brian Statham	caught (Roy McLean)	0	0
Fred Trueman	not out	2	0

Peter Heine 25.00-7-60-5Neil Adcock 8.00-3-10-1Trevor Goddard 21.20-8-59-4

South Africa, 293 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Godfrey Evans)	0	1
Trevor Goddard	caught (Godfrey Evans)	0	4
Jack Cheetham	lbw	13	0
Russell Endean	lbw	48	0
Roy McLean	bowled	142	0
John Waite	caught (Godfrey Evans)	8	0
Headley Keith	caught (Fred Titmus)	57	0
Percy Mansell	caught (Tom Graveney)	2	0
Hugh Tayfield	bowled	21	0
Peter Heine	stumping (Godfrey Evans)	2	0
Neil Adcock	not out	0	0

Brian Statham 27.00-9-49-2Fred Trueman 16.00-2-73-2Trevor Bailey 16.00-2-56-1Johnny Wardle 29.00-10-65-4Fred Titmus 14.00-3-50-1

England, 334 (10 wkts)

Don Kenyon	lbw	2	0
Tom Graveney	caught (Peter Heine)	60	0
Peter May	hitwicket	112	0
Denis Compton	caught (Percy Mansell)	69	0
Ken Barrington	caught (Roy McLean)	18	0
Trevor Bailey	caught (Neil Adcock)	22	0
Godfrey Evans	caught (Hugh Tayfield)	14	0
Johnny Wardle	caught (Peter Heine)	4	0
Fred Titmus	caught (John Waite)	16	0
Brian Statham	bowled	11	0
Fred Trueman	not out	6	0

Peter Heine 29.00-5-87-1Neil Adcock 25.00-5-64-1Trevor Goddard 55.00-23-96-3Hugh Tayfield 38.50-12-80-5Percy Mansell 2.00-0-7-0

South Africa, 96 (9 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	lbw	0	2
Trevor Goddard	caught (Godfrey Evans)	10	0
Jack Cheetham	not out	3	0
Hugh Tayfield	caught (Godfrey Evans)	3	0
Russell Endean	caught (Godfrey Evans)	28	0
Roy McLean	bowled	8	0
Headley Keith	caught (Tom Graveney)	5	0
John Waite	lbw	9	0
Percy Mansell	caught (Don Kenyon)	16	0
Peter Heine	caught (Don Kenyon)	14	0
Neil Adcock	not out	0	0

Brian Statham 29.00-12-39-7Fred Trueman 19.00-2-39-0Johnny Wardle 9.40-4-18-2

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