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 2nd Test

England tour of South Africa - 1956 (1956/57) · Newlands, Cape Town · 1 January 1957 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 312 runs

England won by 312 runs. Colin Cowdrey top-scored with 101 for England.

England ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1957 TESTS Newlands ARCHIVE

England, 352 (10 wkts)

Peter Richardson	lbw	45	0
Trevor Bailey	caught (John Waite)	34	0
Denis Compton	caught (Roy McLean)	58	0
Peter May	caught (John Waite)	8	0
Colin Cowdrey	lbw	101	0
Doug Insole	caught (Trevor Goddard)	29	0
Godfrey Evans	caught (Jackie McGlew)	62	0
Johnny Wardle	stumping (John Waite)	3	0
Jim Laker	bowled	0	0
Peter Loader	caught (Headley Keith)	10	0
Brian Statham	not out	2	0

Peter Heine 19.00-0-78-1Neil Adcock 22.20-2-54-3Hugh Tayfield 53.00-21-130-5Trevor Goddard 38.00-12-74-1Clive van Ryneveld 3.00-0-16-0

South Africa, 202 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	14	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Godfrey Evans)	18	0
Headley Keith	caught (Godfrey Evans)	14	0
Clive van Ryneveld	bowled	25	0
Hugh Tayfield	run out	5	0
Roy McLean	caught (Peter May)	42	0
John Waite	caught (Godfrey Evans)	49	0
Russell Endean	bowled	17	0
John Watkins	not out	7	0
Peter Heine	bowled	0	1
Neil Adcock	caught (Godfrey Evans)	11	0

Brian Statham 16.00-0-38-1Peter Loader 21.00-5-33-2Jim Laker 28.00-8-65-1Trevor Bailey 11.00-5-13-0Johnny Wardle 23.60-9-53-5

England, 216 (6 wkts)

Peter Richardson	caught (Russell Endean)	44	0
Trevor Bailey	bowled	28	0
Denis Compton	caught (Trevor Goddard)	64	0
Peter May	caught (John Waite)	15	0
Colin Cowdrey	caught (John Waite)	61	0
Godfrey Evans	caught (Russell Endean)	1	0
Doug Insole	not out	3	0
Johnny Wardle	did not bat	0	0
Jim Laker	did not bat	0	0
Peter Loader	did not bat	0	0
Brian Statham	did not bat	0	0

Peter Heine 21.00-1-67-2Neil Adcock 3.00-0-8-0Hugh Tayfield 12.00-4-33-1Trevor Goddard 17.50-1-62-3John Watkins 10.00-2-46-0

South Africa, 69 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	bowled	7	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Trevor Bailey)	26	0
Headley Keith	caught (Peter May)	4	0
Russell Endean	handled the ball	3	0
Roy McLean	lbw	22	0
John Waite	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	2	0
Clive van Ryneveld	not out	0	0
John Watkins	caught (Johnny Wardle)	0	0
Peter Heine	bowled	0	2
Hugh Tayfield	caught (Godfrey Evans)	4	0
Neil Adcock	bowled	1	0

Brian Statham 8.00-2-12-0Peter Loader 7.00-2-11-0Jim Laker 14.10-9-7-2Johnny Wardle 19.00-3-36-7Denis Compton 2.00-1-3-0

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