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 - 1960 (1960) · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 9 June 1960 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by 100 runs

England won by 100 runs. Roy McLean top-scored with 68 for South Africa.

England ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1960 TESTS Edgbaston ARCHIVE

England, 277 (10 wkts)

Geoff Pullar	caught (Roy McLean)	37	141
Colin Cowdrey	caught (John Waite)	3	50
Ted Dexter	bowled	52	141
Raman Subba Row	caught (John Waite)	56	212
Mike Smith	caught (John Waite)	54	144
Jim Parks	caught (John Waite)	35	103
Ray Illingworth	bowled	1	0
Bob Barber	lbw	5	0
Peter Walker	caught (Trevor Goddard)	9	0
Fred Trueman	bowled	11	0
Brian Statham	not out	14	0

Neil Adcock 41.50-14-62-5Geoff Griffin 21.00-3-61-1Trevor Goddard 33.00-17-47-1Hugh Tayfield 50.00-19-93-3Pom Pom Fellows-Smith 5.00-1-14-0

South Africa, 183 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Jim Parks)	11	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Mike Smith)	10	0
Tony Pithey	lbw	6	0
Roy McLean	caught (Brian Statham)	21	0
John Waite	bowled	58	0
Peter Carlstein	lbw	4	0
Sid O'Linn	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	42	0
Pom Pom Fellows-Smith	lbw	18	0
Geoff Griffin	bowled	6	0
Hugh Tayfield	run out	6	0
Neil Adcock	not out	1	0

Brian Statham 28.00-8-67-2Fred Trueman 24.50-4-58-4Ted Dexter 1.00-0-4-0Bob Barber 6.00-0-26-0Ray Illingworth 17.00-11-15-3Peter Walker 6.00-1-13-0

England, 195 (10 wkts)

Colin Cowdrey	bowled	0	0
Raman Subba Row	caught (John Waite)	32	0
Ted Dexter	bowled	26	0
Mike Smith	caught (Sid O'Linn)	28	0
Jim Parks	bowled	4	0
Ray Illingworth	caught (John Waite)	16	0
Bob Barber	caught (Roy McLean)	4	0
Peter Walker	caught (Trevor Goddard)	37	0
Fred Trueman	bowled	25	0
Brian Statham	caught (Roy McLean)	22	0
Geoff Pullar	not out	1	0

Neil Adcock 28.00-8-57-3Geoff Griffin 21.00-4-44-3Trevor Goddard 10.00-5-32-0Hugh Tayfield 27.00-12-62-4

South Africa, 197 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	caught (Jim Parks)	5	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Peter Walker)	0	0
Tony Pithey	bowled	17	0
Roy McLean	lbw	68	0
John Waite	not out	56	0
Peter Carlstein	bowled	10	0
Sid O'Linn	lbw	12	0
Pom Pom Fellows-Smith	lbw	5	0
Hugh Tayfield	bowled	3	0
Geoff Griffin	caught (Peter Walker)	14	0
Neil Adcock	bowled	7	0

Brian Statham 18.00-5-41-3Fred Trueman 22.00-4-58-3Ted Dexter 6.00-4-4-0Bob Barber 10.00-2-29-1Ray Illingworth 24.00-6-57-3Peter Walker 4.00-2-8-0

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