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 - 1960 (1960) · Lord's, London · 23 June 1960 · England won the toss and chose to bat

England won by an innings and 73 runs

England won by an innings and 73 runs. Mike Smith top-scored with 99 for England.

England ARCHIVE South Africa ARCHIVE 1960 TESTS Lord's ARCHIVE

England, 330 (8 wkts)

Colin Cowdrey	caught (Roy McLean)	4	0
Raman Subba Row	lbw	90	0
Ted Dexter	caught (Roy McLean)	56	0
Ken Barrington	lbw	24	0
Mike Smith	caught (John Waite)	99	0
Jim Parks	caught (Pom Pom Fellows-Smith)	3	0
Peter Walker	bowled	52	0
Ray Illingworth	not out	0	0
Fred Trueman	bowled	0	1
Brian Statham	not out	2	0
Alan Moss	did not bat	0	0

Neil Adcock 36.00-11-70-3Geoff Griffin 30.00-7-87-4Trevor Goddard 31.00-6-96-1Hugh Tayfield 27.00-9-64-0Pom Pom Fellows-Smith 5.00-0-13-0

South Africa, 147 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	lbw	15	0
Trevor Goddard	bowled	19	0
Sid O'Linn	caught (Peter Walker)	18	0
Roy McLean	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	15	0
John Waite	caught (Jim Parks)	3	0
Peter Carlstein	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	12	0
Tich Wesley	caught (Jim Parks)	11	0
Pom Pom Fellows-Smith	caught (Jim Parks)	29	0
Hugh Tayfield	caught (Mike Smith)	12	0
Geoff Griffin	bowled	5	0
Neil Adcock	not out	8	0

Brian Statham 20.00-5-63-6Fred Trueman 13.00-2-49-0Alan Moss 10.30-0-35-4

South Africa, 136 (10 wkts)

Jackie McGlew	bowled	17	0
Trevor Goddard	caught (Jim Parks)	24	0
Sid O'Linn	lbw	8	0
Roy McLean	caught (Jim Parks)	13	0
John Waite	lbw	0	0
Peter Carlstein	caught (Jim Parks)	6	0
Tich Wesley	bowled	35	0
Pom Pom Fellows-Smith	not out	27	0
Hugh Tayfield	bowled	4	0
Geoff Griffin	bowled	0	0
Neil Adcock	bowled	2	0

Brian Statham 21.00-6-34-5Fred Trueman 17.00-5-44-2Alan Moss 14.00-1-41-1Ray Illingworth 1.00-1-0-0Ted Dexter 4.00-0-17-2

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