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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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Zimbabwe v England 2nd Test

England tour of Zimbabwe - 1996 (1996/97) · Harare Sports Club, Harare · 26 December 1996 · Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bowl

Match drawn · Man of the Match: Grant Flower

Match drawn. Alec Stewart top-scored with 101* for England. Man of the Match: Grant Flower.

England ARCHIVE Zimbabwe ARCHIVE 1996 TESTS Harare Sports Club ARCHIVE

England, 144 (10 wkts)

Nick Knight	caught (Andy Flower)	15	20
Mike Atherton	caught (Alistair Campbell)	13	49
Alec Stewart	caught (Grant Flower)	19	44
Nasser Hussain	caught (Andy Flower)	11	53
Graham Thorpe	caught (Mark Dekker)	5	20
John Crawley	not out	47	169
Craig White	caught (Alistair Campbell)	9	47
Robert Croft	caught (Grant Flower)	14	55
Darren Gough	bowled	2	8
Alan Mullally	caught (Guy Whittall)	0	2
Phil Tufnell	bowled	9	37

Heath Streak 24.10-7-43-4Eddo Brandes 16.00-6-35-0Henry Olonga 9.00-1-23-1Guy Whittall 16.00-5-18-4Paul Strang 18.00-7-31-1

Zimbabwe, 200 (10 wkts)

Grant Flower	caught (John Crawley)	73	255
Mark Dekker	caught (Alec Stewart)	2	16
Alistair Campbell	caught (Graham Thorpe)	22	53
Dave Houghton	caught (Alec Stewart)	29	124
Andy Flower	lbw	6	24
Andy Waller	lbw	4	18
Guy Whittall	bowled	1	9
Paul Strang	not out	47	82
Heath Streak	caught (John Crawley)	7	34
Eddo Brandes	caught (Darren Gough)	9	16
Henry Olonga	caught (Nasser Hussain)	0	6

Alan Mullally 23.00-7-32-1Darren Gough 26.00-10-40-4Robert Croft 15.00-2-39-3Craig White 16.00-4-41-1Phil Tufnell 25.00-3-55-1

England, 188 (3 wkts)

Nick Knight	caught (Alistair Campbell)	30	83
Mike Atherton	caught (Alistair Campbell)	1	3
Alec Stewart	not out	101	267
Nasser Hussain	caught (Dave Houghton)	6	37
Graham Thorpe	not out	50	169
John Crawley	did not bat	0	0
Craig White	did not bat	0	0
Robert Croft	did not bat	0	0
Darren Gough	did not bat	0	0
Alan Mullally	did not bat	0	0
Phil Tufnell	did not bat	0	0

Heath Streak 18.00-5-47-1Eddo Brandes 21.00-6-45-0Henry Olonga 7.00-0-31-0Guy Whittall 14.00-6-16-0Paul Strang 26.00-6-42-2Grant Flower 7.00-2-9-0

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