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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New Zealand v England 1st Test

England tour of New Zealand - 1955 (1954/55) · Carisbrook, Dunedin · 11 March 1955 · England won the toss and chose to bowl

England won by 8 wickets

England won by 8 wickets. Bert Sutcliffe top-scored with 74 for New Zealand.

New Zealand ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 1955 TESTS Carisbrook ARCHIVE

New Zealand, 113 (10 wkts)

Geoff Rabone	stumping (Godfrey Evans)	18	0
Murray Chapple	bowled	0	0
Bert Sutcliffe	caught (Brian Statham)	74	0
John Reid	bowled	4	0
Noel McGregor	bowled	2	0
Les Watt	bowled	0	0
Harry Cave	bowled	1	0
Alex Moir	bowled	7	0
Bob Blair	bowled	0	0
Tony MacGibbon	caught (Godfrey Evans)	7	0
Ian Colquhoun	not out	0	0

Frank Tyson 19.00-7-23-3Brian Statham 17.00-9-24-4Trevor Bailey 12.20-6-19-2Johnny Wardle 26.00-15-31-1Bob Appleyard 7.00-3-16-0

England, 173 (8 wkts)

Leonard Hutton	caught (Ian Colquhoun)	11	0
Tom Graveney	bowled	41	0
Peter May	bowled	10	0
Colin Cowdrey	lbw	42	0
Reg Simpson	bowled	21	0
Trevor Bailey	lbw	0	0
Godfrey Evans	bowled	0	0
Johnny Wardle	not out	32	0
Frank Tyson	caught (Noel McGregor)	16	0
Bob Appleyard	not out	0	0
Brian Statham	did not bat	0	0

Bob Blair 8.00-1-29-0Tony MacGibbon 24.50-11-39-2John Reid 27.00-11-36-4Harry Cave 24.00-15-27-2Alex Moir 9.00-1-42-0

New Zealand, 115 (10 wkts)

Geoff Rabone	lbw	7	0
Bert Sutcliffe	run out	35	0
Murray Chapple	bowled	20	0
John Reid	bowled	28	0
Noel McGregor	caught (Colin Cowdrey)	8	0
Les Watt	bowled	2	0
Harry Cave	bowled	1	0
Tony MacGibbon	bowled	0	0
Alex Moir	lbw	10	0
Bob Blair	bowled	3	0
Ian Colquhoun	not out	1	0

Frank Tyson 12.00-6-16-4Brian Statham 15.00-5-30-1Trevor Bailey 8.00-4-9-0Johnny Wardle 14.30-4-41-2Bob Appleyard 7.00-2-19-2

England, 48 (2 wkts)

Leonard Hutton	caught (Ian Colquhoun)	3	0
Tom Graveney	not out	32	0
Peter May	bowled	13	0
Colin Cowdrey	not out	0	0
Reg Simpson	did not bat	0	0
Trevor Bailey	did not bat	0	0
Godfrey Evans	did not bat	0	0
Johnny Wardle	did not bat	0	0
Frank Tyson	did not bat	0	0
Bob Appleyard	did not bat	0	0
Brian Statham	did not bat	0	0

Bob Blair 4.00-0-20-1Tony MacGibbon 7.20-2-16-1John Reid 4.00-2-12-0

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